{
    "title": "Pitch Alternatives 2027: 11 Paid, Free & Open-Source",
    "url": "https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/pitch/",
    "summary": "The best Pitch alternatives in 2027 are Gamma (best overall), SlidesAI (best free plan: 200 AI credits a month) and Slidev (best open source, MIT). Pitch itself starts at $13/mo billed yearly. Zekai checked these prices on vendor pages on 12 Nov 2026; 8 more are compared below, including 1 with a free plan and 2 open source.",
    "tool": {
        "name": "Pitch",
        "starting_price": "$13/mo billed yearly",
        "free_plan": "100 lifetime AI credits, 5 members, 2 guests",
        "price_checked": "2026-11-12",
        "pricing_url": "https://pitch.com/pricing"
    },
    "task": "AI presentation maker",
    "prices_checked": "2026-11-12",
    "date_modified": "2026-11-12",
    "alternatives": [
        {
            "name": "Gamma",
            "type": "Free",
            "starting_price": "Free plan; paid price not published",
            "free_plan_limit": "400 AI credits at signup, up to 10 cards per gamma",
            "best_for": "Prompt-to-deck with web-page output",
            "difference": "Free gives 400 AI credits at signup and 10 cards per gamma, with PPT and PDF export; paid tiers raise cards to 20 and 50 and add custom domains.",
            "website": "https://gamma.app",
            "zekai_score": 8.8,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/gamma/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Beautiful.ai",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$14.50/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Auto-formatting business decks",
            "difference": "Pro lists 300+ Smart Slide layouts that re-lay out as content changes; Teams bundles 3 users with locked slides and version control, where Pitch Team bills per seat.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-12",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.beautiful.ai/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.beautiful.ai",
            "zekai_score": 8.7,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/beautiful-ai/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Canva",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$12.99/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "Free plan exists; limits not listed on the Pro page",
            "best_for": "Slides alongside social and print design",
            "difference": "One Pro subscription covers up to 5 people and includes Magic Resize, Background Remover, 75+ million premium assets and premium video, so slides share a suite with graphics.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-12",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.canva.com/pro/",
            "website": "https://www.canva.com",
            "zekai_score": 9.4,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/canva/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Decktopus",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$9.99/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "AI decks with rehearsal and PPT export",
            "difference": "Pro lists 750 AI credits a month (about 150 slides), PDF, PPT and PNG export, and Loop, an AI rehearsal mode that simulates audience questions.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-12",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.decktopus.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.decktopus.com",
            "zekai_score": 7.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/decktopus/"
        },
        {
            "name": "SlidesAI",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$10/user/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "200 AI credits a month, 10 slides per deck",
            "best_for": "Free text-to-slides on a monthly credit",
            "difference": "Free renews 200 AI credits every month, caps decks at 10 slides and 2,500 input characters; Pro raises decks to 20 slides and Premium to 50+.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-12",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.slidesai.io/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.slidesai.io",
            "zekai_score": 7.1,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/slidesai/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Plus AI",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$10/user/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "AI slides inside PowerPoint or Google Slides",
            "difference": "Works as an add-in inside PowerPoint and Google Slides rather than a separate editor; Basic lists 1,500 AI credits a month and Pro 3,000.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-12",
            "pricing_url": "https://plusai.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://plusai.com",
            "zekai_score": 8.2,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/plus-ai/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Storydoc",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$19.80/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Interactive sales decks with analytics",
            "difference": "Starter lists 5 active documents, 20 AI image and 25 AI text credits a month and PDF export; Pro adds 30 documents, integrations and personalisation variables.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-12",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.storydoc.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.storydoc.com",
            "zekai_score": 8.4,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/storydoc/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Prezi",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$7/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Cheapest paid zoomable decks",
            "difference": "Standard at $7 a month yearly lists 500 Prezi AI credits and a PowerPoint converter; Plus at $19 makes AI unlimited and adds PDF export and recording.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-12",
            "pricing_url": "https://prezi.com/pricing/",
            "website": "https://prezi.com",
            "zekai_score": 7.6,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/prezi/"
        },
        {
            "name": "guizang-ppt-skill",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "AGPL-3.0",
            "best_for": "AI-agent HTML decks with presenter mode",
            "difference": "An agent skill that writes single-file HTML decks with 10 or 22 locked layouts, a presenter window with notes and timing; PPTX is not its main output, and the README is in Chinese.",
            "website": "https://github.com/op7418/guizang-ppt-skill",
            "repository": "https://github.com/op7418/guizang-ppt-skill",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/guizang-ppt-skill/",
            "zekai_score": 7.4,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/guizang-ppt-skill/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Slidev",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Developer talks written in Markdown",
            "difference": "Markdown-based slides for developers with Monaco code editor, KaTeX and Mermaid support, layouts and themes; it has no hosted editor, so everything is files in your repo.",
            "website": "https://sli.dev",
            "repository": "https://github.com/slidevjs/slidev",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/slidev/",
            "zekai_score": 7.9,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/slidev/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Reveal.js",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Browser-native HTML decks with animations",
            "difference": "An HTML framework with Markdown slides, nested vertical slides, Auto-Animate, speaker view with timer, and PDF export, all running in the browser.",
            "website": "https://revealjs.com",
            "repository": "https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/revealjs/",
            "zekai_score": 8.1,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/revealjs/"
        }
    ],
    "faq": [
        {
            "q": "What is the best alternative to Pitch in 2027?",
            "a": "Gamma is the best overall Pitch alternative on this page (Free plan; paid price not published). For no cost, SlidesAI has a free plan (200 AI credits a month, 10 slides per deck). To self-host, Slidev is open source (MIT)."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a free version of Pitch?",
            "a": "Yes. Pitch has a free plan: 100 lifetime AI credits, 5 members, 2 guests. Paid plans start at $13/mo billed yearly, checked on 12 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a 100% free alternative to Pitch?",
            "a": "Yes. guizang-ppt-skill, Slidev, Reveal.js are open source and free to self-host. Gamma, Canva, SlidesAI have a free plan with limits, shown in the table."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is cheaper than Pitch?",
            "a": "Prezi starts at $7/mo billed yearly, against $13/mo billed yearly for Pitch, as listed on each vendor's pricing page on 12 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "How much do Pitch alternatives cost for a team of 5?",
            "a": "If each of 5 people buys the entry paid plan, at the prices Zekai checked on 12 Nov 2026, the monthly cost is Prezi $35/mo, Decktopus $49.95/mo, SlidesAI $50/mo, against Pitch $65/mo for Pitch. Team and business plans can cost more per seat. The Zekai Cost Finder on this page recalculates for any team size."
        },
        {
            "q": "Which is better, Gamma or Pitch?",
            "a": "Free gives 400 AI credits at signup and 10 cards per gamma, with PPT and PDF export; paid tiers raise cards to 20 and 50 and add custom domains. Choose Gamma if you want a deck or web page drafted from one prompt and prefer cards over fixed slides. Stay with Pitch if you need Pitch's team spaces, link analytics and shared pitch rooms for client decks."
        },
        {
            "q": "Why are people leaving Pitch?",
            "a": "The documented reasons are: Pitch's AI credits guide says new Free accounts get 100 lifetime, non-recurring credits; once used you need a paid plan (Plus 500 credits a month, Business 750 per seat). Pitch 2.0 announced the AI generator as free to use (11 Aug 2026); Plus is single-member only: if a workspace has several members the Plus option is greyed out and Team (up to 25 members) is needed (12 Aug 2026). Each is sourced in the section above."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is the best Pitch alternative?",
            "a": "Gamma suits generating decks from prompts, Beautiful.ai suits auto-formatting, and Canva suits teams that also need graphics and video. Slidev is the free pick for developers."
        }
    ],
    "publisher": "Zekai (zekaiwork.com) — independently reviewed; prices read on vendor pages on the dates shown.",
    "licence": "Free to quote with a link to https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/pitch/. Bulk copying or republishing the dataset is not permitted."
}