John Side

Gamma makes a flashy first impression with its clean, modern interface, but the excitement fades once you start creating presentations. Despite bold promises, the tool’s quality falls far short of expectations and often feels misleading. Gamma’s AI-generated visuals are chaotic, glitchy, and largely unusable for professional or educational use. Even premium illustrations under paid plans are distorted and nonsensical, harming presentation credibility. Most users will find better, more reliable images through free resources like Google. While Gamma offers various layouts, they come off as plain and uninspired—resembling basic PowerPoint or Google Slides decks without the unique style its marketing suggests. The presenting experience lacks energy, feeling more like scrolling a static webpage than viewing real slides, which hurts audience engagement. Gamma’s premium pricing isn’t justified by the results. The gap between promises and actual performance is striking, making the tool feel like a recycled template machine with broken features rather than cutting-edge AI. For professionals and educators seeking impressive presentations, Gamma is unlikely to deliver real value. Though not outright scammy, its poor quality compared to the price makes it a weak investment. For serious stuff and illustrations, just stick with standard AI like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, or Claude. They’re cheaper and give you way less nonsense.