Make Presentations and Documents
From a rough idea to a polished slide deck in minutes, using Gamma.
This is not about replacing thoughtful presentation design. It is about getting from "blank slide" to "solid first draft" in a fraction of the time.
Creating slide decks fast
| Gamma | |
|---|---|
| What it is | AI-powered presentation, document, and webpage creator |
| Best at | Turning prompts or outlines into visually polished slide decks, one-pagers, and web pages |
| Free tier | Free tier with limited AI credits and Gamma branding on exports |
| First paid tier | Plus Plan - US$10/month (~A$16/month) |
| Ken's take | Gamma is the fastest way I have found to go from an idea to a presentable deck. You give it an outline or even just a topic and it builds the slides with layout, images, and structure. The output looks professional, not like an AI template. Export to PowerPoint if you need to. The free tier is enough to try it. |
| Sign up | https://gamma.app |
| Beautiful.ai | |
|---|---|
| What it is | A presentation tool that applies design rules automatically as you add content, so slides stay visually consistent without manual tweaking |
| Best at | Slide consistency and design discipline. The smart-template engine prevents the "every slide looks slightly different" problem you get when building decks by hand |
| Free tier | Free trial, then paid only |
| First paid tier | Pro - US$12/month annual (~A$19/month) or US$45/month |
| Ken's take | Beautiful.ai is older than Gamma and feels it. Where Gamma builds a deck from a prompt, Beautiful.ai still expects you to build the deck slide by slide, just with smart templates that enforce design rules. It is more rigorous about consistency than Gamma but far less generative. If your problem is "I have content, I just want it to look professional", Beautiful.ai is fine. If your problem is "I have an idea and need a deck fast", Gamma is the better pick. |
| Sign up | https://beautiful.ai |
Also worth knowing: Claude is excellent at structuring content for presentations. My workflow is often: use Claude to brainstorm and outline the content, then feed that outline to Gamma to build the visual deck. The combination is powerful.
Creating infographics and diagrams
As of April 2026, Claude can now generate charts, diagrams, infographics, and interactive visualisations directly in conversation. This is not image generation. Claude builds these using HTML and SVG code, essentially drawing them in real time. Think of it as Claude having its own whiteboard.
You can ask Claude to turn data into a chart, visualise a process as a flowchart, create an infographic explaining a concept, or build an interactive diagram. The results appear inline in the conversation and can be downloaded as images. This is available to all users, including the free tier, though currently only on desktop.
This is genuinely useful for presentations, reports, social media content, and any situation where a visual explanation would be clearer than text alone. Ask Claude: "Create an infographic showing the 5 steps of [your process]" or "Visualise this data as a bar chart comparing the three options."
Try this right now (free)
Open Gamma and type: "Create a 10-slide presentation on [any topic you know well]. Audience is non-technical colleagues. Keep it visual with minimal text per slide." Watch it build the deck in real time.