21 March, 2025

6 innovative presentation software to replace PowerPoint

Minh-Loïc

3 min.

Let's be clear, the aim of this article is not to condemn Powerpoint, which is and will remain for a long time a standard of presentation software for creating professional presentations, but rather to make you discover interesting alternatives that are sometimes more fun and more intuitive than the Microsoft juggernaut. Attention, the use of these software is time-consuming, so do not hesitate to call on professionals to make your presentations by contacting our agency.

What is good presentation software?

Good presentation software should:

Allow you to put your ideas into images in a minimum of time.
Be intuitive and offer a wide range of graphic and textual features.
Allow the import of all innovative media.

The best presentation software

Google Slide : for collaborative presentations
Prezi : for highly creative animated presentations
Swipe : for interactive presentations
Zoho Show : for live presentations on the Internet
Keynote : for presentations made from an Apple product
SmartShow 3D : For original animated presentations

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Google Slides

For collaborative presentations

Google Slide is one of the Google Suite tools available to any Gmail or Gmail pro user. Its great strength lies in the Google ecosystem from which it benefits:

Each presentation document is stored in your Cloud, your Gmail Drive, accessible and editable from anywhere as long as you are connected to the Internet.
In a few clicks, you can share your presentation with your contacts or invite them to collaborate on it at the same time as you.
Google backs up your document every time you change it, so it's possible to reload an earlier version of your presentation or to inspect who contributed to what changes.
All Google Fonts are present by default, offering a nice variety of typography.

In terms of graphic features, Google Slide does not have as many options as Powerpoint. The essentials (see a little more) are retained: mask creation/animation/addition of graphic shape elements/etc.

Google Slide tolerates the import of .ppt and .pptx to a few approximations and allows the export of your presentation in different formats including .ppt and .pptx

Price: Free for Gmail users

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Prezi

For highly creative animated presentations

Prezi is Powerpoint that would have taken some hallucinogens. No more linear slides. The construction of a Prezi presentation is based on a large mapping of your ideas. Each slide passage will be an animated zoom or zoom out on one of the places on this map, thus connecting all your ideas into a graphic sequence similar to an interdimensional journey. With Prezi you are sure to capture the attention of your audience and make an impression.

However, like any creative tool, Prezi is a bit more complex to use and certainly more time-consuming. Reserve this tool for a presentation where the impression on the public must be specially present: your next TEDX conference for example.
Price: From €7 per month

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Swipe

For interactive presentations

Tired of struggling to figure out how to layout your ideas? Swipe is certainly an ideal tool for you, as long as you have the content of what you want to present: a video, an image, a diagram, a pdf etc. You upload these elements in drag'n drop mode and make a presentation of them. Simple, effective.

To do this, you can create survey forms to gather the opinion of your audience. Share the link to your presentation at the beginning of the pitch, your audience will be able to consult the various documents of your presentation and answer the survey.

Price: Free up to 5 presentations, then $20 per month (monthly subscription)

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Zoho Show

For live presentations on the Internet

Zoho allows you to have a little more fun graphically than on Powerpoint or Google Slide thanks to the addition of pop graphic elements, hipster textures on the lettering, Instagrammed filters on the photos, and relatively advanced animated sequences.

Presentation creation can be done there in collaboration with your colleagues, as long as they have a Zoho user account. The main feature of Zoho remains the possibility of streaming your presentation live to an Internet audience that will be able to interact with you thanks to an embedded chat module.

Zoho is compatible with Powerpoint and Open Office, making it a self-sufficient tool.

Price: Starting at $20 per month for 2 users

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Keynote

For presentations made from an Apple product

Keynote is the PowerPoint shaped by Apple as an Apple product. It's roughly PowerPoint without its asperities, its rigidity and its angular side, like the late Steve Jobs.

Keynote allows you to create presentations with beautiful fonts, beautiful animations with a fluidity that Apple has mastered.

As an iCloud tool, you can store your presentations on the said” cloud”, and access it via your iPhone, iPad or Apple computer.

Price: Free on iCloud

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SmartShow 3D

For original animated presentations

Do you want to create something more interesting than a classic presentation composed of several slides that you scroll down by clicking on them? SmartShow 3D allows you to make animated videos to accompany your speech. You can also add your voice comments where you want. This user-friendly and easy-to-use presentation software for Windows offers you a multitude of ready-to-use and fully customizable slide templates.

Thanks to the numerous animation effects available in the program, you can make every element on a slide move. Create smooth presentations using original transitions, use title scene templates and video backgrounds, choose from over 80 text styles, and easily share presentations online or view them on a big screen to impress your audience.

Price: 10-day free trial; starting at €29.40 as a single purchase

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