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Can AI replace Gamma?

An AI slide generator is buildable, but Gamma's strength is layouts, editing model, exports, hosting, analytics, and shareable deck/site UX.

Verdict: Half-bot · AI gets you partway; the hard part stays hardBuild time: weekend
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01What it costs

$9/moPlus, annual billing, per user per month
$108per year at that price

Checked Aug 13, 2026 · source: gamma.app.

PlanMonthlyBilled yearlyWhat you get
FreeFreeFree400 starting AI credits with no monthly refresh; 10 slides/prompt; 50,000 input tokens; 2,000-credit balance cap; +200 credits/referral.
Plus—$9/mo1,000 credits/month; 75 slides/prompt; 100,000 input tokens.
Pro—$18/mo4,000 credits/month; 75 slides/prompt; up to 10 custom domains; API access.
Ultra——20,000 credits/month; 75 slides/prompt; up to 100 custom domains.
Team—$20/mo6,000 credits/seat/month; 75 slides/prompt; up to 10 custom domains; 2-seat minimum.
Business—$40/mo10,000 credits/seat/month; up to 100 custom domains; 10-seat minimum.
Enterprise——Annual agreement; flexible team size and custom organization-wide credits.

Hidden costs: 1,500 extra credits cost $6; multi-user auto-recharge charges separately for each user who triggers it; credits are not pooled; unused paid credits expire after the subscription ends; Team requires 2 seats and Business 10

02Could AI build it for you?

The core job: Prompt an LLM for outline, generate slide/cards JSON, render with templates, export PDF/PPTX, and host a share page.

What a working version needs:

  • LLM API
  • slide renderer
  • template system
  • export pipeline
  • hosted app
  • optional image API

A strong modern yes/kinda: a viral category with open-source and API primitives.

03What you'd give up

  • polished editor
  • responsive card model
  • exports
  • analytics
  • custom domains
  • template quality
  • collaboration

They pay because the output looks acceptable without wrestling with PowerPoint.

05The build prompt

Paste this into an AI coding tool (such as Claude, ChatGPT, Lovable or Replit) to build your own version.

prompt.txt
Build me an AI slide-deck generator to replace Gamma. Requirements:

- A Node CLI around Slidev. `deck new "<topic>"` asks an LLM (key in .env) for
  an outline, then slide-by-slide content as JSON: title, bullets, speaker
  notes, layout name.
- Render that JSON to a Slidev slides.md; `deck preview` runs the Slidev dev
  server, `deck export` writes PDF and PPTX.
- Five layouts: title, bullets, two-column, big-quote, image-right. Images are
  optional via an image API key in .env; skip them cleanly when absent.
- One theme file for fonts and colors so every deck matches without redesign.
- `deck redo <n>` regenerates a single slide by number and leaves the rest
  untouched.
- Decks are files in ./decks/<slug>/ (slides.md plus assets), kept in git and
  hand-editable after generation. No database.
- No accounts, no telemetry; the only network calls are the LLM and optional
  image API.
- Out of scope: a web editor, share links with analytics, collaboration.
  slides.md in my editor is the editor.
- README: keys, export commands, and how to add a layout.

06Open-source starting points

  • Slidev: Open-source Markdown/HTML slide deck generator; good foundation for a developer-oriented c
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