Best Gamma Alternatives (2026): 7 AI Slide Tools Compared

Claude for PowerPoint is an add-in that puts Claude inside PowerPoint itself. It reads your slide master, layouts, fonts and colours and builds new slides that follow them, so there is no export step and nothing to reformat. It can edit a single slide without regenerating the deck, restructure a storyline and turn bullets into native, editable PowerPoint charts and diagrams. It comes with Claude Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans and runs on PowerPoint for the web, Windows (Microsoft 365) and Mac. It does not work on iPad, Android or PowerPoint 2016 and 2019 licences.

Canva is the pick if you want AI help but also want to drag every element into place yourself. Its editor, template library and stock media are far larger than Gamma's, and the same account covers social posts, videos and print. The free plan includes up to 20 AI uses a month; Pro costs US$144 a year (US$18 billed monthly) and raises the AI allowance to 200 premium AI uses. The trade-off is that Canva's AI-drafted decks need more editing to look finished, and Pro is for one person only.

Beautiful.ai uses more than 300 "Smart Slide" layouts that re-arrange themselves as you add content, so spacing and alignment stay tidy without manual nudging. That makes it good for teams where many people edit the same decks. Pro is $14.50 a month billed yearly but $45 on monthly billing, and Team is $40 per user a month billed yearly ($50 monthly), with live co-editing, shared libraries and locked slides. There is a 14-day free trial but no free plan, and its AI-written text tends to be generic.

Plus AI works as an add-on inside Google Slides and PowerPoint, so decks are native files from the start and there is nothing to export or fix. It can create a whole presentation, insert single slides, and rewrite or remix existing ones. Basic is $10 per user a month billed yearly ($15 monthly) with 1,500 credits; Pro ($20 yearly, $25 monthly) adds document uploads and AI images; Team ($30 yearly, $40 monthly) adds brand customisation. The 7-day trial includes 1,000 credits.

If your company already runs on Microsoft 365, Copilot in PowerPoint can draft a deck from a prompt or a Word document and work with your organisation's files and templates. For businesses, Microsoft lists Copilot Business at $18 per user a month billed yearly (an offer price, down from $21), on top of a Microsoft 365 business licence. Its designs are more conservative than Gamma's, and the best features depend on your licence type. The benefit is that everything stays inside Microsoft's security and admin controls.

Since late June 2026, Gemini in Google Slides can build a full, editable, multi-slide presentation from one prompt. It can ground the deck in files from your Google Drive and match the style of another presentation. It is included in Workspace Business Standard and Plus, Enterprise Standard and Plus, and the consumer Google AI Pro and Ultra plans, so many teams already have it. Design is basic next to Gamma, but the output is a native Slides file your team can edit together straight away.

Pitch is a collaborative presentation tool built, like Gamma, around sharing decks as links, but with more traditional slides and stronger team features. The Free plan covers 1 to 5 people. Plus is $13 a month billed yearly and adds 500 AI credits a month, custom fonts, video uploads and PowerPoint export without Pitch branding. Team is $19 a month billed yearly with link tracking and shared pitch rooms for clients. Its AI drafting is lighter than Gamma's, so expect to do more of the writing yourself.