A straightforward alternative to Articulate Rise
Slate is a flexible, lightning-fast authoring tool for instructional designers who want professional courses without the enterprise price tag.
Already have Rise courses? Import them to Slate
Our free import tool converts your existing Rise courses to Slate format. Keep your content, lose the limitations.
Two different approaches to course authoring
Rise offers a comprehensive enterprise suite. Slate focuses on what most course creators actually need. We know Rise well—we built Slate for Rise, a Chrome extension to extend its functionality, before building our own authoring tool.
- •Part of Articulate 360 at $1,449+/year per user
- •Enterprise price tag
- •Resource-heavy on underpowered machines
- •Fixed template system
- ✓$319/year (or $29/month)
- ✓No contracts—cancel anytime
- ✓Fast on Chromebooks & underpowered machines
- ✓Highly flexible and customizable
What you get with Slate
Built for speed, flexibility, and simplicity.
Fast & Simple
Lightning Fast
Runs smoothly on Chromebooks and underpowered machines. Built for education environments where hardware varies.
Local Previews with Hot Reload
See changes instantly as you build. No waiting for preview generation or page refreshes.
Beginner-Friendly UI
Simple interface with no learning curve. If you can use a word processor, you can use Slate.
Create
Layout Grid Systems
Flexible layout options that Rise doesn't offer. Control your content arrangement with precision.
AI Writing & Code
Improve, expand, or shorten content. Generate interactive code blocks from a description. Powered by Gemini from Google.
Free Stock Media
Photos from Pexels, Unsplash, Pixabay. GIFs from Tenor. AI images from Nano Banana (Google).
Customize
Custom CSS & Theming
Highly customizable output for developers and designers. Built-in theming plus custom CSS support.
Version Control
Automatic backups, pinned versions, and one-click restore. Never lose your work again.
Review & Publish
Shareable Public Links
Instantly generate a shareable link to preview your course anywhere. Update it anytime with your latest changes.
Review Tool
Share a link with stakeholders, track comment status, and use AI to summarize comments and create action item checklists.
Straightforward pricing
No sales calls. No budget approval headaches.
- •Annual commitment required
- •Enterprise sales process
- •Bundled with full 360 suite
- 7-day free trial
- Cancel anytime, no questions
- Put it on your credit card today
Features we're still building
We believe in being upfront about what Slate can't do yet.
More Languages
Expanding AI translation beyond French (Canada) and Spanish to support 24+ languages.
Coming soonTry Slate and Rise side by side
The best way to decide is to try both. Start your free trial and see which tool fits your workflow.