Pear Deck Reviews & Product Details

Pear Deck is used to make classroom presentations more interactive and to help teachers check student understanding as lessons unfold. Users describe adding questions and response activities to slide-based lessons so students can participate and teachers can see their responses.

What company sizes and industries is Pear Deck the best fit for?

Pear Deck’s strongest fit is in school and education settings, with positive experiences across several organization sizes. The most represented segments include:

Enterprise organizations: Particularly primary and secondary education, education management, and higher education.
Mid-market organizations: Especially primary and secondary education and education management.
Small businesses: Primarily primary and secondary education.

What customer support options does Pear Deck provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

Pear Deck support options include phone and email/help-desk contact, alongside self-service resources such as FAQs and a knowledge base. The experience is mixed: some users value the ongoing guidance and training, while others have encountered slow responses or disappointing service.

What tools and platforms does Pear Deck integrate with, and how do these integrations help users get more value from the product?

Pear Deck offers 2 integrations in the Google education ecosystem. Users describe adding interactive questions and response activities to familiar slide-based lessons, helping them gather student feedback during presentations.

Google classroom tools: Google Classroom
Google education tools: Google for Education

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Mara R.

Spanish Teacher

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 5/5/2026

"Engaging and Interactive Teaching Tool for Classrooms"

5/5

What do you like best about Pear Deck?

I use Pear Deck for teaching interactive lessons in my middle school Spanish classes. It helps create entertaining and engaging lessons for hard-to-entertain kids. I like being able to take slideshows I already have and make them interactive. Additionally, I appreciate being able to change from student-paced to teacher-paced modes, particularly because sometimes students cannot finish their work during the allotted time in class, so it's nice to be able to switch to student-paced for homework. The initial setup of Pear Deck was very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

I wish the premium version wasn't so expensive. It's too expensive to add to the other costs of other necessary programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/20/2026

"Premium Access Issues and Slow Support Undercut an Otherwise Engaging Experience"

0.5/5

What do you like best about Pear Deck?

I loved the interaction- students got excited about pear deck lessons Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

Lapses in premium accessibility, even after paying for premium services and customer service response Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Miriam C.

IB coordinator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/1/2024

"I love Pear Deck"

5/5

What do you like best about Pear Deck?

I can see live if my students are working in class, I can display it on the classroom screen or board to the class for others to see. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

It is a bit expensive in its premium version for individual users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jonathan K.

High School Teacher

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/2/2022

"Pear Deck Review"

4/5

What do you like best about Pear Deck?

Pear Deck is a great way to get students engaged in a simple, and maybe boring PowerPoint presentation. I use google slides, and while I try to make it engaging. Pairing it with Pear Deck allows students to get engaged in ways that work for them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

Lately, as I have used Pear Deck, one thing I have noticed which can be a little frustrating, is that it does not update as you would expect. For example, if I add Pear Deck to a current presentation, run it and then end the session, after changing/updating those slides, and then running a new session, it is stuck on the existing old version. Very frustrating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jonathan K.

Teacher

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/4/2022

"Pear Deck Review"

5/5

What do you like best about Pear Deck?

Pear Deck is a great tool for the classroom to get students engaged with the content. It allows those students who may learn differently or be a little bit shy, to get involved at their own pace and style. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

Pear Deck sometimes seems to not update between sessions if changes have been made to the slideshow document. This can sometimes be frustrating, as I like to update my slideshows regularly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adriana P.

Presenter

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/28/2022

"Peardeck helps me know where my students are at"

5/5

What do you like best about Pear Deck?

In the premium version, I love being able to review student answers in real time. This helps me know if I need to explain something better before the class period ends. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

I dislike that I am unable to do see student answers on the free version. I need to rely on my school to buy it, if I don't. I also wish the user interface was better on the phone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sam C.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/6/2023

"Once great, now subpar"

3/5

What do you like best about Pear Deck?

Immediate, interactive student responses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

Digital atrophy, deplorable customer service, fewer and fewer free features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Veronica J.

Paraprofessional

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 2/15/2022

"User friendly deck sharing"

4/5

What do you like best about Pear Deck?

I like how easy it is to create a presentation which other people can interact with. The variety of slide types are diverse but not too many to look through. The graphics are cute to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

I don't like that the bar along the bottom becomes an image on the slide. Then if you try to reformat the slide, the little bar moves all around. It's not always easy to make it look good again and sometimes you have to redo the interactive piece. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Presenting virtually. I used it for a presentation that involved a lot of checks for understanding. I like that I can go back and see the interactions people had with it after the presentation is over. I also like that you can turn on student paced at the end so people can go back into the presentation afterwards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marnie D.

Educational Technology Director

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/16/2021

"Interactive presentations at their best!"

5/5

What do you like best about Pear Deck?

I love how Pear Deck takes a regular presentation and instantly adds a level of engagement unsurpassed by basic platforms like Slides and PowerPoint. Whether in person or remote, students and adults alike are automatically engaged in the content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

There is very little I dislike about Pear Deck. It is an incredible platform on many levels! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Pear Deck:

If you are looking for a tool that engages all audience members - whether teachers, students, or in other environments - then Pear Deck will fit the bill perfectly. Because it takes your already-created Power Points and Google Slides presentations and adds the interactive elements to them, the work you've already done isn't wasted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Engagement, focus, and attention during meetings and classes are a thing of the past when PearDeck is in use! Because the content is on each participant's screen automatically via PearDeck, everyone is more engaged. Because Pear Deck's built in tools allow for audience response - via text input, drawing, drag and drop - make it so easy to collect information that allows the presenter or teacher to gauge the room's understanding, gather questions, or gain general input. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 2/1/2018

"Incredible add-on for Google Slides to make any presentation interactive"

5/5

What do you like best about Pear Deck?

Able to add questions, polls, and other items to a Google Slides presentation to get instant feedback from audience. Also, they've added a vocabulary tool that is excellent for students to use to build Quizlets they can study from Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

My only wish would be the cost would be a little lower but it is totally justified with how great the tool is Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Pear Deck:

The drawing feature can have so many uses- be creative! I have a slide I do in the beginning of presentations that has a bunch of emojis and they have to circle a few that show how they feel. I've also done it that they draw an emoji. It's a fun check in to see how they're doing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Provides instant feedback on audiences understanding of a topic and allows you to differentiate for your audience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.