Figma Slides vs Google Slides

Figma Slides

• Design teams that already work in Figma
• Presentations that include live, clickable product prototypes
• Turning a FigJam brainstorm into a deck outline

Google Slides

• Teams that build and review the same deck together in a browser
• Organizations that already pay for Google Workspace
• Presenters who share their slides in Google Meet calls

Figma Slides

• Figma Slides cannot be bought on its own; it comes with a Figma seat, and View seats, which are free, cannot create decks.
• The iOS and Android apps can view and comment on slide decks but cannot edit them.
• Dev seats can create slides but have no access to Design Mode.
• Professional prices here are for annual billing; Figma's help center example puts a Dev seat at $15 a month on monthly billing against $12.

Google Slides

• There is no standalone paid Slides plan; the business version comes only as part of Google Workspace, with Gmail, Drive and Meet.
• Gemini in Slides is not in Business Starter; it starts at Business Standard, $14 per user / month on a 1-year commitment.
• Slides recording and speaker spotlight are not available with a free personal account; Google limits them to some Workspace plans.
• Google's help lists Slides for computer browsers, Android, iPhone and iPad; no Windows or Mac desktop app is listed.

Figma Slides

Slide editor and Design Mode

Decks are shaped in a simple slide interface, with a switch to Design Mode for Auto Layout, the layers panel and advanced properties. Existing Figma designs can be dropped straight in.

Live prototypes in slides

Playable Figma Design prototypes and live objects sit on a slide, so the audience can click through a product during the talk or view it afterward.

Polls, voting and alignment scale

Built-in audience tools collect feedback through live polls and voting, and the Alignment scale shows where a team agrees. Responses are saved to the deck automatically.

Team collaboration

Everyone works in the same file with chat, audio and comments, and presentations run with presenter notes and co-presenting control.

AI text tools

AI rewrites selected text to be shorter, longer, more professional or more casual, and drafts presenter notes for a finished deck. Usage draws on the seat's AI credits.

PowerPoint import and export

A .pptx file can be imported into Figma Slides and a deck exported back to PowerPoint. A deck can also be pre-loaded to present offline.

Google Slides

Co-editing and revision history

Several people can work on the same slide at the same time. Sharing settings control who can view, comment or edit, and revision history restores earlier versions.

Gemini in Slides

Generates new slides and images from a prompt, summarizes a presentation, rewrites text and can draw on files in Drive. It requires an eligible Google Workspace or Google AI plan.

Slides recording

Records a presenter talking through a deck and saves the video to Drive for sharing. Each recording is limited to 30 minutes and can only be made in Chrome or Edge.

Presenting in Google Meet

Slides and Meet controls appear in one place during a call, and speaker spotlight places the presenter's video inside the slide. Both are limited to some Workspace Business and Enterprise plans.

PowerPoint and Canva files

PowerPoint presentations can be edited directly without making a copy, or converted to Slides format. Canva presentations can also be imported.

Offline editing

Presentations can be opened, created and edited without a connection. On a computer this requires Chrome or Microsoft Edge with the Google Docs Offline extension.

Figma Slides

• Starter$0

  Free, limited access to Figma products with unlimited drafts, UI kits and templates, and 150 AI credits a day, up to 500 a month.

• Professional$3

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Collab seats cover Figma Slides, FigJam and Figma Buzz. Dev seats are $12 and Full seats, which add Figma Design and 3,000 AI credits a month, are $16.

• Organization$5

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Adds shared libraries and fonts and centralized admin tools across teams. Dev seats are $25 and Full seats $55 a month.

• Enterprise$5

  per Collab seat / month, billed annually

  Adds custom team workspaces, design system theming and SCIM seat management. Dev seats are $35 and Full seats $90 a month.

Google Slides

• Personal Google Account$0

  Create, edit and present slides in a browser or the mobile apps, with co-editing, comments, templates and offline access.

• Business Starter$7

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($8.40 flexible)

  Google Workspace with Slides and 30 GB of pooled storage per user. Gemini in Slides is not included.

• Business Standard$14

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($16.80 flexible)

  2 TB of pooled storage per user. The lowest Business edition that includes Gemini in Slides.

• Business Plus$22

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($26.40 flexible)

  Everything in Standard with 5 TB of pooled storage per user, plus Vault, eDiscovery and advanced endpoint management.

• EnterpriseCustom

  No minimum or maximum user count, with data loss prevention, context-aware access and data regions; priced through Google sales.

Figma Slides

• Annual discount

  Lower Professional rates on annual billing

  Professional seats cost less when billed annually. Figma's billing help gives a Dev seat as $15 a month on monthly billing, against $12 a month on the annual price list.

• Education

  Free for verified students and teachers

  Figma's education page offers Figma and FigJam free to students and teachers who sign up with a school email address and complete verification.

Google Slides

• Annual discount

  Save 16% with a 1-year commitment

  Business Starter is $7 per user per month on the Annual/Fixed-Term Plan against $8.40 on the Flexible Plan. Standard drops from $16.80 to $14 and Plus from $26.40 to $22.

• Nonprofit

  Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0

  Eligible nonprofits get Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0, or Business Standard at $3.50 and Business Plus at $6.16 per user per month on a 1-year commitment.

• Education

  Education Fundamentals at no charge

  Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, which includes Slides, is available at no charge to qualifying institutions.