Beautiful.ai vs Presentations.AI

Beautiful.ai

• People without design skills who want slides that format themselves
• Teams that need every deck to follow the same colors, fonts and logos
• Students: a verified .edu email gets Pro free for the first year

Presentations.AI

• Sales, marketing and customer success teams producing recurring branded decks
• People who want an AI first draft that still ends up as an editable PowerPoint file
• Products and workflows that generate many personalized decks through an API

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.

Presentations.AI

• The free Starter plan is limited to 100 AI credits, the Starter AI model and decks of up to 20 slides; the FAQ lists PowerPoint export as a paid feature.
• The pricing page shows Pro and Gold on annual billing only, with AI credits allotted per billing cycle: 5,000 and 25,000.
• Presentation refresh, project knowledge and custom templates are Gold features.
• Listed prices are for the US; the pricing page says prices in other countries are adjusted for purchasing power.

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.

Presentations.AI

Deck generation from any input

A text prompt, Word document, PDF, URL, Google Doc or Excel file is turned into a structured deck with copy, layouts and design. The sequence changes with the stated goal, such as a pitch or a board update.

Brand Sync

Pasting a website URL pulls the logo, fonts and colors and applies them to every slide. Paid plans add custom brand colors and fonts, and Gold adds saved custom templates.

PowerPoint and PDF export

Paid plans download decks as editable .pptx files that open in PowerPoint or Google Slides, or as PDF. The FAQ advises reviewing an exported file before an important meeting.

Refresh

A master deck can be updated with new data, a new recipient or a new context while its structure and design stay fixed. Presentation Refresh is listed as a Gold feature.

Sharing and analytics

Pro and Gold share decks through unbranded and password-protected links, embed them on websites, present remotely, and track views and engagement on individual slides.

API and automation

A REST API with webhooks generates decks from JSON, CSV or text and returns a PPTX, a PDF or a web link. Zapier and Make trigger generation without code.

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.

Presentations.AI

• Starter$0

  100 AI credits, the Starter AI model and agent, and decks of up to 20 slides.

• Pro$20

  per month, billed annually ($240)

  5,000 AI credits per billing cycle, advanced AI models, PowerPoint and PDF export, tracking and analytics, brand colors and fonts, and up to 10 guests.

• Gold$50

  per month, billed annually ($600)

  25,000 AI credits, frontier AI models, presentation refresh, project knowledge, custom templates, unlimited brand asset storage and unlimited guests.

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.

Presentations.AI

No public discounts listed.