I have recently been using Prezi for business presentations and they have been well received. I have also been introduced to MS Sway. So I thought this comparison of some of the pros and shortcomings of both would be beneficial to others.

1. A technology comparison
Author: Nancy Bergantzel
October 2015

2. Quick and easy to share
Easily add text content
3 design layouts to use (horizontal scroll, vertical scroll, presentation mode)
Rapidly add images from your computer or the web
Free to use with your Microsoft account
https://sway.com/my

3. Offer paid and premium accounts
• https://prezi.com/
Choose from built in templates or create your own
Link to YouTube Videos easily
Many presentation flows available
Customizable design layouts
Great for business use

4.  Creating bullet lists and font enhancements is
limited
 To insert better looking text lists
◦ Create your list in PPT or Word using Smart Art
◦ Save the list as an image
◦ Upload to sway
◦ ** I like to create in PPT as I think it is cleaner to
convert to an image file

5.  Charting options don’t appear to work yet
 The option to upload a PowerPoint exists, but
the format gets corrupted
◦ Example: Upload of a PPT that had animations and
details on a slide got broken up into multiple cards
with meaningless bits of actual slide data that was
unusable

6.  No easy migration path from free site to pro
◦ Have to rework your presentations
 Limited templates are available in the free site
◦ The options in the paid site are completely different
than the free site
 No easy way to mask a link to a URL in Prezi
 Option to embed presenter notes doesn’t
exist

7.  When changing font sizes, change the overall
template otherwise you don’t really know the
size of the font if you edit text as shown on
screen
 Uploading a PPT or PDF is easy and effective

8.  Both Sway and Prezi offer a new way to
present
 Sway is great for general slide shows
 Sway needs to mature and offer more
enhanced features
 Prezi is better for presenting mixed data
 Prezi is better for story telling
 I enjoy using both