Why use TextDeck?
Create better presentations in a fraction of the time with our intelligent tools.
Instant Generation
Turn a simple text prompt into a complete deck structure in seconds. No more staring at blank slides.
Smart Layouts
Professional slide layouts are automatically applied to your content, ensuring a cohesive look.
Native PPTX Export
Download your deck as a fully editable PowerPoint file. No locked formats or watermarked PDFs.
Canva vs. TextDeck: Generalist vs. Specialist
Canva is the Swiss Army knife of design tools—presentations, social posts, videos, documents, websites. It's incredibly versatile but optimized for no single use case.
TextDeck does one thing: AI-generated presentations with clean PPTX export. Every feature, every AI model, every export option is tuned for this specific workflow.
If you need a general design tool for multiple projects, Canva makes sense. If you specifically need AI presentation generation with great PowerPoint output, a specialist tool delivers better results.
The Template Trap vs. AI Generation
Canva offers thousands of templates—which sounds great until you spend 30 minutes searching for the right one, then more time adapting it to your content. Templates still require significant manual work.
TextDeck generates custom presentations from your prompt. No template hunting. The AI creates layouts tailored to your specific content, not generic templates you force your content into.
This difference matters for productivity. Templates give you a starting visual; you still do the content work. AI generation creates content and visuals together, saving the step of template-to-content adaptation.
PPTX Export: Where Format Quality Matters
Canva exports to PPTX, but users often report formatting issues—elements that shift, fonts that substitute, layouts that don't translate perfectly. Canva optimizes for its web editor, not PowerPoint.
TextDeck is built PPTX-first. What you see exports exactly. No surprises when you open in PowerPoint, no scrambling to fix formatting before a meeting.
For casual presentations this may not matter. For client deliverables, investor meetings, or enterprise contexts where formatting needs to be perfect, export quality becomes critical.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why choose TextDeck over Canva?
Canva is a general design tool with presentation features. TextDeck is built specifically for AI presentation generation with optimized PPTX export. Specialist vs. generalist.
What about Canva's templates?
Canva has thousands of templates requiring manual adaptation. TextDeck generates custom layouts from your content—no template hunting, no forcing content into pre-made designs.
Is TextDeck's PPTX export better?
TextDeck is built PPTX-first. Exports are clean, consistent, and fully editable without the formatting quirks that can occur when exporting from Canva.
Can I use both tools?
Absolutely. Many users use TextDeck for fast AI presentation generation and Canva for other design work. Use each tool for what it does best.
What about Canva's free tier?
Canva offers generous free features for general design. TextDeck is focused—if you need AI presentations with great PPTX export, the investment provides specific value.
Which is faster for presentations?
TextDeck: describe what you need, get slides in 60 seconds. Canva requires template selection and manual content placement even with AI features.
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