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Design & Presentations

Design, presentation and website tools for teams without a full-time designer, compared on billing unit and what the free plan exports.

This category groups the tools a small business uses to look professional without a design department: everyday visuals (Canva), interface and design work (Figma), whiteboards (Miro), AI image generation (Midjourney), presentations (Gamma, Beautiful.ai, Prezi) and websites (Framer).

The billing unit varies more here than anywhere else on the site. Canva Pro and Midjourney are sold per account, for one person; Figma, Gamma and Miro per seat; Framer per site, so three client websites mean three subscriptions. Beautiful.ai and Prezi show the monthly equivalent of a yearly plan as their headline figure.

Midjourney and Beautiful.ai have no free plan; the others do. Free plans in design tools usually limit exports, brand assets, AI credits or watermark-free output, which is exactly what you need when the result goes to a client.

How to choose in this category

What leaves the tool
Check what the free plan exports: resolution, watermark, file formats. A deck or a visual you cannot send without a watermark is not a free option for client work.
One designer or the whole team
An account plan covers one person. If everyone edits slides, price the per-seat team plan.
Per site, per seat or per account
Framer charges per website, Figma per editor, Canva per person. Count what you will actually have, not the headline.
AI credits
Image and presentation AI is metered. Check how many generations the plan includes before it becomes a separate purchase.

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Beautiful.ai

Beautiful.ai · Design

$14.50/mo equivalent · Pro$174.00/year · Annual commitment required

Why it works

  • Fast professional decks
  • Auto-layout logic

Watch out

  • Less manual layout control
  • No free plan: the 14-day trial requires a credit card
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Canva

Canva Pty Ltd · Design

€12.00/mo · Pro
Free plan

Why it works

  • Extremely easy
  • Free plan available

Watch out

  • AI features capped on the free plan
  • Not a full professional design suite
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Figma

Figma · Design

€20.00/mo · Professional€16.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Clients can comment without installing anything
  • Free Starter plan covers solo client work

Watch out

  • Overkill for simple marketing graphics
  • Seat model gets complicated once you add collaborators
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Framer

Framer B.V. · Design

€15.00/mo · Basic€10.00/mo billed annuallySave 33% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Design and hosting in one subscription, with no separate host to manage
  • Publishes a custom domain on the entry paid plan

Watch out

  • Priced per site, so three client sites means three subscriptions
  • AI features are metered in credits, not unlimited
Vendor documented · 26.10.2026
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Gamma

Gamma · Design

€10.00/mo · Plus€8.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free plan available, with starter credits
  • Turns a rough outline into a presentable deck faster than a template

Watch out

  • Credits on the free plan are a one-time allowance, with no monthly refill
  • Generated layouts need editing before a client sees them
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Midjourney

Midjourney, Inc. · Design

$10.00/mo · Basic Plan$8.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly

Why it works

  • Image quality is its reputation (not tested here)
  • Style consistency

Watch out

  • No free plan
  • Historically accessed via Discord
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Miro

RealtimeBoard, Inc. · Projects, Design

€10.00/mo · Starter€8.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free plan is enough to test real collaboration on three editable boards
  • Visitor editing lets clients contribute without signing in on Starter

Watch out

  • Only the three most recent boards stay editable on the free plan
  • Pricing is per member on the paid plan
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Prezi

Prezi · Presentations, Design

€5.00/mo equivalent · Standard€60.00/year · Annual commitment required
Free plan

Why it works

  • Audience participation runs in the same screen as the slides, with nothing for the audience to install
  • Existing decks come in as they are, so there is no rebuild to try it

Watch out

  • Every paid individual plan is billed annually; there is no monthly price
  • The free Basic plan allows five projects, all publicly visible
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026

Design & Presentations: the short version

8 tools tracked in this category, 6 of them with a permanent free plan. Every price is read on the vendor's own pricing page, on the monthly view, and dated on the record.

Lowest entry price, per currency (never converted): Midjourney $10.00/mo · Prezi €5.00/mo equivalent.

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