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What Is think-cell?

Creating Gantt charts in Microsoft PowerPoint is painful. think-cell is the only software that allows you to create Gantt charts (also known as timeline charts) directly in PowerPoint. Features include a built-in calendar, Excel interface for automation, 5-day or 7-day work weeks, self-adjusting time scales and more. Within minutes you have beautiful Gantt charts as well as support for 40+ other chart types.

Who Uses think-cell?

think-cell is the leading software for automating charts and slide layout in PowerPoint. 10 of the top 10 consulting companies and 90% of the Fortune 100 rely on think-cell.

think-cell Software - think-cell creates 40+ chart types in PowerPoint and so much more
think-cell Software - Easily add CAGR, difference and value lines to think-cell charts
think-cell Software - Create Gantt charts directly in PowerPoint
think-cell Software - think-cell automatically creates arrows and labels, calculates CAGR, absolutes and percentages and auto-places them in the right spots
think-cell Software - Automatic Waterfall Charts

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Reviews of think-cell

Average score

Overall
4.5
Ease of Use
4.3
Customer Service
4.1
Features
4.5
Value for Money
4.1

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John Oliver
John Oliver
Head of Service in Germany
Verified LinkedIn User
Renewables & Environment, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best tool to increase productivity for preparing presentations

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: - standard MS ppt software very time consuming and intricate
- this issue is solved with think-cell

Pros:

- easy and intuitive software - huge time saving effect - great charts also for "normal" Powerpoint users

Cons:

- no issues experienced so far

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospital & Health Care, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

A Powerful PowerPoint Add-In To Build Impressive Charts

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: Overall, our experience with think-cell has been excellent. This software enables the creation of professional-looking PowerPoint presentations for meetings and for education/training.

Pros:

In our healthcare consulting work, we often prepare PowerPoint presentations, either for meetings with clients or for education/training. think-cell has been an invaluable PowerPoint add-in for these purposes, in that it adds a sleek, professional touch to our charts. With think-cell, we are able to create impressive charts quickly and without hassle (or use of a manual or special training), which in turn helps to improve our efficiency. There are two specific purposes for which we find this add-in particularly useful: linear flow charts and data graphs. Firstly, linear process flow charts (which we use and, therefore, create frequently) are built with ease despite requiring to add/edit only a few elements in the software (textboxes, pentagons and chevrons) and with a high degree of customization, e.g. position and sizing. Secondly, graphical presentation of data in PowerPoint is given a professional touch with think-cell.

Cons:

The software allows the creation of a good selection of charting options, e.g. bar charts, Gantt charts, pie charts, scatter charts, etc. However, we would like to see the ability to create fishbone or Ishikawa diagrams, since we use the latter quite frequently in our work. Another niggle we have with this software is its pricing. The lowest plan is for up to 5 users, with an annual fee of 189 Euros per user. As a small consulting firm with fewer than 5 users currently, we are not yet able to use all 5 licenses available on the lowest plan. Nevertheless, we believe the total annual fee of 945 Euros represents reasonably good value, when all its features are considered.

Tair
Associate Director in Australia
Accounting Software, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Think cell review

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: Overall really good add-on for power point which made a lot of nice graphs for presentations

Pros:

Amazing graphics with embedded features, e.g. percentage of growth over years (CAGR), etc.

Cons:

That time of the year when the license key expires)

Pushkar
Pushkar
Supply chain Executive in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Pharmaceuticals, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Really a good software for data presentation

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: Overall Its really easy and great tool for the users who need to make lots of visualization's and need to share with their abroad collogues who do not have same server like you, So that you do not need to make graph in excel and paste in PPT. You can easily create your graphs in PPT and your every collogues can operate its data in excel.

Pros:

It is very easy to use the graphs for the different data like power BI. You will find lots of graph options to create visualization of your data. You can even get options to set directions of your graphs by just moving your curser. You can easily operate its excel so that your graph can be dynamic and you can easily change the data. Easily we can increase or decrease width of bars. Great software for the people who need to tackle lots of data and create number of visuals out of that in very short span of time.

Cons:

Its Interphase is not easy & Attractive. When i have first used it it was looking very complicated. I was not able to know about its features from its interface. It has less default colors for the graphs. It makes Excel and power point slow after each actions. need to wait for some seconds always after doing something in its graphs.

Nicholas
Senior Manager in Spain
Management Consulting, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best tool for powerful Mekko charts

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Once you have it, it's difficult to go back and live without. Highly recommended

Pros:

Mekko charts are a very powerful way to represent data, yet virtually impossible to do with Excel or PowerPoint. Thinkcell offer a seamless solution for very clean and east to use graphs. Very intergration in Powerpoint and Excel.

Cons:

It's rather expensive (c80 USD / year and user), so not really attractive for non-professional users