Canva is a popular online design platform that offers templates for presentations, social media graphics, documents, and more. Its Magic Design feature uses AI to generate presentations from text prompts.

How is Deckary different from Canva?

Deckary works inside PowerPoint, while Canva is a separate web platform. With Deckary, your slides stay in native .pptx format—no exports, no broken formatting, no animation loss.

Can I export Canva presentations to PowerPoint?

Yes, but exports often have issues—animations don't transfer, custom fonts get substituted, and layouts can shift. Deckary creates slides directly in PowerPoint, so there's nothing to export.

Canva is a popular online design platform that offers templates for presentations, social media graphics, documents, and more. Its Magic Design feature uses AI to generate presentations from text prompts.

How is Deckary different from Canva?

Deckary works inside PowerPoint, while Canva is a separate web platform. With Deckary, your slides stay in native .pptx format—no exports, no broken formatting, no animation loss.

Can I export Canva presentations to PowerPoint?

Yes, but exports often have issues—animations don't transfer, custom fonts get substituted, and layouts can shift. Deckary creates slides directly in PowerPoint, so there's nothing to export.

Does Canva include consulting charts?

Canva has basic charts but doesn't include specialized consulting charts like waterfall, Mekko, or Gantt with Excel linking. Deckary includes all of these for professional consulting deliverables.

Is Canva's design better than Deckary?

Canva excels at visual design with a massive template library. But it's designed for marketers and creatives, not consultants. Deckary focuses on consulting-style structure and slides that work perfectly in PowerPoint.

How much does Canva cost?

Canva Free has limited AI features. Canva Pro costs $120/year ($15/month) per user. Deckary Premium is $119/year with AI slides, consulting charts, icons, and shortcuts included.

Do animations transfer from Canva to PowerPoint?

No. Animations created in Canva don't transfer when exporting to PowerPoint—you get static slides. With Deckary, you work directly in PowerPoint where animations work natively.

Can I use my existing PowerPoint templates with Canva?

Canva can import PowerPoint files, but they need to be redesigned in Canva's format. Deckary works with any existing PowerPoint template without conversion.

Does Canva work offline?

No. Canva requires an internet connection. Deckary works inside PowerPoint, which can function offline once installed.

What happens to fonts when exporting from Canva to PowerPoint?

Custom fonts in Canva may be replaced with generic alternatives in PowerPoint if the fonts aren't installed on your system. Deckary uses your system fonts directly, so there are no substitution issues.

AI slides that actually work in PowerPoint

Canva Alternative for PowerPoint Users

Name: Deckary
Rating: 4.8 (50 reviews)
Author: Deckary

Canva's exports break in PowerPoint—animations lost, fonts substituted, layouts shifted. Deckary works inside PowerPoint with consulting-style AI slides, charts, and no export headaches.

TL;DR: Canva excels at beautiful visual design with a massive template library but exports poorly to PowerPoint and lacks consulting features. Deckary offers PowerPoint-native with consulting charts, structure, and shortcuts. Choose Canva if you need social graphics and don't care about PowerPoint. Choose Deckary if you need consulting deliverables in editable PowerPoint format.

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Design platform vs PowerPoint add-in

Canva is a visual design platform. Deckary is a consulting toolkit that works inside PowerPoint.

Canva approach

AI presentation generation with Magic Design
Beautiful templates and design assets
Export to PowerPoint (formatting may break)
Animations don't transfer
No consulting charts or structure

Deckary approach

AI slide generation (consulting-tuned)
Works natively in PowerPoint
Waterfall, Mekko, Gantt charts
1000+ icons, flags & visuals
Keyboard shortcuts for productivity

How Deckary compares to Canva

Both use AI—but Deckary works in PowerPoint with consulting-grade features

Feature	Deckary	Canva
Features
Works inside PowerPoint
Consulting-style slide structure
Consulting charts (waterfall, Mekko)
AI text polish (consulting tone)
Excel-linked charts
Beautiful visual design
1000+ icons, flags & visuals
Keyboard shortcuts
Animations transfer to PowerPoint
Fonts preserved on export

Why consultants choose Deckary over Canva

Canva is great for design—Deckary is built for consulting deliverables

Works inside PowerPoint

No export needed. Create slides directly in PowerPoint where your clients expect them. Canva exports often break formatting.

Consulting-style structure

Our AI creates logically structured slides following the Pyramid Principle. Canva focuses on visual design, not consulting logic.

Consulting charts included

Waterfall, Mekko, Gantt, and stacked bar charts with Excel linking. Canva doesn't include specialized consulting charts.

Built for consultants

Canva is designed for marketers and creatives. Deckary is tuned for consultants who need MBB-style slides.

Keyboard shortcuts

Align, distribute, swap, and select similar—productivity shortcuts that work directly in PowerPoint.

No export headaches

Canva exports lose animations, substitute fonts, and shift layouts. Deckary creates native PowerPoint slides—nothing to export.

The honest comparison

Canva is a powerhouse for visual design. With Magic Design, it can generate presentations quickly, and its massive template library makes it easy to create polished-looking slides. It's wildly popular with marketers, small businesses, and creatives.

Where Canva wins: Beautiful visual design. Massive template and asset library. Easy drag-and-drop interface. Good for social media graphics. Magic Design generates presentations fast. Brand Kit keeps things consistent.

Where Deckary wins: Works inside PowerPoint—no export needed. Consulting-style structure following the Pyramid Principle. Consulting charts (waterfall, Mekko, Gantt) with Excel linking. 1000+ professional icons. Keyboard shortcuts. No lost animations or font substitutions.

The bottom line: Canva is excellent for visual content creation and quick presentations you'll present from Canva itself. But if you're a consultant delivering to clients who expect editable PowerPoint files, need proper slide structure, or use specialized charts, Deckary is purpose-built for that workflow. Canva's PowerPoint exports consistently lose animations, substitute fonts, and shift layouts—problems you don't have when working directly in PowerPoint with Deckary.

Choose Canva if you:

• Marketers creating social media graphics and presentations
• Small businesses needing quick visual content
• Teams that present from Canva directly (no PowerPoint needed)
• Users who prioritize visual design over structure

Choose Deckary if you:

• Consultants who need PowerPoint deliverables
• Teams needing waterfall and Mekko charts
• Users who require consulting-style structure
• Enterprise clients expecting editable .pptx files

Pricing comparison

Transparent pricing vs Canva's approach

	Deckary	Canva
Free tier	14-day trial	Yes
Starting price	$49/yr	$120/yr
Premium tier	$119/yr	Custom
Lifetime option	$199 once	Not available
Enterprise	Custom	Custom

*Canva: Canva Pro $120/year or $15/month per user

Switching from Canva

What transfers seamlessly

Export Canva presentations to PowerPoint
Continue using Canva for social media graphics
Use Deckary for consulting deliverables

What needs adjustment

•Animations won't transfer (recreate in PowerPoint)
•Some fonts may be substituted
•Layout spacing may shift slightly

Our recommendation: Use Deckary for consulting presentations that need to be delivered as PowerPoint. Keep Canva for social graphics and internal visual content.