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Slidely AI (backed by YC) vs SlideNotes
Compare what each tool does, what it costs, and how it fits your workflow.
Designed for
Build professional, on-brand decks — 10x faster.
Inside PowerPoint or online.
Converts slides to notes.
Primary task
PowerPoint presentations
Presentation summaries
Pricing
Free Trial · Trial; then from $16/mo
Unknown
Pricing details
Free + from $16/mo
Not documented — check the provider
Billing cycle
Monthly
Not documented
API access
Not documented
Not documented
Platforms
Web
Web
Integrations
Not documented
Make
Source rating
4.2 / 5 · 17 ratings
3.8 / 5 · 13 ratings
Catalog views
7.1k
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Estimated monthly traffic
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Catalog imported
30 Aug 2026
30 Aug 2026
Listed strengths
- Available as a PowerPoint add-in
- Option to upgrade existing PowerPoints
- Ability to upload custom templates
- Holistic - helps with storyline, data, design and formatting
- Company-specific branding alignment
- Converts PowerPoint to text
- Converts PDF to text
- Automatically generates text notes
- Identifies important keywords
- Logical summary of slides
Listed limitations
- Integrates only with PowerPoint
- Restricted offline functionality for PowerPoint add-in
- PowerPoint add-in not available for Mac
- Cannot directly present presentation from Slidely
- AI-generated content might be inaccurate
- Limited to .pptx and .pdf
- Requires enabled JavaScript
- Lacks mobile application
- No offline functionality
- No machine learning customization