Gamma vs Beautiful.ai in 2026

Gamma now lists Plus, Pro, Ultra and Business tiers with monthly AI credits, and its agent chat gained image generation and canvas editing (May 2026) plus native mobile apps, a Slack app and API updates (August 2026), while Beautiful.ai replaced its old AI generator with an outline-first Create with AI workflow (March 2026) and now lists Pro at $14.50/mo billed yearly.

Updated Oct 26, 2026 · 7 sources checked

The short answer

Gamma is the better pick if you want AI to do most of the work: it drafts a whole deck, doc or site from a prompt, has a free plan, and its agent chat can restyle and edit by request.

Pick Gamma for fast first drafts from a prompt or document, web-style decks shared by link, and people who want one tool for slides, docs and simple websites

Pick Beautiful.ai for traditional slide decks for business, sales and corporate use where every slide must stay on brand

At a glance

	Gamma	Beautiful.ai
Made by	Gamma Tech	Beautiful.ai
Starts at	$12/seat/moFree plan	$14.50/moFree plan
All plans	Free (400 one-time credits). Plus: $12/seat/mo billed monthly, or $9/mo ($108/yr) billed yearly, 1,000 credits/mo. Pro: $25/seat/mo monthly, or $18/mo ($216/yr) yearly, 4,000 credits/mo. Ultra: $100/seat/mo monthly, or $90/mo ($1,080/yr) yearly, 20,000 credits/mo. Business: $40/seat/mo billed yearly ($480/yr), 10,000 credits per seat. Enterprise: custom.	No free plan; 14-day free trial (card required). Pro: $14.50/mo billed yearly, or $45/mo billed monthly (cancel anytime). Team: $40/user/mo billed yearly or $50/user/mo billed monthly, for 2 to 20 users. Enterprise: custom.
Best for	Fast first drafts from a prompt or document, web-style decks shared by link, and people who want one tool for slides, docs and simple websites	Traditional slide decks for business, sales and corporate use where every slide must stay on brand

How they score

GammaBeautiful.ai

Writing

7.5

6.5

Reasoning

Speed

Privacy

Scores out of 10: our judgment from hands-on use and each vendor's published limits.

Gamma

by Gamma Tech

AI builder for presentations, documents, websites and social posts. You type a prompt or import a PDF or PPTX and it writes and designs the whole thing. Its agent-powered chat can research a topic, brainstorm, generate images and edit the deck in plain language. It uses models from Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI, Google (Gemini), Flux, Ideogram, Recraft, Luma, Leonardo and others, and runs on monthly AI credits.

Good

Generates a full deck, doc or website from a prompt, notes, or an imported PDF/PPTX
Agent-powered chat edits the deck in plain language, generates images and can research a topic
Free plan exists (400 credits) and exports to PDF, PPTX, PNG and Google Slides
Unused credits roll over up to 2x the monthly amount
API, Slack app, iOS/Android apps, and Claude and ChatGPT connectors

Watch out

Credit-based: heavy image or model use burns credits, and the free credits do not refill
Free plan is capped at 10 slides per prompt and keeps Gamma branding
Card-style web layout can need cleanup after PowerPoint export
Premium image models and custom branding require Pro or higher

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Beautiful.ai

by Beautiful.ai

Presentation software built around Smart Slides, layouts that re-arrange themselves as you add content. Its Create with AI workflow (launched March 2026) starts from a prompt, pasted content, a URL or a file, shows a slide-by-slide outline for review, then designs the deck. AI can rewrite text, generate images and translate slides.

Good

Smart Slides keep spacing and alignment consistent automatically, with 300+ layouts
Create with AI shows an editable outline before it designs, so you fix structure first
Unlimited AI content generation on every paid seat, with no credit counting
Exports editable PowerPoint files and can import theme basics from a PPT
Strong brand controls: custom themes, locked slides, shared asset library on Team

Watch out

No free plan, and the trial needs a credit card
Monthly Pro billing is expensive at $45/mo
Design rules limit freeform layout changes (by design)
Slides only: no documents, websites or social formats like Gamma

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Our verdict

Gamma is the better pick if you want AI to do most of the work: it drafts a whole deck, doc or site from a prompt, has a free plan, and its agent chat can restyle and edit by request. Beautiful.ai is the better pick for polished traditional slides that must stay on brand, and its paid seats include unlimited AI with no credits to track. On yearly billing, Gamma Plus ($9/mo) and Beautiful.ai Pro ($14.50/mo) are close; on monthly billing Gamma is much cheaper ($12 vs $45).

Questions people ask

Is Gamma better than Beautiful.ai?

For speed and variety, yes: Gamma creates decks, docs, websites and social posts from one prompt and has a free plan. For consistent, corporate-looking slides with brand controls, Beautiful.ai's Smart Slides usually need less cleanup.

Which is cheaper, Gamma or Beautiful.ai?

Gamma. Plus costs $9/mo billed yearly or $12 billed monthly, and there is a free plan. Beautiful.ai Pro is $14.50/mo billed yearly or $45 billed monthly, with only a 14-day trial.

Can Gamma replace PowerPoint?

For many uses, yes. Gamma decks are shared by link and can be exported to PPTX, PDF or Google Slides, and you can import a PPTX to rework it. Some web-style layouts may need touch-ups after export.

Does Beautiful.ai have a free plan?

No. It offers a 14-day free trial that requires a credit card and bills automatically if you don't cancel. The cheapest no-commitment option is $45 for one month of Pro.

Which produces better-looking presentations?

Beautiful.ai produces more consistently polished traditional slides because its layouts enforce design rules. Gamma's output looks more modern and web-like, and Pro unlocks premium image models and custom branding.

Sources (7), checked Oct 26, 2026

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