LibreOffice Impress vs WPS Presentation

LibreOffice Impress

• People who want a desktop presentation app with no subscription
• Linux users who need to open and edit PowerPoint files
• Presenting from a laptop with a second screen or a phone remote

WPS Presentation

• People who need to open and edit PowerPoint files without Microsoft 365
• Linux users: the suite has Deb and Rpm packages as well as Windows and Mac versions
• Anyone who wants a slide editor bundled with documents, spreadsheets and PDF tools

LibreOffice Impress

• There is no hosted cloud version; The Document Foundation says it does not plan a service like those from Google and Microsoft.
• On Android the foundation offers only a viewer with experimental editing, and Impress Remote for Android and iOS controls a slide show but does not edit it.
• The Mac App Store version costs $8.99 and the Microsoft Store version also carries a charge; downloads from the website are free.
• The Presenter Console works only when two displays are connected.

WPS Presentation

• WPS Presentation is not sold separately: it comes with WPS Office, and the Pro+ plans cover the whole suite.
• The free WPS Standard edition shows advertising, limits template downloads and includes 1 GB of cloud space.
• AI tools on Pro+ have a daily usage limit; once it is reached they pause until the next day.
• The pricing page states that its listed prices apply to PC and Android.

LibreOffice Impress

Slides with charts and multimedia

Slide shows can combine text, charts, drawing objects and multimedia, starting from the templates included with Impress.

PowerPoint files

Microsoft PowerPoint presentations can be imported and modified in Impress, so existing decks do not have to be rebuilt.

Animations and transitions

Dynamic effects, including object animations and slide transitions, can be assigned to slides for on-screen shows that run automatically or manually.

Presenter Console

With a second display connected, the audience sees the slide show while the presenter's screen shows the current slide, the next one, the notes and a timer.

Impress Remote

An open-source Android and iOS app controls a slide show over Bluetooth or a network link, showing slide thumbnails and speaker notes and offering an on-screen pointer.

Views, handouts and export

The Slide Sorter shows thumbnails of every slide and the Handout page pairs slides with text for the audience. Slide timings can be rehearsed, and decks published as handouts or HTML.

WPS Presentation

PowerPoint compatibility

Opens and saves .pptx, .ppt and .ppsx files. The product page lists more than 80 animations, morph transitions, charts and presenter tools.

WPS AI slide generation

WPS AI builds an outline and slides from a topic, an uploaded document or a pasted outline, and can add single slides to an existing deck. Pro+ AI tools have a daily usage limit.

AI editing and speaker notes

The assistant polishes, expands or shortens slide text, redesigns a single slide, matches images to keywords, translates slide content and drafts speaker notes for each slide.

Shared editing

Teammates co-edit the same presentation in real time across desktop and web, comment and mention each other, set view, comment or edit permissions and review version history.

Templates and resources

A library of presentation templates, icons, images and charts covers business reports, pitch decks, lessons and project updates. The free edition limits template downloads.

Part of an office suite

Presentation sits beside Writer, Spreadsheet and PDF tools in one application, including conversion of PDF files into editable slides and export of decks to PDF.

LibreOffice Impress

• LibreOffice$0

  The full office suite, including Impress, downloaded free from libreoffice.org for Windows, macOS or Linux.

WPS Presentation

• WPS StandardFree

  The free WPS Office suite, which includes Presentation, with a PDF reader, basic PDF features, limited template downloads and 1 GB of cloud space.

• WPS Pro+$5.83

  per month, billed $69.99 per year; $20.99 per 3 months

  Suite plan for one user: full PDF editing and conversion, unlimited template downloads, 20 GB of cloud storage, no advertising and AI tools with usage limits.

• WPS Pro+ Sharing Plan$41.99

  per user / year, 2 users minimum

  The same suite benefits as Pro+ for a family or small group, with a private 20 GB of cloud storage per member. Starts with a 3-day free trial.

LibreOffice Impress

No public discounts listed.

WPS Presentation

• Annual discount

  Yearly Pro+ costs less than the 3-month plan

  WPS Pro+ is $69.99 for a year, or $5.83 a month, against $20.99 for 3 months, or $6.99 a month: about 17% less on the yearly plan.

• Other savings

  Sharing Plan saves 40% per user

  Two or more people who split a WPS Pro+ Sharing Plan pay $41.99 per user a year, which the pricing page labels a 40% saving on Pro+.