Microsoft PowerPoint Review and verdict 2026

Standard for business, sales, and institutional presentations.

From 7€/mo.

Our take

Understanding Microsoft PowerPoint.

Microsoft's presentation software for building slides, part of the Microsoft 365 suite, with templates, animations, collaboration and design assistance tools.

Practical uses

Prepare a client presentation.
Build training material.
Create a professional pitch deck.

Pros and cons

What Microsoft PowerPoint does especially well — and the limits to anticipate.

Pros

De facto standard, universally compatible format.
Rich templates, animations and tools.
Real-time collaboration via Microsoft 365.
Free web version available.

Cons

Full features behind a subscription.
Can feel heavy for simple needs.
Microsoft-centric ecosystem.

Microsoft PowerPoint: when it makes sense.

PowerPoint remains the reference for professional, universally compatible presentations; for rare and simple use, a free web tool is enough.

Keep if

You regularly create professional presentations.. You already work in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Microsoft PowerPoint becomes worthwhile when

You use it at least once a week
The monthly cost (€7) is small next to the time it saves you

Challenge if

You only make rare, very simple presentations.. You prefer a natively collaborative web presentation tool.

Microsoft PowerPoint becomes too expensive when

You use it less than once a month
A simple free version or a tool already in your stack would do

Our verdict on Microsoft PowerPoint.

Why this verdict

Decent

Microsoft PowerPoint is fairly easy to replace with an alternative, no free tier to test before paying, clearly documented use cases.