When it comes to making a presentation, Microsoft PowerPoint come up at the first place. We all are familiar with this tool. The most recent version of Microsoft PowerPoint aka PowerPoint 2013 is simply formidable and much more convenient than earlier versions.
Even though, it has tons of templates to create fascinating presentation, yet sometime it cannot perform as well as it should be. Hence, it doesn’t assist us to create a perfect presentation. This is where third party presentation makers steps in. Today, I am going to put forward five free and instrumental online presentation makers which will let you create eye-catching presentation straight away. Let’s check them out.
Five Online Presentation Makers to Create Presentations without PowerPoint
Google Slides
This is a popular and trustworthy presentation maker out there. As the name says it is being managed by Google, the web giant; there should not any doubt on its potentiality. Alike most of the Google’s services, Google Slides is a free service. You can make really attractive presentation with very easy steps. Just like Microsoft PowerPoint 2013, Google Slides provides numerous templates.
This is also possible to select different screen resolution. As of now, it has three types of aspect ratio. If you have any third party template, you can import that as well. Google Slides has all the options what are available on Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. Some important options like Insert link, image, video, table etc. are also obtainable in this third party presentation maker.
There is no limit to add new slides. Another advantage of Google Slides is that you can use any Google Font on the go whereas PowerPoint does require manual font installation. The second advantage is that you can share slides with anybody having a Google account.
Prezi
Prezi is one of the best presentation makers out there which comes in different versions. If you want to use it for testing purpose, head to the free edition. Nevertheless, if you want to give a special layer of effect on your existing slides, do purchase the premium account. You can buy the premium account for different purposes. For instance, if you need only few more options for personal use, you can pay only $4.92 per month. The pro version has some more features than initial version and it costs $13.25 per month. If you have a team and want to let others also use this tool, you can purchase the “Teams” edition.
It is very easy to edit presentation with the help of Prezi. The free version contains only three types of templates and one option to create your own template. If you choose any preset template, it would be a five minutes task to create a presentation. You can certainly download any presentation to your PC right from your account.
Keynote
This is yet another very useful tool out there for Apple users. You can use Keynote on your Mac and turn your iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad into a wireless presentation viewer. This is popular because you can edit a presentation from two sides. Suppose, you and your friend are working on some projects where you are supposed to submit a presentation. At such moment, you can simply opt for Apple Keynote and share the presentation with friends so that he/she can also work with you. The layout of iOS version is exactly same as Mac. Hence, both of you will get same experience and features to edit a presentation. Keynote costs around $79.
Zoho Presentation
Zoho is an unofficial cloned version of Google Drive. Zoho Docs has almost everything what are included in Google Drive. Although, it is not as useful as Google Drive yet the usefulness is not less than that. You can create document, spreadsheet as well as Presentation with the help of Zoho Docs. Alike other regular presentation makers, you can work on several templates those are already included in your Zoho account. This is free and very reliable.
On the other hand, this is possible to publish your presentation on the web in different formats including HTML, PDF and .PPTX. The user interface looks quite good and not much cluttered. Just like Google Slides, you do not have to install any third party font since some good-looking Serif and Sans-Serif fonts are already installed in Zoho Presentation.
Vcasmo
Vcasmo comes with tons of features to make an eye-catching presentation for business. Generally, Vcasmo is a free tool. However, the free edition has some restrictions. On the other hand, if you can purchase any of the premium accounts, the barriers will be lifted accordingly. You can get Vcasmo cloud storage account, Offline application to work on presentation, export the presentation, create multiple groups, add friends, stream videos from CDN and so forth. The “Standard’ account of Vcasmo costs just $10.99 per month and “Professional” account costs only $16.99 per month. Vcasmo also has iOS application, which is available for iOS 4.3 and later versions.
Bottom Line
Presentation is a popular way to demonstrate something to your mates, employees or anybody else. A presentation can help you to get full marks in exam or a great deal in business. You should not compromise with the quality of your presentation. It leads damage in your business and education.
Therefore, if you do not want to use regular PowerPoint Presentation after spending hundred dollars, Prezi and Google Slides are popular options to opt for. Hope these five tools would help you a lot.
Hi there!
In my opinion, there are best options than “Google slides” out there… For example, I use Genial.ly, and I couldn’t be happier with the results. Really recommed it 😉