{"id":1647,"date":"2013-01-28T13:10:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T11:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:49:10","slug":"why-powtoon-is-the-best-alternative-to-powerpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/why-powtoon-is-the-best-alternative-to-powerpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Powtoon Is the Best Alternative to PowerPoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Read Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes <\/span><\/span><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Why Powtoon is the Best Alternative to PowerPoint<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eLGLtnRopJM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<section>\n<h1>Tired of Watching Bullet Points on slides? Looking for the Best PowerPoint alternative?<\/h1>\n<p>Here is why\u200b Powtoon is your Best alternative to the Microsoft PowerPoint software.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Best PowerPoint Alternative 1: Look honey: No slides.<\/h2>\n<p>No slides? That&#8217;s right &#8211; slides are just a means of sorting out and managing your narrative. \u200b Powtoon\u200b is all about telling stories (Like the video here). Slide Shows? Not here please&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1653\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/testimonials\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1653 \" title=\"Best PowerPoint Alternative\" src=\"http:\/\/dbjk47w5ep2rm.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2013\/01\/why-a-video-animation-is-viral-YouTube-2013-01-28-13-36-05.jpg\" alt=\"Best PowerPoint Alternative\" width=\"638\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best PowerPoint Alternative<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Best PowerPoint alternative 2: No more Bullet Points!<\/h2>\n<p>They do. \u200b Powtoon\u200b is the tool that allows you to tell a great story so you don&#8217;t read off your screen (bullet point by bullet point).<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1654\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/testimonials\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1654 \" title=\"Best PowerPoint Alternative\" src=\"http:\/\/dbjk47w5ep2rm.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bullet-Points-Are-Boring...Try-Something-New-YouTube-2013-01-28-13-39-37.jpg\" alt=\"Best PowerPoint Alternative\" width=\"640\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best PowerPoint Alternative<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>PowerPoint Alternative 3: Got Video?<\/h2>\n<p>Giving a great presentation is where you talk, then you show a short explainer video, then a case study, etc&#8230;\u200b Powtoon\u200b \u200b allows you something that Microsoft PowerPoint does not: easily illustrate situations to the audience via cartoons or video right there inside your presentation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1656\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/testimonials\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1656 \" title=\"Best PowerPoint Alternative\" src=\"http:\/\/dbjk47w5ep2rm.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Awesome-Animation-Tool-will-revolutionize-education-YouTube-2013-01-28-13-44-13.jpg\" alt=\"Best PowerPoint Alternative\" width=\"639\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best PowerPoint Alternative<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Best PowerPoint Alternative 4: Present online or format your post to YouTube.<\/h2>\n<p>That&#8217;s right &#8211; Powtoon allows\u200b users the option of creating movies from your presentations and posting them to the web.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1658\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/testimonials\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1658 \" title=\"Best PowerPoint Alternative\" src=\"http:\/\/dbjk47w5ep2rm.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Bullet-Points-Just-Kill-Me-YouTube-2013-01-28-13-49-20.jpg\" alt=\"Best PowerPoint Alternative\" width=\"638\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best PowerPoint Alternative<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Best PowerPoint Alternative 5: Cool animations<\/h2>\n<p>Watch out Prezi, Powtoon features animated characters with no motion sickness. Google docs? 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