Beautiful.ai vs Haiku Deck (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Haiku Deck grades higher than Beautiful.ai: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Haiku Deck grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Beautiful.ai
Presentation software with auto-formatting Smart Slides
Haiku Deck
Image-led presentation maker for web, iPad and iPhone
Which one is for you
Pick Beautiful.ai if
- Fits if you have no design skills and want slides that format themselves
- Works for teams that need every deck in the same colors, fonts and logo
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try before handing over a card, as the trial needs one and charges it at the end
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $45 for Pro against $14.50 on annual billing
- Not for you if you present without internet, because it's browser only and offline means an export
- Watch out: Team's $40 covers 3 users on the plan card but is per user in the FAQ on the same page
- Pricey if your company wants everyone on it, as the flat plans are $6,000 a year for 50 staff and $12,000 for 100
Pick Haiku Deck if
- Fits if you want a few big pictures and a line of text per slide
- Works for iPad users who present from the app
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: one deck, public and searchable, with no download
- Skip it if your decks are private, as the $7.99 Public plan makes them searchable on Google
- Too light for data-heavy decks, as the charts are simple
- Watch out: downloads are not part of the free trial, and team prices need a request
How we grade them
| 1.8GPABeautiful.aiWeak | 2.2GPAHaiku DeckFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DThe only one-person plan is Pro at $14.50 a month billed annually, against a $9.99 middle and a $12.99 dear quarter for presentation tools. Pay monthly and it's $45. Team is $40 a month billed annually, and the pricing page can't agree whether that covers 3 users or 1. | CPublic is $7.99 a month billed yearly and Pro is $9.99, both near the category's middle of $10. Private decks and downloads are only on Pro. |
| Free plan and trial | DNo permanent free plan. The 14-day trial of Pro or Team needs a credit card, and the card is charged when the trial ends unless you cancel in time. Students with a verified .edu email do get a year of Pro free. | CBasic is one presentation, shared publicly and searchable, with no download. That is a trial in practice. |
| Features | CSmart Slides: 300-plus layouts that keep spacing and alignment in order, AI that drafts a deck from your files with an outline to approve first, brand themes, viewer analytics and PowerPoint export. But it's browser-only, and its answer for presenting offline is to export a file. | CImage search, simple charts, narration and video, and an AI builder. Charts are simple, and privacy and PPTX or PDF download need Pro. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record, and the work is still yours: build the deck, pick a theme, set up the brand. The layouts do the lining-up, which is the whole pitch for people who can't design, but nothing here gets you going faster than its rivals do. | CNo store rating on record. It is a web app where you build the deck, though with a deliberately small set of tools. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA browser app with no phone or desktop version. It connects to Claude, ChatGPT, Slack, Google Drive, Dropbox, Smartsheet and Airtable, and an add-in brings the layout engine into PowerPoint itself. Offline means exporting a PDF or PowerPoint file. | BWeb and iOS, with PowerPoint and YouTube connections. No Android or desktop app is listed. |
| Best for | slides that tidy themselves as you type | simple image-led decks on the web and iPad |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Beautiful.ai and Haiku Deck. How we grade
Price against what you get
Beautiful.ai starts at $14.50 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Haiku Deck starts at $7.99 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Haiku Deck starts $6.51 a month lower. Of the other presentation tools on the chart, 9 score higher than Beautiful.ai for less, and 5 score higher than Haiku Deck for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Haiku Deck also covers web analytics.
At a glance
| Beautiful.ai | Haiku Deck | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $14.50 per month, billed annually (Pro) | $7.99 per month, billed annually ($95.88) |
| Free plan | None | Basic: one presentation that is shared publicly and searchable on the web, with no download. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Pro or Team; a credit card is required and is charged when the trial ends. | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | Beautiful Slides, Inc. | Haiku Deck, Inc. |
| Price read from | beautiful.ai | haikudeck.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Beautiful.ai
- There is no permanent free plan; the 14-day trial needs a credit card, which is charged unless the trial is canceled in time.
- Paying monthly costs far more for one person: Pro is $45 a month billed monthly against $14.50 a month billed annually.
- The pricing page is inconsistent on Team: the plan card shows $40 a month including 3 users, while its FAQ states $40 per user per month.
- It is a browser-based app; for offline use Beautiful.ai points to exporting a deck as a PDF or PowerPoint file.
Haiku Deck
- Free Basic is limited to one presentation, shared publicly, with no download.
- The cheapest paid plan, Public, makes every deck searchable on the web; private decks start at Pro.
- The pricing page says downloads are not part of the free trial.
- Team pricing needs a request, with discounts for five or more members.
Key features
Beautiful.ai
- Smart Slides
- More than 300 layouts for data, comparisons, quotes, timelines and image grids that keep spacing, alignment and hierarchy in order as content changes.
- AI deck generation
- Start from a topic, a pasted outline or source files and links, refine the slide-by-slide outline, then choose a theme and image style before the slides are generated.
- Brand controls
- Brand colors, fonts and logos are defined once in a custom theme and applied to every slide. Enterprise adds configurable brand guardrails.
- Team workspace
- The Team plan adds real-time collaborative editing, a central slide and template library, a shared asset library, version control and locked slides.
- Sharing and viewer analytics
- Decks are presented live, shared by secure link or embedded on a website, and analytics show who viewed a deck, which slides they looked at and for how long.
- PowerPoint import and export
- PowerPoint files can be imported, and any deck can be exported as an editable .pptx or a PDF. A PowerPoint add-in brings the layout engine into PowerPoint itself.
Haiku Deck
- Built-in image search
- Search more than 40 million royalty-free images and backgrounds from inside the editor, with license details supplied.
- Simple charts
- Drag-and-drop pie and bar charts and stat charts. Images of charts from other apps can also be imported.
- Zuru AI builder
- Zuru uses AI to assemble a presentation from an outline, a Wikipedia topic or a .pptx file. Listed under Pro.
- Narration and video
- Pro adds audio narration to slides for online playback or for saving as a video.
- Privacy and downloads
- Pro offers public, link-only or private decks, and PPTX or PDF downloads; Public plan decks are searchable on the web.
- Live web playback
- Premium lets you present remotely to up to 100 viewers whose devices follow your slides, plus view analytics.
Plans
Beautiful.ai
Pro$14.50
per month, billed annually ($45 billed monthly)
For 1 person: unlimited AI content generation, over 300 Smart Slide layouts, custom themes, viewer analytics and PowerPoint import and export.
Team$40
per month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly)
For 2 to 20 members, with live co-editing and shared libraries. The plan card says the price includes 3 users; the FAQ on the same page quotes it per user.
SMB 50$6,000
per year, flat rate
Full access for every user at a company of up to 50 employees, with dedicated onboarding and priority support.
SMB 100$12,000
per year, flat rate
Full access for every user at a company of up to 100 employees, with dedicated onboarding and priority support.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds single sign-on, SCIM user provisioning, audit logs, configurable brand guardrails, advanced permissions and team training.
Haiku Deck
Public$7.99
per month, billed annually ($95.88)
Unlimited public presentations, searchable on Google, with image search and simple charts.
Pro$9.99
per month, billed annually ($119.88; $19.99 billed monthly)
Unlimited decks, PPTX and PDF download, privacy controls, audio narration and video, custom branding, Zuru AI.
Premium$29.99
per month, billed annually ($359.88)
Everything in Pro plus analytics and lead tracking, view notifications, live web playback and priority support.
Ways to pay less
Beautiful.ai
- Annual discount
Lower rates on annual billing
Pro is $14.50 a month billed annually against $45 billed monthly, and Team is $40 a month billed annually against $50 billed monthly.
- Education
One year of Pro free for students
Students with a verified .edu email address can get a free annual Pro subscription. The offer is for new student subscribers only and lasts 12 months from activation.
Haiku Deck
- Education
Special pricing for nonprofits and education
The pricing page says Haiku Deck offers special pricing to qualifying nonprofits, students and educators.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Beautiful.ai or Haiku Deck?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Haiku Deck is cheaper to start with: $7.99 a month, against $14.50 a month for Beautiful.ai. Beautiful.ai starts at $14.50 per month, billed annually (Pro), and Haiku Deck starts at $7.99 per month, billed annually ($95.88).
Which has a free plan, Beautiful.ai or Haiku Deck?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Haiku Deck has a free plan. Beautiful.ai does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Beautiful.ai and Haiku Deck run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Haiku Deck lists an iOS app. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.