Google Slides is a great options for collaboration and version control
April 30, 2025

Google Slides is a great options for collaboration and version control

John Beadle | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Slides

Google Slides served as a central platform to collaborate on and organize internal presentations. It was used to share meeting content on a recurring basis, helping to consolidate communication, facilitate discussion through comments, and maintain version control of edits. Since the team was fully remote, cross-location and cross-timezone collaboration was seamless, with deeper discussions managed through comment threads. Overall, it made team-wide meetings more productive by giving people a chance to review materials and address comments ahead of calls.

Pros

  • Version Control
  • Commenting/Discussion
  • Design Templates
  • Managing large slide decks (50+ slides)

Cons

  • design tools are lacking compared to Figma and Keynote
  • Offline access is not ideal
  • File storage locally is sometimes a plus (which Google doesnt have)
  • Increased Meeting Efficiency
  • Faster Decision-Making
  • Improved Collaboration Across Locations
It fairly easy to use and manage, especially if you are already in the Google Suite - however design styling is often lacking and missing - which can be a major draw back if you are presenting to an external party. For those cases I will typically use Keynote or Figma Slides.

Do you think Google Slides delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Slides's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Slides live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Google Slides go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Slides again?

Yes

Team collaboration, managing version control (where losing content is a major concern). Collaboration across organizations, or navigation collaboration between apple/windows users.

Less appropriate might be where expectations are to present a more pollished presentation (high fidelity design). Leveraging multi media tools (incorporating videos) as well as the need for offline access.

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