Powtoon vs Visme (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Powtoon if

• Fits if you make short explainer videos for work or school
• Works for teams that want a shared brand kit, on the dearer plans

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 3 minutes, 720p and a Powtoon watermark
• Pricey if you want unlimited clean exports: Professional is $40 a month on yearly billing
• Watch out: Lite removes the watermark on only 5 exports a month, and videos stop at 10 minutes
• Watch out: Advanced showed a Black Friday price against $125 a month, with no end date on the page
• Watch out: monthly prices are not shown, only yearly ones

Pick Visme if

• Fits if you're in marketing or sales and make decks, reports and infographics every week
• Works for students and teachers, who get their own plans at $48 and $96 a year

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you pay monthly: $29 for Starter against $147 for the whole year, and $59 for Pro
• Tight if you're staying free: 50 slides a project, 500 MB, 10 AI credits a month, the Visme logo and no downloads
• Skip it if you need an editable PowerPoint file or a Brand Kit without Pro at $24.75 a month, as the Starter PPTX isn't editable
• Not for you if you use an Android phone or tablet, as Android is still listed as coming soon
• Watch out: single sign-on, approvals and SCORM export are Enterprise only, which starts at 10 users

Powtoon

• Free videos stop at 3 minutes in 720p with a Powtoon watermark.
• Lite removes the watermark on only 5 exports per month.
• The Advanced price was on a Black Friday sale at last read; the page lists $125 a month as the usual figure and gives no end date.
• Monthly billing exists but its prices are not shown on the page text, so only yearly figures are recorded.

Visme

• The free Basic plan caps each project at 50 slides or pages, has 500 MB of storage and keeps the Visme logo on projects.
• Brand Kit, analytics, privacy controls, password protection and editable PowerPoint export start at Pro; the Starter PPTX download is not editable.
• Single sign-on, project approvals, custom roles and SCORM/xAPI export are Enterprise only, and Enterprise starts at 10 users.
• The mobile and tablet apps are for iOS; the download page lists Android as coming soon.

Powtoon

Templates and scenes

Start from editable templates; Professional and above open all content, premium animations and stock footage.

Screen and webcam recording

Record the screen, webcam or both and use the clip in a video. Free allows 5 recordings a month.

AI credits

Credits pay for AI image, video clip, text-to-speech, avatar, translation and dubbing generation. Credits renew yearly on yearly plans.

Export options

Paid plans download MP4 in 1080p without the Powtoon branding. The comparison table lists PPT and PDF downloads as well.

Brand control

Advanced adds custom characters, character lip-sync and uploaded fonts. Professional adds camera movement.

Team and Education plans

The pricing page has separate tabs for teams, enterprises and education; teams and enterprise are quoted through sales.

Visme

Templates for many content types

The template library covers more than 50 content types, including presentations, infographics, reports, proposals and social graphics. Premium templates need a paid plan.

AI Designer and AI tools

AI Designer turns a text prompt into a draft design, alongside an AI writer, image generator and image filters. Each use spends credits: 10 a month on Basic, 200 on Starter and 500 on Pro.

Brand Kit and Brand Wizard

Brand fonts, colors and logos are stored in a Brand Kit and applied to projects. The Brand Wizard builds one from a website URL. The full Brand Kit starts at the Pro plan.

Animation and interactivity

Slides can include animated elements, hover effects, clickable menus and hotspots. Custom animation, the full animation timeline and video and audio hotspots are Pro features.

Charts and data widgets

Statistics and figures can be shown as charts, graphs, maps and data widgets inside any project. The free plan has a limited set.

Collaboration and recording

Comments, annotation and live editing are on every plan. The Recording Studio captures a narrated presentation: up to 3 minutes on Basic and 45 minutes on paid plans.

Powtoon

• Free$0

  720p video up to 3 minutes, screen recording, basic templates and characters, with a Powtoon watermark.

• Lite$15

  per month, billed yearly

  1080p MP4 download, videos up to 10 minutes, watermark removed on 5 exports a month, 300 AI credits renewing yearly.

• Professional$40

  per month, billed yearly

  Everything in Lite plus all templates, unlimited premium exports, camera movement, 20-minute videos, 500 AI credits.

• Advanced$40

  per month, billed yearly (sale price)

  Black Friday price, shown against $125 a month, no end date given. Adds custom characters, own fonts, 30-minute videos, 1,200 credits.

Visme

• Basic$0

  Unlimited projects, 500 MB of storage, up to 50 slides or pages per project, most templates and 10 AI credits a month.

• Starter$12.25

  per person / month, billed yearly ($147); $29 billed monthly

  All premium templates and assets, 1 GB of storage, unlimited slides, no Visme logo, JPG, PNG and PDF downloads, and 200 AI credits a month.

• Pro$24.75

  per person / month, billed yearly ($297); $59 billed monthly

  10 GB of storage, Brand Kit, analytics, privacy controls, PPTX, HTML5, video and GIF downloads, and 500 AI credits. Teams of 3 or 5 pay $24 per person, billed yearly.

• EnterpriseCustom

  From 10 users: custom subdomain, single sign-on and 2FA, project approvals, SCORM/xAPI export, 25 GB of storage per user and a dedicated success manager.

Powtoon

• Other savings

  Black Friday: 68% off Advanced, yearly plan

  The pricing page shows Advanced at $40 a month instead of $125 on a yearly plan; it gives no end date.

Visme

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing advertised as 50% off

  The pricing page toggle reads "Yearly Save 50%". Starter is $147 a year against $29 a month, and Pro is $297 a year against $59 a month.

• Education

  Student and Educator plans

  A Student plan at $48 a year and an Educator plan at $96 a year, billed annually. Sign-up needs a .edu email address or contact with Visme support.

• Nonprofit

  25% nonprofit discount

  Visme's pricing page offers nonprofits the features of its business plan at a 25% discount, on application.