What is an AI PPT Maker?

Introduction to AI PPT Makers

AI PPT maker is basically a synonym for AI PowerPoint generator. It's a tool that uses artificial intelligence to help users create PowerPoint presentations. PPT is the abbreviation for the Microsoft PowerPoint file format, with PPTX being the newer format. The term PPT somehow got popular once Microsoft PowerPoint became the most popular presentation software, and even when the newer format PPTX became the default format, the term PPT stuck. In business contexts, when abbreviations are commonly used, PPT is still widely used.
So this article is not just about PPT makers, but actually about presentations that are created with AI. We will explore what tools are available and focus on the most popular ones. We will find out what role AI plays in these tools and take a closer look at what the most important features are and how the different tools compare to each other.

Key Features of AI PPT Makers

Modern AI PPT makers come with a variety of powerful features that streamline the presentation creation process. Understanding these core capabilities can help you choose the right tool for your needs and maximize your productivity. For a complete list of features with SlidesGPT, visit our Features page.

Input Methods

To create a presentation with AI you (usually) start with some input for your presentation. It can be a variety of things and in times of artificial intelligence it is usually either a text box that takes your input and creates a first draft for your presentation, or it is a chat interaction with a bot that, after some back-and-forth, creates slides based on a dialog. In business contexts, inputs are usually enriched with more information from other proprietary sources like existing PowerPoint files, PDFs, raw data, etc.

AI Generation

When it comes to presentations being generated with AI, there are a variety of types of artifacts that are being generated, like the slides themselves, but also the text content, the structure of the presentation, the speaker notes, images, and more. Different AI PPT makers excel in different ways to generate these artifacts.

Editing & Customization

Once a first draft of your presentation is generated, most AI PPT makers allow you to edit the presentation. Some are full-fledged editors with a lot of features (like Gamma) and others are more focused on creating a presentation fast that you can export to PPTX (like SlidesGPT) to make the final adjustments in Microsoft PowerPoint. Basically all artifacts listed above are or can be editable, like the structure of the presentation, the text, the images, etc.

Themes & Branding

Most AI PPT makers allow you to customize the presentation style, the colors, the fonts, and more, whereas most are struggling to process a pre-existing PowerPoint with a master template. When you, for example, have a company-wide PowerPoint template, and you want your new presentation to match the template, some tools like SlidesGPT allow you to upload your own PowerPoint.

Export & Sharing

Most AI PPT Makers give you a set of standard features, like sharing the presentation or exporting to PowerPoint (pptx). Keep in mind that most tools, like Gamma, are not PowerPoint native, meaning that the result in PowerPoint looks different to what you created online. The reason is that the page formats, charts, shapes, and elements within Gamma do not match the ones in PowerPoint.

Platform Access

A good PPT Maker meets you where you are. Do you prefer working on ChatGPT, on a web platform, on Microsoft Teams, or on your own server (in a business context)? Different tools offer different platforms to work on, so it makes sense to check in advance which tool fits your needs best.

Most Popular AI PPT Makers

These are the most widely used AI PowerPoint makers on the market today. Each tool uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help users create professional presentations with unique features and capabilities. Here's a comprehensive comparison of the leading AI PPT makers:

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