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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Powerpoint

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft PowerPoint is a presentation software designed to allow users to create slide-based presentations including video and images, as well as slide transitions and animations.

    $139.99

    Storyblocks

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AStoryblocks is a rapid video creation platform that allows individuals and businesses to create videos fast enough to meet strategic objectives. Storyblocks helps users avoid having to choose between creativity, output, & meeting business goals. It is presented as a complete content solution for creators and businesses alike, providing an unlimited library of high-quality royalty-free video, audio and images available through subscription plans.

    $15

    per month

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    Microsoft PowerpointStoryblocks
    Editions & Modules
    One Time Purchase
    $139.99
    Starter
    $15
    per month
    Unlimited All Access
    $30
    per month
    Unlimited Pro
    $35
    per month
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    Microsoft PowerpointStoryblocks
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Microsoft
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Small Businesses
    Adobe Presenter
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Microsoft Powerpoint Online
    Score7 out of 10
    Pexels
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Adobe Presenter
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft PowerpointStoryblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (63 ratings)
    9.6
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    -
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    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft PowerpointStoryblocks
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    The learning curve with Microsoft Powerpoint is not too steep, and most everyone can create really nice-looking presentations. The thing I like most about the new advancements in Microsoft Powerpoint comes to formatting. If you are creating a newsletter, don't get bogged down by all of the annoying formatting rules and issues you would have if creating in Publisher or Word. Microsoft Powerpoint makes it very simple. You can add text boxes and move them anywhere on the page. The templates are a nice touch, but they could use more, as most of these are outdated. I believe there are many free websites for downloading more templates.
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    Storyblocks
    Storyblocks is perfect for your advertisements, films, music videos, and any type of video media. It's also great for still imagery. I can't imagine someone not being able to find suitable material for their creative or corporate project. The best part is that with a subscription, you can download UNLIMITED assets. That's absolutely incredible, as most other stock sites require monthly fees as well as enormous costs per video purchase. With Storyblocks, every picture, song, sound effect, and image comes to you at no extra cost. It's not quite as good as iStock. I've used both, and the quality of iStock is ultimately superior. But for Storyblocks' convenience, it's almost as good.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Insert Photos from my computer and from the web with ease.
    • Auto arrangement of graphics and texts is made available through suggested formatting.
    • Spell check as I type is very valuable to me. It autocorrects many words. I like for my presentation to be accurate.
    • The ability to change any font or any size of font is very valuable to me.
    • The ability to cut and past from Microsoft Word is valuable to me. It also allows me to import tables I have already created in Word.
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    Storyblocks
    • Website is easy to navigate
    • Enormous library of stock footage, images and templates
    • Edit capabilities of video and audio within the website
    • Customer service is great
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • 3D objects that can be manipulated in slideshows by presenters
    • AI tool to cleanup presentations
    • AI tool to create graphics
    • AI tool to create photo-realistic images
    • AI tool to create vector art
    • AI tool to create videos
    • Blender 3D object importer
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    Storyblocks
    • There is an increasingly growing call for UHD (4k) video
    • For audio downloads from favorites folders, I'd like to see a zipped or compressed option
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    It’s great overall! I can think of a few improvements that would make it a 10, for example: better Smart Art graphs, automatic distribution of columns and rows in tables, and being able to more easily save templates for graphs. For example, if I could determine that a same brand name in all graphs would have a specific color, it would be great
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    Storyblocks
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    I've never had any issues with its availability. As it is installed on my machine, it's ready when I need it, online or offline. Creating large slide decks with complex elements like video and audio doesn't affect its stability. The only limitation would be the capability of your own computer, as far as I can tell.
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    Storyblocks
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    The performance is very strong. It loads reasonably quickly. Large presentations load relatively quickly too, given their complexity, and once loaded each slide is readily available. It's easy to scroll up and down through your slide deck and go to the slide you want. Videos, pictures and music all load on demand, controllable by clicks.
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    Storyblocks
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    I have never had to use the actual support. Most of my questions are "how to" questions and there is a rich internet full of users sharing their tips and tricks with this application. Sometimes I find the answers on Microsoft support site but often I don't
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    Storyblocks
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Adobe Illustrator is an excellent software but it's not easy to use for [everyone without] having any training or previous experience in working with illustrator. Microsoft Powerpoint is very easy to use and it's fantastic as it saves time more than illustrator. Another thing is it takes small space while illustrator takes a significant amount of space in the business machine
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    Storyblocks
    Storyblocks is significantly better for videos. Pexels is better for photography. Pexels doesn't have audio, so no competition there. I have found these two resources to be complimentary and great to use for client promotions and educational videos
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    Scaling up use of Microsoft Powerpoint would be a simple case of buying further licences. The software is intuitive and therefore training demands from scaling it to more departments or more individuals would be relatively straightforward. Google Slides may be easier to share among those organisations that use Google's suite of apps, however.
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    Storyblocks
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Helped reduce time we spend modifying and sharing back and forth different versions.
    • Saved us the frustration of having to work with an online program with limited functionalities.
    • Macros make it easy to share data in one excel file and automatically update presentation.
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    Storyblocks
    • It allows me to make more money by having an easy access to what I need
    • Licensing songs or clips is extremely easy
    • Storyblocks helps keep ads off of my content
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