Ludus review (2026): is it worth $14.90 a month per user, billed yearly?
Browser-based collaborative presentation tool aimed at design teams
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Ludus report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for presentation work shared by a design team
Ludus is a browser presentation tool with one plan that has every feature. There is a 30-day trial with no card, and the pricing page gives a number only for teams of 1 to 15.
Who Ludus is for
- Fits if a small design team works on decks together
- Makes sense if you want every feature on one plan
Who Ludus is not for
- 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
Why Ludus gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$14.90 per user a month billed annually, at the dearer quarter's edge. Annual billing pays for 9 months of 12.
- CFree plan and trial30-day trial with no card, and no free plan.
- CFeaturesOne plan with every feature, unlimited members and storage. It links Unsplash, Giphy, Dropbox and Google Drive, and is web only.
- CEase of useNo store rating is on record. You build the deck from scratch.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with Dropbox and Google Drive.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Ludus's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Ludus's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 20 of the 89 other presentation tools we grade, and level with 16.
Its paid plans start at $14.90 a month for each person, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 46 of the 63 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 32 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 90 presentation tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Ludus’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 22 of 89, level with 39
- CFree plan and trialAbove 14 of 89, level with 48
- CFeaturesAbove 8 of 89, level with 67
- CEase of useAbove 6 of 89, level with 68
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 3 of 89, level with 42
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 72 presentation tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Ludus, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Ludus you could make: templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 53 of the 89 other presentation tools grade higher. It costs $178.80 a year.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A slide editor.
- Several people working in it at the same moment.
What this rests on. Ludus’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Ludus?
Ludus is a web app for building presentations with a team in real time. Slides are assembled from blocks that can come from services such as Unsplash, Giphy, Dropbox or Google Drive, or from reusable blocks a team builds itself. Decks can be presented live or shared at a custom URL.
Worth knowing
- 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.
Key features
- 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.
Ludus pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Ludus is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $14.90 per user / month, billed annually.
- Starts at
- $14.90 per user / month, billed annually
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Ludus personal | $14.90per 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. |
Read from ludus.one on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Ludus before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Education75% off for students and teachers
Verified students and teachers get 75% off every plan, shown as $4 per month billed annually.
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Ludus alternatives
- Ludus vs Pitch
Free plan · from $13/mo
- Ludus vs Prezi
Free plan · from $7/mo
- Ludus vs Slides
Free plan · from $5/mo
- Ludus vs Beautiful.ai
Free trial · from $14.50/mo
- Ludus vs Google Slides
Free plan · from $7/mo
Common questions
Does Ludus have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Ludus is listed for Web.
Does Ludus have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Ludus is listed for Web.
Is Ludus open source?
Ludus is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.