The short answer
Gamma is an AI tool from Gamma Tech Inc. that turns a prompt, notes, a PDF or an old PowerPoint into a presentation, document, webpage or social post. Gamma 5, announced on 6 October 2026, added an agent that plans and designs the deck before you refine it, with web research in Research mode on Pro and above. The free plan gives 400 one-time credits, and individual plans train on your content unless you opt out under Settings, Data Controls.
| Made by | Gamma Tech Inc., United States |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, 400 credits at signup that do not refresh |
| Models | More than 20 models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, chosen by Gamma; GPT Image 2 for Max images |
| Best at | First drafts of decks, redesigning old decks, good-looking one-pagers |
| Shows sources | Research mode researches the web first; check claims yourself |
| Team plans | Business and Enterprise, with shared workspace, SSO and locked training opt-out |
| Your data | Free, Plus, Pro and Ultra can train models unless you opt out. Business and Enterprise are excluded. |
What Gamma is in November 2026
Gamma is a tool for making things people look at: presentations first, plus documents, webpages and social posts. You give it a sentence, pasted notes, a document, a PDF or an old deck, and it produces a designed result made of cards that you can present, share by link, or export to PowerPoint, Google Slides or PDF.
On 6 October 2026 Gamma released Gamma 5, a rebuild of the whole product. It brought a new editor with more freedom over layouts and single elements, a more capable agent, a much larger library of visual styles and automatic checks that catch text running off a slide or awkwardly cropped images. Gamma says it now leans on illustrations more than AI-generated photos, which is part of a push to make decks look less obviously made by AI.
Gamma does not ask you to pick an AI model. It combines more than 20 models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google plus several image generators, and picks them itself. What you control is the effort picker: Lite, Standard or Max. Free and Plus get Lite and Standard. Pro, Ultra, Business and Enterprise also get Max, which uses the strongest models, adds deeper research with more sources and fact-checking, and makes images with GPT Image 2 instead of GPT Image 2 Mini.
How the Gamma agent builds a deck
Since Gamma 5 you start with the agent in the prompt bar on your dashboard, and you choose one of three modes:
- Plan (the default) asks you questions, then shows a plan. It builds nothing until you approve it.
- Express skips the questions and goes straight to a first draft.
- Research runs deep web research before writing. It needs Pro or above and only works in Plan mode.
Once you approve, the agent researches, writes, designs and generates images while it tells you what it is doing, and the slides appear in a live grid. After that you can ask for changes in the chat, edit by hand, or ask for a new look; a restyle keeps your content and structure and only changes the design.
One detail matters for accuracy: the agent can search the web even when Research is off, and you cannot switch web search off completely. So a deck about your own product can still pick up outside claims. Read every number before you present.
Where Gamma is genuinely strong
Turning messy material into a first deck
This is where Gamma saves the most time. Paste meeting notes, a strategy doc or a long email and ask for a ten-slide deck for a named audience. You get a structured story with a designed layout in minutes, which is a better starting point than a blank PowerPoint.
Giving an old deck a new life
Gamma 5 imports PowerPoint files and PDFs, and Gamma reports that the visual accuracy of imports in its internal benchmark rose from roughly 30% to over 97%. In practice this means you can bring in last year's sales deck, keep the content and ask the agent for a new style or an updated story.
Decks that pull in your work context
Gamma connects to Slack, Notion, Granola and 20 or more other tools, so the agent can read a meeting transcript or a project page instead of you pasting it. Since August 2026 you can also mention Gamma in Slack to build a deck from a thread, and a Smart Chart can pull the latest numbers from a Google Sheet tab with one click.
Good-looking output without design skills
Automatic checks catch text running off a card and awkward image crops, and Gamma 5 expanded its style library to thousands of templates. On Business, custom themes are shared automatically with everyone in the workspace, so a team gets consistent decks without a designer touching each one.
Where Gamma falls short
- Strict corporate templates. Gamma thinks in flexible cards, not fixed slide masters. Exports to PowerPoint and Google Slides have improved a lot this autumn, with editable tables and better font handling, but if your company insists on its exact template, expect cleanup.
- Facts in researched content. Even with Max and fact-checking, treat statistics and quotes in a generated deck as claims to verify. Your name is on the slide, not Gamma's.
- Free credits run out. The 400 free credits are a one-time allowance. Every AI action on Free uses credits, including generating, editing with the agent, trying layouts and making images.
- It can make every deck feel similar. Gamma 5 tackles this with more styles and illustrations, but a deck with your own data, examples and photos will always beat a generic one.
How to get better decks from Gamma
- Use Plan mode for anything important. Answering the questions about audience and argument takes two minutes and saves ten minutes of fixing.
- Feed it your material, not a topic. "Make a deck about Q3" gives a generic deck. Attach the Q3 report or connect the right Notion page, and it uses your facts.
- Name the audience and the one decision. Say who will watch it and what you want them to decide. That shapes the story more than any style setting.
- Set the slide count and the length per slide. "Eight cards, no more than 30 words each" stops the wall-of-text problem.
- Restyle instead of regenerating. If you like the content but not the look, ask for a new look. It keeps your structure and edits.
- Edit by hand for the final ten percent. Manual edits never use credits, so do small fixes yourself and save credits for big changes.
Want the whole process from brief to finished deck? Read how to make a presentation with AI, or our pick for the best AI for presentations.
Gamma on your phone, in Slack and beyond decks
Gamma has native apps for iOS and Android, and an update on 28 August 2026 added support for more than 40 languages, search, push notifications and native exports. They are handy for checking a deck before a meeting or answering comments on the train, though building a serious deck is still easier on a laptop. In the Slack app you can mention Gamma to create a presentation, document, webpage or image from a prompt or the current thread, and read and reply to comments on shared gammas.
Gamma is also not only for slides. New and updated gammas now preview correctly as portrait documents, social posts and 4:3 slides, and Imagine, a separate canvas for standalone graphics, is available on every plan except Business and Enterprise, using credits. Developers can use the Gamma API to create multi-page gammas, export existing work and pull engagement analytics and comments.
Gamma credits and plans
Everything AI in Gamma uses credits. New free accounts get 400 credits at signup. They do not refresh, though you can earn 200 more for each referral, up to 2,000 held at once. Paid plans refill monthly on your billing date, and unused plan credits roll over up to double your plan size; Plus, for example, gets 1,500 a month and can hold up to 3,000. Pro includes 4,000 monthly credits, Ultra 20,000 and Business 10,000 per seat. Free also caps each prompt at 10 slides, against 100 on Plus. You are not charged when an AI action fails or when the agent asks a clarifying question.
- Free is enough to try Gamma on two or three real decks and decide.
- Plus suits someone who makes the occasional deck and wants more credits.
- Pro is the plan for people who present for a living, because it adds Max effort and Research mode.
- Ultra is for heavy individual users: 20,000 monthly credits and access to Gamma's most advanced text, image and video models.
- Business suits teams: shared workspace, central billing, team themes, single sign-on and, importantly, a training opt-out that is locked for everyone. Enterprise adds SCIM, audit logs and invoiced billing.
Check the Gamma pricing page for current prices.
Gamma privacy settings and where to find them
This is the setting most people miss. On the individual plans, Free, Plus, Pro and Ultra, Gamma's help centre says your data is allowed to be used to train AI models by default. You can opt out at any time: click your avatar or initials at the lower left of the dashboard, choose Settings, and open the Data Controls tab. On Business and Enterprise workspaces, content is excluded from training and the setting is locked.
Connectors bring content from those tools into your gamma. If a deck draws on client data or unreleased numbers, use a Business workspace or switch training off first. Comparing tools? See Gamma vs Canva and Gamma alternatives, or take the Gamma lessons on /learn.
Prompts to copy
Notes to a decision deck
Turn the attached notes into an 8-card presentation for [audience, e.g. our leadership team]. The goal is to get a yes on [decision]. Open with the problem in one sentence, show three pieces of evidence, the options with costs, and end with a clear ask. No more than 30 words per card.
You get: A short, argued deck built around one decision
Refresh an old deck
I have imported last year's [name] deck. Keep the structure and every number, but update the story for [new audience or goal], cut anything older than [date], and give it a cleaner, more modern look with illustrations instead of photos.
You get: Your existing content in a new design and story
Meeting transcript to a recap
Use the connected meeting transcript from [meeting name] to build a 5-card recap for people who missed it: what was decided, why, who owns what, open questions and next dates. Plain language, no jargon.
You get: A shareable recap deck instead of a long email
Pitch for a client
Create a 10-card pitch for [client], a [industry] company with [size] staff. Our offer is [offer]. Cover their likely problem, our approach, two short case examples I will add later as placeholders, timeline, and next steps. Leave clear [placeholder] boxes for anything you are not sure about.
You get: A pitch structure with honest gaps to fill
Researched briefing
Research [topic] using sources from the last 12 months and build a 10-card briefing for [audience]. Put the source and date in small text on every card that contains a fact or number, and add a final card listing all sources.
You get: A researched deck you can actually check
One-page webpage
Turn this product description into a one-page webpage for [event or product]: a headline, three benefits, a short how-it-works section, an FAQ with four questions and a clear call to action to [link]. Friendly, direct tone.
You get: A shareable page without building a website
Training session deck
Build a 12-card training deck that teaches [skill] to [audience] in 30 minutes. Include one exercise after every three cards, a recap card and a short quiz with four questions at the end.
You get: A ready workshop with exercises built in
Tighten an existing deck
Review this deck as a sceptical [audience]. List the three weakest cards and why, then rewrite them so each one makes a single point in under 25 words. Do not change the design.
You get: Sharper slides without losing your layout