What is Twistly?
Turns a topic, notes, a PDF or a Word file into an editable PowerPoint deck in under two minutes.
Who is Twistly best for?
Twistly is best for teachers, students and office teams who need a first PowerPoint draft from a topic or a document.
Lesson and lecture slides
Teachers can turn a topic line or their notes into a deck, approve the outline first, then finish it in PowerPoint.
Reports into decks
A PDF or Word file becomes slides that keep its sections, and its tables and charts stay editable objects.
Decks in other languages
Twistly generates in 38 languages and can translate a finished deck while keeping the layout intact.
How much does Twistly cost?
Twistly's free plan gives 3 presentations of up to 7 slides each; Starter costs $16 a month for unlimited decks up to 15 slides, and Pro costs $20 a month for decks up to 50 slides.
- Up to 7 slides per deck
- 15 of 53 built-in templates
- Pasted text up to 3,000 words
- Unlimited presentations up to 15 slides
- AI rewrite, redesign, speaker notes and images
- No Twistly badge on slides
- Decks up to 50 slides
- 1 custom template and API access
- Pasted text up to 498,000 words
- Starts with 2 seats; more can be bought
- Pro features for every member
- Up to 5 shared custom templates
Paying yearly saves 40%. The pricing page shows prices in your local currency; these are the US prices. New paid plans carry a 14-day money-back guarantee. Twistly runs as a PowerPoint add-in and on the web, and its .pptx files also open in Google Slides and Keynote. Full pricing on twistly.ai. We checked these prices on .
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How do I connect Twistly to my AI agent?
Twistly MCP is Twistly's official MCP server. Add it to your agent once, then ask it to make editable PowerPoint decks with Twistly.
Lets your agent turn a description or the conversation so far into a Twistly presentation, delivered as a real .pptx you can keep editing, using your existing Twistly plan.
$ claude mcp add --transport http twistly https://mcp.twistly.ai/mcp
Claude Code connects to Twistly over the web.
Run /mcp and sign in to Twistly in the browser.
Then ask your agent
- Runs
- On the web
- Sign-in
- OAuth
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- Guide
- docs.twistly.ai
What are the best Twistly alternatives?
Three tools on Recaply do Twistly's job.
Questions about Twistly
What is Twistly?
Turns a topic, notes, a PDF or a Word file into an editable PowerPoint deck in under two minutes.
Who is Twistly for?
Twistly is best for teachers, students and office teams who need a first PowerPoint draft from a topic or a document.
Is Twistly free?
Yes. Twistly has a free plan: up to 7 slides per deck.
How much does Twistly cost?
Twistly's paid plans are Starter at $16 per month, Pro at $20 per month and Team at $20 per month.
Does Twistly have an MCP server?
Yes. Twistly MCP is Twistly's official MCP server, so agents such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and GitHub Copilot can make editable PowerPoint decks with Twistly. Twistly runs it on the web and you sign in with your Twistly account.
What are the best Twistly alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are SlidesPilot, SlideSpeak and Presentations.AI.
Where can I try Twistly?
On its official website, twistly.ai.
Does Twistly make real PowerPoint files?
Yes. Twistly exports a native .pptx with editable shapes, text boxes and placeholders rather than pictures of slides, so the file keeps working in PowerPoint, Google Slides and Keynote.
Can I make Twistly decks from ChatGPT or Claude?
Yes. Twistly has an MCP server: add it as a connector, sign in with your Twistly account and ask for a deck. It returns a download link for a PowerPoint or PDF file and uses the same plan and credits as the add-in.
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