Gamma
Shares rank 9 of 11 presentation tools by recommenders
People recommend Gamma for turning text into presentations quickly, saving hours on slide decks. Critics say it strips formatting and produces repetitive template-based slides.
People recommend Gamma for turning text into presentations quickly, saving hours on slide decks. Critics say it strips formatting and produces repetitive template-based slides.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Better than PowerPoint for AI decks
“I Personally find Gamma ai better for creating powerpoint presentation using ai.”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “What is your AI era PowerPoint alternative?” “it definitely doesn't feel like PowerPoint with AI slapped on”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas” Quick AI-generated presentations
“I Personally find Gamma ai better for creating powerpoint presentation using ai.”
Comment from 2 Sep 2026 in “What is your AI era PowerPoint alternative?” “Gamma turned presentations from a half-day job into 10 minutes”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “Ask HN: Where are all the disruptive software that AI promised?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Destroys deck formatting
“it destroys all your formatting and basically turns your deck into some simplified Notion file”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Brightdeck – an OOXML-compatible AI presentation maker”
Other presentation tools people recommend
The four most recommended other presentation tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bento HTML presentation tool | 68 | 11 | 86% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | 42 | 55 | 43% | 11 | — | — |
| Apple Keynote | 27 | 25 | 52% | 10 | — | — |
| reveal.js | 11 | 3 | 79% | 7 | — | Approved |
| GammaThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I Personally find Gamma ai better for creating powerpoint presentation using ai.”
“it destroys all your formatting and basically turns your deck into some simplified Notion file”
“They rely heavily on templates, so decks look repetitive or generic quickly.”
“Gamma turned presentations from a half-day job into 10 minutes”
“I fell in love with Gamma and haven't used it in forever.”
“I have found them to be clunky and not produce slides that I would actually want to use”
“it definitely doesn't feel like PowerPoint with AI slapped on”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.