Decktopus

Decktopus no longer has a free plan. The homepage FAQ says new users get free credits at sign-up, enough for a 3-slide presentation, and the help center adds the two limits that matter: the first deck cannot be exported and its slides carry a Decktopus watermark. The trial article mentions a Refer and Earn feature worth 30 more credits before you subscribe.

That makes the free stage a preview, not a deliverable. If the job is a PPTX you can send without paying, Dokie AI lists PPTX export on its free plan with daily credits.

The editor comparison describes Nano, the current editor, as generating slides as AI images that you change with a prompt, with every generation saved in version history. The older V2 and V3 editors were template-based with drag-and-drop editing; they can still be selected in Profile Settings but are no longer actively developed.

The image approach shows up in the credit rules. The credits article charges 5 credits to generate a slide and 5 for each edit, whether you use Edit with AI or Edit Text. Fixing a typo therefore costs as much as a prompt-based redesign of that slide. Decktopus shows the cost before applying a change.

Export needs Pro or Business. The export article offers PDF, PPT or PNG in compressed or standard quality from the editor or the dashboard, and describes the PPT as a fully editable file for PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides. It does not say how a slide generated as an AI image becomes editable text, so check one exported slide before you build a whole deck on that assumption.

• PDF: fixed layout for sharing and printing.
• PPT: described as editable in PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides.
• PNG: one image file per slide.

Pro is $24.99 billed monthly, $59.97 every three months or $119.88 a year, and every option renews credits monthly. Business costs $44.99 per seat monthly, $119.97 per seat for three months or $239.88 per seat a year. Credits renew monthly and do not roll over. There is no refund on any plan under the refund policy; cancelling keeps access until the paid period ends and stops the next renewal. Students can take 50% off with a public code at checkout.

Business is priced per seat and gives each seat 1,000 credits, so a larger team gets a larger pool. The plan comparison article lists what Pro lacks: inviting teammates to a deck from the Share window, a custom subdomain for shared links, deck analytics showing who opened a deck, for how long and which slides held attention, and an email gate that asks viewers for an address before the deck opens. Shared team templates are not available yet; the homepage FAQ suggests duplicating a finished presentation instead, while a brand style imported from a URL is saved for reuse.

Loop is a coaching workspace included on Pro and above. The Loop guide describes four stages: a profiler that collects your situation, audience, goals, format and place; a planner that suggests a storytelling framework, timing and speaking notes you can download as .md or .txt; a red team of simulated stakeholders asking hard questions; and a rehearsal stage that tracks words per minute and filler words and ends with a 0 to 100 Readiness Score.

1. Sign up and note the free credit balance.
2. Ask for a 3-slide deck from a short brief that contains two exact figures.
3. Compare both figures on the slides and note the credits used.
4. Make one Edit Text change and confirm 5 credits are deducted.
5. Paid stage, only if you subscribe: export the deck as PPT and click into a slide title in PowerPoint.

Accept if the figures match and, in the paid stage, slide titles open as editable text. Reject if figures change or the PPT contains only flat images. No result is recorded here.