Prezi vs SlideShare

2020. Scribd acquires presentation-sharing service SlideShare from LinkedIn



SlideShare has changed ownership, as LinkedIn has sold the presentation-sharing service to Scribd for an undisclosed amount. Both platforms have had somewhat similar missions, but SlideShare has primarily focused on PowerPoint presentations and business users, while Scribd has emphasized PDFs, Word documents, and long-form written content for the general consumer. Despite the transfer of ownership, SlideShare will continue to operate as an independent service, distinct from Scribd, while maintaining its strong integration with LinkedIn. LinkedIn acquired SlideShare in May 2012, recognizing the increasing trend of professionals utilizing LinkedIn for purposes beyond professional networking.


2014. Online presentations service Prezi secures $57M



Prezi, a cloud-based presentation platform, recently secured a significant growth investment of $57 million. In recent years, Prezi has steadily gained momentum, posing a challenge to Microsoft's dominant Powerpoint market share. One of Prezi's standout features is its cloud-based infrastructure, enabling users to deliver presentations from a variety of devices, including browsers, desktops, iPads, and iPhones, while always having access to the most up-to-date version of their work. What sets Prezi apart from traditional presentation software is its emphasis on visual storytelling rather than relying on conventional bullet-point lists. By incorporating images and encouraging creators to weave a compelling narrative, Prezi enhances audience engagement and retention of information. Boasting a user base of 50 million, Prezi has emerged as a popular choice for businesses aiming to persuade clients, attract customers, and facilitate internal training. Esteemed companies like Salesforce, Lufthansa, Marriott, and IBM have already embraced Prezi and become enthusiasts of its innovative approach.


2014. SlideShare gets iOS app



LinkedIn has introduced the first-ever iOS app for SlideShare, the platform dedicated to presentations and content sharing. The app presents a modern and streamlined layout, enabling users to effortlessly browse and search through the extensive collection of presentations available on SlideShare. Furthermore, it enhances the social experience by allowing users to like and share the presentations they encounter, as well as follow their preferred categories. The app includes user profiles where individuals can access their liked, uploaded, and saved presentations. Additionally, users can view presentations shared by their friends and professional network, creating a more direct integration of LinkedIn's social graph into SlideShare. This integration provides users with insights into the popular presentations within their own group.


2014. SlideShare makes Pro features Free



The presentation publishing service SlideShare, which is owned by LinkedIn, has made a significant change by transitioning to a free model. The PRO accounts have been eliminated, and all additional features that were previously available for a fee are now accessible to all users at no cost. One of the most popular paid features was analytics, providing insights on who viewed presentations (including location), how they discovered the content, which websites referred traffic, and other engagement metrics—similar to the profile viewing analytics on LinkedIn's main site. Other paid features included profile customization, the option to set presentations as private for specific users only, and video uploads. This shift in strategy aims to increase active visitors and uploads on the platform while enabling LinkedIn to gather more data on how business professionals utilize its cloud-based services.


2012. LinkedIn acquired Youtube for presentations - SlideShare



LinkedIn, the leading professional social network, continues to thrive. In the past two quarters, LinkedIn has achieved impressive growth, with its income doubling to a staggering $188 million per quarter. This outstanding performance has propelled the company's valuation to a remarkable $10 billion. As a result, LinkedIn has the financial means to acquire new users on a large scale, as demonstrated by its recent purchase of the online service SlideShare for $119 million. SlideShare functions similarly to YouTube, but focuses on presentations instead of videos. Its primary target audience consists of business users, aligning well with LinkedIn's user base. SlideShare allows you to upload PowerPoint presentations and share them anywhere using an embeddable web viewer, much like a YouTube video. In addition to being a platform for sharing presentations, SlideShare itself serves as an additional marketing channel with a substantial audience. By publishing presentations on SlideShare, you can attract new customers and partners. Although the specific integration plans between LinkedIn and SlideShare are not yet clear, LinkedIn has already embedded a LinkedIn presentation on the SlideShare homepage, indicating potential collaboration between the two platforms in the future.


2011. Online presentations go HTML5: SlideShare and Zoho Show


It seems that the days of Flash as a platform for the Rich web interfaces are really coming to an end. Online presentation services, for which the Rich-interface is most important, are ditching Flash in favour of HTML5. Last year, the market leader, SlideRocket released the HTML5-viewer and today the most popular presentation sharing service SlideShare has done the same. Moreover, SlideShare not just added the HTML5-view option but completely removed the Flash-option. Developers say the new HTML5-viewer is 30% faster and displays presentation on tablets (like iPad) and smartphones. In addition, you can now select and copy text from a presentation with the help of the mouse. ***


2011. Prezi+iPad - ideal presentations at conferences

We continuously explore innovative ways to leverage iPad (and other tablets) in the Enterprise. As previously mentioned, executives and salespersons who frequently attend business meetings can utilize the iPad as a stylish accessory to impress clients. However, it is important to acknowledge that using the iPad to deliver presentations during these meetings is not commonplace. In such scenarios, a projector or a laptop with a larger screen is more appropriate. On the other hand, at various exhibitions and conferences where numerous partners and customers can be found, the iPad proves to be an ideal solution for delivering on-the-go presentations. Additionally, we are excited to introduce Prezi for iPad, a remarkable presentation tool. We have already reviewed Prezi, which stands out as one of the most original and exciting services for online presentations. When used on the iPad, Prezi delivers an impressive experience. It is worth noting that presentations are not stored on the tablet itself but instead streamed from the Internet. However, this initial version does not support video, animation, and PDF files. Furthermore, it does not offer editing capabilities, serving solely for demonstration purposes.


2009. Prezi - fresh look at the Web presentations



When it comes to presentations, the minimalist style, that is usually more appropriate to business applications - not works so fine. Because you want your audience (potential customers) to say "WOW!". That's why besides the classic presentation apps, such as PowerPoint or Google Presentations, there is number of quite succesful alternative presentation tools such as SlideRocket with its incredible flash effects or Second Life with its virtual 3D auditories. The Hungarian start-up Prezi also belongs to this group. It has already gathered a lot of excited reviews, awards and investments. It's coolest feature is that the entire presentation is placed on one large virtual board, and its demonstration - is navigation on this board with dynamic scaling. ***


2009. SlideShare Now Lets You Fuse YouTube Into Your Presentations

SlideShare has introduced a highly requested feature that allows users to embed YouTube videos into their Flash-based presentations, offering a multitude of potential applications. This addition enables users to include personal introductions, relevant supporting videos, or demonstrations of website features for startup pitches. Previously, users had to include separate links to video files, which undermined the simplicity of sharing PowerPoint presentations. While the feature works well, there are a couple of limitations: videos cannot autoplay (although CEO Rashmi Sinha promises this will be available soon), and clicking outside the play arrow redirects to the YouTube address. Nonetheless, this enhancement greatly enhances the product. It's worth mentioning that SlideShare has supported embedded audio in slideshows since 2007, and they recently launched an impressive cloud-based feature that integrates the native PowerPoint client with SlideShare accounts. Competitors in this space include SlideRocket, DocStoc, Scribd, SlideSix, and SlideBoom.


2008. SlideShare Sends PowerPoint To The Cloud With New Plugin

SlideShare, a startup often referred to as the YouTube for PowerPoint presentations, has launched a new plugin for Microsoft Office 2007 that enables users to edit and publish presentations directly to their SlideShare accounts. The plugin, available for free download, not only allows users to publish new PowerPoint files to the web but also enables the import and modification of SlideShare files from the cloud within the native PowerPoint client. With integrated search functionality, users can browse through files shared by SlideShare contacts and groups. Additionally, the plugin supports Twitter and FriendFeed, enabling users to share presentations on social media platforms without leaving Office. This plugin from SlideShare provides a glimpse into the future of cloud-based document editing for consumers. While online-only services like Google Docs are free, many users have grown accustomed to Microsoft Office and prefer its familiar interface. As consumers venture into the cloud, expect similar plugins to emerge for the entire Microsoft Office suite, as users seek the comfort of familiarity. Other players in this market include Scribd, DocStoc, and SlideRocket, which offers a cloud-based alternative to PowerPoint.