Gamma and Beautiful.ai both use AI to produce presentations, but they start from opposite ends. Gamma describes itself around generating content from a prompt, while Beautiful.ai is built around smart slide layouts that adjust as you add content. Which one fits depends on whether you want a fast first draft or a consistent, governed slide library.
This article compares the two using what each vendor publishes, plus clearly labelled third-party commentary. It does not declare a winner. One caution before you read on: published price lists for both tools disagree across third-party sites, so we quote prices only from the vendor page we could read.
How we researched this: we did not run hands-on tests for this article. It is based on the vendor’s own documentation and public sources, checked on 11 November 2026. Features and prices change, so confirm details on the vendor’s site before you buy.
Key takeaways
- Gamma’s pricing page lists a Free plan with 400 AI credits at signup, up to 10 cards, and a “Made with Gamma” badge removed on paid plans.
- Beautiful.ai’s pricing page lists Pro, Team, Enterprise and a single-presentation option, with a 14-day trial that requires a credit card.
- Beautiful.ai lists real-time collaboration, version control and shared libraries on Team; Gamma’s page we read did not detail collaboration by plan.
- Both vendors have comparison pages or third parties with conflicting claims, so verify export quality with your own deck.
- Check refund and cancellation rules before starting a trial, because they differ in detail.
Why compare these two
Presentation tools are often judged on a demo deck. A better test is your real use: a board update with charts, a client pitch in your brand, or a quick internal explainer. Gamma and Beautiful.ai suit different versions of that job, according to their own descriptions.
For the general method, see how to compare AI tools side by side fairly.
Quick overview table
| Area | Gamma | Beautiful.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Generates content, with a card-based approach described by third parties | Smart Slides with 300+ layouts on the Pro plan |
| Free plan | Yes: 400 AI credits at signup, up to 10 cards | No free plan listed; 14-day trial with credit card |
| Paid plan names | Plus and a higher plan (not named on the page we read) | Pro, Team, Enterprise, single presentation |
| Branding | “Made with Gamma” badge removed on Plus | Custom branding and theme builder on Pro |
| Export | PPT and PDF export listed on Free | PowerPoint import and export on Pro |
Criteria that matter
- Speed to first draft: how fast you get something usable from a prompt.
- Layout control: how much you can position elements yourself.
- Brand governance: shared templates, locked slides and asset libraries.
- Collaboration: who can edit together, and on which plan.
- Export fidelity: how a PowerPoint or PDF file looks after leaving the tool.
- Cost and trial terms: what you pay and how easily you can leave.
What Gamma documents
Gamma’s pricing page, read on 11 November 2026, did not show prices in the text we could read, and its top plan name was not captured. It does list plan features. The Free plan has no credit card requirement, 400 AI credits at signup, basic AI image generation, up to 10 cards, 20,000 AI token inputs, unlimited gammas and users, basic import and PPT or PDF export, and a website builder in beta. Plus adds unlimited AI creation, advanced image generation, up to 20 cards, removal of the “Made with Gamma” badge, 50,000 token inputs, priority support and early access to features. The top plan adds premium image generation, up to 50 cards, 100,000 token inputs, custom domains, detailed analytics, custom fonts and password protection.
What Beautiful.ai documents
Beautiful.ai’s pricing page lists these plans.
| Plan | Price shown on the page | Seats | Listed features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | $14.50 per month, billed annually | 1 | Unlimited AI content generation, 300+ Smart Slide layouts, custom branding and theme builder, PowerPoint import and export, viewer analytics |
| Team | $40 per user per month annually, $50 monthly | 2 to 20 | Adds real-time collaborative editing, shared slide and template library, version control with locked slides, live data linking, engagement tracking |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited | Adds SSO, SCIM, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR certification, audit logs, brand guardrails, priority support |
| Single presentation | $45, billed monthly | Not stated | Pro features for a one-off project |
The page shows no effective date apart from a 2026 copyright footer, and its Team header and FAQ disagree on how many users are included, so confirm on the page. Students with a valid .edu email are offered a year free.
Pricing, trials and refunds
Our guide to reading an AI tool’s pricing page applies here. Third-party comparisons conflict: one lists Gamma Plus at $8 and also $12, another gives a different Beautiful.ai Pro price. Beautiful.ai’s own comparison page also quotes a Pro price of about $12 per month, while its pricing page shows $14.50, which illustrates how quickly figures drift. Use the vendor page on the day you buy.
Trial and refund terms on Beautiful.ai’s pricing page: Pro and Team include a 14-day free trial that requires a credit card, and you are charged in full if you do not cancel before it ends. Annual plans may get a partial refund if requested within 24 hours of purchase or renewal. Monthly subscriptions are non-refundable, and refunds are subject to a processing fee. We could not read Gamma’s refund terms on an official page; a third-party site claims a short refund window, which we have not verified.
Collaboration, branding and export
Beautiful.ai says real-time collaboration, version control and a shared asset library belong to Team, and brand guardrails to Enterprise. Its own comparison page, published 5 January 2026, claims both tools support real-time collaboration, that Beautiful.ai adds brand governance and integrations such as Salesforce and Slack, and that Gamma’s PowerPoint files may need cleanup. That page is written by Beautiful.ai and favours Beautiful.ai.
A competing vendor, Presentations.AI, publishes its own comparison and claims that exports from both tools have formatting issues. That is also a competitor’s opinion. The safe conclusion is that both tools’ PowerPoint export should be tested with your own deck, especially if the final file must be edited in PowerPoint.
Privacy and data
Beautiful.ai’s pricing page lists SOC 2 Type II and GDPR certification under Enterprise. We did not find either vendor’s statement on whether user content is used to train AI models on a page we could read, so ask both before uploading confidential decks. Our guide to protecting company data when using AI tools gives a checklist.
Who each suits, based on documentation
- Gamma may suit people who want a free way to generate and share a first draft, and who can work within card limits and credits.
- Beautiful.ai may suit teams that want shared templates, version control and brand guardrails, and who accept a trial that needs a credit card.
- Look elsewhere if you need pixel-level control over every element; both vendors’ own descriptions and third-party comments suggest layout rules limit manual placement, though we have not tested this.
How to run your own test
See how to test an AI tool before you pay for it. Build the same ten-slide deck in each tool from the same outline, including one chart, one table and one image slide. Export to PowerPoint and open it in PowerPoint or Keynote. Note the time taken, the manual fixes needed, and what the free plan or trial limits blocked. Set a calendar reminder to cancel before any trial ends.
Decision checklist
- Do I need a free plan, or is a trial acceptable?
- Will several people edit the same deck?
- Do I need locked brand templates?
- Did I test the PowerPoint export with a real deck?
- Did I read the refund and cancellation terms?
Strengths, limits and cautions
Documented strengths
Gamma’s free plan lets you try AI generation without a card, and its page lists website building in beta alongside slides, which matters if you want shareable pages as well as decks. Beautiful.ai’s Pro plan lists 300+ Smart Slide layouts, a theme builder and viewer analytics, and its Team plan adds version control with locked slides, which suits teams that need consistency.
Limits and cautions
Gamma’s free plan limits you to 10 cards and 20,000 token inputs and carries the “Made with Gamma” badge, and the plans we read cap cards and token inputs, so long decks need a paid plan. Beautiful.ai lists no free plan, requires a card for its trial, and does not refund monthly subscriptions. Both vendors’ comparison material contains claims we could not verify, including claims about export quality. Workspace limits on Beautiful.ai’s Team plan (5 themes, 10 templates, 50 slide library items and 100 asset library items) may matter for larger teams.
Who should be careful
Anyone who must hand a finished file to a client in PowerPoint should test export early. Anyone handling confidential material should ask about data handling before uploading, since we found no vendor statement on training on pages we could read.
Frequently asked questions
Does Gamma have a free plan?
Gamma’s pricing page lists a Free plan with 400 AI credits at signup and up to 10 cards, as read on 11 November 2026.
Does Beautiful.ai have a free plan?
Its pricing page lists a 14-day trial on Pro and Team that requires a credit card. We found no permanent free plan on that page.
Which exports better to PowerPoint?
We do not know. Vendors and competitors make conflicting claims, so test your own deck.
Are the prices here final?
No. We quote Beautiful.ai prices from its page and no Gamma prices, because the Gamma page text we read had none. Confirm on both sites.
Can teams collaborate in real time?
Beautiful.ai lists real-time collaborative editing on its Team plan. For Gamma, check the current plan details on its site.
Conclusion
Gamma and Beautiful.ai represent different approaches: fast generation with limits, versus guided layouts with governance. Decide which matters most, test one real deck, and confirm prices on the day. For wider guidance see how to choose an AI tool.
Sources
- Gamma pricing page, accessed 11 November 2026
- Beautiful.ai pricing page, accessed 11 November 2026
- Beautiful.ai vs Gamma (vendor comparison, 5 January 2026), accessed 11 November 2026
- Presentations.AI comparison (competitor commentary), accessed 11 November 2026
- CostBench comparison (third party, internally inconsistent), accessed 11 November 2026
