Beautiful.ai
AI presentation maker with auto-formatting Smart Slides and brand-controlled themes
Free trial
Plus AI
Create and edit presentations with AI directly inside PowerPoint and Google Slides
Free trial
Verdict
Beautiful.ai and Plus AI are both Productivity tools. Beautiful.ai scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (8.6 vs 7.9 out of 10). Neither has a free plan. Only Plus AI offers an API.
Best overall
Beautiful.ai
- Sales teams
- Startup founders
- Marketers
- Consultants and agencies
Choose Beautiful.ai if
- You want a tool built for client pitch and sales decks.
- More than 300 Smart Slide layouts that auto-format as content is added.
- Outline-first AI workflow that builds a deck from a prompt, outline or document.
Choose Plus AI if
- You want a tool built for Teams that already work in PowerPoint or Google Slides and want AI generation and editing without switching tools.
- Works inside PowerPoint and Google Slides, so decks stay in native, editable formats.
- Accepts documents (PDF, docx, text) as source material for decks.
- Best for beginners
- Plus AI
- Best for business
- Beautiful.ai
Features
18 features compared.
- Smart SlidesBeautiful.aiAvailablePlus AINot available
- Create with AIBeautiful.aiAvailablePlus AINot available
- Themes and brand controlBeautiful.aiAvailablePlus AINot available
- Data visualizationBeautiful.aiAvailablePlus AINot available
- Media libraryBeautiful.aiAvailablePlus AINot available
- TemplatesBeautiful.aiAvailablePlus AINot available
- Animation and narrationBeautiful.aiAvailablePlus AINot available
- Team workspaceBeautiful.aiAvailablePlus AINot available
- Viewer analyticsBeautiful.aiAvailablePlus AINot available
- PowerPoint and PDF exportBeautiful.aiAvailablePlus AINot available
- RemixBeautiful.aiNot availablePlus AIAvailable
- VisualsBeautiful.aiNot availablePlus AIAvailable
- Custom brandingBeautiful.aiNot availablePlus AIAvailable
- Multilingual outputBeautiful.aiNot availablePlus AIAvailable
- Native file outputBeautiful.aiNot availablePlus AIAvailable
- Presentation Agent API and MCP serverBeautiful.aiNot availablePlus AIAvailable
- Prompt-to-deck generationBeautiful.aiNot availablePlus AIAvailable
- Slide editingBeautiful.aiNot availablePlus AIAvailable
Pricing
Plans as listed by each vendor. Check their sites for current prices.
- Pricing modelBeautiful.aiFree trialPlus AIFree trial
- Free planBeautiful.aiNoPlus AINo
- Starting priceBeautiful.ai$45Plus AI$15
- PlansBeautiful.ai3 plansPlus AI5 plans
Beautiful.ai plans
Pro
$45/month
For one person; billed monthly, or $14.50 per month billed annually
- Unlimited AI content generation
- AI images and writing assistant
- 300+ Smart Slide layouts
- Custom branding and theme builder
- PowerPoint import and export
- Viewer analytics
Team
Most popular$50/user/mo
For 2 to 20 seats; $40 per user per month billed annually
- Everything in Pro
- Real-time co-editing
- Shared slide and template library
- Version control and locked slides
- Live data linking to charts and tables
- Engagement analytics
Enterprise
Custom/custom
Unlimited members; book a demo for a quote
- Everything in Team
- SSO and SCIM
- Audit and change logs
- Advanced permissions
- Configurable brand guardrails
- Dedicated onboarding
- Priority support
Plus AI plans
Basic
$15/user/mo
Entry plan for individual users
- 1,500 AI credits/month
- AI presentations in Google Slides and PowerPoint
- single-slide insertion
- rewrite and remix slides
Pro
Most popular$25/user/mo
Heavier individual use and developer access
- 3,000 AI credits/month
- document uploads
- 100K+ character prompts
- AI image generation
- MCP Server
- Presentation API
Team
$40/user/mo
Teams needing brand control
- 6,000 AI credits/month
- custom branding
- advanced AI image models
- saved presets and custom AI instructions
- shared preset library
Max
$240/user/mo
Power users with high volume
- Unlimited AI credits
- priority email support
- MCP Server
- Presentation API
Enterprise
Custom/custom
Large organizations
- Custom templates
- asset libraries
- SSO
- user management
- white-glove onboarding
Our ratings
Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team. Last reviewed October 2026.
- Beautiful.ai
- 8.6overall
- Plus AI
- 7.9overall
Design Aesthetics
- Beautiful.ai
- 9.0
- Plus AI
- Not rated
Auto-Layout Intelligence
- Beautiful.ai
- 9.0
- Plus AI
- Not rated
Generation Speed
- Beautiful.ai
- 8.0
- Plus AI
- Not rated
Brand Control
- Beautiful.ai
- 8.8
- Plus AI
- Not rated
Export Flexibility
- Beautiful.ai
- 8.0
- Plus AI
- Not rated
Ease of Use
- Beautiful.ai
- Not rated
- Plus AI
- 8.6
Feature Depth
- Beautiful.ai
- Not rated
- Plus AI
- 7.9
Value for Money
- Beautiful.ai
- Not rated
- Plus AI
- 7.3
Performance & Speed
- Beautiful.ai
- Not rated
- Plus AI
- 7.8
Documentation & Support
- Beautiful.ai
- Not rated
- Plus AI
- 7.8
Scores weigh documented features, plan value, platform coverage, integrations and user feedback. A missing score means we have not rated that area yet.
Pros and cons
Beautiful.ai
Pros
- More than 300 Smart Slide layouts that auto-format as content is added
- Outline-first AI workflow that builds a deck from a prompt, outline or document
- Themes lock colors, fonts and logos across decks and teams
- Charts can link to spreadsheets and data sources such as Airtable and Smartsheet
- Integrations with Claude, ChatGPT, Slack, PowerPoint and cloud storage services
Cons
- No permanent free plan; trial is 14 days and needs a credit card
- Monthly billing is much costlier than annual: Pro is $45 versus $14.50 per month
- Team is limited to 2 to 20 seats, with caps on workspace themes, templates and libraries
- Auto-layout limits free-form placement compared with PowerPoint
- Web only, with no listed mobile app or public API
Plus AI
Pros
- Works inside PowerPoint and Google Slides, so decks stay in native, editable formats.
- Accepts documents (PDF, docx, text) as source material for decks.
- Remix feature restyles existing slides rather than only generating new ones.
- Offers an API and MCP server for use from other AI tools and agents.
- Company reports SOC 2 Type II compliance.
Cons
- No permanent free tier; a credit card is required to start the 7-day trial.
- Credit-based limits (1,500 to 6,000 per month) mean heavy users may need a higher tier, and Max costs $240 per month.
- Custom slide masters are limited to the Enterprise plan.
- Requires PowerPoint or Google Slides; there is no standalone mobile app.
Platforms
- WebBeautiful.aiSupportedPlus AISupported
- WindowsBeautiful.aiNot supportedPlus AINot supported
- macOSBeautiful.aiNot supportedPlus AINot supported
- iOSBeautiful.aiNot supportedPlus AINot supported
- AndroidBeautiful.aiNot supportedPlus AINot supported
- APIBeautiful.aiNot supportedPlus AISupported
- Browser ExtensionBeautiful.aiNot supportedPlus AINot supported
Integrations
Beautiful.ai
12 integrations- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Slack
- PowerPoint
- Google Drive
- Dropbox
- Box
- OneDrive
- Bynder
- Frontify
- Smartsheet
- Airtable
Plus AI
6 integrations- Google Slides
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Claude
- ChatGPT
- Claude Code
- Cursor
Company
- CompanyBeautiful.aiBeautiful Slides, Inc.Plus AIPlus Docs, Inc.
- FoundedBeautiful.ai2016Plus AI2021
- HeadquartersBeautiful.aiNot listedPlus AISeattle, WA
- ListingBeautiful.aiClaimedPlus AIClaimed
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Frequently asked questions
Is Beautiful.ai better than Plus AI?
It depends on your workflow. Beautiful.ai is built for client pitch and sales decks. Plus AI is built for Teams that already work in PowerPoint or Google Slides and want AI generation and editing without switching tools.
What are the key feature differences between Beautiful.ai and Plus AI?
Beautiful.ai: AI presentation maker with auto-formatting Smart Slides and brand-controlled themes. Plus AI: Create and edit presentations with AI directly inside PowerPoint and Google Slides.
Does Beautiful.ai or Plus AI have a free plan?
Neither has a free plan. Both Beautiful.ai and Plus AI are paid products.
Which is cheaper, Beautiful.ai or Plus AI?
Beautiful.ai starts at $45 and Plus AI starts at $15. See the pricing table above for what each tier includes.