# Google Slides

> Browser-based presentation builder, free with a Google Account

Google Slides is an online presentation app in which several people can edit the same deck at once, with comments, sharing controls and revision history. It is free with a personal Google Account and is also part of every Google Workspace business plan. Slides recording and speaker spotlight are limited to some Workspace plans, and among the Business editions Gemini in Slides starts at Business Standard.

- **Category:** Presentations
- **Made by:** Google
- **Website:** https://workspace.google.com/products/slides/
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Google Slides has a free plan. Paid plans start at $7 per user / month with a 1-year commitment (Workspace Business Starter).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free with a personal Google Account: anyone signed in can create, edit and share presentations. Slides recording and speaker spotlight are available only on Google Workspace plans.
- **Free trial:** 14-day Google Workspace trial.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Personal Google Account | $0 | Create, edit and present slides in a browser or the mobile apps, with co-editing, comments, templates and offline access. |
| Business Starter | $7 per user / month, 1-year commitment ($8.40 flexible) | Google Workspace with Slides and 30 GB of pooled storage per user. Gemini in Slides is not included. |
| Business Standard | $14 per user / month, 1-year commitment ($16.80 flexible) | 2 TB of pooled storage per user. The lowest Business edition that includes Gemini in Slides. |
| Business Plus | $22 per user / month, 1-year commitment ($26.40 flexible) | Everything in Standard with 5 TB of pooled storage per user, plus Vault, eDiscovery and advanced endpoint management. |
| Enterprise | Custom | No minimum or maximum user count, with data loss prevention, context-aware access and data regions; priced through Google sales. |

Read from https://workspace.google.com/pricing?region=US&hl=en on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Google Slides before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 16% with a 1-year commitment** (Annual discount): Business Starter is $7 per user per month on the Annual/Fixed-Term Plan against $8.40 on the Flexible Plan. Standard drops from $16.80 to $14 and Plus from $26.40 to $22. Source: https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/compare-flexible-and-annual-fixed-term-payment-plans
- **Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0** (Nonprofit): Eligible nonprofits get Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0, or Business Standard at $3.50 and Business Plus at $6.16 per user per month on a 1-year commitment. Source: https://www.google.com/nonprofits/offerings/workspace/
- **Education Fundamentals at no charge** (Education): Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, which includes Slides, is available at no charge to qualifying institutions. Source: https://edu.google.com/workspace-for-education/editions/compare-editions/

## Key features

- **Co-editing and revision history:** Several people can work on the same slide at the same time. Sharing settings control who can view, comment or edit, and revision history restores earlier versions.
- **Gemini in Slides:** Generates new slides and images from a prompt, summarizes a presentation, rewrites text and can draw on files in Drive. It requires an eligible Google Workspace or Google AI plan.
- **Slides recording:** Records a presenter talking through a deck and saves the video to Drive for sharing. Each recording is limited to 30 minutes and can only be made in Chrome or Edge.
- **Presenting in Google Meet:** Slides and Meet controls appear in one place during a call, and speaker spotlight places the presenter's video inside the slide. Both are limited to some Workspace Business and Enterprise plans.
- **PowerPoint and Canva files:** PowerPoint presentations can be edited directly without making a copy, or converted to Slides format. Canva presentations can also be imported.
- **Offline editing:** Presentations can be opened, created and edited without a connection. On a computer this requires Chrome or Microsoft Edge with the Google Docs Offline extension.

## Good for

- Teams that build and review the same deck together in a browser
- Organizations that already pay for Google Workspace
- Presenters who share their slides in Google Meet calls

## Worth knowing

- There is no standalone paid Slides plan; the business version comes only as part of Google Workspace, with Gmail, Drive and Meet.
- Gemini in Slides is not in Business Starter; it starts at Business Standard, $14 per user / month on a 1-year commitment.
- Slides recording and speaker spotlight are not available with a free personal account; Google limits them to some Workspace plans.
- Google's help lists Slides for computer browsers, Android, iPhone and iPad; no Windows or Mac desktop app is listed.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 413,281 ratings in the United States, read Oct 7, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id879478102

Often praised:

- Commenters who make only simple decks say it covers what they need, and prefer it to heavier desktop presentation software. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47025530, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45842066)

Often criticised:

- Reviewers of the iPhone and iPad app say it leaves out much of what the web version does, with background colours, custom colours and working in two decks at once among the gaps. (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id879478102)
- The built-in AI tools draw complaints from commenters, from a slide-tidying button that flattens the slide into an image to an assistant that could only change one slide at a time. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46092476, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48284147, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454792)
- Commenters complain that SVG images cannot be brought into a deck directly. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923143, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46192453, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47923589)

Based on 10 App Store reviews of the iPhone and iPad app, seven of them three stars or lower and seven more than three years old, and about 12 Hacker News comments from November 2025 to September 2026. These are themes summarised from public reviews and discussions, not ToolGPA's own verdict.

## Works with

Google Meet, Google Drive, Gemini, Microsoft PowerPoint, Canva

**Tags:** Presentations, Real-time collaboration, AI features, Works offline, Templates, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Microsoft PowerPoint](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-powerpoint): Slide presentation app sold with Microsoft 365, free in the browser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-slides-vs-microsoft-powerpoint)
- [Keynote](https://toolgpa.com/tools/keynote): Apple's free presentation app for Mac, iPad and iPhone. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-slides-vs-keynote)
- [Canva](https://toolgpa.com/tools/canva): Template-based design platform for slides, graphics and video. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/canva-vs-google-slides)
- [Zoho Show](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-show): Online presentation software, free for individuals. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-slides-vs-zoho-show)
- [Pitch](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pitch): Collaborative presentation workspace with tracked share links. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-slides-vs-pitch)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://workspace.google.com/products/slides/
- https://workspace.google.com/pricing?region=US&hl=en
- https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/billing/compare-flexible-and-annual-fixed-term-payment-plans
- https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2763168?hl=en
- https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6388102?hl=en
- https://support.google.com/docs/answer/14221290?hl=en
- https://support.google.com/docs/answer/14355071?hl=en
- https://developers.google.com/workspace/slides/api/guides/overview
- https://www.google.com/nonprofits/offerings/workspace/
- https://edu.google.com/workspace-for-education/editions/compare-editions/

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