SWITCH FROM GOOGLE SLIDES
Google Slides to Calisto Slides
Slides is where a business makes its presentations in its own colors and typefaces, works on them together, presents them with its notes and the audience’s questions, and sends them on to a deal, a proposal or a client.
Feature by feature
Calisto Slides beside Google Slides
- 12 In both
- 1 Only in Google Slides
| 13 features | Calisto Slides | Google Slides |
|---|---|---|
| Start | ||
| A Deck From a DescriptionCalisto: Build It for Me drafts an outline from a description, the person edits, reorders and trims it, and Generate Presentation builds exactly that outline in the business’s theme.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| TemplatesCalisto: Calisto’s deck and slide designs in its themes, filtered by deck type, industry, style and color, beside the business’s own templates.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Import PowerPoint FilesCalisto: a .pptx opens as a deck the person keeps editing, with its shapes, merged table cells, speaker notes and pictures.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Together | ||
| Co-Editing at OnceCalisto: several people edit one deck at once; two people moving two shapes both keep their change, and everyone in the deck shows on Share.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Comments With Mentions and AssignmentCalisto: comments on a slide or a point on it, with replies, mentions, a person the thread is assigned to, and Mark as Done.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Present | ||
| Presenter View With NotesCalisto: Presenter View shows the speaker notes, the next slide and a timer, and drives the audience window.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Audience QuestionsCalisto: readers of the published deck follow the presenter and ask questions others can upvote; the presenter answers them from Presenter View.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Present in a Video MeetingCalisto: Present in Live puts the deck on a Calisto Live meeting’s own stage (with Live).Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Record a PresentationCalisto: a talk is not recorded in Slides; a deck is presented live, on the published page or in a Live meeting.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Content | ||
| Charts Linked to a SpreadsheetCalisto: a bar, line, pie or donut chart reads a range of a Calisto sheet and refreshes from it (with Sheets).Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Share | ||
| Publish a Link and EmbedCalisto: Publish gives a link, a QR code and inline, slideshow and follow-the-presenter embeds, with a password or an end date when wanted; Unpublish stops the link.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Phone | ||
| Read and Present OfflineCalisto: decks kept on the device, when the person chooses, open and present with no signal; a comment written offline is sent on reconnect.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| On a PhoneCalisto: a phone finds, reads, presents with notes and a timer, comments on, sends and saves a deck; laying out slides is done on a computer.Checked Nov 7, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Google Slides
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Google Slides and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Google Slides can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.