The Gamma alternative that runs on the AI you already pay for
verdict
Gamma is the biggest name in AI presentations — 70M users, and Gamma 3.0’s Agent is genuinely impressive. Our disagreement is with the meter: everything it does burns credits for a built-in AI, while you already subscribe to a stronger one. Naimi hands the building to the agent you already have — at no extra cost — and charges only for what happens after the send: personalization, tracking, client memory.
You already pay for a frontier model. Don’t buy a smaller one by the coin.
Gamma’s engine is a meter. Generating a deck costs about 40 credits, every AI edit after it costs more, and the free plan’s 400 credits are one-time — burn them and the meter asks for a card. No plan turns the meter off: by Gamma’s own docs, no tier offers unlimited AI. You end up buying tokens at a markup, for a model you didn’t choose, inside an editor you can’t leave.
Meanwhile the subscription you already pay for — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT — is a stronger model with no per-action meter. So Naimi starts there: your agent builds the template with our free kit, and Naimi charges for what the agent can’t improvise — personalized links, tracking, client memory. The AI work costs you nothing extra, whether it’s one deck or the hundredth revision.
~40 credits
one deck generation in Gamma
5–10 credits
every AI edit after it
+$0
the same work in Naimi, on the subscription you already have
Stay with Gamma if…
- You want one app that also makes docs, websites and social posts
- Gamma Agent’s built-in web research with citations fits how you draft
- You make one-off content decks and present live more than you send links
Naimi fits better if…
- You already pay for Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT and refuse to buy a second AI by the credit
- Every deck you make is really “this deck, but for client X” — and re-generating per client feels wrong
- You need to know who opened the link — by name, not as an anonymous viewer
- You want pricing calculators, package pickers and payments inside the page
Gamma vs Naimi, without the fog.
Competitor pricing checked July 2026 — plans change, verify before deciding.
| Gamma | Naimi | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Plus $9–12, Pro $18–25, Ultra $100/mo; Team $20, Business $40/seat/mo | Free plan; Pro $19/mo, Business $49/mo; self-hosted from $149 once |
| Free plan | 400 one-time credits — spent, not renewed; Gamma badge | Yes — free forever, 3 seats & 3 templates |
| How you build | Built-in AI metered in credits: ~40 per deck, more per AI edit | Your own AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) or the web app — no new editor |
| Per-client personalization | Re-generate via AI per client — new output, new credits each time | Core feature: fields per client, presentation ready in seconds |
| Interactive elements | Third-party embeds (Typeform, Calendly); no native forms or payments | Calculators, sliders, package pickers, payments, self-fill forms |
| Tracking & notifications | Views & time per card on Pro+; viewers without a Gamma account stay anonymous | Opens, view time, repeat visits + instant Telegram/webhook ping |
| Client memory across materials | None | Client card accumulates data, pre-fills the next material |
| API + MCP for AI agents | Yes — generation API + MCP server; keys on Pro+, usage billed in credits | REST API + MCP — agents can run the whole loop |
| Self-hosted option | No | Yes — one-time editions from $149, full source |
| AI cost model | Credits on top of the AI subscriptions you already pay for | None on top — your existing AI subscription does the building |
A view without a name is trivia.
Gamma’s analytics answer “how did the content do” — views, time per card, drop-off — from the Pro plan up. But unless the viewer happens to have a Gamma account, they stay anonymous. Fine for a blog-style deck; useless when the whole point was what Acme’s CFO thought of page four.
A Naimi presentation is one link for one client, so “who opened it” is never a question — you know. Opens, view time, repeat visits, a Telegram ping the moment it happens, and everything the client clicks or answers is saved to their card, so the next proposal starts pre-filled.
Three differences that decide it.
01
Whose AI are you paying for?
Every Gamma action runs through its built-in model and burns credits — the deck, the restyle, the one-line fix. Naimi assumes the strongest AI you’ll ever use is the one you already subscribe to — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex — and hands it the building job at zero marginal cost. We sell the infrastructure, not the tokens.
02
Regeneration is not personalization
Gamma’s answer to “make it for client X” — in the editor or via its API — is a fresh AI generation each time: layout drift, credits spent, no guarantee two clients see the same deck. A Naimi template is deterministic: the fields you marked change per client, everything else stays exactly as designed — in seconds, for the hundredth client as for the first.
03
The send is where our product starts
Gamma’s job ends when the deck looks good; a Naimi page keeps working after you hit send. Clients drag the scope slider, pick a package, pay a deposit, answer questions — and every choice lands in their card next to the open times, ready for your follow-up call.
Migration is one conversation.
Export your Gamma deck (PDF or PPTX), hand it to your agent: “turn this into a Naimi template; company, prices and offer are per-client fields”. You keep the design direction, drop the meter, gain the machinery.
› here's our current gamma proposal (pdf attached).
rebuild it as a naimi template, personalize company + price
✓ template ready — 9 slides, 4 personalized fields
Gamma switchers ask us…
Is Naimi better than Gamma for sales decks?
If a deck goes to a specific client and money depends on it — yes: per-client personalization in seconds, opens and view time with a name attached, interactive pricing, and client memory. For one-off content decks, docs and websites, Gamma remains a fine choice.
What does Gamma’s credit system actually cost?
Gamma meters its built-in AI: generating a deck costs about 40 credits and AI edits cost extra, so the free plan’s 400 one-time credits go fast. Paid plans refresh credits monthly — $9–25 for individuals depending on plan and billing, $100 for Ultra, $20–40 per seat for teams (checked July 2026) — and per Gamma’s own docs, no plan offers unlimited AI. Naimi has no AI meter at all: your existing agent subscription does the generating.
Does Gamma show who viewed my presentation?
Only if the viewer has a Gamma account — otherwise they appear as an anonymous viewer, and analytics start on the Pro plan. Naimi links are per-client, so opens, view time and return visits arrive with a name attached, plus an instant Telegram or webhook ping.
Does Naimi generate slides with AI like Gamma?
The generation happens in your own AI agent using the free Naimi kit — the same conversational experience, but with a stronger model you already pay for, no credit meter, and output that lands directly in a reusable, personalizable template.
Gamma has an API and MCP now — how is Naimi’s different?
Gamma’s API generates, exports and reads analytics, with keys on paid plans and usage billed in credits. Naimi’s REST API + MCP run the whole sales loop — create from a template with per-client fields, edit live links, read opens and view time, write client memory — and it’s included on every plan, because agents are the primary user, not an add-on.
Can I use Naimi without any AI tool at all?
Day-to-day, yes: creating personalized presentations for clients is a simple form in the web app. Building a new template from scratch is where an agent (or our ready-made gallery) comes in.
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