When comparing Prezi vs Google Slides, the Slant community recommends Google Slides for most people. In the question“What are the best presentation programs?” Google Slides is ranked 1st while Prezi is ranked 6th. 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 Easy to collaborate with co-workers/friends
Another benefit of it being a web-app is how simple it is to collaborate on presentations.
Pro Accessible online with storage
Accessible online so all your work stays online (in case your computer breaks) while it has a cool and easy to use templates and designs.
Pro Lets you create beautiful presentations that flow well
Prezi helps you create presentations that tell a story. The UI lets you create a storyboard for the presentation so it's really easy to design the big picture for the presentation and then drill down to the individual "slides".
Pro The Storyboard UI makes it easier to think through presentations
Instead of being constrained by individual slides, Prezi lets you input all the various text & media you want to cover and then organise it into a logical flow later on.
Pro Cross-platform with sync
There is a fully featured web-app as well as apps for Windows, Mac & iOS (iPhone & iPad). All the files sync across the platforms platforms so you don't need to worry about managing files etc.
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 Might run slow
On lower end systems it might be a little too slow, so you have to take into account what systems are you planning to present on.
Con Online only
This presentation application is only available through a browser, with the data hosted on Prezi servers, with all the obvious privacy concerns it induces.
Con Freemium
Limited to create a different presentation and privacy control, revocable share link, etc only for premium user.
Con The transitions are a distraction from your content.
Prezi encourages you to use gimmicky, distracting transitions.
Con Slow loadings
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.