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    Google Slides

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGoogle 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

    Smaply

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Smaply app enables teams to digitize, centralize and standardize their customer experience insights. Teams can together work on journey maps, personas and stakeholder maps, collect feedback from others, and create professional exports. Its training program helps teams to understand and apply human-centered approaches.

    $19

    per month per user

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    Google SlidesSmaply
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    Basic
    19 EUR
    per month per user
    Pro
    29 EUR
    per month per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google SlidesSmaply
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google SlidesSmaply
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
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    Happy with the feature set
    75%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
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    Adobe Presenter
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    Microsoft Powerpoint Online
    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google SlidesSmaply
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Google SlidesSmaply
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Well-suited to working on presentations or PowerPoint-style documents, including setting up templated slides and working collaboratively on presentations. It's less well-suited to setting up printable documents, though I have used it for simple printable documents, you just need to remember to set the slide size to A4 (or your preferred paper size) measurements.
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    Smaply
    The solution is suitable for complex journeys with many touchpoints.
    The tool has the advantage of being easy to use.
    On the other hand, I have not found any data import solutions avoiding re-entering all the data from Excel for example. It could save a lot of time. Indeed, for me, the tool is a tool for formalizing discoveries but other solutions can be used before
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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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    Smaply
    • User journey map
    • Personas templates
    • Stakeholder maps
    • Free online courses
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    Cons
    Google
    • The slides generated by the "Beautify this slide" feature are not editable. You need to prompt again to make the changes you want.
    • You don't have a way to switch to another company template. For example, if you want to switch from light to dark theme, you can't.
    • The layout of the Animations sequence is not easy to read.
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    Smaply
    • Global look and feel
    • Export format
    • Text formating in sticky notes
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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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    Smaply
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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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    Smaply
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    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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    Smaply
    It’s [easier] to deal with user journey and persons thanks to Smaply. Templates and already created and there is a lot of functionalities to make a complete journey map. It’s very intuitive and we can send it easily to our team. Stakeholder map is a feature that [not many software] have and that is very useful so I’m happy to have it in Smaply
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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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    Smaply
    • Time saving
    • Clarity for stakeholders
    • Sharing best practices
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    Screenshot of Airport Experience Example Journey Map in Smaply EditorScreenshot of Airport Experience Example Journey Map ExportScreenshot of Airport Experience Example Journey Map A4 ExportScreenshot of Persona EditorScreenshot of Persona ExportScreenshot of Stakeholder Map Editor