Side-by-side comparison · Presentations & Docs
Claude Design vs Gemini in Google Workspace 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.
Gemini in Google Workspace
4.0Pick it if: Teams already on Google Workspace who want AI help without adding another tool.
Beautiful.ai
3.7Pick it if: Sales and consulting teams who make lots of decks and want them to look consistent without a designer.
Overview
| Attribute | Claude Design | Gemini in Google Workspace | Beautiful.ai |
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| In one line | Describe a deck, one-pager or prototype and get a polished, on-brand version. | Drafts, summarises and tidies up inside Docs, Slides, Sheets and Gmail, where you work. | Slides that lay themselves out neatly as you add content, so decks never look messy. |
| Pricing model | Paid | Paid | Paid |
| Starting price | $20/mo | A$9.90/user/mo on a 1-year commitment | $14.50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | No | 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 | Gemini in Google Workspace | Beautiful.ai |
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| Overall rating | 4.1Winner | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| FeaturesHow much it can do, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.5 | 3.5 | 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 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Claude Design | Gemini in Google Workspace | Beautiful.ai |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | No | No |
| Mobile app | No | Yes | No |
| Desktop app | No | No | No |
| Browser extension | 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 | Yes | – |
| Makes images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Makes video | No | Yes | No |
| Writes code | Yes | Yes | No |
| Runs agents or automations | No | Yes | No |
| Learns your brand or style | Yes | No | Yes |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | – |
| Capabilities score | 10/ 17 | 12/ 17 | 6/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Claude Design | Gemini in Google Workspace | Beautiful.ai |
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| Plans | Free Free Trying a deck or two. | Business Starter A$9.90/user/mo on a 1-year commitment Tiny teams who mainly want email and basic Gemini chat. | 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. | Business StandardOur pick A$19.80/user/mo on a 1-year commitment Most small businesses that want AI in their documents. | 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. | Business Plus A$30.90/user/mo on a 1-year commitment Teams needing more storage, Vault and tighter device control. | Enterprise Custom Larger companies with security requirements. | |
Team From $20/seat/mo billed yearly Businesses that want shared brand context and central billing. | Enterprise Custom Large organisations with compliance requirements. | ||
Enterprise From $20/seat/mo billed yearly, plus usage Larger organisations needing SSO and audit controls. | |||
| 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. | Business Standard is the plan to be on. Starter is cheap but leaves out Gemini in Docs, Sheets and Slides, which is the whole point. Only move to Plus if you need Vault or the extra storage, not for the AI. | 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. |
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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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