Beautiful.ai vs Storydoc (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 Storydoc if

• Fits if you send sales decks and want to see which pages the buyer read
• Works for teams that connect decks to a CRM, on Pro

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you want the CRM links, as integrations start on Pro at $36 a month
• Tight if you make many decks: Starter allows 5 active documents
• Watch out: no monthly price is shown in the page text, and Teams is for 5 or more users and quoted
• Watch out: the page does not say what the 'Create Free' buttons give you

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.

Storydoc

• Starter limits you to 5 active documents and limited slides and templates.
• Integrations, collaboration and personalization variables are not on Starter.
• Plan buttons read Create Free, but the page does not say what free access includes; no monthly price is shown in the page text.
• Teams is for five or more users and is quoted through a sales conversation.

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.

Storydoc

Interactive slides and templates

Decks are built from interactive slide templates. Starter has a limited set; Pro and Teams list unlimited slides and templates.

Personalization with variables

Pro and above create versions of a deck for each customer or lead using text variables and live data.

Deck analytics and alerts

Track traffic and reader behavior on each deck. Analytics are basic on Starter and extended on Pro.

AI credits

Monthly credits cover AI text and AI image generation: 25 and 20 on Starter, 125 and 50 on Pro.

CRM and marketing integrations

The integrations page lists HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, Pipedrive and others; the plan table puts integrations at Pro and above.

Done-for-you design

Teams adds a designated storytelling expert and studio design services.

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.

Storydoc

• Starter$19.80

  per month, billed annually ($237.60)

  5 active documents, 20 AI image and 25 AI text credits a month, basic analytics, PDF export, branding removal.

• Pro$36

  per month, billed annually ($432)

  30 active documents, 50 image and 125 text credits a month, extended analytics, collaboration, variables, integrations.

• TeamsCustom

  Designed for 5 or more users: unlimited documents, advanced security and reporting, designated storytelling expert.

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.

Storydoc

• Annual discount

  Save 40% with annual billing

  The pricing page marks annual billing as a 40% saving over paying monthly.