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VBeautiful.ai vs Sendsteps
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Beautiful.ai if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: sales and marketing teams, consultants and agencies
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Choose Sendsteps if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you're in its core audience: teachers, universities and schools
Side by side
Feature Beautiful.ai Sendsteps
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$14.5/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNoNo
Data retentionKept only as long as necessary; payment data about seven yearsVoice recordings kept while content kept; erased within thirty days after agreement ends
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA, PCI DSSISO 27001, GDPR
Editable PPTX export—
Doc/PDF to slides—
URL/video to slides—
Brand kit—
Outline review—
Viewer analytics—
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryPresentationsTools for Teachers
CompanyBeautiful Slides, Inc.Sendsteps B.V.
Based inUnited StatesNetherlands
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
B Beautiful.ai
- AI deck generation from prompt, outline, files or links
- 300+ auto-aligning Smart Slide layouts
- Brand themes with colors, fonts, logos and footers
- Charts linked to spreadsheets for live updates
- Recorded or uploaded voice-over narration
- Viewer and slide engagement analytics
- PowerPoint import and editable PPT/PDF export
- AI translation into 100+ languages
S Sendsteps
- AI-assisted interactive course creation
- PowerPoint import
- 20+ interactive question types
- Live understanding indicators from participant responses
- Self-paced asynchronous sessions
- PDF and Excel result exports
- Moderator mode and team collaboration
- SSO and LMS connection on Campus plan
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Beautiful.ai
Pro$14.50/mo billed annually
Team$40/user/mo billed annually or $50 billed monthly
EnterpriseCustom
One-time project$45
Sendsteps
FreeFree
StarterNot published
ProfessionalNot published
Campus/EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Beautiful.ai
- Every paid seat includes unlimited AI content generation
- Editable PowerPoint export plus PDF export
- Shared themes and locked slides help keep decks on-brand
- 14-day free trial of Pro or Team
- Free trial requires a credit card and charges automatically if not cancelled
- Pro's $14.50 price requires annual billing; monthly is $45
- SSO, SCIM and audit logs only on Enterprise
- Team plan is limited to 20 users
Sendsteps
- Free forever plan with unlimited participants
- EU data hosting, ISO 27001 certified, designed for GDPR compliance
- Works alongside an existing LMS
- Available in six languages
- Free plan limited to 2 AI creations per 30 days
- Starter and Professional prices not shown on the pricing page
- No API or mobile apps mentioned
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