Gamma

What Is Gamma?

Gamma turns a sentence into a finished thing you can show people. Type what you want, and it produces a slide deck, a document, a website or a set of social posts — already designed, already laid out, and editable afterwards like any normal design tool rather than locked into whatever the model decided.

That last part is what separates it from the wave of prompt-to-deck tools that arrived alongside it. Most of them generate something impressive and then leave you stuck: the layout is fixed, the theme is fixed, and fixing a single ugly slide means regenerating everything. Gamma treats generation as a starting point rather than a finished product.

One thing to be clear about, because the names collide: this is Gamma at gamma.app, the presentation and website builder. There is a separate company called Gamma.AI that sells data loss prevention for SaaS, and the two have nothing to do with each other.

How It Works

One Prompt, Four Output Types

The same input produces presentations, documents, websites or social graphics depending on what you ask for. Decks export to PowerPoint, PDF, PNG and Google Slides, so the output is not trapped in the tool — which matters when the person you are presenting to insists on a .pptx file.

You can also import an existing PDF or PowerPoint and have Gamma rebuild it. For anyone sitting on a deck that was fine in 2019, this is usually a faster route than starting over, and it is the feature most people discover second and wish they had found first.

Credits, Not Seats, Are the Meter

Generation is metered in credits. The free tier gives 400 at signup — a one-off allowance, not a monthly refill — while Plus renews 1,000 a month, Pro 4,000 and Ultra 20,000. Slides per prompt also scale: ten on Free, a hundred from Plus upward.

Understanding that the free 400 credits do not come back is the single most common surprise. It is enough to build several decks and decide whether you like the tool; it is not a free plan you can live on, and the pricing page does not lean hard on that distinction.

Where the Paid Tiers Differ

Plus buys the credits plus the removal of Gamma branding from what you publish, which for client-facing work is not optional. Pro adds custom fonts and branding, detailed analytics, publishing to up to ten custom domains, and API access. Ultra is for volume: twenty thousand credits, the most advanced text, image and video models, and a hundred domains.

The jump worth thinking about is Free to Plus, because branding removal changes what the output is usable for. The jump from Pro to Ultra is a fourfold price increase for five times the credits, so it only makes sense if you are genuinely generating every day.

What It Costs

Pricing is per seat, and the site quotes in euros. Annual billing saves up to 25%, though the discount is uneven across tiers — Pro gets the full quarter off, Ultra only about a tenth.

No card is required to start, and the company is SOC 2 Type II compliant — the certification that tends to come up once a deck contains anything a legal team cares about.

Annual works out at €96 a seat for Plus, €216 for Pro and €928 for Ultra. If you are buying for a team, note that the meter is per seat rather than pooled, so a five-person team on Pro has five separate 4,000-credit allowances rather than 20,000 shared — which is better for some teams and worse for others.

Who Gets the Most From It

Anyone Who Dreads Making Slides

The core audience, and an honest one. If your objection to PowerPoint is that you can write the content in twenty minutes and then lose two hours to alignment, this removes the second part entirely.

Founders Building Pitch Decks

Fast iteration matters more than polish at the early stage, and being able to restructure a deck between two investor meetings without a designer is the practical benefit. Export to PPTX keeps you compatible with whatever the other side uses.

Teams Publishing Simple Websites

For a landing page, an event page or an internal microsite, generating it here and pointing a custom domain at it is quicker than a website builder and far quicker than a developer. Custom domains start on Pro.

Educators and Course Creators

High volume of material, low tolerance for design work, and content that changes every term. Regenerating a deck from updated notes is the shape of the job, and it is what this tool does best.

What to Watch Out For

• The free 400 credits are a one-off, not a monthly allowance. Plenty of people assume otherwise and are surprised when generation stops.
• Gamma branding stays on published work until you pay. For anything client-facing, the free tier is effectively an evaluation rather than a usable plan.
• Generated decks look like generated decks. The design is good and it is recognisable, and in a pitch context that cuts both ways.
• Credits are per seat, not pooled across a team. Buying five seats does not give you one large shared budget.
• PowerPoint export is a conversion, not a native file. Complex layouts can shift, so check the exported version before you present from it.
• Prices are quoted in euros and vary by region. Check what your card is actually charged rather than assuming a straight conversion.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Gamma free?

There is a free tier with 400 credits granted at signup and no card required. Those credits do not renew monthly, so treat it as a generous trial rather than a permanent free plan. Paid tiers start at €8 a seat a month billed annually.

Can I export to PowerPoint?

Yes, along with PDF, PNG and Google Slides. Import works the same way round, so an existing PPTX or PDF can be brought in and rebuilt. Treat exports as conversions and check the result before presenting.

Is this the same as Gamma.AI?

No. This is gamma.app, which makes presentations, documents and websites. Gamma.AI is an unrelated company selling data loss prevention software for SaaS. The name is shared and nothing else is.

What are credits and how fast do they go?

Credits meter generation — creating a deck, regenerating slides, producing images. A typical presentation costs a modest number of them, so the 1,000 monthly on Plus suits regular but not constant use. Heavy image generation is what drains them fastest.

Can I use my own branding?

Removing Gamma's branding starts on Plus. Adding your own — custom fonts, brand colours, company themes — starts on Pro, which is the realistic tier for agency or client work.

Is there an API?

Yes, from the Pro tier upward. It is the route for generating decks programmatically from your own data, which is a genuinely useful pattern for recurring reports.

The Bottom Line

Gamma is the most convincing answer yet to the question of why making a presentation still takes an afternoon. It generates something respectable in seconds and then, crucially, lets you edit it properly instead of forcing you to accept or regenerate.

Start on the free tier, and go in knowing the 400 credits are all you get for free. If the output survives contact with your actual work, Plus at €8 a seat is a small price for removing the branding, and Pro is where it becomes usable for clients.