PitchBoostAlternatives to SlideSpeak in 2026
6 tools, one of them ours, compared on the things that decide a purchase: free plan, first paid tier, what happens to a deck you already have, and who each tool is actually for. Checked on 2026-09-19.
Why people look for a SlideSpeak alternative
SlideSpeak is an AI presentation platform that generates decks from prompts and documents, summarizes and chats with files, and, on paid plans, enhances an uploaded deck by aligning elements, applying a brand kit and redesigning layouts. Credits drive everything: 100 at sign-up on the free plan, 1,000 a month on Premium, 2,500 on Premium Plus, with top-ups from $10.
Enhance in place, or rebuild slide for slide. SlideSpeak's enhancer improves the slides you upload: alignment, styling, a brand kit applied on top. PitchBoost reads what each slide says (text, chart values, tables, SmartArt) and rebuilds the design from that, one new slide per source slide, so a wall of bullets comes back as a layout rather than a tidier wall of bullets.
Where the brand comes from. SlideSpeak wants a brand kit you assemble by hand, and branded presentations sit on the Premium Plus tier. PitchBoost reads your website first: logo, colours and typography come from the site, and you review the capture before anything generates. There is nothing to upload except the deck.
When SlideSpeak is the better choice
Not everyone should switch. SlideSpeak remains the better fit for:
- Teams that want one tool for decks, document summaries and chat
- Making AI videos from slides
- Generating many new decks a month on a credit budget
- Enterprises that need SSO and custom templates
The alternatives
1. PitchBoost ours
Free plan. Starter $9/mo. Pro $29/mo. Business $79/mo.Upload the deck you have, point PitchBoost at your website, and get it back redesigned in your brand with every number checked against your original. Also builds new decks from a brief, publishes a tracked link, exports editable PowerPoint, and works from inside ChatGPT and Claude.
Best for: Anyone with an existing deck that needs to look right in their brand; Sales teams and founders who send decks to specific prospects; Teams that want the PowerPoint back, editable; People who found us through ChatGPT or Claude and want to hand the file over there.
2. Alai
Free: $0, unlimited presentations with a credit allowance, watermark. Plus $20/mo. Pro $30/mo. Ultra $80/mo.Alai is an AI presentation tool that generates slides from prompts, offers several layout options for each slide, and lets you redesign an existing deck while keeping the content as written. The free plan allows unlimited presentations with a credit allowance, up to 10 AI slides per prompt, PDF and PPT export, and a watermark that only paid plans remove. A free prettify-your-deck tool sits on its site.
Best for: Quick slides from a prompt with several layout choices; Students and personal projects on the free plan; Trying a redesign of a small deck for free; Anyone who prefers picking layouts slide by slide.
3. Sharayeh
Preview without sign-up. Credits: $10 for 3,000, $24 for 10,000; buying credits unlocks downloads and Pro features.Sharayeh is a document-conversion service (presentations from Word, PDFs and images) with an AI redesign tool for PowerPoint. It accepts .pptx and .ppt files, keeps the text as written, modernises layout, colours, fonts and spacing, and returns three design variants as editable .pptx. Previews need no sign-up; downloads use credits sold in packs.
Best for: A fast restyle with a few looks to pick from; Converting Word, PDF and images into slides; Occasional use on a credit pack rather than a subscription; Decks with no company brand to apply.
4. Plus AI
7-day trial. Basic $15/user/mo ($10 annual). Pro $25/user/mo ($20 annual). Team $40/user/mo ($30 annual). Max $240/user/mo ($200 annual).Plus AI is an AI add-on for Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint. It generates new presentations, rewrites and remixes existing slides, and inserts single slides, all inside the editor you already use. Plans are per user from $15 a month (or $10 a month billed annually) with a 7-day trial; team branding (logo, colours, fonts) arrives on the Team plan at $40 a month.
Best for: People who work all day in Google Slides or PowerPoint; Slide-by-slide rewrites and remixes while editing; Teams standardising on one add-on with shared presets; Inserting a single AI slide into an existing deck.
5. Perceptis
Free: 10 slides a month. Starter $29/mo: 50 slides, remove Perceptis branding. Pro $129/mo: 100 slides, upload-to-edit, one corporate theme.Perceptis is an AI slide generator aimed at consulting and business slides: single and multi-slide generation from a library of 50 or more professional layouts, complex visuals like maps and Gantt charts, and PowerPoint-native export with real charts, tables and shapes. Plans are priced by slides per month: Free (10), Starter $29 (50), Pro $129 (100, plus upload-to-edit and one corporate theme).
Best for: Consultants who want the consulting slide idiom; Native PowerPoint charts, maps and Gantt charts; Building new slides from a layout library; Teams already paying for a Pro seat who need upload-to-edit.
Side by side
List prices in USD, checked on 2026-09-19. Sources: SlideSpeak, Alai, Sharayeh, Plus AI, Perceptis.
| PitchBoost | SlideSpeak | Alai | Sharayeh | Plus AI | Perceptis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 150 credits a month (1 deck), 10-slide cap, small badge | 100 credits at sign-up, no refill; 50MB file limit | Unlimited presentations within a credit allowance, 10 AI slides per prompt, watermark | Preview without sign-up; downloads need a credit pack | None; 7-day trial with 1,000 credits | 10 slides a month, Perceptis branding |
| First paid tier | Starter, $9/mo: 800 credits, 25 slides, no badge | Premium, from $29/mo: 1,000 credits a month, PDF and PPT export | Plus, $20/mo: watermark off, priority access to elements and themes | Standard pack, $10 once: 3,000 credits | Basic, $15/user/mo ($10 annual): 1,500 credits, rewrite and remix | Starter, $29/mo: 50 slides a month, branding removed |
| Badge removal | Starter and up, every deck; or $12 per deck | Not stated on the pricing page | Plus and up | Not stated | Not applicable; works in your own file | Starter and up |
| Upload an existing deck and rebuild it | Yes, from .pptx, one slide per source slide | Yes: the AI enhancer realigns, restyles and applies a brand kit to an upload | Yes; several layout options per slide, content kept as written | Yes: .pptx or .ppt in, three design variants out | Remixes and rewrites slides inside the open deck; no whole-deck rebuild | Upload-to-edit on Pro ($129/mo) only |
| Brand from your website | Yes, logo, colours and tone pulled from your site | Brand kit uploaded by hand; branded presentations on Premium Plus | Themes; no website capture | Brand kit on Pro; no website capture | Team plan branding set by hand | One corporate theme on Pro |
| Fact check against your own material | Yes, invented figures are removed before you see the deck | No | No | No; text kept as written | No | No |
| PowerPoint export | Every plan; editable text boxes on paid plans | Paid plans (PDF and PPT); limited on Free | Every plan (PDF and PPT) | Editable .pptx with credits | Native: it edits the PowerPoint or Google Slides file directly | Every plan; native charts, tables and shapes |
| Viewer analytics | Basic on Free, full on Pro | Shareable links; no per-viewer analytics listed | None listed | None | None | None |
| API and MCP for AI assistants | Pro; a no-account sample tool for ChatGPT and Claude | API available for developers | None listed | None listed | None listed | None listed |
Questions
Is there a free alternative to SlideSpeak?
PitchBoost has a free plan: one AI deck a month, up to 10 slides, with a small badge, plus PDF and PowerPoint export. Alai: Free: $0, unlimited presentations with a credit allowance, watermark. Sharayeh: Preview without sign-up. Plus AI: 7-day trial. Perceptis: Free: 10 slides a month.
When is SlideSpeak the better choice?
SlideSpeak is the better fit for teams that want one tool for decks, document summaries and chat, making ai videos from slides, generating many new decks a month on a credit budget. PitchBoost is built for one job, rebuilding or building a deck for a specific prospect in your brand, and does not try to be a general workspace.
Can I move my existing decks to an alternative?
Export them from SlideSpeak as .pptx first. PitchBoost rebuilds a .pptx in your brand and keeps the content; the other tools import a .pptx as a starting point with varying fidelity. Nothing here reads a SlideSpeak link directly.
How current is this page?
Prices and limits were checked on 2026-09-19 against each tool's published pricing. If a number here is out of date, email support@pitchboost.ai and it will be corrected with a new date.
Last checked 2026-09-19. Other pages in this series: Gamma alternatives, Beautiful.ai alternatives, Pitch alternatives, Tome alternatives, Canva alternatives, Copilot in PowerPoint alternatives, Alai alternatives, Sharayeh alternatives, Plus AI alternatives, Perceptis alternatives.
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