Gamma vs Canva

Gamma is an AI tool for presentations, documents and simple web pages; Canva is a design platform for presentations, social posts, documents and videos with AI features. The prices are not billed the same way: Gamma Plus costs USD 108 per seat a year; Canva Pro costs USD 144 a year.

Choose Gamma for quick, good-looking decks and one-page documents, and Canva for teams that design many visual formats themselves in one shared editor. If you need mobile apps, desktop apps and browser games as well, Siteglade, an autonomous AI agent with its own computer in the cloud, is a third option.

Siteglade publishes this comparison. Every statement about another product links to that product's own page, checked on October 27, 2026.

Gamma and Canva side by side

No winner is picked here. The cells repeat what Gamma and Canva say about themselves, and "Not listed" marks what their pricing pages leave out.

Gamma, Canva and Siteglade (pricing pages read October 27, 2026)
GammaCanvaSiteglade
Paid plansPlus USD 108 per seat a yearPro USD 144 a year; Business USD 250 per seat a yearPro USD 14.99, Plus USD 34.99, Max USD 69.99 a month
Free planA Free plan with 400 credits at sign-up and up to 10 slides per promptA Free plan for one personFree plan with 1,500 credits a month and 3 projects
WebsitesYesNot listedYes
PresentationsYesYesYes
DocumentsYesYesYes
ImagesNot listedYesYes
VideosNot listedYesYes

Gamma or Canva: the differences that decide

Gamma and Canva are both AI presentation makers, so they compete for the same job. Both Gamma and Canva list presentations and documents. Only Gamma lists websites. Only Canva lists images and videos. Both can be tried for free: Gamma offers a Free plan with 400 credits at sign-up and up to 10 slides per prompt, Canva a Free plan for one person.

Pricing: Gamma vs Canva

Gamma's paid plans: Plus USD 108 per seat a year (1,000 credits a month, up to 100 slides per prompt). Gamma's Free plan stops at 400 credits and 10 slides per prompt, and Plus is billed per seat at USD 108 a year.

Canva's paid plans: Pro USD 144 a year and Business USD 250 per seat a year. Canva is a design editor where you place the content yourself; research with sources behind the slides is not part of its plans.

Credits are counted differently by each product, so run one real task in both before you decide.

Where Gamma is stronger

Plus creates up to 100 slides from one prompt. Higher plans add 4,000 or 20,000 monthly credits and premium AI image models. Plus raises the limit to 100 slides per prompt.

Where Canva is stronger

Each plan includes everything in the plans below it. Schools and nonprofit organizations can use most premium features for free. Canva lists Pro at USD 144 a year for one person and Business at USD 250 a year per person.

A third option: Siteglade

Neither Gamma nor Canva lists mobile apps, desktop apps, browser games and spreadsheets on its pricing page. Siteglade does. Mobile apps for iPhone and Android are built with Expo, previewed in a phone frame and opened on your own phone by QR code, on every plan including Free.

Where Canva gives you templates to fill in, Siteglade researches the topic, writes the content and designs the deck, report or video for you. Tasks are processed in the EU on every plan, including Free.

Frequently asked questions

Is Gamma better than Canva?

Neither is better for everything. Gamma suits quick, good-looking decks and one-page documents; Canva suits teams that design many visual formats themselves in one shared editor.

Which is cheaper, Gamma or Canva?

The prices are not billed the same way: Gamma Plus costs USD 108 per seat a year; Canva Pro costs USD 144 a year.

Is there an alternative to both Gamma and Canva?

Siteglade, an autonomous AI agent with its own computer in the cloud. It delivers mobile apps, desktop apps, browser games and spreadsheets as well, with a Free plan with 1,500 credits a month and 3 projects.

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