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When you create a presentation, you want your audience to be engaged, to learn something new, to get excited, etc. But in the era of smart toasters and mobile phones in watches (wristphones), traditional linear PowerPoint presentations have lost almost all of their effect. Luckily, progress isn’t just about making once innovative things old-fashioned, it is also (and rather) about development. In the case of presentations, the development is interactivity.

What Is an Interactive Presentation?

An interactive presentation is one that has some content objects you can interact with: hotspots, navigation, pop-up boxes, animations, etc. This feature helps grab the learners’ attention and keep audience engaged.

We’ve collected the 12 best tools that’ll let you make your visual presentations interactive. Choose the one that works best for you and takes your student learning experience to the next level.

Comparison Chart

Software	The output	Great for…	Price
1. iSpring Suite	Interactive online presentations that can be played on any device.	Small and medium businesses, schools, and universities.	$970/year Lifetime lisenceAcademic and Nonprofit Discounts
2. Nearpod	Interactive presentations for classroom, distance, and hybrid lessons.	Schools – especially for distance learning.	Free basic version for classes of up to 40 students. Advanced plans range from $159/year for 75 students per lesson to $397/year for 90 students per lesson.
3. Prezi	Web-ready dynamic presentations.	Businesses with a creative approach.	Pricing plans start at $3/month.
4. Mentimeter	Well-designed interactive online presentations with real-time response data and its analysis.	Gathering feedback-based statistics at companies, schools, and universities.	Free basic version. The advanced plans range from $11/month per user to $24.99/month per user (billed annually).
5. ClassFlow	In-class, online, or hybrid presentations that provide real-time statistics and can include a reward badge system.	Schools and universities that can’t afford a big budget but are eager to enhance their classes and keep their students engaged.	Free.
6. SlideDog	Interactive multimedia presentations that include files in their original formats.	People who organize meetings, conferences, and other events that involve several speakers with individual materials of different formats.	Paid plans range from $19/month to $299/lifetime.
7. FlowVella	Interactive online presentations that support smart gestures such as tapping, swiping, and zooming objects.	Exhibitors who need to create content to arrange iPad-based kiosks for events.	Free trial version for four presentations of up to ten slides. Advanced plans range from $10/month to $20/month, billed annually.
8. IntuiFace	Interactive presentations with media automatically responsive to tap, swipe, and other touch screen gestures, that are available on any device.	Presentation designers who want to create a “wow effect” on a multi-touch screen at exhibitions, conferences, and other events.	Free basic version. Paid plans range from $922 to $2.151 per year per concurrent user, billed annually.
9. Visme	Beautiful interactive presentations that didn’t require a lot of time and effort to create, and can be shared both online and offline.	Educators, presenters and communicators –especially those who prefer team work – as Visme lets you organize the project data into folders and provide role-based permissions.	Free basic version that lets you create up to 5 projects. Individual plans, charged from $12.25 to $24.75 per month.
10. Pear Deck	Beautiful interactive presentations that have lots of features to engage your students and have them feeling comfortable at your lessons.	Schools and educators working with children.	Free basic version. Individual premium plan is $149.99/year.
11. Genially	Highly interactive and animated presentations that can be embedded into your website, or presented in any way you prefer.	People from different professional areas who want to engage their audience by presenting their content dynamically, beautifully, and in a highly interactive way.	Free basic version. Paid plans range from $9.90/month to $39.90/month, billed annually.
12. Beautiful.ai	Effective and attractive presentations that are easy and fun to create.	People who create or edit presentations often and want to spend less time on that task, while keeping their work at a high level.	Free basic version. Paid plans range from $12/month to $40/month, billed annually.