Copilot in PowerPoint review
7.8/10★★★★★Microsoft's AI assistant built into PowerPoint, with Agent Mode for building decks
- Best for
- People who already pay for Microsoft 365 and present in PowerPoint
- Price
- Paid · from $9.99/month
- Platforms
- Desktop app, Web, iOS
- Made by
- Microsoft, Redmond, USA · since 1975
What it is
Copilot in PowerPoint drafts a presentation from a prompt or a file, adds slides and images, rewrites text and summarises decks, using your organisation's templates. Agent Mode lets you build and refine a deck by conversation, and a Review skill suggests improvements to structure and storytelling.
Latest: Agent Mode for creating presentations from Work IQ reached general availability in March 2026.
What the AI does
- Create a presentation from a prompt or file
- Agent Mode for conversational deck building
- Work IQ grounding in your files, emails and meetings (work accounts)
- Review this presentation skill
- Rewrite, summarise and add images
Pros and cons
- Works inside PowerPoint with your existing templates
- Included with Microsoft 365 Personal and Family
- Can pull in work files, meetings and email (business plans)
- Drafts are generic and need design work
- Home plans cap usage at 60 AI credits a month
- Features differ between Windows, Mac, web and iPad
How it scores
Hard to beat for PowerPoint users, but reviewers find its slides generic next to specialist tools.
Feature checklist · 6 of 9
- Generates a full deck from a prompt (yes)
- Builds a deck from an uploaded document, file or URL (yes)
- 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 (no)
- Builds charts, diagrams or infographics (no)
Alternatives
See all Copilot in PowerPoint alternatives, ranked →
- Gamma 8.8/10Anyone who wants a good-looking deck from a prompt in minutes
- Canva Presentations 8.6/10People who want design freedom and AI help in one familiar tool
- 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
Gamma vs Copilot in PowerPoint
Sources
- Create a new presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint (Microsoft Support)
- Compare Microsoft 365 plans
- Copilot in Microsoft 365 subscriptions FAQ (Microsoft Support)
- Microsoft 365 plans in 2026 (Office Watch)
- Agent Mode in PowerPoint with Work IQ (Microsoft 365 roadmap)
- Copilot's Review this presentation skill (Super Simple 365)
- Copilot for PowerPoint review 2026 (Deckary)
- AI agents and the PowerPoint problem (IntuitionLabs)