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Mike
Religious Institutions, 11 - 50 employees
Used unspecified
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed November 2023
SlideDog is the Dawg!
DG Garcia
Verified reviewer
Writing and Editing, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Slidedog is the perfect presentation software for you!
The slidedog helps me a lot in terms of my presentation in school, in discussion and even in our church worship services. Slidedog provides easy presentation features such as its video support, audio file management, screen sharing, and multiple screen that helps me in many ways.
CONSSlidedog seems to be a perfect app for me.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review, DG Garcia! Glad to hear that SlideDog is useful for your school and worship activities.
Replied June 2022
Joe
Religious Institutions, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2022
Slidedog is a valuable tool for Ministry.
I and my wife help lead worship at our church. I started using this software six years ago for our Contemporary service on Sunday afternoons. We have expanded using it during Covid lockdown and after for our morning Traditional service since we could not use hymnals or printed bulletins when Covid first hit our area, so we projected the readings, prayers, and announcements on a video screen instead which was safer for everybody. At first, the older generation was not a big fan of changing how the traditional service was done but after a while, they accepted it and even look forward to it as we can show wonderful religious graphics which enhances the service and understanding of what is being preached and taught. We also now use it during Bible Study groups. We also live-stream our church service so now that the bulletin is projected the people at home can watch and follow along as the words are on the screen. The morning service is also recorded, submitted, and shown on our local Public Broadcasting TV channel. Slidedog is a valuable tool for Ministry.
PROSI like Slidededog because it can support all kinds of media files, and it is easy to load and rearrange slides within a presentation, which I do often.
CONSI use the Free version, although I have tried the Pro Version. BUT, the free version has a limit of 100 slides per presentation, and for long church services sometimes I need to use more than 100 slides so end up using two computers each with Slidedog on them each with half the service presentation on it and switch the cord to our projector in the middle of church service. This is less than optimum but workable. I did try the Pro version as I wanted the feature to be able to live-stream the worship service but some video files would not work when I tried this, so we went back to the Free Version and used another streaming option.
Vendor Response
Thank you so much for your detailed review and comments, Joe! I'm going to investigate the one hundred slides per PowerPoint limitation. That sounds more of an unintentional limit than a deliberate one. Cool workaround you found, nonetheless. It would be interesting to know what live streaming solution you are using together with SlideDog. Maybe it's something we can recommend to our other users as well?
Replied June 2022
arnoud
Non-Profit Organization Management, 1 employee
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed June 2022
Nearly impossible to buy the live time version
limentation off the trial version is a problem
PROStrail version let me use only small posibles featurs
CONSI like the easy way of creating a presentation
Reason for choosing SlideDog
Yes
Vendor Response
Hi Arnoud. Thank you for the review. I'm not really sure what you mean by "Nearly impossible to buy the live time version". I assume you mean "Lifetime"? It's listed on our pricing page - https://slidedog.com/pricing/
Replied June 2022
Luis
Events Services, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2022
Slide Dog great alternative for multi format content on presentations
Slide Dog is a great product. Provides a good solution when presenting with different types of files. Layout should be improved.
PROSI think the best feature of SlideDog is that is supports several types of files. PPT, PDF, images (PNG, JPG), video files... etc. and that you can create a linear playlist of different content. Second monitor option is great. I believe ProPresenter or QLab dont support PPT files.
CONSLayout can be improved. On the playlist font size is too small and scroll bars are too narrow. It is hard to see where the scroll bar is located on an advanced presentation. You should improve layout of the playlist, also evaluate implementing some kind of layer or overlay feature. When using the second monitor option, main monitor screen refreshes too late when changing a slide, causing confusion to the user. I wonder if the "Load Presentation" functionality can work different. So changes can be made on the way and not "Unloading the presentation" first.
Reason for choosing SlideDog
Capacity to create a linear playlist or timeline of different types of content PPT, PDF, images (PNG, JPG), video files, ... etc.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review Luis. You have a lot of valid points, but I'm not sure what you mean by "When using the second monitor option, main monitor screen refreshes too late when changing a slide, causing confusion to the user". The live view of the 2nd screen on the primary screen should be instant and real-time. Isn't that the case on your computer?
Replied June 2022
Lisa
Religious Institutions, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2021
Excellent programme and customer service.
SlideDog has enabled to give me a professional edge to my presentations and making it super easy. The company is one that cares about each customer and I believe goes above and beyond, no matter who the customer is.
PROSAs a childrens' worker I wanted a programme that would allow me to incorporate videos, pictures and powerpoints as a seamless presentation. SlideDog did exactly what I wanted it to, I love the drag and drop feature for adding the different elements. Over time there were several problems as new versions came out but problems were quickly solved according to my specific problems- customer service is very personal and excellent.
CONSThe only downside I had was the difficulties I had incorporating it with Zoom over lockdown but this may have been to my lack of skills.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review Lisa. Happy to hear that SlideDog helps making your presentations seamless. SlideDog should work out-of-the-box with video conference software like Zoom and Teams, but there are a couple of pitfalls to avoid. Firstly, one must make sure to share the whole screen and not an individual app, secondly, using the 2-screen mode makes it a lot easier to manage SlideDog alongside Zoom or Teams, as you don't have multiple apps fighting for being the "top-most" application window. We should probably write a blog post about this. Thanks for reminding us! :-)
Replied April 2021
Gary
Government Administration, 501-1,000 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed April 2021
Single use license for computer change or no internet;
Used for a year then bitten by a archaic policy that will literally cost them nothing.
PROSIt's handy to use so many formats - like that a lot. Nice controls.
CONSGiven the price, using only one computer for a license is ticky-tacky these days. Inconsistent with other software. I had a computer go down or have trouble a couple of years ago ad they offered nothing but deactivate. Sure - how? Name a big company who doesn't offer a second or backup use when not used at the same time. So - when I have no internet, or a computer breaks, or has troubles, please allow them to ruin an important presentation. Success on your part. Nothing was offered to help me out. When this happens an hour beforehand, it's disappointing. Software is nice, but policy is questionable.
Vendor Response
Hi Gary, thank you for your review. We changed our licensing model in February, 2021 (see https://slidedog.com/blog/updates-to-slidedog-pricing/) and sent out an email to all our newsletter subscribers that Pro customers got an extra activation for free, effectively allowing them to use SlideDog Pro on two computers simultaneously. We saw the need for this in situations like the one you described and I'm sorry that this change in policy didn't occur earlier, while you still were a SlideDog Pro customer. Feel free to contact me (Dag) directly for a returning customer discount. Would love to have you back on board!
Replied April 2021
Jeff
Government Administration, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Slidedog for Cable TV
Slidedog was a great solution for our cable tv channel. Other options we looked at were more complicated and expensive. We have used the software for years without issue.
CONSNo complaints now that you brought back lifetime license
Vendor Response
Thanks for the review, Jeff! Would love to hear more about how you use SlideDog for your cable TV channel!
Replied May 2021
Efrayim
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2021
Excellent product
We have been customers for years and have consistently been impressed. We purchased the lifetime package and are happy with that decision each time we use it.
PROSDuring school presentations we would often like to combine multiple assets into one seamless production. Slidedog allowed us that flexibility without compromising in what we were able to include.
CONSThere are a few things I feel could be improved: the web remote is a little glitchy, no support for GIFs, and occasionally, rarely, an audio issue with video files.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your review Efrayim! Happy to hear that SlideDog provides value for your school presentations! Would love to know more about the occasional glitches with the web remote that you mention, and if this is something you've experienced lately (in 2021).
Replied April 2021
Joseph
Religious Institutions, 1 employee
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Rock solid
I don't use the fancy features. I just want to reliably get the slide show up there (slides and video clips).
PROSRock solid presentations with no glitches or embarrassing technical problems, whether slides or video clips.
CONSCannot just copy a folder containing scripts to a new computer and have it work, even though all the folders and files are duplicated on the new computer. For each script, you need to reload each slide or video into the slide dog script again. (Maybe that's why it is so rock solid?)
Reason for choosing SlideDog
More reliable video clip presentations
Vendor Response
Thanks for the review, Joseph! Glad to hear that SlideDog has been rock solid for you these years!
Replied June 2022
Hannah
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2019
Cool features and simple to use
SlideDog is a handy, simple tool to make presenting easier and run smoother. There are some really cool, interactive and useful features that it offers.
PROS-It's a pretty intuitive design. Even on my first use, it was pretty easy to figure out where everything is. -The interactive features are awesome. You can super easily create a poll, or ask an open ended question for doing a live presentation (audience gets a link and can participate) -I really appreciate that you can put a web-page into the slideshow and access it without leaving your slides. Super convenient and makes the presentation process go a lot smoother -You can download your slideshow to a Powerpoint file. I haven't used this feature myself, so I'm not sure how it affects some of the more interactive functionality, but still a nice option. -I like that you have the option to either automatically advance or click through your slides -Cool that there's mobile integration!
CONS-The software ran really slow on my computer. Although the interface is simple, it feels a bit clunky and dated. -In my opinion, it would make more sense for this be a web-based program rather than one to download on your computer due to the live-presentation nature. I prefer to use web-based software for things like this.
Pawan
E-Learning, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Easy to use and rock the presentation
Easy to use , easy to present anything , variety of content, and just loved the product.
PROSPresentations which I had made with it are rocking. The clients loved the Presentations. It is actually due to ease of use of this software and rocking features.
CONSTill now I didn't got any hard problem. If I get sometimes, then also I get it easily solved by Customer support. Thanks to them...
Reason for choosing SlideDog
Slidedog seemed to be more easier than others and also the features attracted me.
Vendor Response
Thanks Pawan! Glad to hear you enjoy using SlideDog for your presentations!
Replied June 2022
Scott
Religious Institutions, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2022
Does what it says.
The ability to stick nearly any type of presentation (ppt, video, web page, audio, graphic) into a playlist and not have to switch between applications is great. It is super easy to use and very intuitive. We have not had it crash on us a single time and we use it a minimum of twice a week for Sunday morning worship.
CONSMy biggest con is that you can't control how many ppt slides that you can preview in the playlist. When playing a ppt you can only see the next slide and I haven't been able to figure out any way around that. Secondly, if you have a ppt that automatically changes slides, slidedog has to be the "active" window, otherwise slides don't change.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review, Scott! And thank you for sharing that experience regarding the number of slides you can preview, plus the thing about slide timings in PowerPoint in SlideDog. We should probably make that thing clearer to the end users.
Replied June 2022
Aaron
Chemicals, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2022
Meets my application as initially envisioned
Easy to install, easy to manipulate playlists, almost instant customer service
CONSDid not encounter any after initial installation and fine tuning to my need
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review, Aaron!
Replied June 2022
Diego
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Professional Level Presentations!
SlideDog was the perfect solution to presenting slideshows, videos, placeholders, and just making our events have a level of professionalism that simply just did not exist prior to finding it.
PROSI love the fact that you are able to use multiple types of media from different sources. Absolutely love the customization that I can bring to my presentations and events.
CONSWish I could use three screens instead of being limited to two screens.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review Diego! In the lastest version of SlideDog, you can actually use it with three screens :-)
Replied May 2021
Sandy
E-Learning, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2021
Glad this product exists!
The customer service is EXCELLENT. When one feature was not working as expected, I submitted a help ticket. The developer communicated quickly and effectively, found the bug, and issued the software update within days. As of this writing (1/22/21), this product has someone actively maintaining it and providing the best customer service I could ask for.
PROS1. I can navigate my presentation from one screen while seeing what the viewers see on my other screen. Being new to doing online trainings for clients, this was hugely important to me. 2. I can insert a website into my presentation and the viewers only see the website content, not my entire screen full of way too many tabs, my bookmarks bar, etc. 3. No worries about viewers seeing my desktop image while I navigate between powerpoints, websites, etc.
CONSThe user interface isn't as polished as some software, however this is only what I see and what I care about is what my clients see.
Vendor Response
Thanks for the review Sandy! Glad the software update made things work for you. Don't hesitate to contact us again if you encounter any other issues or have questions regarding SlideDog :-)
Replied January 2021
L John
Entertainment, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2022
Old Faithful
It is fast and easy to deploy For events large and small
PROSEase of use and speed to set up and supports most media formats
CONSOnly Drawback at the moment is lack of NDI Integration
Vendor Response
Thank you, John! Maybe NDI Screen Capture is something to look into?
Replied June 2022
Mackenzie
Non-Profit Organization Management, 2-10 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Perfect for outdoor services
Awesome customer service to get me what I needed
PROSThe ease of our people able to see our worship lyrics and scriptures on their phones
CONSI wish I could use it on my Mac. No slide limit would be nice too. A bigger preview before playing too.
Vendor Response
Thanks for the review Mackenzie!
Replied May 2021
Mark
Religious Institutions, 1 employee
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Slide Dog Easy to Use
The learning curve was not very steep. The software did just what I needed it to do.
CONSA presentation with multiple slides was a little tricky at first but working that out was simple.
Reason for choosing SlideDog
Cost Easy to use
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review Mark!
Replied May 2021
Daniel
Internet, 1 employee
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Great product
This product was very easy to install and use. It was a good organization tool and a timesaver
CONSNot really any problems but wish there was some sequencing options
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review Daniel! Feel free to drop us a line in regard to the sequencing options you'd like us to implement.
Replied May 2021
Jessie
Professional Training & Coaching, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2022
Great for Trainers
Overall, slidedog has helped our presentations look more clean and professional. This can be the deciding factor when trying to win a client.
PROSI like the drag and drop feature the most. Every other program we have used required programs to be uploaded which requires an internet connection and took time based on the size of the file.
CONSI still haven't figured out the presentation mode when using multiple monitors but that's probably because I still have searched for the answer or contacted customer support.
Reason for choosing SlideDog
I experienced another company use it at a conference I attended.
Vendor Response
Thanks for the review, Jessie! Would love to hear which conference you first saw SlideDog at. Feel free to contact me directly :-)
Replied June 2022
Roman
Events Services, 2-10 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed April 2021
Good Choice
Easy to handle
PROSIt's just a simple way to bring different types of presentations into one system. AND point to a second screen
CONSDon't know. It simply does what it should do
Vendor Response
Thank you so much for the review Roman. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have suggestions on how we can improve our offering to event organizers and AV companies like yours.
Replied April 2021
Stephane
Education Management, 51-200 employees
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Great for Education
I really enjoyed using it but the subscription cost is still high for my use frequency.
PROSIt is a unique solution at this time, very convenient to compile presentations from different source of information .. it is a time saver!
CONSIt does not integrate yet so well with all the Google Workspace for Education functionalities.
Reasons for switching to SlideDog
Cost
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review, Stephane. Let me know if you consider purchasing the Pro version and I'll give you a coupon code that we offer to all educators.
Replied July 2022
Steve
Online Media, 10,000+ employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Great software
very good and easy to use and understand
PROSGives a good opportunity to present better. The folks at SlideDog are quick to respond when issues arise.
CONSI do not have any con's, i t hink the software is great.
Vendor Response
Thank you for the review, Steve!
Replied July 2022
wences
Verified reviewer
1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2018
It's interesting.
you can create custom playlists by adding from Power Point presentations, PDF files, presentations with Prezi a more sophisticated program than Power Point, movie clips combining this looks good!
CONSOne of the main contras is that to use this program to its fullest in the various files you have to use is that you must have them installed on your computer as for example to watch videos you must have installed VideoLan VLC Media Player or Google Chrome to websites.