Beautiful.ai vs SlidesAI (2026): which should you pick?

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 SlidesAI if

• Fits if you make slides in Google Slides and want a draft from your notes
• Works for students on the $10 Pro plan

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 200 credits a month, which is about one deck
• Skip it if you want unused credits to carry over, as they do not and free users cannot buy more
• Pricey if you want 20 or more slides a deck, as that needs Pro, and 50+ needs Premium at $20.83
• Watch out: Teams Pro and Teams Premium prices were not read, and the monthly prices are not in the page text

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.

SlidesAI

• Unused credits do not roll over, and extra credits cannot be bought on the free plan.
• A Monthly Billing option exists, but its prices are not in the page text, so only yearly prices are recorded.
• Teams Pro and Teams Premium add roles and central billing; their prices were not read.
• Individual and Team plans are sold by Dodo Payments as merchant of record.

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.

SlidesAI

Create from a topic or document

Type a topic, paste notes or a script, or upload PDF and Word files (Pro and up). It asks a few questions about slide count and tone first.

Brand kits

Import your branded PPTX template and decks follow its layouts, colors, fonts and logo: 1 kit on Basic, 3 on Pro, 6 on Premium.

AI credits and model tiers

Credits pay for AI work. A 10-slide deck on the default model uses 105 credits; higher-quality models cost more per action.

Outline before slides

An outline opens beside the chat with one line per slide, which you can edit or reorder before the text is written.

Works inside other tools

Available as a Google Slides add-on, a PowerPoint add-in and in ChatGPT, as well as the web app.

Export

Present, share a link, or export to PowerPoint or Google Slides.

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.

SlidesAI

• Basic$0

  200 AI credits a month, Lite and Balanced models, up to 10 slides from a topic or notes, 1 brand kit.

• Pro$10

  per user / month, billed yearly ($120)

  30,000 AI credits a year (about 140 presentations), up to 20 slides a deck, document upload, 3 brand kits.

• Premium$20.83

  per user / month, billed yearly ($250)

  84,000 AI credits a year (about 400 presentations), 50+ slides a deck, every AI model including Ultra, 6 brand kits.

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.

SlidesAI

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing: 2 months free

  The pricing page's billing toggle labels yearly billing as 2 months free, with a 16% saving shown on Pro.