Is Gamma Down?

Quickest ways to check the current status of gamma.app plus recent known issues and working alternatives if it's out.

Last editorial review: 2026-06-11

How to check right now

Step 1 -- Load the site
Open gamma.app→

The simplest check. If it loads and you can log in, the tool is up for you.

Step 2 -- Crowdsourced reports
DownDetector: Gamma→

User-reported outages aggregated across regions. Good signal for partial or regional outages.

Step 3 -- Live social
Search X for “Gammadown” →

Live tweets from other users. Fastest signal for a fresh outage -- often beats status pages by 10-20 minutes.

Step 4 -- Official status page
Find Gamma's status page →

Most vendors publish a status page at status.[domain] or on Statuspage.io. Google-search to find the current URL.

Known issues we've tracked

FEATURE BATCH (2026-05-15 + 2026-05-29, vendor changelog): 5/15 -- 6-column layouts, **custom typefaces fully embedded in PowerPoint exports** (addresses the long-standing PPTX-fidelity complaint below), remix imported/pasted content, consistent styled image generation with topic-based style suggestions, chat-based image brainstorming/editing, dark mode for the theme panel. 5/29 -- **smarter Claude/ChatGPT connectors** (better instruction-following + plan checking), API delete endpoint, export improvements across PPTX/PDF/Google Slides
2026-05-29•Gamma changelog (meetgamma.canny.io/changelog)
PowerPoint exports sometimes have layout shifts and broken formatting compared to the web version
2026-02•Reddit r/presentations
Image generation within slides can be hit-or-miss, occasionally producing irrelevant or low-quality visuals
2026-01•Product Hunt reviews

Issues here are sourced from our editorial sweeps, not real-time telemetry. Newer issues may exist.

What to use if Gamma is down

Top AIToolTier-ranked alternatives in the same category, ordered by our overall score.

A

Canva AI (Magic Studio)

8.5

Canva AI 2.0 (launched 2026-04-16 at Canva Create) -- agentic design suite with Canva Design Model (Canva's own foundation model), Lucid Origin image gen (5x faster, 30x cheaper), I2V video (7x faster, 17x cheaper), and connectors to Slack/Notion/Zoom/Gmail

A

Claude Design (Anthropic)

8.4

Anthropic's AI-native design tool -- launched 2026-04-17, built on Opus 4.7. Generates full design systems, website prototypes, slide decks, and one-pagers from natural language. Positioned as a Figma / Canva / Adobe starter-replacement (Figma stock dropped 5% on the launch news)

B

Looka

7.0

AI logo maker that gets you 80% of the way to a real brand identity -- for a fraction of what a designer costs

C

Figma AI

6.8

AI features baked into the design tool everyone already uses -- now with a native in-canvas AI design agent (2026-05-20). Still more useful shortcuts than a full design replacement

About Gamma

Tier B (7.9/10). AI presentation maker that turns prompts into polished, web-native decks in minutes

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