What AI Cannot Do in a Day: The Task I Gave Up On
What AI cannot do in a day is anything you can't check yourself by tonight. I quit a price audit 13 tools in. Here's the line, and how to spot it.
What Gammacosts, what you get without paying, and the limits, verified against the vendor’s own pages, plus the one-day projects it shows up in.
Visit Gamma ↗Has a free tier · paid from EUR 8 (EUR 96 billed annually) per month · Verified August 2026 · No one-day test yet: these are verified facts, not a review.
Technically yes, with no time limit and no credit card, but there is a catch that makes it trial-like: the 400 AI credits arrive once at signup and never refresh. At roughly 40 credits per AI-generated deck that is about 10 full generations, after which the AI is spent. Exports to PDF, PPTX, PNG and Google Slides keep working, always with a 'Made with Gamma' badge.
| Tier | Price | Period |
|---|---|---|
| FreeUp to 10 slides per prompt, import from PDF and PPTX, export to PDF, PPTX, PNG and Google Slides | EUR 0 | per month |
| PlusUp to 75 slides per prompt, removes Gamma branding, advanced AI image models | EUR 8 (EUR 96 billed annually) | per month |
| ProPremium AI image models, API access, custom branding, analytics, up to 10 custom domains | EUR 18 (EUR 216 billed annually) | per month |
| Ultra20x more AI usage and access to the most advanced models | EUR 77.33 (EUR 928 billed annually) | per month |
Prices verified August 2026, we re-check every 60 days.
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