Gamma alternative

Skiaw — the Gamma alternative for decks that don't look AI-generated

Gamma's deck lives on Gamma's canvas, and PowerPoint is an export option, not the point. Skiaw generates the .pptx directly: real shapes, embedded fonts, no watermark on any plan.

  • Every shape is a real PowerPoint object, not a flattened image
  • No watermark on exports, including the trial
  • Conversational edits cost no credits

Same prompt, two exports

Run one prompt through both tools and open the .pptx each one hands back in PowerPoint. That comparison belongs here once it exists as a real screenshot rather than a claim.

Gamma's .pptx export for a test prompt, opened in PowerPoint — screenshot pending

Skiaw's .pptx export for the same prompt, opened in PowerPoint — screenshot pending

Where the two actually diverge

Four differences that a table row is too small to explain properly.

01

What a Gamma export actually hands you

Gamma exports to PDF, PPTX, PNG and Google Slides on every plan, and it embeds your theme's heading and body fonts into the .pptx. That is more than a lot of AI deck tools bother with.

Gamma's own help documentation is candid about the edges: italic text is synthesised by slanting the regular weight rather than using a true italic font file, and gradient headings, frosted backgrounds and some advanced visual effects may fall back to simpler styling once the file leaves Gamma. If PowerPoint is where the deck is going to actually live and get edited, that fallback is work you do by hand afterwards.

Skiaw's export exists for the opposite reason: the pipeline lays the deck out in a browser, then reads geometry — not pixels — off the rendered page and writes it straight into PowerPoint shapes, so there is no intermediate format to fall back from.

02

The tenth revision is where the two price models diverge

Both tools meter AI generation with credits. The difference shows up once you start refining a deck rather than making it. Gamma states that all AI features draw on the same credit balance, including adding slides and using its agent, though errors and clarification requests are not charged.

Skiaw meters generation the same way, but conversational edits — the back-and-forth that actually makes a deck presentable — cost nothing. That is deliberate: a meter running while you fix the deck changes how carefully you're willing to fix it.

What each one costs

Read from each company's own pricing page on the date shown. Check both before you buy, prices change and vary by region.

Skiaw

$1 Trial

$1

7 days

  • 3 premium presentations
  • PPTX export
  • No watermark
  • Credit card required

Pro

$20

Per month

  • 35-70 presentations/month
  • Unlimited edits
  • Brand kits
  • PPTX + PDF export
  • All themes
  • Priority generation

Team

$49

Per month, includes 2 seats · $20 per extra seat

  • Everything in Pro
  • Shared workspace
  • Collaboration
  • Admin controls
  • Usage analytics

Yearly billing lowers Pro to $16 and Team to $39 per month. Conversational edits cost no credits. Subscriptions are still opening, see full pricing.

Gamma

Free

€0

  • 400 credits at signup, one time, they do not refresh
  • Up to 10 slides per prompt
  • Import from PDF and PPTX
  • Export to PDF, PPTX, PNG and Google Slides, with Gamma branding

Plus

€10 / seat / month

€96 / seat / year (€8 per month)

  • 1,000 credits a month
  • Up to 75 slides per prompt
  • Removes Gamma branding
  • Advanced AI image models

Pro

€24 / seat / month

€216 / seat / year (€18 per month)

  • 4,000 credits a month
  • Custom branding and fonts
  • Detailed analytics and advanced sharing
  • API access, workspace templates, up to 10 custom domains

Ultra

€86 / seat / month

€928 / seat / year (€77.33 per month)

  • 20,000 credits a month
  • Most advanced text, image and video models
  • Up to 100 custom domains

Gamma prices by region. These are the figures gamma.app/pricing showed for European billing on 1 August 2026, in euros — check the page in your own currency before comparing directly to Skiaw's dollar prices. Extra credits are sold separately, and unused credits roll over up to twice your plan size.

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Where Gamma is the better choice

We built Skiaw and we would still send you elsewhere for these. If one of them is your requirement, Gamma is the better buy today.

  • Gamma is a broader product. It makes documents, websites and social content as well as decks, and Skiaw does none of that.
  • It has a genuinely usable free tier, 400 credits, no credit card, so you can judge the output before spending anything.
  • Publishing is a first-class feature: hosted pages, custom domains, viewer analytics and advanced sharing. Skiaw has none of these.
  • It offers a public API on the Pro plan for generating decks from your own systems. Skiaw has no API.
  • Gamma states it is SOC 2 Type II compliant. Skiaw has no such attestation, which will rule it out at some companies today.
  • You can buy Gamma right now. Skiaw's subscriptions are still opening, so the honest comparison includes waiting.

Frequently asked questions

The questions people ask before switching between Gamma and Skiaw.

Can I bring my existing Gamma decks into Skiaw?

Not as a direct import. You can attach a Gamma deck exported as .pptx when you generate in Skiaw, and it will read the content as a source document — but Skiaw builds a new deck from that brief rather than reformatting your existing slides, since the two tools lay out a deck differently (Gamma's card canvas versus Skiaw's PowerPoint-native shapes).

Why switch if Gamma already exports .pptx?

Gamma does export .pptx on every plan and embeds your theme's fonts. Its own documentation notes that italics are synthesised from the regular weight, that some effects such as gradient headings and frosted backgrounds may fall back in the exported file, and that the watermark is only removed on Plus and Pro. If PowerPoint is where the deck actually lives, closing that gap is the whole reason to switch.

Is Skiaw cheaper than Gamma?

Gamma's paid tiers start at €10 per seat per month, or €8 billed annually, for 1,000 credits. Skiaw's Pro plan is $20 per month, or $16 billed yearly, for 700 credits, roughly 35 to 70 decks. Gamma prices by region, so check gamma.app/pricing in your own currency. One real difference: Skiaw's subscriptions are still opening, while Gamma is available for self-serve purchase today.

Does Skiaw have a free tier like Gamma?

No. Gamma's free plan gives 400 one-time credits that never refresh. Skiaw offers a $1, seven-day trial instead, with no watermark on the decks it produces.

What do I lose by switching away from Gamma?

Publishing to a custom domain, viewer analytics, the public API, a broader product that also makes documents and websites, and — for companies that require it — Gamma's SOC 2 Type II attestation. Skiaw does not replace any of that today.

How long does switching actually take?

There is no migration step. Skiaw generates a full deck from a prompt, optionally grounded in documents you attach, so switching is really running your first prompt rather than moving existing files over. Revisions after that are conversational and free, so refining the result doesn't cost extra credits.

Sources

Numbered to match the references in the table above. Gamma's own pages are the only source we used for Gamma claims, no review sites, no roundups.

  1. [1]
    Gamma, Plans and pricing

    Plan names, prices, credit allowances, slide limits per prompt, export formats and branding removal.

    Last checked 1 August 2026

  2. [2]
    Gamma Help Center, What's the easiest way to export my Gamma?

    Export formats, font embedding behaviour, the italics caveat, effects that fall back in .pptx, and which plans export without the watermark.

    Last checked 1 August 2026

  3. [3]
    Gamma Help Center, How do credits work in Gamma?

    Credit grants per plan, rollover rules, and that all AI features including agent actions draw on the same balance.

    Last checked 10 August 2026

  4. [4]
    Skiaw engine notes

    How Skiaw renders and exports a deck: measured-geometry layout converted directly to PowerPoint shapes.

    Last checked 10 August 2026

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