Head to head · Productivity · updated Oct 15, 2026
Microsoft Copilot vs Gamma
Microsoft Copilot scores 25 to Gamma's 25 on public evidence for slides & presentations, and they rank #1 and #2 there. Both are free to start. Numbers below are the same public signals the ranking uses, recomputed nightly — nothing here is sponsored.
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's assistant, free on the web and Windows, and embedded in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams with Microsoft 365 Copilot.
+ Works inside the Office apps you already use, drafting Outlook replies, summarizing Teams meetings and turning Word docs into PowerPoint decks.
− Results inside Excel and PowerPoint are often shallow compared with the standalone chat, which makes the $30 business seat hard to justify.
Gamma
Generates presentations, documents and web pages from a prompt or outline with a card-based layout engine.
+ The best-looking AI-generated decks with the least fiddling, and it exports to PowerPoint and PDF.
− Exports lose some formatting, and the free tier watermarks and limits AI credits.
Side by side
public evidence| Microsoft Copilot | Gamma | |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence score / 100 | 25 | 25 |
| GitHub stars | closed source | closed source |
| Hacker News stories, 30d | 3 | 4 |
| Release-feed mentions, 30d | 0 | 0 |
| Last activity | – | – |
| Pricing | Free tier · Copilot Pro $20/mo; Microsoft 365 Copilot $30/user/mo | Free tier · Plus from $8/mo billed annually |
| Platforms | web, windows, mac, ios, android | web |
| Maker | Microsoft | Gamma |
Which one?
Pick Microsoft Copilot if
- you need it on android, ios, mac
Best for Microsoft 365 organizations.
Pick Gamma if
The best-looking AI-generated decks with the least fiddling, and it exports to PowerPoint and PDF.
Best for polished decks from an outline.