Powtoon vs. Prezi

Powtoon

Powtoon

31 Reviews and Ratings

Prezi

Prezi

144 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Powtoon	Score 9.5 out of 10	N/A	Powtoon is an online video creation platform used to turn any document or idea into a video. Its AI tools include Doc to Video, an AI scriptwriter, text-to-speech, and text to video.	$49 per month per user
Prezi	Score 7.4 out of 10	N/A	Prezi’s advantage over static slides is that its interactive, zoomable canvas shows the relationship between the big picture and the fine details. The vendor’s value proposition is that this puts ideas in context, and makes them more likely to resonate, motivate, and be remembered.	$3 per month

Pricing

Powtoon

Prezi

Editions & Modules

Lite: $49
per month per user
Professional: $99
per month per user
Advanced: $199
per month per user

Students & Educators - EDU Plus: $3
per month
Individual - Standard: $5
per month
Basic - Plus: $15
per month
Individual - Plus: $15
per month
Business - Plus: $15
per month
Individual - Premium: $59
per month
Business - Premium: $59
per month
Basic - Free: Free
Students & Educators - Basic: Free
Students & Educators - EDU Teams: Contact sales team
Business - Teams: Contact for quote

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Powtoon	Prezi
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Discounts available for annual billing and educational institutions.

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Powtoon	Prezi
Considered Both Products	Powtoon AC Annie Chatterjee Instructional Designer Chose Powtoon Powtoon is second in my animated video creation tech stack. I prefer Vyond for the speed, sophistication, and ability to add voiceover, but since I started with Powtoon I still use it to update my videos. Their licensing options are affordable. I also love their asset … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Powtoon I don't know of any other products that are available that do what Powtoon does. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Powtoon Powtoon has the advantage over traditional video editing software in terms of the library of characters and elements that can be easily dragged and dropped onto the canvas. Powtoon is easier to use and has a more intuitive user interface than Vyond. Incentivized Helpful? GN Gabe Nance eLearning Curriculum Developer Chose Powtoon In most cases, Powtoon is the superior tool for video creation and PowerPoint-importing over Captivate, Storyline and Camtasia. And it's MUCH easier to use than Vyond/GoAnimate. It's also much cheaper than these alternatives while providing better tools and a more robust … Incentivized Helpful? Jane Odom Training & Implmentation Specialist Chose Powtoon I find Powtoon to be more accessible and easier to learn. Also, their tech support is amazing! I have had multiple problems solved by just asking for support. Incentivized Helpful? Kim Grewe Instructional Designer Chose Powtoon Powtoons has more support and training than Animoto. Powtoons subscription price for educators is less expensive than a usual premium subscription. Powtoons integrates easily with many different platforms in a way Animoto does not. We can export Powtoons to Mp4s which students … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Powtoon Powtoon is pre-made with cartoons so it is much easier. I use Adobe for videos that are outside of work. To create slide shows, iMovie is best. Incentivized Helpful? Isaac Feldman founder Chose Powtoon I haven't tried other services. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Powtoon VEGAS Pro, iMovie and Corel VideoStudio Pro Incentivized Helpful?	Prezi Verified User Anonymous Chose Prezi More options for designs and transitions. More visual aids available. Good way to have various types of presentations. Incentivized Helpful? Jaciara Fagundes Coordenadora de controle de projetos Chose Prezi Pre-video with videos is the best choice. Keynote in presentations of this type leaves something to be desired. If the presentation has content with videos, they should be deleted, as they are incorporated into the final file size. It is important to note that it is necessary … Incentivized Helpful? Sara Flores Sales Consultant Chose Prezi Canva is a very good platform for designing slides. We previously used it in our company. However, I consider Prezi as the best option because it is a much more fluid platform. It offers me greater fluidity when inserting information and designing a slide from scratch. I think … Incentivized Helpful? CB C. Bilbao Profesional PIE Chose Prezi We all know Powerpoint, and we know that it is a good and practical tool, but that it does not adapt to new times or new demands. With Prezi, you can perform the same tasks as with PPT and go further, to generate fun and moving presentations that are more attractive to others. … Incentivized Helpful? Joshua Melder Customer Account Manager Chose Prezi Prezi offers several fantastic templates right out of the box and automatically creates an engaging atmosphere to explore new content. The cloud-based nature of the platform competes well against competitors such as Google Slides or PowerPoint. Prezi does suffer from a smaller … Incentivized Helpful? Maria Paz Tellez Administrative Assistant Chose Prezi In particular, visually I like Prezi much more, because it is more dynamic and modern. PowerPoint, being so linear, often makes it very boring to watch. And while PPT has some advantages, such as simplicity, that everyone knows about it and that you can transform your files … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Thompson Social Studies Teacher Chose Prezi This is a presentation tool similar to PowerPoint and Google Slides. I like how it feels more interactive because it allows for more logical sequencing and acknowledgment of the bigger picture. I am a middle school social studies teacher and I use and I have my student use it … Incentivized Helpful? Stella Olsson Territory Sales Manager Chose Prezi Microsoft PowerPoint has been excellent as a platform to create slides, but over time, users have wanted something more striking and motivating that helps transmit the information so that the public captures and likes what they see. So, Prezi has been one of the best options … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Prezi Prezi is more animated with a greater amount of detailed movement. That movement has been reported to me by students and fellow teachers to be disorienting at times so I have to be judicious when adding them in and how to use them to highlight information in the presentation. Incentivized Helpful? Penelope Brown Dining Room Manager Chose Prezi Prezi has been the best option since the way in which the information can be transmitted is more intuitive to the rest of the presentation software. Prezi shows me that with simplicity we can achieve a lot and that in addition we should not only see the slides from a single … Incentivized Helpful? Morganne McIntyre Account Relationship Specialist Chose Prezi Prezi is just overall cleaner and has a better brand image. Google slides and drive isn't as easy for everyone to share and access. Powerpoint is just super old school. Canva requires a lot more graphic making. Prezi is easier to use all around and is much easier to share … Incentivized Helpful? DH Danielle Healey ESOL Teacher Chose Prezi Prezi is so much better for students when showing information, but it can be harder/slower to set up. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Prezi As mentioned before, when it comes to presentations, there are times when Powerpoint is better to use vs. Prezi. It depends on the situation and what you plan to do with it. Generally speaking, if you are looking for a quick self-guided presentation that is media-rich, I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Prezi Powerpoint is the classic one that everyone knows and I believe Prezi's main challenger. Powerpoint is well known, but it can be a bit boring for people. I think it may be best for adults or business meetings but for me when I work with kids, they need something that is not as … Incentivized Helpful? Alexander Hartmann Fine Chemical Sales Manager Chose Prezi Powerpoint is tried and true and also a great program, don't get me wrong. I think Prezi is better when used online to collaborate with others but once you get the hang of both, it comes down to matter of personal preference of style and design, in my opinion. Incentivized Helpful? Achyut Kulkarni Graduate Research Assistant Chose Prezi Haven't evaluated any other presentation tool. However, Prezi stacks up incredibly well and is high on the list of such tools. It is very integrative as compared to other such tools. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Prezi The key features of Prezi are powerful for presenting. When compared to PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 365 they achieve the same goal but in different ways. Prezi focusses on movement to tie things together whereas PowerPoint is more linear. Consequently, for the beginner, … Incentivized Helpful? Becca Guler Learning Specialist Chose Prezi Canva does not include animations (including the ability for individual elements within a "slide" to appear as you click rather than all at once). Canva has lots of very modern punchy formats in templates or design-your-own options to create colorful, easy-to-follow … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Prezi I've used Google Slides and PowerPoint. Prezi keeps the audience the most engaged and has excellent sharing capabilities. The online editor is far more advanced than Google Slides or PowerPoint, and the paid plans have fantastic options such as advanced image editing, … Incentivized Helpful? Angel Rojas Sales Consultant Chose Prezi Prezi is a bit slow around the platform in general, however, I chose it because it is a little faster and offers a much faster online platform that Canva. I really did not like Canva at all, because it has designs that do not adapt to the topics that I work on in my company, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Prezi Prezi is very different from PowerPoint or other services I have used to create presentations. If you are looking for a cut and dry solution with minimal time commitment, then this is not it. If you would like to do a different and fun presentation that catches the eye, this … Incentivized Helpful? Emily Hammell Marketing Manager Chose Prezi At the time I choose to use Prezi, there were very few options to create such a professional and easy presentation. Prezi was the most established and respected platform to create such a presentation. I had been using Powerpoint, but they're very dull and take a lot of manual … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Prezi We also tried Powerpoint and Visio to prepare hierarchical presentations, but it was not as easy, and it was kind of difficult to edit. Prezi provided built-in zoom-pan animation, which made it easier. Also, there were many samples from the Prezi community that one could learn … Incentivized Helpful? AM Aura Munguia Cepeda Profesional de la enseñanza Chose Prezi In particular, to make presentations of contents to the students, and to show information in council of professors and attorneys we used the classic powerpoint, but being honest, powerpoints are generally ugly and very static, so they are not interesting or give desire to pay … Incentivized Helpful? Saransh Dikshit Graduate Research Assistant Chose Prezi I have used software like Microsoft PowerPoint for making my presentations. They offer much more formatting options than Prezi but lack creative ways of presenting and preparing it. Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses	iMovie Score 10.0 out of 10	Canva Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	iMovie Score 10.0 out of 10	Mentimeter Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Powtoon	Prezi
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.7 (0 ratings)	8.8 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Powtoon	Prezi
Likelihood to Recommend	Powtoon is a very capable suite of tools that help a developer create training videos that look way better than they should. I've used it to create fun, attention-getting commercials for new topics, I've used it to enhance what would otherwise be boring step-by-step tutorials, and I've used it to create all manner of "Explainer videos" for all kinds of topics - this is where it EXCELS! In my opinion, its biggest limitations are limits on imported video (max of 90 seconds), which mean that you have to do a lot of extra work to break up and import anything of substantive length. And because it presents your personal library of imported images and audio ONLY sequentially, it's VERY LIMITED in the re-usability of those assets - it's way faster to just import a new instance of an image and audio than to try to find it in your library. Incentivized GN Gabe Nance eLearning Curriculum Developer Read full review	I believe Prezi is well suited when an author wants to create a more compelling presentation. It is also most useful when using it to explain processes, flows, and/or other visual elements. From another perspective, when it is necessary to create something more quickly, Prezi may not be the right solution, when compared to PowerPoint, for example. There are nice templates, but the creation process may not be so fast and simple. Incentivized Luciano Gardesani Marques Account Executive Read full review
Pros	Powtoon is very easy to use; no previous experience is needed. It has a lot of features (images, backgrounds, videos, sounds, etc.) It automatically saves your work After you have created your video, you can download it to your computer in different resolutions Incentivized JD Jose de la Fuente Project Manager Read full review	Prezi can provides a literal "big picture" view of the presentation content. This helps the audience understand what the presentation is ultimately all about. Prezi is anything but bland. It animates the content and makes it feel like you are "in" the material. Prezi presentations can incorporate video, images, text and more. There are many options to present content to an audience. Eric Batson Learning and Development Specialist Read full review
Cons	Only one timeline to edit from which sometimes makes it difficult to select objects. Animations can only be set to ½ seconds. Sometimes more precise amounts of time are needed. Although there are a bunch of different actions you can place on a character, it's almost impossible to create a custom action within the program. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Can be buggy and crashes mid design. Not suitable for simple presentations. Hard to create something quick and simple, so even after we gained experience we still had a hard time using it to deliver a presentation overnight. Can be slow to load a presentation, so we always setup 5-10 minutes before our actual presentation time and made sure everything is loaded and ready to go. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	Learning to use Prezi and create new presentations is very simple and easy to do. It does not require new skills or a long training process, since in general the use is quite intuitive (and if you have any questions there are many videos on how to use it). Its operation in both the browser version and the app is very good and fluid, managing to perform all the tasks you want properly. CB Carlos Bilbao Profesional PIE Read full review
Support Rating	I have never needed the support feature. As I mentioned, everything was intuitive to me however I have taught myself Adobe, Final Cut and iMovie so most of these programs became intuitive. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	It is a modern and easy-to-use tool (after a while) that allows you to make dynamic and trained presentations without the need to be an expert user. It has allowed me to improve the attention and motivational processes of my students. In addition, it has many [community users] who make videos and teach the many uses that you can use Prezi. And because, despite the restrictions of the free version, everyone can access and make use of Prezi and thus improve their boring ppt and inject some vitality into them. Maximo Pott Profesor substituto Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Powtoon has the advantage over traditional video editing software in terms of the library of characters and elements that can be easily dragged and dropped onto the canvas. Powtoon is easier to use and has a more intuitive user interface than Vyond. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	We also tried Powerpoint and Visio to prepare hierarchical presentations, but it was not as easy, and it was kind of difficult to edit. Prezi provided built-in zoom-pan animation, which made it easier. Also, there were many samples from the Prezi community that one could learn from. Finally, Prezi Classic was free and there was not any limitation in using the free version. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	People love our "tips, tricks and troubleshooting" videos I have created which has helped our learners with their training Our learners have been able to self train using videos I have created with Powtoon It has decreased time and efficiency for our in person trainers and now they can refer them to our online training. Incentivized AC Annie Chatterjee Instructional Designer Read full review	Prezi is really a sunk cost for us. The positive is to stand out when other organizations are presenting in a more traditional way Ability to explain complex concepts is a plus Instant save of work and access through the cloud is another very positive aspect which makes the paid version worth it Incentivized Javier Schwersensky CEO Read full review
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