Alternatives to Keynote

Apple's presentation app for building slide decks on Mac, iPad and iPhone, and in a browser. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Keynote.

  • Microsoft 365

    Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook with cloud storage and collaboration.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOSWeb

    Microsoft 365 provides PowerPoint on Windows, macOS, mobile and web with real-time co-authoring, but desktop apps require a subscription.

  • Google Workspace

    Google's online office suite with Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, Drive and Meet in one account.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Google Workspace includes Slides in a browser on any platform with real-time collaboration, with files stored on Google's servers.

  • LibreOffice

    The full free office suite: word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, drawing, database and formula editor.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    LibreOffice Impress is free, open source and runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, though real-time collaboration needs a separate server.

  • ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors

    A free desktop office suite built around close compatibility with DOCX, XLSX and PPTX.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is open source under AGPL-3.0, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and focuses on PPTX compatibility.

  • Pitch

    A collaborative, AI-assisted presentation platform for teams that create, share and deliver slide decks.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Pitch is a hosted presentation platform built for team collaboration with AI help, running in the browser instead of native Apple apps.

  • Prezi

    A web presentation platform with AI drafting and live audience polls, quizzes and Q&A.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Prezi is a web presentation platform with audience polls, quizzes and Q&A, and it needs an internet connection to present.

  • WPS Office

    Office suite with strong Microsoft Office file compatibility.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOS

    WPS Office includes a presentation app on Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile with strong Office compatibility, but the free version shows ads.

  • Beautiful.ai

    A web-based presentation editor with AI generation and slide layouts that align content automatically.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

    Beautiful.ai is a paid browser-based editor with auto-aligning Smart Slide layouts and AI drafting, giving less freedom than a blank canvas.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Keynote as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Gamma

    An AI design tool that generates presentations, documents, websites, social posts and graphics from ideas.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Keynote is a manual slide editor with native Apple apps, a presenter window and collaborative editing, but it lacks AI generation and Windows users get only the browser version.

  • Slidev

    An open-source presentation tool that builds slide decks from Markdown, aimed at developers.

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

    Keynote offers a visual slide editor with native apps for Mac, iPad and iPhone plus a browser version. It is proprietary, with no Markdown or version control workflow.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.