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COMPARISON

BetterThanFreeSlides, Treatments Worth Sharing

Google Slides is great for team collaboration on internal decks. Pitchello is built for creative professionals who need treatments, lookbooks, and visual bibles that look as good as the work they represent.

01 / AUDIENCE

BuiltforDifferentAudiences

Pitchello

For Creative Professionals

  • Directors building treatments
  • Producers building lookbooks
  • Creative directors crafting lookbooks
  • Production teams sharing visual bibles

Purpose-built for visual-first pitching and pre-production workflows.

Google Slides

For Teams Who Need Free Collaboration

  • Teachers creating lecture materials
  • Teams collaborating on internal docs
  • Students working on group projects
  • Organizations needing free, accessible tools

Google's free presentation tool — great for real-time collaboration, basic for design.

02 / FEATURES

FeatureComparison

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Visual Editor

Grid-based treatment layouts

Masonry, column, and freeform grids for visual storytelling.

Pitchello
Google Slides

Basic slide layouts with placeholder boxes

Drag-and-drop editor

Visual builder with smart positioning and alignment.

Pitchello
Google Slides

Basic shape and text box positioning

Treatment-specific page types

Pages designed for mood boards, shot lists, and lookbooks.

Pitchello
Google Slides

Design quality

Professional, polished output that matches the quality of your work.

Pitchello
Google Slides

Limited design tools — outputs look basic

AI Tools

AI image generation

Generate reference images and mood board visuals with AI.

Pitchello
Google Slides

Gemini integration for basic image generation

AI page generation

Generate complete treatment pages from a text prompt.

Pitchello
Google Slides

Gemini can suggest layouts but limited customization

Brand color extraction

Extract color palettes from reference images automatically.

Pitchello
Google Slides
Sharing & Analytics

Share via link

Send a branded link that opens instantly in any browser.

Pitchello
Google Slides

Excellent sharing via Google Drive links

View analytics

Track who viewed your pitch and how they engaged with it.

Pitchello
Google Slides

No view tracking or analytics

Real-time collaboration

Multiple team members editing simultaneously.

Pitchello

Workspace-level collaboration with commenting

Google Slides

Best-in-class real-time co-editing

PDF export

Export high-quality PDFs for offline sharing.

Pitchello
Google Slides
03 / WHY PITCHELLO

WhyPitchello

01

Professional-Grade Output

Your treatment represents your creative vision. It should look like it, not like a Google Doc with images pasted in.

How Google Slides handles this

Google Slides' design tools are intentionally minimal. The output looks clean but basic — fine for internal team decks, underwhelming for client-facing treatments and lookbooks.

How Pitchello handles this

Pitchello produces treatments that match the visual quality of your work. Masonry grids, cinematic layouts, and professional typography make every page feel intentional and polished.

02

Visual-First, Not Text-First

Creative professionals think in images and references. Your editor should start there, not with a bullet-point template.

How Google Slides handles this

Google Slides starts with text: title slide, bullet points, two-column text. Adding images is possible but the tool's DNA is text-first communication.

How Pitchello handles this

Pitchello's editor starts with visuals — image grids, full-bleed pages, and mood board layouts. Text supports the visual story, not the other way around.

03

Know When Your Treatment Lands

Google Slides tells you nothing after you share. Pitchello tells you everything.

How Google Slides handles this

Google Slides lets you share via link with permission controls, but provides zero tracking. You don't know if your treatment was opened, skimmed, or studied.

How Pitchello handles this

Every shared pitch includes view tracking, time-on-page analytics, and engagement metrics. You know when to follow up and which pages resonated.

04 / PRICING

PricingataGlance

Pitchello
$15/month

Starter

14-day free trial

  • Unlimited treatments and pitches
  • AI image and page generation
  • View analytics on every share
  • Team workspaces and collaboration
Google Slides
$0/month

Free

Free with a Google account

  • Real-time collaboration
  • Google Drive integration
  • Works in any browser
  • Version history and comments

Google Slides is unbeatable for free, collaborative internal decks. For client-facing treatments and creative pitches, you get what you pay for.

TreatmentsThatMatchYourVision

The visual pitch builder made for directors, producers, and creative teams. Start with a 14-day free trial.

Google Slides is excellent for collaborative internal work — and you can't beat free. If your treatments need to impress producers and clients, Pitchello delivers the visual quality the work demands.