LiveDocument vs SlideHub: built for different jobs
SlideHub governs the slides your team builds decks from. LiveDocument makes sure the document you actually send gets understood. Here's the honest version of which one you need.
SlideHub
These barely compete. SlideHub is a presentation-management platform: a governed slide library, AI deck creation, version control and brand locking, all living inside Microsoft 365, for teams. It's team infrastructure for building on-brand decks fast.
LiveDocument is for the moment after the deck is done, when you hit send and need the person on the other end to understand it. The only real overlap is SlideHub's Send & Track, which is attention tracking. LiveDocument adds the walkthrough and the highlights that tracking alone can't give you.
- SlideHub is best for teams that need to build and control on-brand decks at scale.
- LiveDocument is best for the individual sender who needs a document understood, not just opened.
Where they overlap, and where they don't
| Feature | LiveDocument | SlideHub |
|---|---|---|
| Recorded video walkthrough on the document | ||
| Clickable highlights that jump the video to a section | ||
| Page-level engagement analytics on what you sendSlideHub tracks this through its Send & Track feature. | Yes (Send & Track) | |
| Searchable, governed slide library | ||
| AI slide creation from a prompt | ||
| PowerPoint version control and brand locking | ||
| Native to Microsoft 365 (PowerPoint, Word, Outlook) | ||
| Works for a solo sender with no team setup | Not really (team platform, demo-led) | |
| Entry price | Free tier, then $20/mo (Pro) | From $400/mo (20 seats, annual) |
| Best for | Getting one document understood | Building and governing decks at scale |
SlideHub facts are from their public pricing page as of July 2026. See LiveDocument pricing, the full feature set, or how LiveDocument compares to Loom and DocSend.
Send & Track tells you it was opened, not understood
SlideHub's Send & Track shows you who opened a deck and roughly what they looked at. Useful, and still only attention. When I was sending decks all day, the analytics were never the problem, the silence after was. LiveDocument lets you record a short walkthrough over the document, so the reader gets your explanation, not a stack of slides to interpret alone. That's the jump from a tracked open to a landed message.
No seats, no library, no setup
SlideHub is a platform you roll out to a team, priced by the seat and sold through a demo. LiveDocument is something one person can start using on their next send this afternoon. Upload the document, record the walkthrough, share the link. If you're a founder, a consultant or a rep who just needs this one thing to land, you don't need to buy team infrastructure to get it.
- Upload document1
- Record walkthrough2
- Share one link3
No seats to buy, no library to set up.
For a team building decks, it's a different league
The complementary framing isn't a dodge. For building and governing presentations, SlideHub is purpose-built and LiveDocument doesn't try to be.
Presentation management at scale
A searchable slide library, AI deck creation, version control so everyone's on the approved deck, and brand locking. If your problem is fifty people building off-brand slides from old templates, LiveDocument doesn't touch that and SlideHub is purpose-built for it.
Native to Microsoft 365, with real support
SlideHub lives inside PowerPoint, Word and Outlook, is SOC 2 Type II and Microsoft 365 certified, and every plan comes with a dedicated customer-success person. For a company standardising how it makes presentations, that's the right kind of heavy.
Who should pick which
Pick LiveDocument if
- You're the person hitting send and you need this document understood.
- You want to explain it in your own voice without a call.
- You want one persistent link with the walkthrough and highlights built in.
- You don't want to buy or roll out a team platform to get it.
Pick SlideHub if
- Your team builds a lot of decks and needs a governed, on-brand library.
- You want AI slide creation, version control and brand locking.
- You're standardised on Microsoft 365 and want it native.
- You can run a demo-led, per-seat rollout.
Create your first LiveDocument today.
Frequently asked questions
SlideHub is a presentation-management platform for teams: a governed slide library, AI deck creation, version control and brand locking inside Microsoft 365. LiveDocument is for sending a document and making sure it's understood, by adding a recorded video walkthrough and clickable highlights to it. One helps you build decks, the other helps you land them.
Only for the sending part. SlideHub's Send & Track lets you share a deck and see who opened it. If that's the piece you care about, LiveDocument replaces it and adds a walkthrough on the document. For the slide library, AI creation and version control, SlideHub does things LiveDocument doesn't.
No. SlideHub's tracking shows attention on a shared deck. Recording a walkthrough that lives on the document, with highlights that jump the video to a section, is specific to LiveDocument.
SlideHub starts at $400 a month for 20 seats (SMB & Growth, billed annually), with Enterprise from $1,400 a month, and is sold through a demo. LiveDocument has a free tier, and Pro is a flat $20 a month, and you can start on your own.
Yes, and plenty of teams would. Build and govern your decks in SlideHub, then when a deck really has to land with a specific person, send it through LiveDocument so they get your walkthrough alongside it.