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Add to SafariWhen comparing Atlas vs Google Slides, the Slant community recommends Google Slides for most people. In the question“What are the best Material Design apps?” Google Slides is ranked 33rd while Atlas is ranked 71st. The most important reason people chose Google Slides is:
Google Slides is a more back-to-basics type of presentation software, so no distractions with a multitude of options and settings.
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Pros
Pro Built-in ad blocking
The browser uses EasyList data to remove ads from sites. It can further be supplemented with EasyPrivacy data to limit website ability to track you.
Pro Stores preferences on per-site basis
The browser can be set to remember which sites need to be shown in desktop mode, with certain content filtering settings, etc.
Pro Can browse two tabs at once
Atlas has a dual pane view that shows two pages side by side.
Pro Can be set to very low data usage
Pro Simple and clean
Google Slides is a more back-to-basics type of presentation software, so no distractions with a multitude of options and settings.
Pro Free to use
Google Slides does offer a paid version but features are not limited by pricing.
Pro Ease of sharing and collaboration
As with all Google Documents, Google Slides can easily be shared since they live in the cloud, multiple users can also edit the slides and comment at the same time.
Pro Multi-platform
Google Slides lives in the cloud, it can be viewed and edited from virtually any platform.
Pro No software to install and maintain
Since Google Slides live in the cloud means there's no need to maintain the application. There's also nothing to install and nothing to update.
Pro No version number
Being a web-platform keeps it always up-to-date, saves the trouble of errors when presenting on older versions.
Cons
Con Abandoned
Atlas was last updated on September 19, 2014.
Con Limited offline functionality
Some of the tools are unavailable when editing presentations offline.
Con Just the basics
Google Slides often lack the tools for power users when editing presentations.
Con Files are stored in Google servers
In case the servers go down, your files will be inaccessible for the time being.
Con It is a Google product
Your data privacy at Google is debatable.
