Google Slides vs. Piktochart

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Slides
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Google Slides is a presentation tool that enables users to create, edit, collaborate, and present. It is free for personal use, and available to businesses via a Google Workspaces subscription.N/A
Piktochart
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Piktochart is a publication suite for infographics, presentations, and print (e.g. posters, flyers, etc), from the Malaysian company of the same name.
$24
per month
Pricing
Google SlidesPiktochart
Editions & Modules
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Pro
$24
per user, per month*
Nonprofit Pro
$39.99
per year
Nonprofit Team
$199.95
per year (5 seats)
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google SlidesPiktochart
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
Google SlidesPiktochart
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google SlidesPiktochart
Likelihood to Recommend
6.7
(8 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
6.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google SlidesPiktochart
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
It is well-suited for simple presentations, from an animation and visual standpoint, although this is improving with the new AI features. However, if you want more visually appealing, modern-looking presentations, it is not well-suited. Nonetheless, from my work experience so far, it fits my use cases perfectly, namely, presentations to share research findings.
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Piktochart
Piktochart is great for designing infographics that require detailed information to be presented in a visually pleasing way. The fact that infographics are automatically split into segments, or 'blocks' helps with designing professional looking content quickly. There is also a wide range of templates that can be used so there's no need to start from scratch.
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Pros
Google
  • Real-time collaboration makes it easy for multiple people to work on one presentation or deck.
  • Sharing is very straight forward, so it's easy to keep control of who can do or can't do.
  • Flexible so it's uses don't stop in presentations.
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Piktochart
  • Allows teams to create graphs in a wide range of styles and colours
  • Allows the user to create infographics in different segments for easy designing
  • Allows the user to create visual timelines quickly with no fuss
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Cons
Google
  • Other programs are better at creating fancy or professional presentations quickly.
  • Off-line usage usually defaults to a PowerPoint, which makes the program feel like an off-brand PowerPoint.
  • The program makes it too tempting to rely on a strong internet connection for all presentations.
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Piktochart
  • When opening a file, it would be better if it opened in a new tab
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
The popularity for Google Slides among the casual technology tool users is so great that we are not in a position to replace this tool with anything else. Every other tool either doesn't have the popularity, or doesn't match the ease of sharing level of Slides. The training needed to learn a different tool is too great. Google Slides is very easy to pick up and master.
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Piktochart
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Usability
Google
Google Slides is very easy and intuitive for creating simple, straightforward presentations. Its limitations make for less decision making. Being part of the Google Suite makes for easy sharing and collaboration, auto-saving, and time-stamped versions/edit history. However, unlike a platform like Canva, there's no icon library, photos, graphics, or elements built-in, so if you're wanting more creative designs, you have to import or create yourself.
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Piktochart
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Google
Google Slides works both online and offline, they are free to use if you have a Google account. Easy to share and are supported by most web browsers. A great addition to your arsenal of interactive educational online platforms.
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Piktochart
Piktochart is cheaper than Canva, and better for building long-form infographics that require a large amount of data to be presented visually. It is also much easier to learn for new team members than Pixlr
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Return on Investment
Google
  • We’ve closed all our clients using Google slides.
  • Google slides has directly led to 100's of thousands of dollars in our org.
  • It has helped us add dozens of new clients.
  • Has helped us present information to businesses making 10M+ revenue.
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Piktochart
  • Piktochart is a lot cheaper than similar products and quicker to learn
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