AI presentation generator

From a prompt to a polished slide deck.

Build a complete presentation from a single prompt. Got a topic, a paper, or just an idea? Scholarly's AI handles the outline, the slides, and the talking points — so you can focus on delivering it.

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Present & share by link on every plan · PDF download & print on paid plans

Used by 170,000+ learners and professionals worldwide
170,000+
Learners and professionals
5–30+
Slides per deck
Every plan
Present & share by link
How it works

From topic to deck in three steps

Give the AI a starting point and get a coherent Scholarly slide deck built from your material.

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Step 1: Describe the Topic

A topic prompt, a paper, or your existing notes — anything works as a starting point.

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Step 2: AI Builds the Deck

Get a coherent title, agenda, content slides, and conclusion based on your input.

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Step 3: Review, Present & Share

Review and present the deck or share a viewing link on every plan. PDF download and printing require a paid plan.

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Use cases

Use cases

From class assignments to project pitches, build the deck the moment you have the topic.

Class presentations

Turn a paper into a structured class deck.

Project pitches

Outline, hook, content, takeaway — drafted automatically.

Topic exploration

Type a topic, get a deck — great for self-study or sharing with study groups.

Quick answer

What is a source-grounded AI presentation maker?

A source-grounded AI presentation maker turns a topic or source file into a coherent PDF slide deck. Scholarly builds the structure from your material for classes, research briefings, training, and professional presentations. Every plan can present the deck and share a viewing link. PDF download and printing require a paid plan.

Why it works

From Prompt to Polished Deck

A great presentation has three things: a clear hook, a logical flow of one-idea-per-slide content, and a memorable takeaway. Scholarly's AI presentation generator handles all three. You provide the topic; it provides the structure.

The output is a PDF slide deck built from your input. Every plan can review and present it in Scholarly or share a viewing link. PDF download and printing require a paid plan.

Built From Your Sources

Scholarly builds academic and professional decks from your material. It adapts the structure to lab presentations, seminars, language classes, research briefings, training, and project updates.

It works directly from your materials. Upload the assigned reading PDF and the deck cites the chapter's own headings and examples; paste your lecture notes and it groups them into a logical talk. That source-grounding is the difference between an AI PowerPoint generator that pads slides with filler and one that produces a presentation you can actually defend in front of a class — every point traces back to something you uploaded.

How it compares

AI Presentation Generator vs. the alternatives

Compare manual slide design, generic deck makers, and Scholarly.

Building slides by hand

Good for: total control over every layout, color, and animation.

But starting from a blank deck the night before is slow — and the hard part is structure, not styling.

Most of your time goes to formatting instead of the actual argument.

Generic AI deck makers

Good for: fast, good-looking business templates and marketing slides.

But they're tuned for sales decks, not academic talks, so the structure rarely fits a class assignment.

Working from your own paper or notes is usually an afterthought, not the point.

Best for your source material
Scholarly

Best for: presentations built from your topic, paper, report, or notes, ready to review.

Structures every deck as title, agenda, one-idea-per-slide content, and a conclusion.

Adapts the structure to the subject and audience across classes, research, training, and project updates.

Present in Scholarly and share a viewing link on every plan; PDF download and printing require a paid plan.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the AI presentation generator work?

Type a topic prompt, paste your notes, or upload a paper or PDF. Scholarly's AI builds a coherent slide deck with title, agenda, one-idea-per-slide content, and a conclusion.

What length presentations can it generate?

Anywhere from 5 slides to 30+ depending on the source material and the depth you specify. You can request short, medium, or long deck lengths.

Where can I use the deck after generation?

Every plan can review and present the generated PDF deck directly in Scholarly and share a viewing link. Downloading or printing the PDF requires a paid plan.

Can I export to PowerPoint or Google Slides?

Scholarly currently produces a PDF deck. Every plan can present it in Scholarly and share a viewing link. PDF download and printing require a paid plan. Editable PowerPoint and Google Slides export are unavailable.

What subjects work best?

All academic subjects work — STEM, humanities, social sciences, languages, business, medicine, law. The AI adapts the slide structure to the discipline and audience.

Is it free?

Yes. The Free plan includes one shared lifetime AI creation across Scholarly, and it does not reset; it can be used to create a deck. Every plan can present and share a viewing link. Premium includes 10 AI creations each week, longer sources, PDF download, and printing.

Who is Scholarly's AI presentation maker for?

It serves learners, educators, researchers, trainers, and professionals who want a presentation built from their own sources. Scholarly structures a hook, agenda, focused slides, and conclusion from your reading, notes, paper, or report. Use it for a class talk, lesson, research briefing, training session, or project update.

How is Scholarly different from Gamma?

Gamma creates fast, design-led marketing and business decks from a short prompt. Scholarly builds a PDF deck from your PDF, notes, paper, or report and can reuse the same source for flashcards, a quiz, or a narrated video. Every Scholarly plan can present the deck and share a viewing link. PDF download and printing require a paid plan.

Is there a free AI PowerPoint generator for presentations?

Free includes one shared lifetime AI creation for a PDF deck from a topic or source file. The credit does not reset. Every plan can present and share the deck. PDF download and printing require a paid plan. Editable PowerPoint and Google Slides export are unavailable.

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Turn your finished deck into a narrated video.

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Generate companion notes for the same topic.

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Sign up to Generate Your First Presentation

Free to start, no credit card required. Go Premium for higher creation limits, longer decks, and larger source documents.

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Free

See what it does with one of your own sources.

$0

/month

Free forever

No card required.

Get Started

  • 3 lifetime AI Chat messages

  • 1 free AI creation total

  • 2-minute podcasts and video lectures

  • 1 free file upload total (8MB)

  • 5 lifetime quiz questions

  • 1 completed practice exam total

  • 15 lifetime voice minutes

  • 32-page PDF to flashcards

  • 500 lifetime autocomplete words

Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, or create a podcast, video lecture, slides, infographic, mind map, study guide, worksheet, spreadsheet, story book, timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline — or run Deep Research or turn a recording into AI Meeting Notes.

Premium

Most Popular

Steady weekly output from the material you already have.

$12

/month

Billed yearly at $144 · save $216

Get Premium

  • Everything in Free, plus:

  • 10 AI creations per week

  • Unlimited AI chat & autocomplete

  • Podcasts up to 60 minutes, videos up to 45 minutes

  • Unlimited file uploads (up to 300MB)

  • Unlimited study sessions

  • Unlimited exams & quizzes

  • 1000-page PDF to flashcards

  • Combine up to 10 sources per creation

  • Export to Anki

  • Priority support

Laureate

For work where being right matters more than the price.

$99

/month

billed monthly · cancel anytime

For frontier models & 8x more AI Creations

Our most advanced and most expensive tier.

Get Laureate

  • Everything in Premium, plus:

  • 80 weighted AI creation credits every week

  • 80 AI creations per week

  • Podcasts up to 60 minutes, videos up to 45 minutes

  • Unlimited uploads up to 1 GB, plus 3,000-page PDFs

  • Combine up to 20 sources per creation

  • 12 hours of voice mode per day

  • Priority support and early access to new Frontier models

Pricing shown in USD by default. Local currency may be available in app or at checkout.

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AI chat

Premium and Laureate include unlimited AI chat. GPT 5.6 Sol and Claude Opus 5 are reserved for credit-metered AI creations.

Free
3 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

AI creations

AI creations share one credit balance across every creation tool. Most models use 1 credit, Sonnet and Kimi use 2, and Frontier models Sol and Opus use 3.

Free
1 total
Premium
10/week
Laureate
80/week

Podcast length

Free episodes are fixed at 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target length up to 60 minutes.

Free
2 minutes
Premium
Up to 60 minutes
Laureate
Up to 60 minutes

Video lecture length

Free lectures with a length control are fixed at 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target up to 45 minutes. Short uses its own short video format.

Free
2 minutes
Premium
Up to 45 minutes
Laureate
Up to 45 minutes

File uploads

Free
1 total (8MB)
Premium
Unlimited (300MB)
Laureate
Unlimited (1 GB each)

PDF to flashcards

Free
32 pages
Premium
1000 pages
Laureate
3000 pages

Sources per creation

Free
Up to 1
Premium
Up to 10
Laureate
Up to 20

Practice questions

Free
5 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Practice exams

Free
1 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Voice mode

Free
15 min total
Premium
2 hr/day
Laureate
12 hr/day

Autocomplete

Free
500 words total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Export to Anki

Free
—
Premium
Included
Laureate
Included

Support

Free
Standard
Premium
Priority
Laureate
Priority

What customers say

Scholarly has enhanced the quality of notes and questions I administer to my tutees. Insightful, to the point.

TD Georgas

TD Georgas

Tutor

I have very good experience with Scholarly it summarize me scientific text in hovel academic level with citation. I use this for any therapeutic area . It is great and useful tool.

Diana

Diana

Scholarly user

Scholarly has been a valuable tool for my studies. The AI-generated flashcards and intuitive features make organizing and retaining information much easier.

Briana

Briana

Scholarly user

This app is great for studying for big test. Drop your PDF's in the system and it'll do the trick. You can organize it specifically for your needs.

Kelvin

Kelvin

Scholarly user

Your questions, answered

Is Scholarly free to use?

Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with lifetime allowances: 3 AI Chat messages, 500 autocomplete words, 5 quiz questions, 15 voice minutes, 1 practice exam, one free AI creation total, and 1 file upload. These allowances do not reset. Upgrade to Premium for 10 AI creations per week and unlimited uploads.

What uses my free AI creations?

Generating flashcards, improving a flashcard deck, making a podcast, creating a video lecture or infographic, building slides, a spreadsheet, or a story book, making a mind map, study guide, or worksheet, having an AI Agent create a timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline, running Deep Research, or processing a recording uses your free AI creation. It is a lifetime free credit and does not reset. AI Chat, autocomplete, quiz practice, voice, exams, and file uploads have separate lifetime allowances.

Can I cancel anytime?

Absolutely. There are no contracts or commitments. You can cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings, and you'll keep access until the end of your billing period.

What payment methods do you accept?

We accept all major credit and debit cards through Stripe. Pricing is displayed in USD by default, but local currency is available in the app.

Can I use Scholarly with a class or school?

Yes. For a school or organization-wide rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so and we'll help you find the right setup.

What happens when I hit a free plan limit?

You'll see a prompt to upgrade. Your existing work is never lost — limits only apply to new actions. Free-plan allowances are lifetime credits and do not reset. Premium includes 10 AI creations per week, podcasts up to 60 minutes, video lectures up to 45 minutes, unlimited uploads, chat, autocomplete, quizzes, and exams, plus more daily voice time.