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COMPARISON

MoreThanSlideTransitions, Treatments That Deserve It

Keynote makes beautiful slides with stunning animations. Pitchello is built for the creative professionals who need treatments, lookbooks, and visual bibles — not animated bullet points.

01 / AUDIENCE

BuiltforDifferentAudiences

Pitchello

For Visual Storytellers

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

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

Keynote

For Apple Ecosystem Users

  • Educators building lecture slides
  • Executives presenting at all-hands
  • Designers wanting polished transitions
  • Teams already deep in the Apple ecosystem

Apple's presentation tool — gorgeous animations on a slide-by-slide paradigm.

02 / FEATURES

FeatureComparison

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Visual Editor

Image-first layouts

Masonry grids, full-bleed images, and visual board layouts.

Pitchello
Keynote

Slide-based with text-first templates

Drag-and-drop editor

Intuitive visual builder with smart alignment.

Pitchello
Keynote

Treatment-specific page types

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

Pitchello
Keynote

Standard slide layouts only

Cinematic animations

Subtle scroll-based and transition animations for presentations.

Pitchello

Scroll-based motion on shared links

Keynote

Industry-leading slide transitions and animations

AI Tools

AI image generation

Generate reference images and mood board visuals with AI.

Pitchello
Keynote

No AI generation features

AI page generation

Generate complete treatment pages from a text prompt.

Pitchello
Keynote

Brand color extraction

Extract color palettes from reference images automatically.

Pitchello
Keynote
Sharing & Analytics

Share via link

Send a branded link that opens instantly in any browser.

Pitchello
Keynote

Requires iCloud or file export

View analytics

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

Pitchello
Keynote

Cross-platform viewing

Recipients view your treatment on any device — no app required.

Pitchello
Keynote

Best experience on Apple devices; limited on Windows/Android

PDF export

Export high-quality PDFs for offline distribution.

Pitchello
Keynote
03 / WHY PITCHELLO

WhyPitchello

01

Treatments, Not Slideshows

A treatment is a visual document — not a slideshow with transitions between each page. Your tool should reflect that.

How Keynote handles this

Keynote's core paradigm is slides with transitions. Every document is a sequence of individual slides, making it great for live presentations but awkward for visual treatments that need to flow as a continuous document.

How Pitchello handles this

Pitchello treats your document as a visual whole — pages flow as a continuous treatment, not a slide deck. Image grids, masonry layouts, and visual boards work together as one cohesive piece.

02

Works Everywhere

Your producer shouldn't need a MacBook to view your treatment. Pitchello runs in any browser on any device.

How Keynote handles this

Keynote is an Apple-first tool. The best experience is on Mac and iPad. Windows users get a limited iCloud web version, and Android has no native support. Sharing means exporting files or hoping recipients have Apple devices.

How Pitchello handles this

Every pitch in Pitchello is a shareable link that opens instantly in any browser — Mac, Windows, Android, anything. What you built is exactly what they see.

03

Know When They're Watching

Sharing a Keynote file is a one-way street. Pitchello gives you view analytics and engagement tracking on every share.

How Keynote handles this

Keynote provides no tracking once a file is shared or a link is sent via iCloud. You have no way to know if your treatment was opened, reviewed, or forwarded.

How Pitchello handles this

Pitchello tracks views, time-on-page, and engagement for every shared pitch. You follow up with data, not guesswork.

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
Keynote
$0/month

Free with Apple devices

Included with macOS and iOS

  • Stunning slide transitions
  • Apple ecosystem integration
  • Real-time collaboration via iCloud
  • Export to PDF, PowerPoint, and movie

Keynote is free and gorgeous for presentations. For treatments and creative pitches, it's a presentation tool, not a treatment builder.

BuildTreatments,NotSlideshows

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

Keynote is a beautifully designed presentation tool — especially for live pitches with stunning transitions. If your work lives as visual treatments and lookbooks, Pitchello was built for exactly that.