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$3.99 per month
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Free version
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User industry
  1. Arts, entertainment, and recreation
  2. Media and communications
  3. Education and training

What is Haiku Deck

Haiku Deck is a cloud-based presentation tool designed to help users create slide decks with a strong emphasis on visual storytelling and simple layouts. It targets educators, students, and business users who need to assemble presentations quickly using templates and built-in image search. The product focuses on constrained design choices (themes, fonts, layouts) to keep slides consistent and readable, and it supports presenting and sharing decks from the web.

pros

Fast, guided slide creation

Haiku Deck uses templates and limited formatting options to speed up slide creation and reduce design decisions. This approach helps non-designers produce consistent-looking decks without extensive manual layout work. For teams that need quick internal presentations or classroom materials, the workflow is typically simpler than full-featured design suites.

Built-in visual asset sourcing

The product includes integrated image search and visual-centric slide building, which reduces time spent sourcing assets externally. This is useful for users who frequently build presentations around imagery rather than dense text. It can streamline early drafting compared with tools that require importing most assets manually.

Web-based sharing and presenting

Haiku Deck supports creating, presenting, and sharing presentations via the browser, which helps when collaborators or audiences are distributed. Web delivery reduces dependency on a specific desktop installation for basic use. This can simplify access for education settings and lightweight business use cases.

cons

Limited advanced design control

The same constraints that simplify creation can limit customization for brand-heavy or highly designed decks. Users may find fewer options for complex layouts, detailed typography control, and bespoke visual composition than in broader design platforms. This can lead to exporting and finishing work in other tools for high-stakes presentations.

Not a full pitch-deck generator

While it can help assemble decks quickly, it is not primarily positioned as an end-to-end AI pitch deck generator with deep narrative guidance, data-driven slide suggestions, or automated content generation. Users building investor-style decks may still need separate tooling for storyline development, financial tables, and iterative feedback workflows. AI-assisted capabilities, where present, are not the core differentiator compared with specialized pitch-deck generators.

Collaboration and governance depth

For larger organizations, needs such as granular admin controls, brand governance, asset management, and advanced collaboration workflows may be limited compared with enterprise-focused content platforms. Teams with strict brand compliance requirements may need additional processes to enforce standards. This can reduce fit for scaled sales enablement or centrally managed content operations.

Plan & Pricing

Plan Price Key features & notes
Basic (Free) $0 — Basic (limited) Permanently free: create up to 1 (regular) or up to 3 (education/nonprofit pages state 3) public presentations; access to 40M+ images; download not included.
Public (Regular) $7.99 per month ($95.88 billed annually) Unlimited public presentations, access to 40M+ images, simple charts, professional themes; Try Free button available.
Pro (Regular) $9.99 per month ($119.88 billed annually) or $19.99 per month (month-to-month) Unlimited decks, .pptx/.pdf downloads (not included in trial), presentation privacy (restricted/private), add audio & save video, YouTube embed, custom branding, PowerPoint image-search add-in, Haiku Deck Zuru AI builder.
Premium (Regular) $29.99 per month ($359.88 billed annually) All Pro features plus in-depth analytics, view notifications, live web playback (up to 100 viewers), priority technical support.
Public (Nonprofit / Education discounted) $3.99 per month ($47.88 billed annually) Discounted Public plan for qualifying nonprofits, students, and educators.
Pro (Nonprofit / Education discounted) $4.99 per month ($59.88 billed annually) or $9.99 per month (month-to-month discounted shown) Same Pro features at discounted EDU/Nonprofit rates.
Premium (Nonprofit / Education discounted) $14.99 per month ($179.88 billed annually) Discounted Premium tier for qualifying organizations.
Classroom (Education) $8.25 per month per classroom (1 teacher + up to 150 student accounts) — $99 billed annually Classroom license includes Pro features for teacher + up to 150 students; Google Classroom integration option; bulk pricing available for schools/districts.

Notes: All pricing and feature details taken from Haiku Deck’s official pricing pages and FAQ. "Try Free" / free trial notices appear on the official pricing pages. Download/export is not included in the free trial and will prompt conversion to paid subscription when used.

Seller details

Haiku Deck, Inc.
Seattle, WA, USA
2011
Private
https://www.haikudeck.com/
https://x.com/haikudeck
https://www.linkedin.com/company/haiku-deck/

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