Short answer: for a tool you use every week, a subscription such as Beautiful.ai, Pitch, Plus AI or Presentations.AI makes sense. If you only need an editable PowerPoint now and then, Slidy is the only tool we found that sells a single export (€2.99) with no subscription. Prices below were read on each official pricing page on 28 October 2026.
We read each vendor's official pricing page on 28 October 2026 and kept four questions: is there a free plan, does it export an editable PowerPoint (.pptx), what is the cheapest paid plan that does, and can you pay once instead of subscribing. Promotions are left out. When a page did not state a fact, we write "not stated" rather than guess. Gamma, Canva and Prezi could not be read by our tools that day, so their prices are not shown: check their pricing pages directly.
| Tool | Free plan | PPTX on free plan | Cheapest paid option with PPTX | Pay once? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slidy | 2 AI decks every 30 days, no card | No (preview and edit) | €2.99 per export, or €9.99 for 5 | Yes |
| Beautiful.ai | No (14-day trial, card required) | — | Pro $14.50/month billed yearly; $45/month ad hoc plan | No |
| Pitch | Yes, 100 AI credits, not renewed | No (branded PDF) | Plus €10/month billed yearly | No |
| Plus AI | No (7-day trial, card required) | — | $10/month billed yearly, $15 monthly; works inside Google Slides and PowerPoint | No |
| Presentations.AI | Yes, 200 credits, up to 20 slides | Yes (quality not specified) | Pro $20/month billed yearly | No |
| Decktopus | Not stated | Not stated | Pro $9.99/month billed yearly, $24.99 monthly | Credit packs, price not shown |
| SlideSpeak | Yes, 100 credits at sign-up | No | Premium, about $29–30/month | Credit top-ups, export still needs Premium |
| Visme | Yes, 10 AI credits/month | No (JPG, PNG, PDF) | Business $24.75/month | No |
| SlidesAI.io | Yes, 200 AI credits/month | Not stated | Pro $10/month billed yearly | No |
| Microsoft 365 + Copilot | Limited Copilot with a free account | PowerPoint itself | Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99/month or $99.99/year | No |
| Gamma, Canva, Prezi | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified (pages unreadable on 28 Oct) | Not verified |
Does: one box for a topic, a pasted text or a file; 5 to 35 slides; a theme picked from your subject among 12; photos chosen for each slide; a browser editor; an editable .pptx export; optional web research on paid accounts.
Does not: real-time co-editing, comments, team workspaces, brand kits, or a free PowerPoint download. If you need those, pick a subscription tool above.
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