Napkin AI

Napkin measures generation in AI credits, and the pricing FAQ says about one credit is charged per word selected for a visual. The help center puts it the other way round: credits are a function of how big the text is. The practical rule is to select the shortest passage that still carries the idea, not a whole section.

Free credits arrive weekly, while Plus and Pro receive a monthly allowance that resets regardless of monthly or annual billing. Unused credits do not roll over. Editing a finished visual, such as colors, icons, resizing or shapes, is free, but selecting the text again and pressing the Autospark button counts as a new generation.

Free includes unlimited PNG and PDF exports, but a small Napkin logo is added and its toggle stays locked on. Plus and Pro can switch the logo off in the export window and add unlimited PPT and SVG export. SVG matters when a designer needs to edit shapes, and our guide on how to prepare AI vector artwork for an editable handoff covers what to check in such a file; PPT matters when a client expects native slides.

Exports are made per visual from the preview window, where color settings can also be changed before download. For a whole document, a separate PDF export is available. Check a Free export at the size it will be used, because the logo placement may decide whether a Free file is acceptable in a report.

Plans are priced per person, and on a paid plan each member who accepts a teamspace invitation is charged as an extra seat. Editorial assessment: a small team that only needs clean PPT files fits Plus, while Pro is worth its higher seat price only when unlimited brand styles, custom fonts or exclusive designs are needed.

• Plus: 3 brand styles, bold icons, branding removed, 10,000 credits a month.
• Pro: unlimited custom branding, font upload, exclusive designs, 30,000 credits a month and optional top-ups.
• Three Plus seats on the yearly view: 3 × $9 = $27 a month equivalent; on monthly billing 3 × $12 = $36.

The terms say you retain whatever ownership rights exist in generated output and may use it commercially, including resale, marketing and business presentations. Individual components such as icons, illustrations, templates and design elements remain the property of Napkin or its licensors, and you may not extract or reuse them outside the visual they appear in.

Napkin gives no uniqueness guarantee on output; another user can receive a similar or identical visual from similar text. A help article states that Napkin visuals are not subject to copyright, but the terms are the binding document, so do not lift a single icon into a logo or a separate asset library.

A help article says content may be used, in anonymized form, to improve Napkin models by default, with an opt-out under Data Privacy in account settings. The terms describe it more narrowly: visual content is not used for training, but anonymized interaction data, such as the text segment used and the visual you picked, may be. Either way, switch the setting off before working on confidential material.

Text sent to third-party AI providers is used only to generate results, and the terms say those providers may not train on it. In a teamspace, the admin controls privacy and training settings for all members’ content, so individual members cannot override the team choice.

Cancelling keeps paid features until the end of the current period, without a prorated refund, and your content stays accessible afterwards. A downgrade takes effect at the end of the billing cycle; earlier content remains, but editing features tied to the higher plan may be restricted. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you opt out.

If a card payment fails, Napkin retries up to 8 times over the following month and sends an email after each failure. If all retries fail, the account moves to the Free plan until payment details are updated, which also brings back the locked watermark on new exports.

1. Note the credit balance before starting.
2. Select the paragraph and generate visuals with Autospark.
3. Pick the option that shows five ordered steps, then edit colors and one icon.
4. Export PNG and PDF and place both in a 16:9 slide at full width.
5. Record the credits used by the first generation and one regeneration.

Accept a diagram that keeps all five steps in the right order, with owners that match the text and labels readable at slide size. Reject missing or invented steps or mismatched owners. Leave the observed result blank until the exercise is run.

For full slide decks generated from a prompt, compare Gamma and Beautiful.ai. For collaborative presentation editing in a team, see Pitch.