Picking the right app for your use case comes down to a few simple questions.
Do you want to have the ability to schedule content?
Do you want control of the language?
Would you prefer to keep using a tool your team is already familiar with?
My Content Channel offers more flexibility in terms of scheduling posts, page time settings, and automatic cleanup tools. It also allows for immediate content upload.
PowerPoint and Google Slides Apps are better suited for editing presentations in shared folders and offer more possibilities for designing content. However, they lack features like scheduling posts, page time settings, and automatic cleanup.
Below you'll find a comparison of the three.
Comparison of the three apps based on use case
| My Content Channel | Powerpoint App | Google Slides App |
Posts need to be scheduled | Yes | n/a | n/a |
Single topic, multi-author updates | Yes. | Yes. | Yes.
Cloud-based updates with a 15-minute delay. |
External access needed for limited screen publishing (e.g., receptionists) | Yes.
Access can easily be limited to single displays | Yes.
Complex authorization in the cloud may be need | Yes.
Complex authorization in the cloud may be need |
Comparison of three apps based on feature
Features | My Content Channel | Powerpoint App | Google Slides App |
Ease of setup | Easy | Medium, might require admin approval for authentication | Easy |
Ease of use | Easy | Easy | Easy |
Scheduling of posts (dd.mm.yyyy mm:hh - dd.mm.yyyy mm:hh) | Configurable per presentation | Not configurable per presentation-level | Not configurable per presentation-level |
Page time settings (duration) | Configurable per page | Same for all pages | Same for all pages |
Automatic cleanup | My Content App offers wide variety of automatic cleanup tools | n/a | n/a |
Content Upload to Valotalive server | Immediate (as long as it takes to upload the file) | Polling for changes in every 15 minutes | Polling for changes in every 15 minutes |
Edit presentations in shared folders | No | Yes, you can share files in OneDrive or SharePoint | Yes, you can share files in Google Drive |
Possibilities to design your content / post in the desired way | Limited | Almost unlimited; Animations not supported | Almost unlimited; Animations not supported |
Send messages instantly from your phone | Posts done using the Mobile is possible | Possible in theory but highly unlikely | Possible in theory but highly unlikely |
Video supported | Yes | No | No |
User account in Dashboard needed | No | Yes | Yes |
Edit the app settings from your homescreen | Yes, you can install the My Content Channel to your desktop and edit the settings from there | No, you have to edit the settings from the Valotalive Dashboard | No, you have to edit the settings from the Valotalive Dashboard |
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