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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

    Zoom Workplace

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AZoom Workplace, Zoom’s open collaboration platform with an AI Companion, empowers teams to be more productive, and strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle with Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer experience teams, including Zoom Contact Center.

    $16.99

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Microsoft PowerpointZoom Workplace
    Editions & Modules
    One Time Purchase
    $139.99
    Add-On Zoom Translated Captions
    $5
    per month per license
    Pro
    $16.99
    per month per user
    Business
    $21.99
    per month per user
    Add-On - Conference Room Connector
    $499
    per year
    Basic
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Add-On - Zoom Whiteboard
    starting at $2.49
    per month per user
    Add-On - Large Meetings
    starting at $600
    per year
    Add-On - Cloud Storage
    starting at $120
    per year
    Add-On Audio Conferencing
    starting at $1200
    per year
    Add-On Zoom Phone Power Pack
    Starting at $300
    per year per user
    Add-On - Quality of Service Subscription
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft PowerpointZoom Workplace
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft PowerpointZoom Workplace
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Powerpoint
    I used PowerPoint for 3 years and I like it because it has a lot of features to organize a slide show. And we can combine text, graphics, multimedia to make a presentation. In PowerPoint presentations you can reduce the paragraph size in bullet points. I mainly use it to make …
    Incentivized
    Zoom
    Chose Zoom Workplace
    Ultimately it comes down to Zoom Workplace being more intuitive, the layout of the various buttons such as chat, sharing screen etc
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoom Workplace
    Although, my co-workers have used the Microsoft Teams, I have not experienced using Microsoft Teams as of yet. However, I am not apposed to using Microsoft Teams. I rather enjoy using Zoom Workplace as I find it to be user friendly and we have a lot of non-tech savvy employees. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoom Workplace
    Zoom is more equally stacked with Microsoft Teams because Microsoft has been playing catch-up for the last few months. I think that overall I have less latency with Zoom than I do with Teams, but other than that, I don't see much difference between the two anymore.

    Zoom is much …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    64 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    412 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    61 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    386 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    62 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    437 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    42 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    287 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    50 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    327 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft PowerpointZoom Workplace
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.5
    1005 Ratings
    1% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.8997 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings8.9997 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.7
    1005 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.31004 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.7
    1011 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.0922 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.1985 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.2960 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.5
    873 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings9.1855 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.9
    863 Ratings
    11% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.9754 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.7828 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.1
    235 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings8.3111 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings7.8140 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.2217 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.2
    263 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings8.6191 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings8.7239 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings7.9146 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.0164 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings8.2209 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings8.0134 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings8.0182 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.9
    296 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings8.8262 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings8.9180 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Microsoft Powerpoint and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.7
    248 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings8.9198 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings8.9213 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.6192 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.4201 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft PowerpointZoom Workplace
    Small Businesses
    Adobe Presenter
    Score9 out of 10
    Broadvoice | GoContact
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Microsoft Powerpoint Online
    Score7 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Adobe Presenter
    Score9 out of 10
    Webex Calling
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft PowerpointZoom Workplace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (63 ratings)
    8.8
    (1069 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (27 ratings)
    Usability
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    9.5
    (46 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    6.4
    (46 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft PowerpointZoom Workplace
    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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    Zoom
    In most cases, and I mean almost all, Zoom is vastly superior to Teams in terms of functionality and ease of use. Case in point: I recently tried to join a Teams meeting in the web browser, and it took me multiple attempts to access it. This NEVER happens with a Zoom link.
    Incentivized
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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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    Zoom
    • Audio quality of phone calls is spot on. Calls are clear and crisp.
    • Video quality of video meetings are clear and there aren't any pixelization artifacts that some systems can have.
    • Having AI summaries have been life changing for us. We no longer have to concentrate on note taking, like we did in the past. The summaries are accurate and enable us to put our efforts in the meeting or conversation. Plus, we can save them into our practice management system as required.
    Incentivized
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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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    Zoom
    • Love notes - allow insertion of table or grid
    • Allow admin to turn off DND
    • Allow a way to group individual people chats - not channels just individual peeps into groups for ease of finding - like how you can group shared calendars into sections in Outlook
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    We're sticking with Zoom for the foreseeable future--given its compelling feature set, ease of use, and advanced technology, there's just no other competition to be excited about. Plus it's a Gartner-recognized industry leader, so it's a rather easy choice.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Zoom
    Zoom is made for the non tech office. It has features that can be made to do what you need to run things on a day to day basis. Immediately we we able to get meetings going with remote employees. The ability to be able to add smartphone connected people was a big plus. Zoom met our needs at the time.
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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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    Zoom
    There have been less than a handful of outages during our two years with Zoom, and whenever there was one, an email informing us of the outage went out immediately, and they had the issue resolved shortly thereafter.
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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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    Zoom
    Zoom has among the best performance of any video conference platform, as I've mentioned several times. Besides that, their Chat platform works great, and their back end always runs smooth. It's unfortunate that reporting can now only be done by one month at a time, but nonetheless, it only takes a second to run any kind of Zoom report, whether it's an attendee report, Poll results, a user report, a list of meetings from the past month, etc.
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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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    Zoom
    Because I got a response right away, and was assigned one specific individual to work with me from the beginning to the resolution. I had an actual email address and direct contact with this person without having to start over and over every time I contacted Zoom - this singular individual remained attentive and was well informed on the subject matter and quite able to resolve my needs.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    If you receive any pushback from higher ups, point to any of the various positive reviews like this one. Or show Zoom's excellent Gartner report, or articles describing Zoom's partnership with Sequoia capital. It's not difficult to show how Zoom is a trustworthy industry leader with best-in-class technology.
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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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    Zoom
    Zoom Workplace is typically on the more expensive end against other options, but it's the industry leader for a reason. It has the most brand credibility by far, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. There are limitations when it comes to technical performance, customization and video/audio quality. I prefer Slack myself for communication apps, but Zoom Workplace is a good alternative.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    The billing and price model is really fair for so many functions that they offer, our remote work requires each of the features that Zoom offers, so accepting payment for a tool like this is the least we can do. I like that billing arrives on time and that they offer opportunities and payment times.
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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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    Zoom
    Because the Basic licenses are completely free, and because it's very easy to configure and install Zoom, and because anyone can join Zoom from a link without needing an account, scaling is a Breeze. There are absolutely no roadblocks. My company keeps adding more Zoom Pro license every week since it's so in demand. We were able to convert users from several different platforms onto Zoom with no trouble at all.
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoom
    Zoom is perfect for our business. We use it to video chat with prospective clients. The name recognition alone gives us credibility and it is very easy to screen share and send content out.
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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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    Zoom
    • We have not lost much productivity in our teamwork during the pandemic because of the ability to have Zoom video calls and keep everyone in touch. This is definitely a positive.
    • We are able to have more people participate in coaching sessions (described earlier) because we don't have room space limitations. This is a big positive.
    • Being able to start a meeting instantly is great when we are doing support and/or training with a client over the phone and need to be able to share a visible
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    ScreenShots

    Zoom Workplace Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example collaboration feature. These are used to:
Transcribe, summarize, and capture action items with AI Companion from your in-person meetings.
Improve visibility and alignment by sharing emails to chats
Elevate a chat to a meeting or phone call to get to resolution faster. 
Continue meeting conversations and easily access shared information in Team Chat.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's productivity features. These features are used to:
Improve productivity across teams, locations, and time zones.
Organize project deliverables and assets in a centralized, collaborative doc.
Collaborate and map out projects visually on a whiteboard.
Jumpstart brainstorming sessions using AI and templates.
Gather valuable team input for well-informed decision-making with surveys and polls.
Stay on top of action items surfaced from across Zoom Workplace.Screenshot of some additional collaboration features. These are used to:
Optimize office experiences and in-person time.
Make sure remote participants feel connected with what is going on in the room.
Collaborate across remote and in-person teams on a virtual whiteboard.
Easily know and identify who is in the room and who is speaking in a Zoom Room with smart name tags and smart speaker tags.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's AI companion. This feature is used to streamline communications, improve productivity, increase employee engagement, and optimize flexible work.Screenshot of additional AI Companion features. The tools is also used to:
Launch internal campaigns.
Deliver visually rich updates with live streams, billboards, and videos.
Ensure critical comms are never missed with read receipts.
Send updates to deskless workers with Workvivo TV and Chat.