PowerPoint for the web vs SlideShare
PowerPoint for the web
powerpoint.cloud.microsoft
SlideShare
slideshare.netSide by side
| Figure | PowerPoint for the web | SlideShare |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $8.33/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 3 |
| Spec score · Presentation Sharing Software | 8.2 (#13) | 8.7 (#7) |
| Audience | Microsoft describes a free PowerPoint plan for one person and Microsoft 365 business plans that include PowerPoint for web and mobile. | The homepage says users can upload and share knowledge with a global community of 70 million users. |
| Headquarters | Redmond, Washington, USA | San Francisco, California, United States |
Plans
PowerPoint for the web
- Microsoft PowerPointFree
- Microsoft 365 Personal$9.99 a month
- Microsoft 365 Family$12.99 a month
- Microsoft 365 Premium$19.99 a month
- Microsoft 365 Personal$99.99 a year
- Microsoft 365 Family$129.99 a year
- Microsoft 365 Premium$199.99 a year
SlideShare
- FreeFree
- Slideshare subscription€10.99 a month
- Subscription$11.99 a month
In their own words
PowerPoint for the web
PowerPoint for the web lets you create presentations in a browser, with changes saved automatically as you work. Multiple authors can edit a presentation at the same time, and you can open files stored on OneDrive, SharePoint, or Dropbox. It supports editing.pptx,.ppsx, and.odp files, and can open files up to 2 GB. Presentations can be downloaded as.pptx,.pdf,.odp, or JPEG images, with one image per slide. The free Microsoft PowerPoint plan costs nothing and includes web, iOS, and Android access, sharing and real-time collaboration, basic templates, fonts, icons and stickers, dictation and voice commands, and 5 GB of cloud storage. PowerPoint for the web also offers an embeddable player and restricted access control. The web editor cannot insert charts or equations; inserting video or audio files from a PC requires desktop PowerPoint.
SlideShare
SlideShare has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.