Best for: People who want design freedom and AI help in one familiar tool
Price: Freemium · from $144/year
Free: Full editor, 1.6M+ templates and up to 20 AI uses
Platforms: Web, iOS, Android, Desktop app
Made by: Canva · since 2013
App store ratings: iOS 4.9★ (3.6M) · Android 4.8★ (27.3M)

What it is

Canva's presentation editor pairs millions of templates with Canva AI, which can outline a talk with you and turn a prompt into a ready-to-edit deck. Canva AI 2.0, launched in April 2026, adds a conversational agent that builds and edits presentations alongside other designs.

Latest: Canva launched Canva AI 2.0, a conversational design agent, at Canva Create in April 2026.

What the AI does

Prompt to editable presentation with Canva AI
Conversational Canva AI 2.0 agent
Magic Write for slide copy
Magic Animate and Magic Resize
Charts from Canva Sheets

Pros and cons

Huge template and stock library
Generous free plan
Apps on every major platform
Decks, social posts and documents in one place

Popular templates are easy to spot
AI allowance on the free plan is small
Canva AI 2.0 started as a limited preview

How it scores

Slide quality8

Ease of use9

Features8.5

Value for money8.5

Platforms10

The broadest platform and template coverage; AI-generated decks are good but less complete than Gamma's.

Feature checklist · 7 of 9

Generates a full deck from a prompt (yes)
Builds a deck from an uploaded document, file or URL (no)
Exports to PowerPoint or builds decks inside it (yes)
Exports to Google Slides or builds decks inside it (no)
Rewrites, restyles or remixes existing slides with AI (yes)
Applies your brand, fonts or own template (yes)
Generates AI images (yes)
Translates decks into other languages (yes)
Builds charts, diagrams or infographics (yes)

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Gamma 8.8/10Anyone who wants a good-looking deck from a prompt in minutes
Plus AI 7.9/10Teams that have to deliver in Google Slides or PowerPoint
Beautiful.ai 7.8/10Professionals who want consistently clean, on-brand slides without fiddling
Pitch 7.8/10Teams and sales staff who build and share decks together