Google Slides vs Plus AI

Google Slides

• Teams that build and review the same deck together in a browser
• Organizations that already pay for Google Workspace
• Presenters who share their slides in Google Meet calls

Plus AI

• People who want AI help without leaving Google Slides or PowerPoint
• Consultants and sales teams turning documents into editable native slides
• Teams that need generated slides to follow their logo, colors and fonts

Google Slides

• There is no standalone paid Slides plan; the business version comes only as part of Google Workspace, with Gmail, Drive and Meet.
• Gemini in Slides is not in Business Starter; it starts at Business Standard, $14 per user / month on a 1-year commitment.
• Slides recording and speaker spotlight are not available with a free personal account; Google limits them to some Workspace plans.
• Google's help lists Slides for computer browsers, Android, iPhone and iPad; no Windows or Mac desktop app is listed.

Plus AI

• There is no free plan: a paid plan is required after the 7-day trial, and starting the trial needs a credit card.
• It is an add-on, not a standalone editor: it runs inside Google Slides and PowerPoint for Windows and Mac, and PowerPoint for iPad is not supported.
• Its own web app only generates decks for export as .pptx; the AI editing tools work in the add-ons, not in the web app.
• AI credits belong to each user and reset monthly. Document uploads and image generation need Pro, and custom branding needs Team.

Google Slides

Co-editing and revision history

Several people can work on the same slide at the same time. Sharing settings control who can view, comment or edit, and revision history restores earlier versions.

Gemini in Slides

Generates new slides and images from a prompt, summarizes a presentation, rewrites text and can draw on files in Drive. It requires an eligible Google Workspace or Google AI plan.

Slides recording

Records a presenter talking through a deck and saves the video to Drive for sharing. Each recording is limited to 30 minutes and can only be made in Chrome or Edge.

Presenting in Google Meet

Slides and Meet controls appear in one place during a call, and speaker spotlight places the presenter's video inside the slide. Both are limited to some Workspace Business and Enterprise plans.

PowerPoint and Canva files

PowerPoint presentations can be edited directly without making a copy, or converted to Slides format. Canva presentations can also be imported.

Offline editing

Presentations can be opened, created and edited without a connection. On a computer this requires Chrome or Microsoft Edge with the Google Docs Offline extension.

Plus AI

Generate from a prompt or a file

A few sentences, a preset, or an uploaded PDF, Word, PowerPoint or text file becomes a full deck created directly in Google Slides or PowerPoint. File uploads need the Pro plan.

Insert, Rewrite and Remix

Insert adds a single slide in a chosen layout, Rewrite summarizes, expands or changes tone, and Remix reformats existing content into a different slide design.

AI credits

Using the AI agent draws on a monthly credit limit per user, from 1,500 on Basic to 6,000 on Team. A typical task uses 40 to 170 credits, and limits reset on the billing date.

Custom branding and templates

The Team plan applies a logo, colors and fonts to Plus AI templates. Enterprise customers can have slides generated from their own slide masters and asset libraries.

Presets and custom instructions

Frequently used prompts are saved as presets, and custom instructions store context about a person or company for later generations. Team plans share a preset library.

API, Zapier and MCP server

The Presentations API creates native PowerPoint files over HTTP with a bearer key and needs a Pro or Team plan. Zapier and an MCP server offer the same without code.

Google Slides

• Personal Google Account$0

  Create, edit and present slides in a browser or the mobile apps, with co-editing, comments, templates and offline access.

• Business Starter$7

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($8.40 flexible)

  Google Workspace with Slides and 30 GB of pooled storage per user. Gemini in Slides is not included.

• Business Standard$14

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($16.80 flexible)

  2 TB of pooled storage per user. The lowest Business edition that includes Gemini in Slides.

• Business Plus$22

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($26.40 flexible)

  Everything in Standard with 5 TB of pooled storage per user, plus Vault, eDiscovery and advanced endpoint management.

• EnterpriseCustom

  No minimum or maximum user count, with data loss prevention, context-aware access and data regions; priced through Google sales.

Plus AI

• Basic$10

  per user / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)

  AI presentations in Google Slides and PowerPoint, 1,500 AI credits a month, single-slide inserts, and rewriting and remixing of slides.

• Pro$20

  per user / month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)

  3,000 AI credits a month, document uploads (PDF, docx, txt), prompts of over 100,000 characters, AI image generation and unlimited team members.

• Team$30

  per user / month, billed annually ($40 billed monthly)

  6,000 AI credits a month, custom branding with logo, colors and fonts, advanced AI image models, saved presets and custom instructions shared across the team.

• Max$200

  per user / month, billed annually ($240 billed monthly)

  Everything in Team with unlimited AI credits and priority email support, aimed at daily users of the AI agent.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom templates built from the organization's own slides, asset libraries, SSO, user management and guided onboarding.

Google Slides

• Annual discount

  Save 16% with a 1-year commitment

  Business Starter is $7 per user per month on the Annual/Fixed-Term Plan against $8.40 on the Flexible Plan. Standard drops from $16.80 to $14 and Plus from $26.40 to $22.

• Nonprofit

  Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0

  Eligible nonprofits get Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0, or Business Standard at $3.50 and Business Plus at $6.16 per user per month on a 1-year commitment.

• Education

  Education Fundamentals at no charge

  Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals, which includes Slides, is available at no charge to qualifying institutions.

Plus AI

• Annual discount

  Lower per-user price with annual billing

  Annual billing brings Basic from $15 to $10 per user a month, Pro from $25 to $20, Team from $40 to $30 and Max from $240 to $200.

• Education

  Education discount on request

  Plus AI's page for teachers says educators who apply through its contact form with a .edu email address can get a discount on paid plans.