Beautiful.ai: what it does, who it is for and alternatives
Updated · By Robert Breen
Presentation software whose Create with AI turns a prompt into an outline, then a deck. Smart Slides keep every slide laid out and on brand as you edit, and you share decks as a public link.
Official site: beautiful.ai
What Beautiful.ai does
You give Beautiful.ai a topic, a pasted outline or a source document, review the text outline it writes, and then it builds the slides. Over 300 Smart Slide layouts adjust spacing and alignment as you edit. Teams can lock brand themes, share slide libraries and import or export PowerPoint and PDF files.
Who Beautiful.ai is for
- Sales reps
- Marketers
- Consultants
- Managers
Key features
- Create decks from a prompt, outline or source document in 100+ languages
- AI rewrite, shorten, expand and summarize for slide text
- 300+ Smart Slide layouts that adjust as content changes
- Locked brand themes and shared template libraries
- Charts linked to a spreadsheet with live updates
- Import and export PowerPoint (PPTX) and PDF, plus viewer analytics
Privacy and data
States SOC 2 Type II, AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS in transit. Says customer data will not train public AI models and its AI sub-processors may not use it for training. Source: Beautiful.ai’s own page. Before you put client data in, check your company’s AI rules and the plan’s data settings.
Learn Beautiful.ai free on Stepthrough
- Free lesson: Beautiful.ai: A Client Review Deck from Your Brief in Under an Hour (6 min)
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- Guide: Beautiful.ai Client Decks: 7 Create with AI Mistakes
- Guide: Beautiful.ai Client Deck FAQ: Create with AI, Outline, Share
- Glossary: Beautiful.ai
Alternatives to Beautiful.ai
Other AI presentation and document tools in the directory.
- Gamma Free plan Turns notes or a prompt into a polished presentation, document or web page in minutes.
- Slidebean Free plan A pitch deck app for startups: its AI drafts a full investor deck from your website or a short company summary, with templates and financial model tools.
- Presentations.AI Free plan Creates brand-consistent presentations from a prompt or document.
- Foxit PDF Editor Free trial Edit, sign and review PDFs, with an AI assistant that summarizes and checks documents.
- Smallpdf Free plan Online PDF tools to compress, convert, merge, edit and sign, plus AI PDF tools that summarize a document and answer questions about it with clickable page references. The free plan includes the AI tools with limits; Pro adds unlimited use and a 7-day free trial.
- KDAN PDF Free plan PDF reader and editor from KDAN for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, with an AI assistant that summarizes, translates and explains long PDFs. The free plan has a limited AI allowance; the full AI features need a paid plan.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Beautiful.ai?
- Presentation software whose Create with AI turns a prompt into an outline, then a deck. Smart Slides keep every slide laid out and on brand as you edit, and you share decks as a public link. You give Beautiful.ai a topic, a pasted outline or a source document, review the text outline it writes, and then it builds the slides. Over 300 Smart Slide layouts adjust spacing and alignment as you edit. Teams can lock brand themes, share slide libraries and import or export PowerPoint and PDF files.
- Who is Beautiful.ai for?
- Beautiful.ai fits sales reps, marketers, consultants and managers, and other office teams with the same job to do.
- Is Beautiful.ai free?
- Beautiful.ai has a free trial, then it is a paid tool. Plans change often, so check the official pricing page before you commit.
- What are some alternatives to Beautiful.ai?
- Other AI presentation and document tools include Gamma, Slidebean, Presentations.AI, Foxit PDF Editor and Smallpdf.
- Is Beautiful.ai safe for work data?
- States SOC 2 Type II, AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS in transit. Says customer data will not train public AI models and its AI sub-processors may not use it for training. Check your own company’s rules, and use a business plan with training turned off for client data.
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