The 10 Best AI Presentation Makers in 2025

The 10 best AI presentation makers: TL;DR 

1. Lindy: Best for automating tasks, scheduling, and meeting prep
2. Canva: Great for clean visuals, quick edits, and brand kits
3. Beautiful.ai: Built for recurring updates, charts, and smart layouts
4. Tome AI: Designed for storytellers who prefer scrollable formats
5. Visme: Combines data, visuals, and interactivity in one toolkit
6. Gamma: Turns rough prompts into sleek, modern web-style decks
7. Plus AI: A smooth add-on for Slide and PowerPoint users
8. Pitch: Perfect for teams who need real-time collaboration and polish
9. Slidebean: Structured for fast, funder-ready startup decks
10. Prezi: Ideal for teachers and trainers needing visual flow

Can AI create a full presentation for me?

Absolutely. Most AI presentation tools today can build a complete deck from just a single prompt. You type in something like "sales pitch for a new app” or "Q3 marketing update," and the tool gives you a draft with slides, layout, and even visuals.

Lindy, for example, makes this ridiculously simple. You can give it a quick idea, upload a doc, or paste a link, and it generates a scrollable, modern presentation in seconds. Some tools like Gamma or Tome also use block or card-based layouts, which makes rearranging content feel more like editing a webpage than a slide deck.

But here's the thing: it's not magic. Even after so many automations and add-ons, these tools still need some level of manual input. I usually refine the final content, tweak its tone, and sometimes add data on my own to make such presentations even better.

How We Chose the Best AI Presentation Software

I tested each tool myself—creating decks from scratch, importing old files, and using AI to generate content from a simple prompt. I paid close attention to how smooth the editing felt, how much control I had over design, and how well the AI understood vague or half-baked inputs (because let's be honest, that's often the starting point).

Some tools helped me get from idea to finished slide faster, while others looked good but didn't offer much flexibility. Only the ones that genuinely made my workflow easier and felt worth using more than once have made it to the list. Similarly, I tested all these tools on some common metrics to find the best ones out there. 

Here are the core factors:

1. AI-Powered Features: I avoided anything that just throws in "AI” for hype. The tools here use AI where it matters, generating drafts, rewriting slides, building layouts, or adding visuals.
2. Ease of Use: I looked for tools that are beginner-friendly. You shouldn't need a design degree to figure out how to add slides, change layouts, or drop in your content.
3. Customization & Design Flexibility: Custom themes, fonts, color palettes, and layout control matter, especially if you're building decks for clients or teams. So I've picked tools that let you go beyond cookie-cutter templates and match your own (or your brand's) style.
4. Integrations: Being able to import stuff from Google Docs, PDFs, or Notion saved a ton of time. I also checked whether you could export to PowerPoint, share links, or embed the deck on a site. Bonus if the tool played nice with images, embeds, or analytics.

Other Factors I Considered:

• Wide selection of templates
• Supports text-to-slide automation
• Collaboration tools for teams
• Affordable pricing & free trial options
• Cloud-based or offline access

1. Lindy: the best for automating tasks, scheduling, and meeting prep

Score: 10/10

Lindy restructures the way presentations are created, delivered, and managed, making it a handy tool for professionals who want to craft high-impact, polished presentations effortlessly. More than just a slide generator, Lindy converts the entire presentation workflow—helping you research, script, present, and follow up with ease.

The core of Lindy’s presentation capabilities lies in its customizable AI agents, known as “Lindies.” These agents can handle everything from brainstorming key points and summarizing research to automating post-presentation follow-ups. 

Using natural language processing (NLP), smart triggers (like calendar events or meeting invites), and native integrations with Google Workspace, Slack, and Zoom, Lindy handles every aspect of your presentation and makes it more elaborate and accurate.

Whether you’re pitching to investors, delivering a keynote speech, or running a team meeting, Lindy adapts to your unique needs without requiring technical expertise.

I also set it up to post highlights on X (formerly Twitter), using a conditional step to check if a post URL is available. It took me under 10 minutes, and no code was required. The visual flow editor made it easy to structure tasks like search, summarization, and email notifications into one tight loop.

2. Canva: Great for clean visuals, quick edits, and brand kits

Score: 9.5/10

Canva lets you create clean, professional slides quickly with built-in templates and easy design tools. From work reports to personal portfolios, it covers most use cases.

What I really liked is how easy it is to tweak things once you pick a template. You can drag in your images, delete slides, change up the colors to fit your brand, and just swap the placeholder text. And if you love clean, minimal layouts (like I do), Canva has tons of those too.

To test this, I created a fun catalogue of different types of coffee. I typed "Coffee Brewing" in the search bar and instantly got plenty of relevant designs.

With transition, you can choose from smooth animations like 'flow,' 'match and move,' or classic wipes and apply them between slides. It adds just enough flair without overdoing it. You can even control the speed and direction of transitions.

Canva lets you present in different modes. You can present full screen at your own pace, use presenter view with notes, record yourself talking over slides, or set it to autoplay like a video. Your presentation can be downloaded and saved as a PDF or MP4, which is helpful if you plan to turn it into an e-book or video presentation.

What I like most about Canva is how it reduces friction. You don't get overwhelmed by features you don't need. Just pick a design, tweak it, add your content, and you're ready. 

3. Beautiful.ai: Built for recurring updates, charts, and smart layouts

Score: 9/10

Beautiful.ai uses custom AI prompts to make a ready-to-edit presentation draft for you. It comes with a super neat toolbar that's ideal for beginners. There's a clean dashboard with styling tools on the left and team tools on the right.

While most designing software tools give you static templates, Beautiful.ai has dynamic slides that update automatically. They're perfect for charts, timelines, and recurring reports. 

I tried it for a monthly marketing deck and quickly updated data without adjusting the layout. 

You don't need to drag things around manually. Pick a slide layout and variation, and simply create visuals by turning a bullet list into a Venn diagram or a Gantt chart. You can even find a Smart Slide to highlight a key Q4 revenue number, add a product table, project timelines, a line chart, and more. 

With recent updates, the editor feels faster and more organized. Everything—headers, images, callouts, charts, even voiceovers—is tucked into clean, easy-to-navigate tabs. 

For example, the "Ideas" tab is handy when you feel creatively stuck. It instantly suggests new layouts for your slide, making it easier to keep moving.

I also liked how well it handles team collaboration. You can assign specific slides to teammates, leave comments, and even record audio or video notes directly in the deck. It's helpful when someone can't join the meeting but wants to leave feedback.

4. Tome AI: Designed for storytellers who prefer scrollable formats

Score: 9/10

Think of Tome as a storytelling engine. It doesn't just throw content on slides; it gives you a fluid, block-based layout. Then, you can take control and tweak text, images, design, or rearrange blocks with simple drag-and-drop. Given the level of creative flexibility, I felt like I was building a Squarespace website rather than a slideshow.

You can also work on your old presentations. I imported a personal project from Drive and used Tome's tools to clean it up and give it a fresh look.

When you sign up, Tome rewards you with 500 free AI credits to generate presentations, one-pagers, and custom AI-generated images. These images are surprisingly detailed. When I added a camera model like the Nikon FM10 to the prompt, the result looked like it came straight from an actual photoshoot.

Tome's catalogue already features AI images from architecture, medicine, science, fashion, art, and culture. You can layer text on top of these images to add visual depth. 

For more control, you can add, reorder, or remove pages and even tweak the topic of a specific page to refine the AI-generated content. Tome also lets you adjust visual aspect ratios and exclude unwanted elements, keeping everything clean and on brand.

5. Visme: Combines data, visuals, and interactivity in one toolkit

Score: 9/10

Visme is a complete creative toolkit for building presentations. I’ve used it to put together everything from training outlines to quick mockups for class projects. It works well when you need something that looks polished but don't want to wrestle with design software.

You get access to millions of free stock images, thousands of icons, and more than 50 types of charts, graphs, mind maps, and data widgets. That includes everything from radar charts to animated bar graphs and pyramid diagrams, just plenty of options to make even dry data look good.

Visme does a solid job of keeping things clean. The built-in animations are smooth, and once I dropped in my content, the AI assistant helped quickly turn it into something visual. Just paste your text or link, and it gives you a good starting point to tweak from.

If layout or spacing usually slows you down, Visme's updated photo grid and guideline system make it easier. To test these features, I first asked Visme's AI chatbot to build a presentation on Pro Wrestling. 

While the results were quick, the templates were pretty basic. But once you choose a template, you get precise measurements, snap-to-center feedback, and clear overlays, so everything lines up, even if you're not a designer.

Plus, if you need to show a quick demo or break up a long presentation with a podcast snippet or background music, just drag and drop the audio file on the slide, and you're done. Visme also makes it easy to layer interactivity. This is great for clickable product mockups, guided walkthroughs, or mini-storytelling sequences. 

6. Gamma: Turns rough prompts into sleek, modern web-style decks

Score: 9/10

Gamma feels like the kind of tool you try once and go, "wait, that's it? 

Yes, it’s that easy. 

Simply type in a prompt (like "launch deck for a new cookie brand" or "Q3 team goals"), and it gives you a stylish, visual presentation that looks like it took hours. 

What makes it different is how it organizes everything into "cards" instead of slides. It's like building a simple webpage: drag stuff around, tweak text, drop in images, and Gamma keeps the layout clean. You can also start from pretty much anything—PDF, Google Docs, Notion, old PowerPoint—and Gamma turns it into a modern, scrollable deck.

I tried it by designing a mock launch deck for a sports drink, and the first draft was surprisingly good. I didn't have to wrestle with formatting or think too hard about layout; Gamma handled that. Even the outlines for each slide were crisp and straightforward.

And the AI actually works. You can ask it to rephrase, add slides, expand sections, or clean up tone, and it doesn't make a mess of your content. 

Plus, image generation isn't just for fluff. You can describe what you want ("a moody product shot in warm light") and get a decent visual back. For more control, you can pick from different AI models like DALL-E 3, Imagen 3, Ideogram 2 Turbo, Recraft, and Flux Pro. You can then tweak the tone, text length, and image source.

It's also full of tiny but thoughtful features like embedding a Google Form or a Figma file directly into your deck, viewing analytics to see how your audience interacted with the presentation, and switching between card view and outline mode when editing. It all adds up to something that feels more dynamic than traditional slides.

7. Plus AI: A smooth add-on for Google Slide and PowerPoint users

Score: 8.5/10

If your hands are set on  PowerPoint or Google Slides, Plus AI helps you make presentations faster without compromising quality. 

It's built right into both tools as an add-on, so you don't need to jump between platforms or learn something new. It feels like having ChatGPT inside your slide editor but with better formatting and way less effort.

One of my favorite bits is the Slide Remix feature. In a click, Plus changes the layout while keeping your content intact. This comes in handy when a slide just feels off, but you don't know how to fix it. I also played around with the Theme Designer. Just type out a style like "corporate but friendly,” and it creates a complete custom look with matching fonts and colors.

The Plus Snapshots let you capture live views of dashboards, websites, and apps. 

You can drop them directly into Google Slides or Docs. I tested it with Notion and Google Analytics, and it worked well. Just one click, and your snapshots refresh across the board. You can also embed these snapshots in tools like Slack, Tome, or Confluence to keep everyone updated in real time.

It also supports multilingual translation, so if you're building decks for global teams or clients, you can translate everything in one go without tweaking the design. 

That said, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. There's no forever-free plan, and while testing it, I couldn't find a live chat option for support. Some G2 users also mentioned the same and said customer service felt a bit basic for what you're paying. 

8. Pitch: Perfect for teams who need real-time collaboration and polish

Score: 8.5/10

At its core, Pitch is simple to use and has a clean, modern UI that makes building presentations enjoyable. I loved how drag-and-drop everything felt. You can tweak images, round corners, or play with elements, all without poking through ten different menus. 

One of its best features is the Pitch Room. It's a virtual space where you can share group presentations, proposals, and videos, and then share everything with your clients in a single link. It's great for onboarding, sales decks, or project handoffs. 

And thanks to built-in analytics, you're updated when someone opens your deck, how far they scrolled, and what they clicked. 

If you're anything like me, you've probably wanted to explain a slide without hopping on a call or writing a long email. That's where Pitch's video recording comes in. You just hit Record on any slide and walk through your points, and it saves the take right there. I found it helpful for async updates, which is perfect for remote teams working in different time zones.

While testing, Pitch quickly built me a sleek presentation on rap music, which was impressive at first. But when I started editing, its AI felt limiting. It wasn't as intuitive as Gamma, and making layout changes felt clunky. I also ran into issues with account settings and lost a few decks, which made me hesitate to rely on Pitch for big projects.

Still, if your team values clean design and real-time collaboration, Pitch is a strong contender. The free plan even lets you add unlimited teammates, which is excellent for growing teams. That said, if you need extras like view tracking, custom links, or unbranded PDF exports, you'll need to go for a paid plan.

9. Slidebean: Structured for fast, funder-ready startup decks

Score: 8.5/10

Slidebean is built for startups that need to pitch fast and stay organized. If you're a founder or consultant juggling decks, projections, and investor updates, it keeps everything in one clean, no-fuss workspace.

Getting started with a presentation is super instant. You don't need to think about the layout or anything. Just enter your content, and Slidebean takes over the design. The templates are sharp. I tried out a few startup deck templates, including ones based on Airbnb and Uber, and they looked clean right out of the box.

Slidebean also offers some thoughtful features like a free financial model for budget management and fundraising workflows. The investor CRM lets you track who's viewed your deck and follow up on leads. 

Live Mode is one of those small but useful features. I tried it by using my phone to control a deck running on my laptop, and the sync was smooth and quick. Just open the presentation on both devices, turn on the Live Mode, and you're set. There is no need to be on the same Wi-Fi either.

You can also make sure everyone stays on the same slide as you move through the deck, which is best for remote meetings or hybrid setups. It's simple and takes barely a minute to set up. 

But if you're switching from tools like Gamma, Canva, or Lindy, Slidebean's interface might feel outdated. That’s because this is more about speed and simplicity than design freedom. You can still add charts, tables, video, audio, and visual elements from stock or Vimeo, but don't expect complete creative control over layout or animations.

10. Prezi: Ideal for teachers and trainers needing visual flow

Score: 8/10

If you've ever wanted your presentation to feel less like a basic slideshow and more like a visual journey, Prezi is worth checking out.

Instead of linear slides, Prezi gives you a zoomable canvas where you can map ideas visually. You can jump between topics, zoom into details, and set a path for your viewer to follow. It’s useful when you're explaining concepts that branch out, like timelines, workflows, or layered topics.

If you’re a teacher or admin trying to keep online classes engaging (and let’s be honest, attention spans are shorter than ever), Prezi’s non-linear layout and motion-based navigation can help keep students focused. I especially liked how easy it was to record video lessons directly in the app. Just hit record, walk through your points, and send it off. 

Plus, the EDU-focused tools make things easier for institutions: privacy controls, license management, and centralized billing are all built in. Sure, it’s not as intuitive as Canva or as AI-heavy as Gamma, but if you're teaching a class or running a training session, Prezi holds up better than most. I tested it by creating a presentation on Haiku; it got the job done with minimal fuss.

If you’re short on ideas, Prezi has a dedicated gallery of presentations, demo videos, and designs. Prezi’s in-house editors create these, and you’ll find examples for a wide range of topics, current events, and industries.

You also get the option to share a live broadcast link, which came in handy during a remote class session. And while the free plan is decent, going premium gives you watermark-free decks, analytics, and offline access. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Try Lindy: Your new AI presentation maker — and way more

If you're exploring the best AI tools for presentations, Lindy deserves a spot at the top of your list. It's not just another slide builder. Lindy can design slides, write content, automate scheduling, follow up with clients, and even prep you for meetings.

What makes Lindy different? It's conversational AI, which handles tasks like generating your pitch deck, summarizing meeting notes, or syncing with your calendar, all without switching tabs. Whether you're building a presentation, managing emails, or handling client support, Lindy keeps things smart and smooth.

The kicker: Multiple Lindy agents can collaborate to pool knowledge, share data, and conquer complex tasks with unprecedented speed. That's the revolutionary power Lindy offers.

Here's how Lindy goes the extra mile:

• Instant inbox support: Lindy tackles customer queries directly within your support channels or its dedicated inbox, delivering lightning-fast resolutions and boosting satisfaction.
• Always-on assistance: Lindy provides 24/7 support, ensuring customers never face frustrating delays.
• Conquering language barriers: With fluency in over 30 languages, Lindy expands your reach and opens new markets.
• Effortless website integration: Add Lindy to your site with a simple code snippet, instantly enhancing visitor engagement.
• Plays well with others: Lindy integrates with a plethora of tools (like Stripe and Intercom) for streamlined workflows and maximum efficiency.
• Scales to meet your needs: Lindy handles any volume of requests and even teams up with other instances to tackle the most demanding scenarios.
• Much more than just a chatbot: There's a huge variety of Lindy functions, from content creation to coding. Check out the full Lindy features list here.

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