--- title: Impress Reviews meta_title: 'Impress Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 19 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Impress works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 3.7 review_count: 19 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-07' parent_category: name: Collaboration & Productivity url: https://www.g2.com/categories/collaboration-productivity --- # Impress Reviews **Vendor:** The Apache Software Foundation **Category:** [Presentation Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/presentation-software) **Average Rating:** 3.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 19 ## About Impress Impress is a truly outstanding tool for creating effective multimedia presentations. Your presentations will stand out with 2D and 3D clip art, special effects, animation, and high-impact drawing tools. ## Impress Reviews ### 1. Easy to use but does not allow to give beautiful visual effects **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Celine N. | Celine Nanni, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 09, 2019 **What do you like best about Impress?** I use OpenOffice Impress when I have to make presentations for a non-demanding audience. In the sense, presentations that should not impress. It is a pity that it is the name of the program that fails in its use. But the upside is that you can easily install it on any computer and you can create files that are compatible with other viewers as well. **What do you dislike about Impress?** I don't like that there aren't so many preset templates you can use. Setting the page, or where to change the size of the slides, is not easy to find. Every time I spend time searching for the command. **What problems is Impress solving and how is that benefiting you?** The problem I solved recently using Impress was to create a very simple presentation in its contents. I didn't have to create any graphic effects, so it responded to my needs. ### 2. Graphical appearance not the best **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Francesco M. | Francesco Montani, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 11, 2019 **What do you like best about Impress?** I like that the use of the program is exactly the same as all other programs for creating publications. The advantage is that it also allows opening presentations created with other programs. **What do you dislike about Impress?** I don't like that you can't give graphic attributes to make the presentation attractive. They have a very retro look. The transition effects don't have a great final effect during the projection. **What problems is Impress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was able to open files created with other programs and it had preserved the various effects present in that file. ### 3. Easy to use but few pre-installed templates **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Valeria C. | Valeria Cima, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 14, 2019 **What do you like best about Impress?** I like that the commands to create a presentation are simple and intuitive, in the layout column there are already preset boxes that are very convenient for speeding up the work. In fact, by inserting those boxes, the program automatically gives the possibility to insert images, tables, text, videos, or charts. **What do you dislike about Impress?** When I copy and paste tables created in OpenOffice Calc, sometimes it doesn't import the formatting, so I have to edit part of the chart. **What problems is Impress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can create simple and effective presentations to talk about my projects. ### 4. Useful program when Microsoft Office cannot be installed **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paola M. | Paola Mello, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 23, 2019 **What do you like best about Impress?** It allows you to create presentations, like PowerPoint, starting from scratch or using ready-to-use templates. Supports all Microsoft counterpart file formats. **What do you dislike about Impress?** Passing the file from one PC to another sometimes has problems **What problems is Impress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I had a PC on which I could not install Microsoft Office and I solved with this platform ### 5. Presentations a bit old fashioned **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paola M. | Architect Paola Morrone, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 19, 2019 **What do you like best about Impress?** I like being able to use it to create presentations to be made to an audience not accustomed to particular effects **What do you dislike about Impress?** I don't like using it because you don't get eye-catching presentations **Recommendations to others considering Impress:** It takes a long time to create your own presentation **What problems is Impress solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was able to create some presentations quickly ### 6. Needs update **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Animation | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 12, 2019 **What do you like best about Impress?** Good for entering in notes on customers and pricing, and keeping an order in one place and handing off to the next department. **What do you dislike about Impress?** Seriously needs an update to bring it into the 21st century. The rare updates that do get released cause the program to lag/crash. It is not user friendly or intuitive in the slightest, and it takes far too many clicks to find one thing you’re looking for. **What problems is Impress solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is good for keeping track of inventory and production. It helps keep each order consistent throughout each department. ### 7. Free and flexible, not pretty **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Quang D. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 06, 2015 **What do you like best about Impress?** The Open suite provides a great amount of flexibility, letting you create files and also work with files with most of the major formats. **What do you dislike about Impress?** Impress ironically enough is rather un-pretty and barebones as a program. It will do most everything you want, but it isn't a very smooth experience. The navigation to tools is also a little unintuitive. **Recommendations to others considering Impress:** I would recommend you use Impress if you need a more powerful tool than Google Slides and aren't willing to pay the higher price point for Powerpoint. **What problems is Impress solving and how is that benefiting you?** This program is useful to make any sort of presentation, and being free makes it really appealing compared to some licenses. ### 8. Good free alternative to Powerpoint **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joseph C. | Software Developer, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 06, 2015 **What do you like best about Impress?** It is 100% FREE. The fact that it is a multi-platform presentation application is a huge plus. It handles all .ppt files I can throw at it, and it exports to .pdf. **What do you dislike about Impress?** The GNOME look and feel. It feels very out of date, and it is not optimized for high resolution, retina displays yet. The animations are dated, and the application is not very intuitive overall in its menu placements. **Recommendations to others considering Impress:** Be comfortable with standard Linux software. It can get a little confusing if you are used to the Windows Aero or Metro look. **What problems is Impress solving and how is that benefiting you?** Impress is used to view and edit .ppt files on my Linux machine. ## Impress Discussions - [What is Open Office Impress in computer?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-open-office-impress-in-computer) - [Is Impress hardware or software?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-impress-hardware-or-software) - [What is impress in software?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-impress-in-software) - [What do you know about Impress software explain its features?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-do-you-know-about-impress-software-explain-its-features) - [View Impress pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/impress/reviews?filters%5Bnps_score%5D%5B%5D=3§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-12+20%3A10%3A01+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=6277d66d-5829-4c5a-8fae-f27febe3d3c7&secure%5Btoken%5D=7d8f78131168b7b3e9ffc1dc514a5966bfff528edf6a48035ea7643f64b1867d&format=llm_user) ## Impress Features **Additional Functionality** - Third-Party Integrations - To-Do List - @mentions - Single Sign On - File Management - Activity Dashboard - Drag & Drop - Alerts/Notifications - Prioritization - Access Controls/Permissions - Screen Sharing - Content Management - Brainstorming - AI Copilot - File Transfer - Calendar Management - Status Tracking - Real-Time Notifications - Version Control - Task Management - Activity Tracking - Real Time Editing - Communication Management - Chat/Messaging - Tagging - Generative AI - Assignment Management - Task Scheduling - Project Management - Collaboration Tools - Workflow Management - Secure Data Storage - File Sharing - Document Storage - Task Progress Tracking - Discussions/Forums - Commenting/Notes - Reporting & Statistics - Contact Management - Video Conferencing - Progress Tracking - Mobile Access - API - Document Management - Customizable Branding **Platform Basics** - Slide Design - Presenter Tools - Auto Save **Platform Content** - Charts - Template Library - Template Creator - Content Sharing - Content Library - Media Library - Screen Sharing **Platform Additional Functionality** - Messaging - Mobility - Cloud **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Image-to-Text - AI Text-to-Video - AI Text Summarization - AI Text-to-Music - AI Text-to-Speech - AI Text-to-Image - Generative AI - Two-Way Audio & Video **Additional Functionality** - Video Editing - Text Editing - Access Controls/Permissions - Commenting/Notes - Change Management - Data Visualization - Content Management - Content Import/Export - Data Import/Export - Training Management - Audio File Management - Presentation Streaming - Communication Management - Drag & Drop - Engagement Tracking - Image Editing - Offline Editing - AI Copilot - 3D Objects - Encryption - Audience Engagement - Video Support - Audio/Video Recording - Version Control - Presenter View - Digital Signage - Offline Presenting - Reporting & Statistics - Mobile Access - Reporting/Analytics - Real-Time Updates - Activity Dashboard - Playlist Management - Video Conferencing - Animation - Template Management - Customizable Branding - Interactive Content - Search/Filter ## Top Impress Alternatives - [Microsoft PowerPoint](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-powerpoint/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (4,271 reviews) - [Keynote](https://www.g2.com/products/keynote/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (526 reviews) - [Prezi](https://www.g2.com/products/prezi/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (5,695 reviews)