Ludus vs Prezi (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Ludus if

• Fits if a small design team works on decks together
• Makes sense if you want every feature on one plan

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a free plan, as there is only a 30-day trial
• Watch out: the price for teams of 16 or more is not readable
• Watch out: the monthly-billed price is not shown
• Skip it if you want desktop or phone apps, as only web is listed

Pick Prezi if

• Fits if you teach or train and want people answering polls and quizzes from their phones
• Works for starting from an existing PowerPoint, Google Slides or Canva deck

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if your decks are private and you're not paying, since free presentations are public by default
• Pricey if you need PDF export, offline access or the desktop app, which start at Plus, $19 a month billed annually
• Tight if you lean on the AI, with 500 credits a month on Basic and Standard that don't roll over
• Skip it if you want ordinary slides in a row, as the zooming canvas takes learning
• Watch out: these prices come from a guide on Prezi's blog from June 2026, and its monthly rates are approximate

Ludus

• There is no free plan, only a 30-day trial.
• The pricing page lists a price for teams of 1 to 15 only; the price for 16 or more people was not readable.
• The page shows an annual price and says annual billing pays for 9 months; the monthly-billed price was not readable.
• Listed for web only; no desktop or mobile apps appear on its pages.

Prezi

• On the free Basic plan presentations are public by default, storage is limited, and PDF export needs Plus or higher.
• Basic and Standard include 500 AI credits a month that do not roll over; unlimited AI use starts at Plus, $19 per month billed annually.
• The desktop app and offline access are part of Plus and higher plans.
• Prices here come from a pricing guide Prezi published on its blog in June 2026, and the monthly-billing rates in it are approximate.

Ludus

Real-time team editing

Several people work on the same deck at once, with shared channels and a role for each member.

Designer-style editing

Use your own fonts, crop images, GIFs and video, and apply blending modes on slides.

Block-based slides

Content blocks can come from Unsplash, Giphy, Dropbox or Google Drive, and teams can save reusable smart blocks.

Live or link sharing

Present live or send the deck at a customized URL.

Ludus Vox

Record yourself presenting and embed the recording in your slides.

Education pricing

Students and teachers can claim a 75% discount, and schools can buy accounts for a whole domain.

Prezi

Prezi AI drafts

Describe the session in a sentence, or upload a PowerPoint, PDF or Word file, and Prezi AI drafts an outline and a designed presentation that stays fully editable.

Zoomable canvas

Presentations sit on an open, zoomable canvas, so a presenter can move around the material in whatever order the room needs rather than only stepping through slides.

Live polls, quizzes and Q&A

Polls, quizzes, Q&A and word clouds are planned in the deck and opened during the session. The audience joins by scanning one QR code, with no app or account, and can upvote questions.

After-session review

The shared link lets people revisit a session as a narrated video, podcast, transcript or the slides, and practice with flashcards and a self-test built from the material.

Results and feedback

Quiz and poll results appear question by question, alongside audience questions ranked by upvotes and an end-of-session digest of ratings and comments.

Prezi Video

Puts the presenter on screen next to the content in video calls and records presentations as video files that can be downloaded and shared.

Ludus

• Ludus personal$14.90

  per user / month, billed annually (teams of 1 to 15)

  One plan with every feature: unlimited team members, presentations and storage. Teams of 16 or more use a separate price.

Prezi

• Basic$0

  500 AI credits a month, the full online editor and AI generation from prompts and uploaded files. Presentations are public by default and storage is limited.

• Standard$7

  per month, billed annually (about $10 billed monthly)

  Adds enhanced privacy settings, unlimited projects, a larger icon and story block library and revocable share links. Still 500 AI credits a month.

• Plus$19

  per month, billed annually at $228 (about $25 billed monthly)

  Unlimited Prezi AI, premium images, PDF export, presentation recording, the desktop app and offline access.

• Premium$29

  per month, billed annually (about $40 billed monthly)

  Adds viewer analytics, advanced online training and deeper integrations.

• Teams$39

  per user / month, billed annually

  Adds team collaboration tools, a custom brand kit, secure single sign-on and Your Designer, which keeps presentations on brand.

Ludus

• Education

  75% off for students and teachers

  Verified students and teachers get 75% off every plan, shown as $4 per month billed annually.

Prezi

• Annual discount

  Roughly 24% to 30% less on annual billing

  Prezi's pricing guide puts Standard at $7 a month on annual billing against about $10 billed monthly, Plus at $19 against about $25, and Premium at $29 against about $40.

• Education

  EDU plans from $4 a month

  Students and educators verified with a school email pay $4 a month for EDU Plus, $8 for EDU Pro and $19 per user for EDU Teams. Prezi describes EDU Plus as up to 80% off standard pricing.