TrustRadius Insights for Prezi are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Pros
Zoom Feature: Users have found the ability to zoom in and out during presentations particularly interesting and useful. This feature gives presenters more freedom and allows for a more engaging and dynamic presentation experience. Many reviewers have mentioned that this feature is highly valued as it enables easy presentation of large pictures, maps, or infographics.
Multidimensional Grid Structure: The multidimensional grid structure of Prezi has received positive feedback from researchers and professors who find it valuable for organizing their ideas in a logical and spatial way. This feature enhances lectures, making them richer and more engaging for the audiences. Several users have expressed their appreciation for this unique organizational tool.
Wide Variety of Features: Users highly appreciate the wide variety of features offered by Prezi. They mention that there are dozens of fantastic templates that can be easily adopted, which helps a lot in terms of productivity, especially for beginners. Numerous reviewers have highlighted this aspect as one of the major advantages of using Prezi.
Creating visual aids for presentations to students, peers and other departments. It allows for a more thorough and effective interaction that is widely appreciated and encouraged. It keeps the audience engaged and the presenter is able to convey the topic with more confidence and clarity resulting in improved satisfaction from audience and is reflected via feedback.
Pros
transition of topics
interactive visual aids
new designs
Cons
Slightly more of a learning curve than powerpoint
needs a 101 type tutorial
Likelihood to Recommend
Very effective way to present to learners of all backgrounds as well as presentations for department, section and committees. Can engage the audience more and convey the material more thoroughly and in a visually appealing manner that is appreciated. It is a little more time consuming to create, so need to plan for preparation better.
VU
Verified User
Employee (Medical Practice company, 1001-5000 employees)
Currently, Prezi is used in almost 80% of our company, because it was implemented as the main platform for the design and development of slides, presentations, or projects that help the presentation and display of information in person and virtually. I currently work in the Sales area of an automotive company and I am pleased to say that this platform has stood out because every day it allows us to create all kinds of slides that help us achieve a greater scope in the expansion of information to all our potential customers. Prezi has a fairly simple work structure to handle, it allows us to make slides much faster than any other platform, it works online, and it also allows perfect team collaboration, with which the slides can be completed. The slide system that Prezi offers works in real-time, allowing the information captured on all the slides to be visible to the entire team working together.
Pros
It offers a large number of pre-designed templates that allow the slides to come to life, can be converted into a presentation with a unique design and allows the user who is making the slide to organize the information. Each of the templates that Prezi offers have bright and formal colors for all kinds of topics in general.
The autosave system that Prezi offers is quite advanced since it is capable of saving all the information that is inserted in the slide that is being made automatically. Prezi performs the process automatically every 15 seconds, allowing users to keep their data completely safe against any loss of information.
Prezi offers a great variety of shapes, drawings that are available so that the user can insert them into the presentation without any restrictions. I love these shapes and drawings that it allows me to insert, I feel that it gives more life to my slide and makes it much more creative when it is finished. Prezi offers me drawings of all kinds, from drawings of people to drawings of vehicles, trees, children, houses, and many more.
Cons
One of the things that I don't like about Prezi is the "Prezi Next" system. This system was implemented in Prezi Classic because it would offer better compatibility with respect to the Adobe system, however, this was a system I did not like. It was designed for those companies that are based on making slides only for concept maps or similar. Prezi Classic is a more open platform and offers better resources, offers better templates, and greater innovation when it comes to making slides of all kinds.
My second criticism goes directly to the system or desktop application that Prezi offers because it is quite a slow application and it consumes a lot of space on the computer. Currently, this application takes a long time to load the data of each slide when successfully logged in, which makes our work very difficult and causes us to lose more time when viewing or modifying any slide.
Likelihood to Recommend
Despite the malfunction of the desktop application of this platform, I consider that its online system is appropriate for all those companies that want to increase their innovation and design in each slide they make. Prezi is a perfect platform to add more diversity with a design more adapted to today. Its web platform works wonderfully and allows users to have a perfect collaboration in teams that can help the rapid completion of each slide. If anyone would be interested in using Prezi, I recommend using the web version, as the desktop platform is a bit slow when it comes to displaying the slides.
Prezi is primarily used on a department by department basis within my company. We utilize Prezi in order to create customer-facing presentations relating to workflows and sales pitches. Our organization is a large manufacturing firm, therefore, not all business areas utilize Prezi in the same way. I would say the platform is primarily utilized by admin areas including: Customer Experience, Marketing, and Sales Enablement.
Pros
Pre-built templates are engaging and attractive.
Animations are smooth.
The interface is clean and professional.
Cons
Templates are effective but creating new slides can be more difficult than other platforms.
Online hosting can sometimes cause the platform to move slower than alternatives.
The primary site can sometimes be a bit difficult to navigate.
Likelihood to Recommend
Prezi works well for contributors who are looking to create presentations that separate themselves from traditional PowerPoint. The presentations are sharp and distinguish themselves from alternatives in their design and navigation. Prezi works well for more externally-facing professional teams dedicated to creating presentations compared to department meetings and internal updates. The added benefits of the platform often take a bit more training and are best suited for a more dedicated workforce.
Prezi has been the strength of the company and personally as well since we have been able to transmit the information in a concrete and effective way without any mishap. Most of the company uses this product in conferences, personal meetings, and when they want to explain a project intuitively. Prezi captures the attention of viewers in a unique way, making it beneficial when you have a goal in front of you: to get the information correctly.
Pros
Not only can it be used as an alternative to boring and traditional slides, but it can also be used as final software since it is very complete.
Its interface is really very easy to navigate, making this one more point to stay with Prezi.
It contains very good and several templates in case you don't have much time to create a presentation from scratch.
Cons
There is a small learning curve in which you must learn more than all the keyboard shortcuts to be able to modify the objects (or for me, it was like that).
The performance of the platform is extremely bad, since I know Prezi has had that problem.
Sometimes I have problems opening the downloaded presentation. I do not understand what happens since it does not show any kind of error, it only closes immediately after opening it. I have had this problem on certain PCs.
Likelihood to Recommend
I would recommend it as it is a quintessential presentation tool that contains many useful functions that help the user to easily create the ideas they want to express. It takes a bit to adapt at first but with practice, you can understand how simple its interface is.
What I love about Prezi is that it has revolutionized the way presentations are made and previewed, taking a step forward in being a platform that streamlines the process and functionality of the company, making the viewer get involved and as the presenter you can express your ideas more clearly. Prezi is much more dynamic and visually appealing to the general public, thus helping to effectively transmit the information you want to convey. It is very essential to use Prezi in work meetings or conferences since the feedback and interactivity is excellent, it also keeps the information that is being transmitted interesting to the public.
Pros
All its features are very easy to use, its functions are very simple in all aspects.
Visually it is very nice, it captures more attention from viewers than normal presentations.
You don't really need to be a professional to be able to make presentations here, however, people who don't understand very well how its features work can easily find YouTube tutorials that help to forge that necessary basic knowledge.
It is very attractive to be able to see 3D slides helping the user to be more creative and build their ideas from scratch on this platform.
It is very simple to be able to include some audio or video within the slide.
Cons
For new users they should include something similar to mini tutorials and thus streamline the learning process.
Since I have used Prezi, its performance has not improved, it seems that it has eaten all the resources of my PC. So this indicates that Prezi can practically not be used well on old devices.
Its interface should improve a little, placing most of its functions within the user's view and thus be able to understand its use easier since most of its functions are within key combinations.
Likelihood to Recommend
I would particularly recommend using this software whenever you want to express an idea, Prezi presentations are visually more attractive than any other basic PowerPoint presentation. Prezi can be used both at school and in the professional field, indicating that it can be adapted to any type of person and still maintain the same essence of showing viewers an excellent way to share information through their presentations.
Many people in my organization use Prezi to present information to students in a more interactive way than other programs that do the same thing.
Pros
Interactive slideshow
Embedding pictures
Personalization
Cons
Sometimes hard to reconfigure and move things around
Hard to modify existing Prezis
Likelihood to Recommend
Prezi is best suited for presentations that need some pizzaz, a little extra. I find they work with my students. It might not be as suited for an informational presentation.
For me, we use Prezi to create lessons that are engaging and can capture students' attention, especially over the internet. It can be tough to get the attention, but a Prezi really helps because of the way it moves around. It is a lot more interesting than just a picture. In addition, it is much better than a Powerpoint because it is different and more interactive. It is used by teachers mainly in my organization as we are the ones doing the teaching and responsible for their own slides. It addresses the issues of keeping students engaged through a lesson.
Pros
Interactive - This is a huge strength because it is different and it forces the student's eyes to follow everything because of how interesting it is.
Creative - This allows me to be more creative than a Powerpoint since I am able to design a lesson that has more features to it like zooming in and zooming out and even adding music.
Lots of features - This software allows me to use many different features that are only present here such as adding music, zooming in and zooming out, putting words on top of pictures, etc.
Cons
Learning Curve - This one is a big one because you do have to be patient and willing to learn how to use the program. There is a lot that it can do, but it takes time to learn
Time-consuming - Because of all the features that are in the program, it can be pretty time-consuming because you want to use all the features and make the presentation the best it can be.
Hard on the computer - Due to how much it can do and how much moving it does, it does require you to have a stronger computer or else you may experience freezing.
Likelihood to Recommend
I think that Prezi has a lot of potential and is one of the best options out there. It has so many choices for you on what you want to use and do and it really has the ability to create an engaging lesson with features that are never seen before by a student. All the different things you can do on this program make it fun to use for students and for teachers alike. With that being said, because of all the things that can be done, it can be tough for a new person to learn everything. It takes an investment of time, but once they get it, I am sure they will love it. This program is best for lessons with younger children I find and those who need a bit more attention. I find that for adults, it is not as necessary if you are pressed for time.
Prezi is used by my department, which is Academic Support and Career Counseling in the School of Medicine. It is also used by some other similar departments in other divisions, like the School of Nursing and School of Health Professions academic support programs. It is used for live or recorded presentations in things like study methods, time management, test strategy, and stress management.
Pros
Keeps the watcher(s) engaged.
Limits text to desirable key words/phrases because of the layout.
Includes a lot of stock images that can be used in presentations, but allows upload of own images, as well.
Cons
Many of the templates are programmed with too much movement zooming in and out, which can induce vertigo or headaches. Must be prepared to manually alter as needed.
The user interface is not necessarily intuitive. I too frequently have had to search for help with functions that I feel I should be able to figure out myself based on the layout/interface (functions I already use in other programs and they're easy to find).
It does not cooperate well with embedded audience participation systems, such as Polleverywhere.
Likelihood to Recommend
This works well for situations where you need to use a lot of images and time them to appear or disappear in stages as you click through. The simplest pro version is what we use and it allows for a presenter to record a video presentation with a screen share of Prezi itself with video thumbnails of the presenter, or just audio if desired. Prezis are accessible for viewing by a generated link that can be shared by email, text, posting in a classroom management system, or posted on social media.
Prezi has really met all our expectations and has managed to become the main platform that we use in general in our company. It should be noted that Prezi has an endless number of objects and features that give creativity to each slide or presentation that is created. In our company, we mostly use Prezi for the consecutive creation of slides, and we really feel comfortable with this platform, it has impressive designs and a great work guarantee that covers all our information.
Pros
It has many templates available for each slide.
It has pre-designed objects that give the slide more life and creativity.
Cons
The computer platform has a certain problem when converting the slide to PDF, since it shows the process your are loading, but the PDF download never ends.
The auto-save that Prezi has does not always work correctly, causing loss of information.
Likelihood to Recommend
Prezi is a program that has a lot of creativity around the slides that are being created, and this is what most attracts the attention of companies. I think that Prezi, despite some problems that it presents, has very good long-term development, and manages to provide great creativity for any slide that is being made. This platform is very comfortable, it has an incredible design that adapts quickly to any user.
Prezi has been used in presenting projects to reorganize the hierarchy of our commercial products. It was an extensive process to go through, requiring different levels of grouping, which would be meaningful in reporting and analysis. As there were many levels, it was not easy to present in a traditional presentation program, which is generally static and the animation is relatively difficult
Pros
Drilling down is easy. Just design carefully and you should be able to navigate easily in and out of complex hierarchies.
The stand-alone presentation functionality is a plus. You can download the playable version of your file and use it offline whenever you need.
Many samples are available from the community, in different categories to help you gain experience quickly.
Cons
Advanced design is not easy for standard users. You should have some understanding of layers, hierarchy design, etc.
We encountered some difficulties in editing. Sometimes you can not select very close frames, or you may create new objects accidentally.
We experienced some color transition issues. The screen flickered with red while transitioning between some objects.
Likelihood to Recommend
When you have to present complex hierarchical structures, and if your audience would require navigation in and out of the hierarchy, then Prezi is a good candidate for you. But be prepared, Prezi is not as intuitive as a standard presentation tool, and it may take some time to get used to.
VU
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology (Hospitality company, 1001-5000 employees)
