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ABOUT US

What is Power-user

Power-user is a productivity add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word, developed by Power-user SAS, a French software company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Saint-Malo, France.

The add-in runs on Windows and integrates directly into the Microsoft Office ribbon. It is designed for professionals who produce high volumes of presentations and reports, including consultants, investment bankers, finance teams and corporate strategy departments.

 

As of 2025, Power-user is used by over 100,000 active users across organizations in virtually every country, including teams at Deloitte, EY, Stifel, Richemont, Cartier, Galderma, Baker Tilly, Fortum and Syneos Health.

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Product

Advanced charts for PowerPoint and Excel

Power-user extends Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word with over 100 features organized around the following capabilities:

  • Content library: A centralized library accessible directly from the Office ribbon, containing 1,000 slide templates, 10,000 vector icons and country flags, 350 editable maps (connectable to Excel data), millions of pictures and company logos, and AI-generated images. Organizations can populate the library with their own branded assets for company-wide access.

  • Advanced charts: Over 100 chart types not natively available in PowerPoint or Excel, including Mekko, Gantt, Sankey, Waterfall, Tornado and Dumbbell charts, designed for management consulting and financial reporting use cases.

  • Reporting automation: Excel-to-PowerPoint data links allowing entire reports (charts, tables, text) to be refreshed in one click when source data changes.

  • Presentation quality and consistency: an automated Cleaner that scans presentations and corrects formatting inconsistencies (fonts, colors, alignment). A Smart Painter for copying and reapplying format, size or position across shapes. Custom keyboard shortcuts for frequently used commands.

  • Template and brand management: Centralized deployment of corporate PowerPoint, Excel and Word templates across an organization, with enforcement of brand standards. Table style presets for Excel managed at the company level.

  • Navigation and structure: Automatic generation and updating of tables of contents, divider slides and breadcrumbs based on slide titles.

  • Business development: A Tombstones module for assembling deal credentials and case studies into formatted PowerPoint slides for proposals.

  • AI assistant: Text operations within Office including translation, rephrasing, tone adjustment, bullet conversion and spelling correction.

A Content Library that can be customized

Power-user is published on Microsoft AppSource and Azure Marketplace. It integrates into the standard Microsoft Office ribbon without requiring administrator rights for individual installation.

Key Figures

100,000

Active users every month

240€ / $270

Pricing per user annually (maximum)

<5h

Support reponse time (average)

2015

Founded

97%

Customer renewal rate

4.7/5

Rating on Capterra and G2

Supported applications

MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word on Windows

96

Net Promoter Score

100

Features

Our history

Power-user SAS was incorporated in 2015 by former strategy consultants based in France.

 

The first public version of the add-in reached 50,000 users within six months of launch.
 

The company has remained independent and self-funded since inception.

 

It operates with a small core team and serves clients internationally, with enterprise contracts across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

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