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Visme FREE TIER, WITH WATERMARK
A permanent free Basic plan with unlimited projects, but free downloads are limited to JPG, PNG and PDF and carry a Visme watermark. PPTX export starts on the US$12.25-per-month Starter plan.
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The Best AI PPT Makers
by Price, 2026
The best AI PPT makers of 2026 are ranked by the PPT Maker Evaluation Office's annual review of free plans and paid prices, scored on free-plan access, entry paid price, PPTX export terms, and price transparency on each vendor's own pricing page.
Which PPT
On this site, PPT means a PowerPoint-format deck (.pptx). We rank tools that build or edit slides you can open in PowerPoint or Google Slides. File converters and PDF utilities are out of scope.
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SlidesAI LOWEST PRO PRICE AT US$10
A free Basic plan allows 12 presentations a year. The Pro plan costs US$10 per month billed at US$120 a year and runs inside Google Slides and PowerPoint, so the file never leaves the format you already use.
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Plus AI INSIDE POWERPOINT AND SLIDES
The Basic plan starts at US$10 per user per month billed annually. Every paid plan opens with a 7-day trial that asks for a card, and the assistant works directly inside PowerPoint and Google Slides.
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MagicSlides NO WATERMARK AT ENTRY
The Essential plan costs US$6.67 per month billed annually and allows 10 presentations a month with no watermark. Exports cover PDF, PowerPoint and Google Slides. The captured page lists no permanent free plan.
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Beautiful.ai TEAM BRAND CONTROL
Pro is US$14.50 per month billed annually. Team seats are US$40 per user per month billed annually or US$50 billed monthly, with PowerPoint import and export. The free option is a 14-day trial, not a permanent plan.
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Presentations.AI PERMANENT STARTER
The Starter plan is free and caps decks at 20 slides with 100 credits. The Pro plan at US$20 per month billed annually adds high-quality PowerPoint export. Monthly billing is not shown on the captured page.
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Pitch FREE FOREVER, EURO PRICES
The Free plan is €0 forever for one to five seats and the FAQ says it allows unlimited presentations. Prices are in euros and this run does not convert them, and PowerPoint export appears only from the Team column.
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Decktopus PPT EXPORT ON PRO
Pro costs US$9.99 per month billed yearly or US$24.99 month to month, and includes PDF, PPT and PNG export with 750 AI credits. The captured page shows no permanent free plan.
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Zoho Show FREE PLAN, PRICE NOT CAPTURED
The free plan for individuals is verified on the captured Zoho pricing page. The per-user Professional price did not come through in the capture, so this entry is scored on its free tier alone.
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Gamma UNSCORED, PRICE NOT CAPTURED
The vendor pricing page refused the automated capture on 2026-10-17, so this entry makes no free-tier or price claim. It is listed for coverage and placed last until a manual capture is filed.
How the ranking is built
Each tool is scored on four dimensions: a permanent free plan (30%), the entry paid price in US dollars per user per month on annual billing (30%), PPTX export and watermark terms (25%), and price transparency on the vendor page (15%). The index is the weighted sum of four inputs, each between 0 and 1. The bands, the formula and every input are published on the method page, and the 2026 results table repeats each input.
What this list does not measure
The ranking covers price and free-tier terms only. It does not test slide quality, layout, speaker notes, or the accuracy of AI-written text. A tool at the top of this list can still be a weak fit for a board deck. Treat the list as a shortlist of plans to test, not as a verdict on which tool to buy.
Evidence and method
Figures come from each vendor's public pricing page, captured on 2026-10-17 by automated fetch. Where a page refused the fetch, rendered empty, or omitted a price, the field says so and the tool receives no points for it. Euro prices are not converted. Vendors change prices without notice, so check the live page before you pay.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best AI PPT maker in 2026 on price?
On this run's price index, Visme ranks first at 0.925. Its permanent free Basic plan sits beside a Starter plan at US$12.25 per month billed annually that includes PPTX export. SlidesAI is second at 0.875, with a US$0 Basic plan and a US$10 monthly Pro price billed yearly. The index measures price and free-tier terms only, not output quality.
Does a free AI PPT maker add a watermark?
Where the vendor page says so, yes. Visme's free plan carries a Visme watermark and limits downloads to JPG, PNG and PDF. MagicSlides' Essential plan lists no watermark. For most other tools the captured pages do not state watermark terms, so this site does not describe them as watermark-free.
How current are these prices?
Every figure carries the capture date 2026-10-17. Vendors change prices without notice, so re-check the vendor pricing page before you buy. Corrections appear on the 2026 results page with a dated note.