
AskDeck makes a PowerPoint the way you would ask a colleague for one. Text a brief, leave a voice message, call, fill in the web form, or email the agent, called Eric, with the memo attached. "Board update Thursday, 12 slides, from this memo, in our template." Eric structures the story, builds the deck inside your master template, writes speaker notes, and sends back a free watermarked preview. Ask for changes in plain language and it revises. The output is a native, editable .pptx file, not a web deck you have to export, plus an optional narrated video with captions and motion made from the same slides, so the two never disagree. You can also upload an existing deck to reformat it or turn it into a video. A finished deck costs $29, paid once. Pro is $99 a month for three decks and your brand kit. Teams is $299 a month for five people.
Gamma, which we list, is a faster editor. AskDeck is not an editor at all. You brief it and review the result, and what comes back is what most offices still require: a PowerPoint in the company template that a colleague can open and change. The example on the homepage, a board update texted in as "12 slides from the memo, our template," is exactly the Thursday deadline this is built for.
The price is both the argument and the limit. $29 per deck is cheap next to a designer and expensive next to a Gamma subscription if you make a deck every week. The watermarked preview removes most of the risk, so judge it on your own memo before paying. The narrated video is a real extra for async updates, onboarding, and training. If you present everything live, it is a feature you will not use.
Best for managers, consultants, and anyone who owes a deck in their company's template. Skip it if you enjoy building slides, or if a web deck is acceptable, since Gamma is cheaper at volume.