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Why Gamma is Your Next-Gen PowerPoint Alternative

February 4, 2025

Gamma Team

Why Gamma is Your Next-Gen PowerPoint Alternative

If you do business on a laptop, you've probably sat through your share of less-than-exciting PowerPoint presentations. You might associate slide decks with endless bullet points, bland stock photos, and colleagues who insist on reading every single word on the slide. Luckily, there is a better way...

Enter Gamma – a new creative medium that's transforming how teams build, share, and deliver impactful content.

A Fresh Approach to Presentation Creation

You Can Actually Write Like a Human

Let's say you're putting together a quarterly review for a client. In PowerPoint, you'd have to break your message into bite-sized bullet points while also attempting to generate a dynamic visual scheme. With Gamma, you just... write. Like you're drafting an email or a doc, or even just a sentence or two. Then Gamma helps turn your words into beautiful slides that actually make sense.

The Analytics Advantage

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Modern presentations need to do more than just deliver the goods – they need to provide insights. Gamma's built-in analytics capabilities help teams understand how their presentations perform, by showing you:

  • Which sections engage viewers the most

  • How long people spend on each slide

  • Which team members are contributing and collaborating

  • When and how often presentations are being viewed

Let's say you're putting together a sales deck. Gamma can show you exactly which slides resonate with prospects, and help you optimize your pitch accordingly.

Real Examples, Real Time-Savers

Let's look at how Gamma shines in everyday situations:

The Sales Pitch

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  • Old way: Export PDFs of your pitch deck in three different versions because you're not sure what devices clients use

  • Gamma way: Share one link that looks perfect everywhere, track who's viewed it, and update it on the fly when you get last-minute intel about your prospect

The Team Update

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  • Old way: Collect updates from 5 team members, copy-paste into PowerPoint, spend an hour fixing formatting

  • Gamma way: Have everyone add their updates directly, in real-time, while Gamma keeps everything looking consistent

The Board Meeting

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  • Old way: Spend days creating the perfect deck, then panic when board members ask for last year's numbers for comparison

  • Gamma way: Pull last year's data right into your presentation, add historical comparisons with a click, and let board members explore the numbers themselves

The Cool Stuff You Didn't Know You Needed

Gamma's got some tricks up its sleeve that'll make you wonder how you lived without them:

  • Smart Layouts: Add your written content and watch Gamma suggest layouts that actually look good — including timelines, Venn diagrams, and much more. No more playing "drag the text box" for hours.

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  • Import and Restyle: Have a website and want to turn it into a pitch deck, or vice versa? Import your URL and let Gamma work its magic.

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  • Presentation AI: Need to turn your 10-page report into a 5-minute presentation? Gamma helps summarize and organize your content.

Perfect For (Just About) Everyone

Whether you're a startup founder pitching to investors, a teacher explaining photosynthesis, or a manager sharing quarterly results, Gamma's got your back. Here's who's seeing the benefits:

  • Sales teams who need to customize decks on the fly (without breaking them)

  • Remote teams who need to collaborate without constantly asking "who has the latest version?"

  • Marketers who want their content to look professional without a creative degree

  • Anyone who doesn't consider themselves a gifted designer

Making the Switch

As work continues to evolve, the tools we use must evolve with it. Gamma represents more than just an alternative to PowerPoint – it's a reflection of how modern teams need to work: collaboratively, efficiently, and with real-time access to data and insights.

Try Gamma, and get back all those hours you used to spend fighting with formatting.

P.S. For anyone wondering about their existing PowerPoint decks – Gamma plays nice with those too. Import them, improve them, and never look back.

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