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COMPARISON

NotforBoardrooms, Built for Creatives

PowerPoint was designed for quarterly reviews and sales decks. Pitchello was built for directors, producers, and creative teams who need to pitch with visuals, not bullet points.

01 / AUDIENCE

BuiltforDifferentAudiences

Pitchello

For Visual Storytellers

  • Directors building treatments
  • Producers pitching projects
  • Creative directors presenting lookbooks
  • Production designers sharing visual bibles

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

PowerPoint

For Business Professionals

  • Executives delivering quarterly reports
  • Sales teams building proposal decks
  • Managers running team meetings
  • Consultants presenting to clients

The industry standard for business presentations and corporate communication.

02 / FEATURES

FeatureComparison

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Visual Editor

Image-first layouts

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

Pitchello
PowerPoint

Text-first slide layouts with image placeholders

Drag-and-drop editor

Intuitive visual builder with smart alignment and positioning.

Pitchello
PowerPoint

Treatment-specific page types

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

Pitchello
PowerPoint

Cinematic aspect ratios

Support for 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, and custom aspect ratios.

Pitchello
PowerPoint

Custom Slide Size supports arbitrary dimensions, including 9:16

AI Tools

AI image generation

Generate reference images and mood board visuals with AI.

Pitchello
PowerPoint

Copilot can add images from prompts on supported Microsoft 365 plans

AI page generation

Generate complete treatment pages from a description.

Pitchello
PowerPoint

Copilot assists with text and layout suggestions

Brand color extraction

Extract color palettes from reference images automatically.

Pitchello
PowerPoint
Sharing & Analytics

Share via link

Send a branded link that opens instantly in any browser.

Pitchello
PowerPoint

Requires OneDrive or email attachment

View analytics

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

Pitchello
PowerPoint

No public-link engagement analytics; org audit may show opens

Browser-based viewing

Recipients view your pitch in any browser — no software needed.

Pitchello
PowerPoint

Web version available but formatting may differ

PDF export

Export high-quality PDFs for offline distribution.

Pitchello
PowerPoint
03 / WHY PITCHELLO

WhyPitchello

01

Visuals First, Not Bullet Points

Film professionals think in images, references, and visual tone. Your pitch tool should start there — not with a blank slide and a bullet-point template.

How PowerPoint handles this

PowerPoint's default layouts are text-first: title, subtitle, bullet points. Adding full-bleed images, grids, and visual boards requires fighting the tool's natural flow.

How Pitchello handles this

Pitchello starts with visual layouts — masonry grids, image boards, and full-bleed pages. Text supports the visuals, not the other way around.

02

No Software Required

When a producer receives your treatment, they should be able to view it instantly — not download PowerPoint or wait for OneDrive to load.

How PowerPoint handles this

PowerPoint files require the desktop app or web version to open. Formatting can shift between platforms, and large files are slow to share via email.

How Pitchello handles this

Every pitch gets a shareable link that opens instantly in any browser. What you built is exactly what they see — no software, no formatting issues.

03

Built-In View Analytics

Following up on a pitch shouldn't be guesswork. Know when your treatment was opened, which pages held attention, and when to make your call.

How PowerPoint handles this

PowerPoint doesn't provide public-link engagement analytics once a file is shared. Organization audit logs may show that a file was opened, but that isn't pitch engagement tracking.

How Pitchello handles this

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

04 / PRICING

PricingataGlance

Pitchello
$15/month

Starter

14-day free trial

  • 10 pitch decks per month
  • AI image and page generation
  • View analytics on every share
PowerPoint
$9.99/month

Microsoft 365 Personal

Free web version available

  • Desktop PowerPoint included
  • OneDrive cloud storage
  • Copilot AI assistant (included, with usage limits)
  • Full Office suite (Word, Excel, etc.)

Microsoft 365 is unbeatable value for general business productivity. For visual pitching, it was built for a different audience.

BuildTreatments,NotPresentations

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

PowerPoint is an industry standard for corporate communication — and for good reason. If your work is visual-first and your audience is producers, not boardrooms, Pitchello was made for you.