Decka vs LessonUp

Decka is a freemium AI presentation maker with a freeform editor and live audience activities. AI-generated presentations open as editable drafts: users can move, resize, restyle, replace or remove objects. The editor includes themes, image frames, background removal and editable advanced charts, while presentations can contain YouTube or uploaded video, Lottie animations and a dynamic agenda. Collaborators can edit together in real time, and presenters can publish view-only links. Audience activities include polls, quizzes, Q&A, word clouds, drawings, games and other formats. Activities work through a PowerPoint add-in and a Google Slides Chrome extension; Enterprise includes API access. Decka requests Google Drive access one presentation at a time through Google’s picker, using file-specific permission. The Free plan costs nothing and allows two live sessions and 200 participants monthly, with 50 people per activity. Pro starts at $10 a year billed annually; Enterprise pricing is tailored and unlisted.

LessonUp helps educators find, create, and teach interactive lessons in person or online, with reports and insights into student learning. Activities include multiple-choice questions, polls, drag-and-drop tasks, word clouds, hotspots, spinners, fill-in-the-blanks, and sorting. Teachers can import PowerPoint presentations and add interactive elements such as quizzes, mind maps, and open questions. A lesson library includes material from other educators and content partners. AI tools can assist with lessons, quizzes, rubrics, assignments, images, summaries, glossaries, and translations. LessonUp lists integrations with Canvas, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams for Education, and itslearning; school plans also list SURFconext SSO. The Free plan saves lesson results and includes some interactive features. Start costs $7 a month per teacher on a yearly subscription and includes VAT; it allows 10 lessons and 20 AI uses monthly. Pro costs $7.99 a month per teacher on a yearly subscription, includes VAT, and allows unlimited lessons and 50 AI uses monthly. LessonUp is available on web, Android, and iOS.