Only two of the five presentation tools have a permanent free tier, and the free tier is where the real difference shows. We compared all five against their official pricing pages (verified 2026-09-22): Gamma's free plan carries usable AI credits and the full generator but stamps a 'Created with Gamma' badge on exports and caps the credit ceiling; paid runs on credits, Plus at $10/month ($8 annual) and Pro at $20/month ($15 annual), which removes the badge and raises the ceiling. Presentations.AI's Starter is free with 100 credits and decks up to 20 slides on the starter model; Pro is $240/year (25,000 credits) and Gold $600/year brings frontier models. Plus AI has no permanent free tier at all — only a 7-day full-feature trial — and works as an add-on inside Google Slides and PowerPoint: Basic $15/user/month billed monthly ($10 annual), Pro $25 ($20), Team $40 ($30), Max $200 on annual. Decktopus and Beautiful.ai have no free plan either. Decktopus is the lowest annual door in the cluster at $9.99/month ($119.88/year) with 750 AI credits/month (~150 slides), or $24.99/month month-to-month. Beautiful.ai is $14.50/month on annual billing ($45/month monthly) for Pro, with Team at $40/user/month annually for 2-20 seats. The free tiers are trial-sized windows — volume and watermark removal are where the bill starts.
Free $0 with usable AI credits and the full generator, but exports carry the Gamma badge and credits are capped. Plus removes the badge from $8/mo annual.
Free tier: Yes
Paid from: $8/mo (Plus, annual) (Credit-based: AI generations consume credits and credits reset on a cycle on paid plans. The free plan carries limited AI credits and a 'Created with Gamma' badge on exports; paid plans remove the badge, raise the credit ceiling and add custom branding, custom domains, analytics and PDF/PPT export controls.)
Gamma is the web-native AI deck, doc and microsite builder — prompt to a finished, on-brand presentation with AI rewrite, custom templates and analytics; free plan with limited AI credits, paid from $10/mo.
Free Starter = 100 credits and decks up to 20 slides with the starter model; enough to test real decks, but credits run out fast. Pro $20/mo annual.
Free tier: Yes
Paid from: $20/mo (Pro, annual) (Credit-based: Starter gives 100 credits and decks up to 20 slides with the starter AI model. Pro is $240/yr with 25,000 credits and all core features; Gold is $600/yr with frontier AI models/agents, advanced controls and higher credit volume.)
Presentations.AI is a credit-based AI deck maker with chat-based design and a free 100-credit Starter tier — Pro $20/mo annual, Gold $50/mo annual for frontier models.
No permanent free tier, but a 7-day full-feature trial inside Google Slides and PowerPoint before paid plans from $10/user/mo annual.
Free tier: No — trial only · 7-day free trial
Paid from: $10/user/mo (Basic, annual) (Per-user subscription that works as an add-on inside Google Slides and PowerPoint. 7-day free trial only (no permanent free tier). Basic = unlimited generation/rewrite plus single-slide insert; Pro adds document uploads, long prompts and AI images; Team adds custom branding and shared templates; Max adds the highest limits.)
Plus AI runs inside the apps you already use — Google Slides and PowerPoint — generating and remixing slides, charts and images in place; no free plan, 7-day trial, paid from $10/user/mo annual.
No free tier; the lowest annual door in the cluster at $9.99/mo ($119.88/yr), with 750 credits and export. Monthly jumps to $24.99.
Free tier: No — trial only
Paid from: $9.99/mo (Pro, annual) (Flat subscription. Pro is $9.99/mo when billed annually ($119.88/yr), $19.99/mo on a 3-month pack or $24.99/mo month-to-month, and includes 750 AI credits/mo (~150 slides), PDF/PPT/PNG export, one-click web sharing, version history and the Loop rehearsal coach. Business tier adds company-wide deployment; Enterprise is quote-based. No permanent free plan.)
Decktopus is an AI deck-and-carousel builder that also hosts web-sharing, analytics and a delivery-rehearsal coach (Loop) — Pro from $9.99/mo annual, no free plan, Enterprise quote.
No permanent free plan; Pro is $14.50/mo only on annual billing ($45/mo monthly). Consider only after a trial.
Free tier: No — trial only
Paid from: $14.50/mo (Pro, annual) (Flat per-seat subscription, not credit-metered. Pro is sold to individuals at $14.50/mo on annual billing (the same plan is $45/mo month-to-month). Team is $40/user/mo annually (or $50/user monthly) for 2-20 seats and adds shared brand themes, central slide library and team controls. No permanent free plan.)
Beautiful.ai enforces good design automatically with Smart Slides that re-layout as you add content — DesignerBot AI generation plus 300+ templates; Pro $14.50/mo annual for individuals.
Bottom line: Bottom line: only Gamma and Presentations.AI have permanent free tiers. Gamma offers the most polished free generator but caps AI credits and stamps exports with a 'Created with Gamma' badge; Presentations.AI gives 100 free credits for up to 20-slide decks. Plus AI is a 7-day trial, while Beautiful.ai and Decktopus are paid-only. The cheapest paid bridges are Gamma Plus ($8/mo annual) and Decktopus ($9.99/mo annual). Free tiers are trial-sized windows; volume and watermark removal trigger the bill.
Gamma (limited AI credits, full generator) and Presentations.AI (100 credits, up to 20-slide decks) both have permanent free tiers. Plus AI offers a 7-day trial; Beautiful.ai and Decktopus have no free plan.
Gamma's free plan adds a 'Created with Gamma' badge on exports; paid plans remove it. Presentations.AI free exports work within its Starter limits. Check the badge rule before you build a client deck on a free tier.
Gamma Plus at $8/mo billed annually (removes the badge, raises credits) and Decktopus at $9.99/mo annual are the lowest paid doors. Presentations.AI Pro is $20/mo annual; Plus AI Basic is $10/user/mo annual.
No — Plus AI has no permanent free tier, only a 7-day full-feature trial inside Google Slides and PowerPoint. Paid plans start at $10/user/mo on annual billing.