SlidesAI
Pastes into Google Slides or PowerPoint as a finished deck, turning notes or a topic into slides in one click.
What you'd use it for
Turning an outline, document, or topic into a laid-out slide deck without leaving Google Slides or PowerPoint.
- Generate a full deck from a topic, outline, script, or an uploaded PDF, DOCX, or TXT file
- Add AI-generated or searchable stock images to slides automatically
- Translate a finished deck into over 100 languages
- Open the sidebar on an existing deck to add, rewrite, or restructure slides without starting over
- Generate presentations natively inside PowerPoint as well as Google Slides
The verdict
SlidesAI does one job well -- turning text into a structured deck inside the Slides editor you already have open, with nothing new to learn because it isn't a new app. It suits someone producing decks on a repeating cadence, such as lesson plans or meeting recaps, who wants the layout handled rather than someone chasing a distinctive visual style. The free tier's 1,000-character input ceiling means real use lands on a paid plan fast, and the jump from Pro to Premium buys volume and character allowance rather than new capability.
What it costs
| Tier | Price | For | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0/month | Trying it out on an occasional deck. | 12 presentations/year, 1,000-character input per presentation, 120 AI credits/year. |
| Pro | $10/month billed at $120/year | Students and regular individual use. | 120 presentations/year, 6,000-character input per presentation, 600 AI credits/year, document upload. |
| Premium | $20.83/month billed at $250/year | Educators and professionals presenting often. | Unlimited presentations, 12,000-character input per presentation, 1,200 AI credits/year, document upload. |
Read from SlidesAI's own pricing page on 25 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
What you need to start
- A Google account, personal or Workspace, to install and run the Slides add-on
- A Microsoft 365 or PowerPoint 2016+ install for the separate PowerPoint version
A few minutes end to end -- install from the Marketplace, open the sidebar, and generate a first deck, with no Workspace admin approval required.
Your first run Install from the Google Workspace Marketplace (or the Microsoft add-in store for the PowerPoint version), open the sidebar in a Slides or PowerPoint file, paste in a topic or outline, and a generated deck lands in a couple of minutes with no Workspace admin approval needed.
Where it breaks
A Google Workspace Marketplace add-on for Google Slides, with a separate version for PowerPoint. Billing is handled by Paddle as merchant of record.
First entry in this reference. There is no previous check to compare it against.
When not to use it
Not worth it for someone who needs a distinctive visual system, since the layouts stay inside Google's or Microsoft's existing slide themes rather than building a new one. Also not worth it for a single one-off presentation, since the free tier's 1,000-character input rules out anything beyond a short outline.
The job here is narrow and it does it well: paste in a block of text — an outline, a document, a topic — and get a slide deck back, laid out and styled, inside the Slides editor you already have open. No new app to learn, because it isn’t one; it’s an add-on to Google Slides itself.
That narrowness is also the limit. SlidesAI writes structure and copy onto slides; it does not design a visual system from scratch the way a dedicated design tool would, and the free tier’s 1,000-character input ceiling means anything beyond a short outline needs a paid plan. The jump from Pro to Premium is really about volume and input size rather than new capability — Premium adds unlimited presentations and triples the character allowance per deck.
Where this earns its keep is the repetitive case: a teacher building weekly lesson decks, a consultant turning meeting notes into a recap deck, anyone who produces slides on a cadence and doesn’t want to fight with layout every time.
If the deck needs real design polish rather than speed, Gamma is the better starting point — it builds the visual system for you rather than filling in Google’s existing one.
Alternatives
Documents & filesAppsGamma
Type a topic and it produces a finished presentation, document or one-page website that you edit in the browser and share as a link, a PDF or a PowerPoint file.
Documents & filesAppsPlus AI
Generates and edits slides directly inside Google Slides or PowerPoint you already have open, instead of building decks in a separate app you'd have to export from.
Documents & filesAppsDecktopus
Generates a complete slide deck with speaker notes from one prompt, then lets you export it or share it as a link.
Documents & filesAppsBeautiful.ai
A slide editor that re-arranges your content into on-brand layouts automatically, so a deck stays consistent without a design pass.
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