Chronicle: Cursor for Slides

Stunning presentations with AI. No design skills required.

Website chroniclehq.com

What it is

Chronicle combines AI generation with powerful editing to create stunning presentations. Start from a prompt, notes, or raw idea and generate beautiful, on-brand slides in minutes. Edit with full control and export to PPT, PDF, or any format. No design skills required.

Intent

I need it when

Collaborate with team members on presentations while maintaining brand consistency

Chronicle offers real-time collaboration, shared workspaces, consolidated billing, and permission management. Teams can upload custom brand fonts, colors, and visual rules so every slide maintains consistency without breaking brand guidelines.

Iterate and refine presentation content without manual redesign

Chronicle's freeform canvas and AI editing capabilities allow users to instruct the tool to refine and iterate content. Unlike other AI generators, full customizability is maintained without losing design quality or brand consistency.

Create professional, branded presentations quickly from raw notes or existing content

Chronicle accepts raw notes, outlines, meeting docs, or existing decks and generates polished slides with professional diagrams and visuals. AI-powered generation reduces manual design work, and brand guidelines can be applied in one click to ensure consistency across all slides.

Embed data visualizations and integrate tools into presentations

Chronicle enables easy visualization of data, charts, graphs, metrics, and tables. The platform supports embedding hundreds of external tools and integrations, allowing teams to bring live data and connected workflows into presentations.

Generate sales proposals and pitch decks that stand out to stakeholders

Chronicle includes hundreds of templates from top designers (Apple, McKinsey, BCG, IDEO) and is specifically designed for high-stakes business presentations. Users can customize layouts fully while maintaining professional quality, then export to PPT or publish as interactive web presentations.

Drop

Not a fit when

User needs offline-only presentation creation without cloud dependency
Organization requires perpetual licensing rather than subscription model
User has minimal AI feature needs and wants to avoid token-based usage tracking
Team requires unlimited guest editors on Free plan (limited to 1 guest editor)
User needs native PowerPoint editing without export-reimport workflow
Organization cannot use third-party AI models (Anthropic, OpenAI) due to data policies

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Pricing

Freemium with tiered paid plans. Free plan includes 300 tokens/month. Pro ($12/user/month annual), Plus ($25/user/month annual), and Max ($59/user/month) plans offer increasing token allowances and features. Annual billing saves 20% versus monthly. View pricing