Prezi vs Sozi (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Sozi grades higher than Prezi: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Prezi grades higher on features and platforms. Sozi grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Prezi
Presentation platform with AI drafts, live polls and quizzes
Which one is for you
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
Pick Sozi if
- Fits if you already draw in Inkscape
- Works for talks that suit one big map or poster
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want conventional slides in order
- Watch out: the latest release news is dated 2021, so development looks slow
- Watch out: Linux repositories carry very outdated versions, says the install page
- Not for you if you do not use Inkscape, since it builds on SVG files
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAPreziFair | 2.8GPASoziGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DStandard is $7 a month billed annually, but it mostly buys privacy settings and unlimited projects. The parts you'd actually pay for, PDF export, offline, the desktop app and unlimited AI, all start at Plus, $19 a month, in the dearest tenth here against a $9.99 middle. Teams is $39 a user. | AFree software under the Mozilla Public License 2.0 that anyone can download and run. |
| Free plan and trial | CBasic is free with the full online editor and 500 AI credits a month, then the caps bite: presentations are public by default, storage is limited and there's no PDF export at all. | AEverything is free and it asks only for donations. |
| Features | BCovers the job: AI drafts from a prompt or an imported PowerPoint, PDF or Word file, the zoomable canvas, live polls, quizzes, Q&A and word clouds joined by QR code, and a link afterwards offering a narrated video, transcript and flashcards. Plus gates PDF export and offline. | CIt animates a poster view by view and does that job fully, but needs Inkscape and a different layout from ordinary slides. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record, and the zooming canvas is the learning curve: it isn't slides in a row, so your first one takes longer than it would elsewhere. The audience joins by scanning a QR code. | CNo store rating is on record. You design the whole poster first, so there is a learning curve. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA browser app, with the desktop app and offline access held back for Plus and higher. It does take decks in from PowerPoint, Google Slides and Canva, and pulls pictures from Unsplash and Giphy. | CPrograms for Windows, Mac and Linux only, plus Inkscape. No phone or web version. |
| Best for | zooming talks with live polls and quizzes | zooming presentations over one big SVG poster |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Prezi and Sozi. How we grade
Price against what you get
Prezi starts at $7 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Sozi has no paid plan and scores 2.0.
Prezi scores higher, and starts $7 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other presentation tools on the chart, 3 score higher than Prezi for less, and none scores higher than Sozi for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Sozi is open source, according to its own site.
- Prezi also covers templates.
- Sozi also covers diagrams.
At a glance
| Prezi | Sozi | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $7 per month, billed annually (Standard) | Free |
| Free plan | Basic plan: 500 AI credits per month and the full online editor for presentations, videos and infographics. Presentations are public by default, storage is limited and PDF export is not included. | Free software under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on all paid plans | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| Made by | Prezi Inc. | Sozi project (Guillaume Savaton) |
| Price read from | prezi.com | sozi.baierouge.fr |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Sozi
- The latest release news on the site is dated 2021, so development looks slow.
- Distribution repositories carry very outdated versions, according to the install page.
- Presentations are laid out as one poster, which suits some talks better than a conventional slide order.
Key features
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.
Sozi
- Poster-style layout
- Content is freely laid out on one canvas rather than in slides.
- Zoom and pan playback
- Playback moves through translations, zooms and rotations that focus on chosen elements.
- Open standards
- The project says Sozi is based on open standards.
- Install options
- Packages for Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora derivatives, Windows, macOS and a Docker image.
Plans
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.
Sozi
Free software$0
Downloadable releases for GNU/Linux, Windows and OS X; the project accepts donations.
Ways to pay less
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.
Sozi
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Prezi or Sozi?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Sozi is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $7 a month for Prezi. Prezi starts at $7 per month, billed annually (Standard), and Sozi is free.
Which has a free plan, Prezi or Sozi?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Prezi and Sozi have a free plan.
Which platforms do Prezi and Sozi run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Prezi lists a web app and only Sozi lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.