AI tool Gamma for beginners: free credits and how they work
Gamma makes slide decks from an outline or a prompt. It runs on AI credits. A new free account gets 400 credits at signup, and Gamma's help center says free credits don't refresh. You can earn 200 more for each person you refer. Paid plans refill every month.
- What it is
- AI slide maker
- Free credits
- 400 at signup
- Do they refill?
- No
How credits work
Most AI tools limit you by the month. Gamma's free plan is different: you get one bucket of credits when you sign up, and it doesn't refill. Gamma's help center puts it this way:
- New Free users get 400 credits at signup.
- Free credits don't refresh.
- Each referral earns 200 credits, and you can hold up to 2,000 at a time.
So the free plan is a real trial, not a monthly allowance. Spend the credits on a deck you need.
What the paid plans do differently
The help center names these plans: Free, Plus, Pro, Ultra, Teams, Business and Enterprise. Two things change when you pay:
- Credits refill monthly on your billing date. The example given is the monthly Plus plan, with 1,500 credits.
- Unused credits roll over, up to double your plan's size.
The help article doesn't list prices, and we haven't confirmed them, so we don't print them here. Check Gamma's pricing page before you choose.
What to try first
- Start from an outline you already have. Meeting notes or a rough list of points work well. You'll spend fewer credits fixing things.
- Make one short deck first. Five or six slides shows you what Gamma does without using up your credits.
- Edit by hand where you can. Typing your own changes is the careful way to stretch a fixed credit balance.
Write the outline in a free chat assistant first, then bring it to Gamma. That way your Gamma credits go to the slides and not to the thinking.
When paying makes sense
Pay if you make decks regularly. A one-time bucket of credits won't last through weekly presentations, and paid credits refill and roll over. If you need one deck for one event, the free credits may be enough.
For other ways to build slides, see AI tools for presentations.
Frequently asked questions
Is Gamma free?
You can start for free. Gamma's help center says new Free users get 400 AI credits at signup. Those credits don't refresh, so once they are used you need to refer people or upgrade.
How do I get more Gamma credits without paying?
Gamma's help center says you earn 200 credits for each referral, and can hold up to 2,000 credits at once.
Do Gamma credits roll over?
On paid plans, yes. The help center says paid plans refill monthly on your billing date and unused plan credits can roll over up to double the plan size.
What plans does Gamma have?
Gamma's help center names Free, Plus, Pro, Ultra, Teams, Business and Enterprise. It gives the monthly Plus plan as an example with 1,500 credits. See Gamma's pricing page for current prices.
How do we know this?
We check every plan, price and limit on this page against the company's own pages, and re-check on a schedule. Spot something out of date? Tell us.