Speaker Deck

What Speaker Deck is

Speaker Deck is a web service for publishing presentations and sharing them through links or website embeds. It accepts PDF files only. A deck can be embedded with the Speaker Deck WordPress block by entering its URL, or with iframe or JavaScript code; an oEmbed endpoint is also available for displaying decks on other sites. The service documents sharing to Twitter and Facebook. Free accounts can upload 10 presentations per day, with 100 uploads total and a 150 MB maximum file size. Pro has unlimited uploads and permits files up to 250 MB. Pro also adds password protection, private URLs, controls over which domains can embed a deck, scheduled publishing, slide notes, collections, companion video links, and resource links; Pro is ad-free. Monthly Pro costs $8 a month, while yearly Pro costs $80 a year. Speaker Deck launched in 2012 and describes use cases for designers, developers, educators, founders, marketers, and consultants, as well as speakers, scholars, coders, storyboard artists, creatives, and instructors. The service includes viewer analytics and custom branding. Its privacy policy says it uses commercially acceptable means to protect personal information, while noting that absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

Who it suits

Speaker Deck suits people who need to publish and share PDF presentations, including designers, developers, educators, founders, marketers, and consultants. Pro may suit publishers who need password-protected or private decks, domain restrictions, or its additional publishing tools.

Limits

Free permits 10 uploads per day and 100 total, with a 150 MB maximum per file. Pro has unlimited uploads and a 250 MB maximum per file.

Getting started

1. Open https://speakerdeck.com/.
2. Choose the Free plan or a Pro plan.
3. Upload a PDF presentation.
4. Share the deck by link or embed it on a website.

Verdict

Choose Speaker Deck to publish PDF presentations and share them through links or embeds, with a Free option or Pro privacy and publishing controls. Look elsewhere if you need to upload presentation files in a format other than PDF.