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Alternatives to Google Slides
23 productivity tools sit alongside Google Slides in this directory. Below is what separates each from Google Slides on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- 1
- Google Slides starts at
- Free, then €4.76/month
Why people look past Google Slides
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Google Slides has a free tier, and starts at €4.76/month against a category median of $11/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Make learning awesome with game-based quizzes
- Starts $14.24 a month dearer, at $19/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 5 tiers to Google Slides's 3.
Create professional presentations in minutes, not hours
- No free tier, where Google Slides has one.
- Starts $9.74 a month dearer, at $14.5/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
- 4 tiers to Google Slides's 3.
A complete presentation workspace
Priced and rated the same as Google Slides on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Journalling app for iOS, Android and Mac now sold as a subscription after years as a one-time purchase
- Sold on a Free tier plus subscription model rather than freemium.
Security-focused AI email client with end-to-end encryption and a lifetime purchase option
- Sold on a Per user per year, or one-time purchase model rather than freemium.
Mac launcher and automation tool sold as a one-time Powerpack licence rather than a subscription
- Starts $29.240000000000002 a one-time dearer, at £34/one-time.
- Sold on a One-time purchase model rather than freemium.
Every Google Slides alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Slides (this page) | Free, then €4.76/month | Freemium | 3 | |
| KahootMake learning awesome with game-based quizzes | Free, then $19/month | Subscription | 5 | vs Google Slides |
| Beautiful.aiCreate professional presentations in minutes, not hours | $14.5/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Google Slides |
| PitchA complete presentation workspace | Free | Freemium | - | vs Google Slides |
| Day One | Free | Free tier plus subscription | 3 | vs Google Slides |
| Canary Mail | Free | Per user per year, or one-time purchase | 3 | vs Google Slides |
| Alfred | Free, then £34/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | vs Google Slides |
| Bring! | Free | Free, with an optional paid Premium tier for extras | 2 | vs Google Slides |
| Samsung Food | Free | Free, no subscription | 1 | vs Google Slides |
| Bluemail | Free | Quote | 1 | vs Google Slides |
| Spark Mail | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Google Slides |
| Mealime | Free, then $5.99/month | Freemium subscription | 2 | vs Google Slides |
| Supernormal | Free, then $20/month | Per month by credits | 3 | vs Google Slides |
| MeetGeek | Free, then $9.99/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Google Slides |
| Bluedot | Free, then $14/month | Per recording user per month | 4 | vs Google Slides |
| LibreOffice | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Google Slides |
| Gamma | Free, then $12/month | - | 6 | vs Google Slides |
| Memtime | €10/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Google Slides |
| Streaks | $5.99/one-time | One-time purchase | 1 | vs Google Slides |
| AnyList | On request | Per user per year | 1 | vs Google Slides |
| Mimestream | $4.99/month | Per user per month | 1 | vs Google Slides |
| Paprika Recipe Manager | $4.99/one-time | One-time purchase, priced separately per platform | 2 | vs Google Slides |
| HEY | $99/year | Per user per month | 3 | vs Google Slides |
| Fastmail | $3/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Google Slides |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Google Slides badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (15)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Kahoot , Free, then $19/month
- Pitch , Free
- Day One , Free
- Canary Mail , Free
- Alfred , Free, then £34/one-time
- Bring! , Free
- Samsung Food , Free
- Bluemail , Free
Cheaper than Google Slides (1)
Entry price under Google Slides's €4.76/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Fastmail , $3/month
What you would be giving up
Google Slides is most often brought in for a deck several people must build at once before a deadline, where merging emailed versions would be the actual failure mode., recurring reports where the charts should update from a spreadsheet rather than being pasted in again each time., teaching and classroom use, where the tool is free and runs on inexpensive hardware., sharing a deck with people outside the organisation by link rather than as an attachment that immediately goes stale.. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Google Slides is broadly right and the question is cost, the Google Slides pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Productivity category lists everything the directory holds, and best productivity tools ranks them.
Google Slides runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Google Slides alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Google Slides?
- 23 other productivity tools are listed in this directory, led by Kahoot, Beautiful.ai, Pitch, Day One. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Google Slides?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Kahoot, Pitch, Day One, Canary Mail, Alfred.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Google Slides?
- Yes. 1 of the alternatives below start under Google Slides's €4.76/month: Fastmail at $3/month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Google Slides?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Google Slides has a free tier, and starts at €4.76/month against a category median of $11/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Google Slides?
- Google Slides is most often brought in for a deck several people must build at once before a deadline, where merging emailed versions would be the actual failure mode., recurring reports where the charts should update from a spreadsheet rather than being pasted in again each time., teaching and classroom use, where the tool is free and runs on inexpensive hardware., sharing a deck with people outside the organisation by link rather than as an attachment that immediately goes stale.. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Google Slides?
- None of the productivity tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Google Slides alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Productivity, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Google Slides against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Google Slides covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every productivity tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Productivity category, 23 tools beside Google Slides. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.