Lucen Timeline vs Vizzlo (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Lucen Timeline if

• Fits if you report project schedules in PowerPoint on Windows
• Works for plans kept in Project, Smartsheet or Jira that a slide must follow, on the Expert plan

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you're on a Mac or in a browser: the add-in is Windows only, and Timeline Online is a separate license at under $13 a month
• Tight if you stay free, with 10 milestones and tasks a slide, 1 timescale and a license to renew every year
• Pricey if you need imports from Project, Jira, Smartsheet or Wrike, which take Expert at under $21 a user a month
• Watch out: licenses are per user and sold only by the year, with a 30-day money-back guarantee and no monthly option
• Skip it if you want to build whole decks, since it only makes timeline slides

Pick Vizzlo if

• Fits if you drop charts and timelines into slides and want them linked to data
• Works for a team of five that can share a flat-priced Teams plan

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: every chart has a watermark and there is no PDF download
• Pricey if you pay monthly, at $19 against $15 on a yearly plan
• Skip it if you need shared brand controls, as roles, shared themes and templates need Teams or Enterprise
• Watch out: Teams is sold as a block of 5 seats, prices exclude VAT, and Enterprise is billed yearly only

Lucen Timeline

• The add-in needs Windows and PowerPoint. Timeline Online, for Mac and browser users, is a separate license at less than $13 a month billed annually.
• The free version stops at 10 milestones and tasks per slide, and its license has to be renewed each year.
• Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet and Wrike import and planned vs. actual tracking need the Expert plan.
• Licenses are per user and sold only as yearly subscriptions, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Vizzlo

• The Free plan puts a Vizzlo watermark on every chart and does not offer PDF download.
• Removing the watermark requires Professional, and shared brand controls need Teams or Enterprise.
• Teams is sold as a block of 5 seats at one price.
• Prices exclude VAT, and the Enterprise plan is billed annually only.

Lucen Timeline

Timelines built inside PowerPoint

The add-in sits on the PowerPoint ribbon and creates timelines and Gantt charts as native, editable slides, so there is nothing to export.

Swimlanes and timescales

Group tasks into swimlanes and nested sub-swimlanes and show up to 3 timescales on one chart. Lite allows 2 swimlanes; Plus and Expert are unlimited.

Dependencies and critical path

Link tasks and highlight the critical path from Plus. Importing dependencies from a source plan needs Expert.

Import and refresh

Plus imports from Excel. Expert imports and refreshes from Microsoft Project, Smartsheet and Jira, including several Jira projects or boards, and imports from Wrike.

Planned vs. actual

Expert shows progress bars, baselines and variance against the original plan, so a slide can show where a project has slipped.

Templates and themes

Pre-designed themes on every plan, timeline, Gantt and swimlane templates from Lite, and custom themes that can be shared and imported on Expert.

Vizzlo

120+ chart types

Covers standard charts plus business graphics such as roadmaps, timelines, funnels and Gantt-style planning views.

Slide add-ins

Charts can be created and edited from a PowerPoint add-in, including PowerPoint online, and from a Google Slides sidebar add-on.

Desktop app

Downloads for macOS and Windows let users work offline and open local and cloud documents.

Data from files or paste

Data can be pasted, uploaded or typed in. Paid plans can link to external datasets and sync with Box, Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive.

Team branding

Teams and Enterprise add shared themes, layouts and templates, central font management and roles, so charts stay on brand.

Lucen Timeline

• Free$0

  Up to 10 milestones and tasks per slide, limited swimlanes and dependencies, 1 timescale and pre-designed themes.

• Lite$9

  per user / month, billed annually as a 1-year license

  More than 10 items per timeline, 2 swimlanes, timeline, Gantt and swimlane templates. Shown as less than $9 a month; the yearly total is not shown.

• Plus$17

  per user / month, billed annually as a 1-year license

  Unlimited swimlanes and sub-swimlanes, dependencies and critical path, 3 timescales and import from Excel. Shown as less than $17 a month.

• Expert$21

  per user / month, billed annually as a 1-year license

  Import and refresh from Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira and Wrike, Excel refresh, planned vs. actual, baselines and custom themes. Less than $21 a month.

Vizzlo

• Free$0

  Charts with a watermark and a free account; no PDF download or custom themes.

• Professional$15

  per month, billed annually ($19 billed monthly)

  120+ chart types, no watermark, custom layouts and themes, PDF download, linked data and the PowerPoint and Google Slides add-ins.

• Teams$59

  per month for up to 5 seats, billed annually ($69 billed monthly)

  Adds roles and permissions, team folders and shared themes, layouts and templates; the price is a flat fee for five seats.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Volume pricing, billed annually, with custom visualizations, single sign-on and an audit log.

Lucen Timeline

No public discounts listed.

Vizzlo

• Annual discount

  Annual billing saves up to 21%

  Professional is $15 a month billed annually ($180) against $19 billed monthly, and Teams is $59 against $69 a month.

• Education

  Student and teacher discount

  The pricing page says students and teachers can contact Vizzlo for a discount; no amount is given.