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 and supports various languages for settings.
PowerPoint and Google Slides Apps are better suited for editing presentations in shared folders and offer unlimited possibilities for designing content. However, they lack features like scheduling posts, page time settings, and automatic cleanup. Additionally, both apps only support English for settings.
Below you'll find a comparison of the 3 apps which should help you decide which is right for you:
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 + most likely no need to learn new tools | Easy + most likely no need to learn new tools |
Sheduling of posts (dd.mm.yyyy mm:hh - dd.mm.yyyy mm:hh) | Configurable per presentation | Not configurable per presentation-level; can be configuraded via Flow, but only per App | Not configurable per presentation-level; can be configuraded via Flow, but only per App |
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 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 file or folder of files in Google Drive |
Possibilities to design your content / post in the desired way | Limited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
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 |
Language Options for Settings | Supported languages are English, German, French, Swedish, Spanish, Polish and Finnish | Only English supported | Only English supported |
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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