Comparison

General

Professional xPoint
Price starting at 13.5 €/month/user 249 € / license
Install Hosted - On demand Single computer software
Feature See online demo! Download free trial
Suitable for Single, small group or large enterprise Single user usage, can be used by groups with presentations on shared drives
Web-based access 24/7/365 Yes
In-house installation for complete control Yes
No client installation necessary - Fully scaleable HTML/JavaScript client Yes Installs on windows computer
Works with Internet Explorer and all compatible browsers Yes
Support and upgrades Free Free upgrades
Unlimited users option Yes
NEW Add-In for PowerPoint 2007/2010 with instant search and addition of slides to presentation Yes Yes

PowerPoint management

Professional xPoint
Store, search, share, track, update & manage PowerPoint slides and presentations online Yes
SmartSearch. Find the most relevant slides among 1000's of slides, almost making the advanced search redundant. Yes Yes
Advanced Search allowing for slide search by title, content, speaker notes, presentation name and meta data. Yes Yes
Easy, intuitive 'Point-and-Shoot' interface for rapid slide selection Yes Yes
drag-and-drop
Large instant previews show slide content, metadata & Speaker notes and comments on slides Yes
Sharing is caring. Users can easily & securely share presentations with colleagues. Yes
Minimal network traffic, no need to download nor open PPT(X) files to search or browse the library Yes
Optionally Search older slide & presentation versions too Yes
Create Virtual Presentations that update automatically when master slides change. Yes Yes
Save unlimited number of Virtual Presentations Yes Yes
Instant update of all virtual slides when master slides change Yes Yes
Instant alarms notifying affected users of changes in presentations and other documents Yes
Download presentations as PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX, PDF or Web archive files Yes
Email PPT presentations and other files as a secure link, avoiding multiple, differing versions Yes
Download slides as JPG previews in 3 different sizes Yes
Add passwords to Virtual Presentations so that exported presentations cannot be edited. Yes
Preserves PowerPoint animation and transition features automatically Yes Yes
Linked Slides. Create groups of slides that must always be downloaded in the same sequence Yes
Add discussion posts to slides and presentations Yes
PowerPoint 2007/2010 native functionality for PPTX files Yes Yes
Direct edit of presentations for smooth work Yes Yes
Optionally replace editable slide content with a single JPEG image or download as PDF presentations for greater security with selected users Yes

Digital Asset Management

Professional xPoint
Store and download PDF, DOC, XLS or any other file in addition to PowerPoint Yes
Life cycle management. Set presentation/file 'visible from' and 'expire' dates for slide and file sharing Yes
Image bank. Use Slide Executive to store and share your images. Add images directly as individual slides to Virtual Presentations Yes
Video bank. Upload videos to your media library for quick preview and direct addition to Virtual Presentations Yes
Direct edit of documents, no need for download-edit-upload Yes
Web folder functionality allowing work with folders just like on your own hard drive. Drag and drop files to and from Slide Executive. Yes

User Management

Professional xPoint
Multiple language support Yes Yes
Domain handling of users allowing division into departments / divisions / countries Yes
Optionally provide My library folders with limited rights for all or some users Yes
Unlimited storage option Yes Limited by hard drive space
Minimal user training necessary Yes Yes
Web-based end-user Tutorials available Yes Yes
Exact shared content control. Permission model allowing for perfect control of who should and should not see shared content. Yes
Web-based Admin system Yes
Customizable actions for Users, roles and Departments Yes
Complete audit trail to know exactly who viewed & downloaded what & when Yes
Graphic interface for audit trail Yes

Technical

Professional xPoint
Written in C# .NET Yes Yes
Microsoft SQL Server 2000/5/8 scalability Yes
Secure & resilient Corporate Software-as-a-Service infrastructure Yes
Advanced multi-layer & multi-threaded technology Yes Yes
Runs on Windows Server 2003 or higher Yes Desktop software only