A Gamma alternative that uses your own AI
Gamma is a popular AI tool for decks, documents and web pages. Presenter Cue is narrower: it turns your own assistant’s answer into slides and focuses on presenting them.
Step by step: get better answers from your AI
- Give it facts. The more you put in the topic box (audience, numbers, the point you want to make), the less you have to fix. Ask for the length you actually have time for.
- Ask for changes in plain words. Keep the chat open: “make slide 4 shorter”, “add a slide on pricing”, “simpler words”. Ask it to send the whole JSON again, then paste it in.
- Cut off or messy? Paste it anyway. Presenter Cue repairs common mistakes (smart quotes, trailing commas, a cut-off end) and reads plain outlines too, so you rarely need to ask again.
The main differences
| Presenter Cue | Gamma | |
|---|---|---|
| Who writes the content | Your own ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini | Gamma’s built-in AI |
| Account | None needed | Required |
| Where decks are stored | In your browser | In your Gamma account, online |
| Phone as the remote | Yes, with notes, timer and laser (Pro) | Check Gamma’s current features |
| Formats | Slides | Presentations, documents and web pages |
Product details change; check Gamma’s own site for its current plans and features.
Choose Presenter Cue if…
- you already pay for an assistant and don’t want another AI subscription,
- you’d rather keep decks on your device than in another online account,
- you present in person and want your phone as the remote.
Choose Gamma if…
- you want one tool that writes with its own AI, without switching tabs,
- you need shared online editing with a team, or web-page style decks.
Moving from Gamma to Presenter Cue
There’s no import from Gamma, but moving a deck over is quick: copy the text of your Gamma deck (or its outline) and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini with the Presenter Cue prompt, asking it to keep your wording. Paste the answer into the studio. Add your images again in the side panel.
Questions to ask before choosing
- Who pays for the AI? Presenter Cue uses the assistant you already have, so there are no AI credits. Check how other tools meter AI use on the plan you would buy.
- Where does the deck live? Presenter Cue keeps decks in your browser and downloads them as files. Hosted tools keep them in your account, which is convenient for sharing links and editing together.
- How will you present? Presenter Cue is built around presenting: presenter view, a phone remote with notes and a laser pointer, and offline pairing.
- Do you need collaboration? If several people edit the same deck at once, a hosted tool fits better.
Try both on the same topic
The fairest comparison is your own: make the same five-slide deck in each and present it once. Presenter Cue is free to try with no sign-up, so it takes a few minutes.
What stays the same either way
Whichever tool you choose, the parts that make a presentation good are yours: a clear point, real evidence, your own pictures and rehearsal. An AI tool speeds up the first draft, not the thinking. If a tool’s draft looks finished, check it as carefully as you would a colleague’s: facts, numbers, names and whether it says what you mean.
Questions
Is Presenter Cue free?
Making, editing and presenting slides is free. Pro ($10 for 7 days or $99 a year, no auto-renewal) adds the phone remote, presenter view and PDF/PNG downloads.
Can I import a Gamma deck?
Not directly. Copy its text into your assistant with the Presenter Cue prompt and paste the answer into the studio, then re-add images.
Is Presenter Cue free?
Making, editing and presenting slides is free with no account or watermark. Pro adds the phone remote, presenter view, the timer and PDF and PNG downloads.
Does Presenter Cue host my presentation online?
No. Decks stay in your browser and you share them as files. That suits private work; for a public link, upload the PDF somewhere you control.
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