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Claude Design vs Gamma vs Beautiful.ai
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.
At a glance
Claude Design
4.1Pick it if: Founders, marketers and product people who need presentable decks and mockups without a designer on call.
Gamma
4.5Pick it if: Anyone who dreads building slides and would rather start from a finished draft than a blank template.
Beautiful.ai
3.7Pick it if: Sales and consulting teams who make lots of decks and want them to look consistent without a designer.
Gamma scores highest overall, but Claude Design gives you more for your money. Which one is right comes down to what you value most.
Overview
| Attribute | Claude Design | Gamma | Beautiful.ai |
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| In one line | Describe a deck, one-pager or prototype and get a polished, on-brand version. | Paste an outline and get a finished, well-designed deck, document or web page in minutes. | Slides that lay themselves out neatly as you add content, so decks never look messy. |
| Pricing model | Paid | Freemium | Paid |
| Starting price | $20/mo | Free | $14.50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | No |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | Yes | No |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Claude Design | Gamma | Beautiful.ai |
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| Overall rating | 4.1 | 4.5Winner | 3.7 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| FeaturesHow much it can do, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Claude Design | Gamma | Beautiful.ai |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | No |
| Mobile app | No | Yes | No |
| Desktop app | No | No | No |
| Browser extension | No | No | No |
| API access | No | Yes | No |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | No | No |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | Yes | – | – |
| Makes images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | Yes | No | No |
| Runs agents or automations | No | Yes | No |
| Learns your brand or style | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | – |
| Capabilities score | 10/ 17 | 11/ 17 | 6/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Claude Design | Gamma | Beautiful.ai |
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| Plans | Free Free Trying a deck or two. | Free Free Testing whether the output suits you. | ProOur pick $14.50/mo billed yearly, or $45 month to month One person who makes decks regularly. |
ProOur pick $20/mo, or $17/mo billed yearly Anyone making decks or mockups most weeks. | PlusOur pick See website Individuals who make a few decks a month. | Team $40/user/mo billed yearly, or $50 billed monthly Teams of 2 to 20 who need consistent decks. | |
Max From $100/mo Heavy users who also live in Claude Code. | Pro See website People who present weekly or want analytics and the API. | Enterprise Custom Larger companies with security requirements. | |
Team From $20/seat/mo billed yearly Businesses that want shared brand context and central billing. | Ultra See website Heavy users running Gamma all day. | ||
Enterprise From $20/seat/mo billed yearly, plus usage Larger organisations needing SSO and audit controls. | Business See website Companies that need admin controls and single sign-on. | ||
| Which plan to pick | If you already pay for Claude Pro, you have it. If not, try Design on the Free plan and move to Pro when the daily limits get in the way, which happens quickly once you're iterating on a deck. Team makes sense when several people need the same brand setup. | Use the free credits to make two or three decks and judge the output. If you'll keep using it, Plus is the sensible step because it removes the badge and refreshes credits monthly. Only move to Pro if you want the API, custom domains or viewer analytics. | Pro on the yearly plan is the only sensible individual option, because month to month costs three times as much. Go to Team only if several people build decks and you want the brand locked, since $40 a seat adds up fast. |
Key features
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How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability. The "Visit" buttons may use affiliate links, which never affect a score.
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