{
 "title": "One pitch deck, four AI presentation tools (hands-on test)",
 "run_date": "2026-09-28",
 "publisher": "AIBuilder Marketplace",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "page": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/research/one-pitch-deck-four-ai-presentation-tools/",
 "affiliate_relationship": {
  "Gamma": "affiliate programme, we may be paid",
  "Beautiful.ai": "affiliate programme, we may be paid",
  "Prezi": "affiliate programme, we may be paid",
  "Canva": "no relationship, not in our catalogue"
 },
 "method": {
  "same_prompt_word_for_word": true,
  "plans": "Gamma Free, Prezi Basic (free), Canva Free, Beautiful.ai 14-day Pro trial (the trial requires a payment card; cancelled the same day)",
  "company": "Kettle & Crumb, a fictional bakery-cafe chain; 11 given facts",
  "code_or_file_edits_by_us": "none before the checks; C10 is a deliberate manual edit",
  "outline_step": "where a tool showed an outline or plan first, we accepted it unchanged",
  "change_prompt": "Change the ask to €450,000 for 12%",
  "runs_per_tool": 1,
  "screenshots": "from each tool's public share link in a fresh, logged-out browser session; Gamma's share link sat behind a Cloudflare check, so Gamma's slides are rendered from its own PDF export",
  "not_covered": [
   "repeat runs or other prompts",
   "paid plans other than the Beautiful.ai trial",
   "design quality judgements",
   "presenting live, speaker notes, collaboration"
  ]
 },
 "given_facts": [
  "Founded in 2021",
  "Sanne de Vries (CEO), Tomasz Nowak (head baker)",
  "3 shops in Rotterdam",
  "38 employees",
  "Revenue EUR 0.4m (2023), 0.8m (2024), 1.2m (2025)",
  "Gross margin 62% in 2025",
  "2 new shops in Utrecht in 2027",
  "Asking EUR 400,000 for 12%",
  "Use of funds 70% new shops, 20% central kitchen equipment, 10% marketing"
 ],
 "checks": {
  "C01": "Exactly 10 slides in the requested order",
  "C02": "Every given number that appears is correct",
  "C03": "No numbers that were not in the brief",
  "C04": "Market slide uses a placeholder instead of an invented market size",
  "C05": "Revenue chart present with 0.4 / 0.8 / 1.2, drawn to scale",
  "C06": "Use of funds as a chart, 70 / 20 / 10",
  "C07": "Both founders and roles right, no invented team members",
  "C08": "No invented quotes, testimonials or customers",
  "C09": "The change prompt updates every place EUR 400,000 appears",
  "C10": "Retitle slide 2 and swap slides 8 and 9 by hand without breaking the layout",
  "C11": "Export to PowerPoint and PDF on the plan used; text editable in the .pptx",
  "C12": "Tool branding on exports and share pages",
  "C13": "Share link opens without logging in",
  "C14": "Credits used",
  "C15": "Time from sending the prompt to a finished deck"
 },
 "results": {
  "Gamma": {
   "C01": {"result": "pass"},
   "C02": {"result": "pass", "note": "2021 (founding year) left out"},
   "C03": {"result": "pass", "invented_numbers": 0},
   "C04": {"result": "pass", "note": "[MARKET SIZE] and [COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE] placeholders"},
   "C05": {"result": "pass", "note": "bar chart, measured to scale"},
   "C06": {"result": "pass", "note": "donut chart plus table"},
   "C07": {"result": "pass"},
   "C08": {"result": "pass"},
   "C09": {"result": "pass", "places_changed": "3 of 3", "manual_fixes": 0, "note": "EUR 400,000 appeared only on slide 10; shows before/after"},
   "C10": {"result": "pass"},
   "C11": {"result": "pass", "pdf": true, "pptx": true, "pptx_text_editable": true, "pptx_charts": "images"},
   "C12": {"result": "badge", "note": "'Made with Gamma' badge with link on every PDF page on Free; none found in the .pptx"},
   "C13": {"result": "not tested", "note": "link set to 'Anyone with the link: View' (default was No access); an automated logged-out browser got a Cloudflare check, which we did not bypass"},
   "C14": {"credits_before": 400, "credits_after": 339, "note": "generation plus the change together"},
   "C15": {"minutes": 7, "note": "outline pane stayed empty until we sent 'Please draft the outline.'"}
  },
  "Beautiful.ai": {
   "C01": {"result": "pass"},
   "C02": {"result": "pass", "note": "70/20/10 shown only as euro amounts"},
   "C03": {"result": "pass", "invented_numbers": 0, "note": "adds Amsterdam as a target city"},
   "C04": {"result": "partial", "note": "outline had [MARKET SIZE]; the slide dropped it without inventing a size"},
   "C05": {"result": "partial", "note": "line chart with correct data, but the y-axis rounds its labels to 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1"},
   "C06": {"result": "partial", "note": "bar chart of EUR 280,000 / 80,000 / 40,000 (correct), percentages not shown"},
   "C07": {"result": "pass"},
   "C08": {"result": "pass"},
   "C09": {"result": "not available", "manual_fixes": 5, "note": "no AI that edits the whole deck; per-text-block 'Generate new' only suggests replacement sentences; by hand: 2 text places and 3 chart values"},
   "C10": {"result": "pass", "note": "dragging slides lands imprecisely; took 4 drags"},
   "C11": {"result": "pass", "pdf": true, "pptx": true, "pptx_text_editable": true, "pptx_charts": "images", "note": "PowerPoint export defaults to 'as images'; editable has to be chosen; a font zip comes along"},
   "C12": {"result": "none", "note": "no watermark on slides, PDF or PPTX (trial of Pro)"},
   "C13": {"result": "pass", "note": "the public player shows the account's email address"},
   "C14": {"note": "no credit counter on the trial; the trial needs a payment card and bills a year of Pro on day 14 unless cancelled"},
   "C15": {"minutes": 2.5}
  },
  "Prezi": {
   "C01": {"result": "pass", "note": "plus a zooming overview"},
   "C02": {"result": "partial", "note": "numbers right, but 2025 revenue is presented as a projection ('We project ... reaching EUR 1.2 million by 2025')"},
   "C03": {"result": "pass", "invented_numbers": 0, "note": "invented a website, kettlecrumb.nl, on the ask slide"},
   "C04": {"result": "pass"},
   "C05": {"result": "pass", "note": "bar chart, measured to scale"},
   "C06": {"result": "pass", "note": "donut, measured 70/20/10; legend truncated to 'Central Kitchen (2...'"},
   "C07": {"result": "pass", "note": "writes 'Her leadership' for the CEO, a gender the brief did not give"},
   "C08": {"result": "pass"},
   "C09": {"result": "partial", "places_changed": "1 of 2", "manual_fixes": 1, "note": "slide 10 changed; slide 9 still says 'Our EUR 400,000 investment'"},
   "C10": {"result": "pass"},
   "C11": {"result": "fail", "pdf": false, "pptx": false, "note": "PDF, editable PPTX and SCORM all require Plus on Basic"},
   "C12": {"result": "branding", "note": "'Made with Prezi' in the editor; Prezi logo on the public page"},
   "C13": {"result": "pass", "note": "on Basic the only sharing option is Public ('anyone can find and view'); Unlisted and Private need Plus; the public page shows the account holder's name"},
   "C14": {"credits_before": 500, "credits_after": 350, "note": "the change used no visible credits"},
   "C15": {"minutes_max": 4, "note": "the AI editor opens in a pop-up window"}
  },
  "Canva": {
   "C01": {"result": "partial", "note": "10 slides, but two problem slides and use of funds merged with the ask"},
   "C02": {"result": "pass", "note": "2021 left out"},
   "C03": {"result": "fail", "invented_numbers": 9, "note": "an 'Expansion costs' list of 85,000 / 62,000 / 18,000 / 22,000 / 28,000 / 35,000 / 250,000, and '1 investment' and '2 marketing initiatives' on the growth plan"},
   "C04": {"result": "pass"},
   "C05": {"result": "fail", "note": "labels right, bars 136 / 239 / 326 px = 1 : 1.76 : 2.40 instead of 1 : 2 : 3"},
   "C06": {"result": "pass", "note": "donut with 70/20/10 labels; segments checked by eye"},
   "C07": {"result": "pass"},
   "C08": {"result": "pass"},
   "C09": {"result": "paid plan only", "manual_fixes": 1, "note": "Canva AI replied that a premium feature is required"},
   "C10": {"result": "partial", "note": "the longer title overflows its box and overlaps the subtitle and body text; swapping slides works"},
   "C11": {"result": "pass", "pdf": true, "pptx": true, "pptx_text_editable": true, "pptx_charts": "loose shapes, no chart data"},
   "C12": {"result": "none", "note": "no watermark in PDF or PPTX; Canva logo and 'Create with Canva' on the view page"},
   "C13": {"result": "pass", "note": "'Anyone with the link' defaulted to Edit; we set View"},
   "C14": {"note": "no counter on the free plan"},
   "C15": {"minutes": 2}
  }
 },
 "timeline_utc": {
  "Gamma": {"prompt_sent": "06:37:35", "deck_ready": "~06:44:30"},
  "Prezi": {"prompt_sent": "~06:45:59", "deck_ready": "before ~06:50"},
  "Beautiful.ai": {"prompt_sent": "06:51:31", "deck_ready": "~06:54"},
  "Canva": {"prompt_sent": "06:59:13", "deck_ready": "07:00:30 to 07:01:22"}
 },
 "after_the_test": "All share links were closed again on 2026-09-28. Prezi's deck was moved to the bin because Basic cannot make it private. The Beautiful.ai trial was cancelled the same day."
}