Should you build your own Pitch?
Build structured presentations with reusable blocks, comments, and polished export
The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Pitch, build structured presentations with reusable blocks, comments, and polished export. The hard boundary is real-time collaboration, templates, analytics, and team content management, plus editor polish, assets, collaboration, and distribution.
ENOriginal research content in English. Original prompt preserved in English.
Build a personal replacement for Pitch in an empty repository.
Use Next.js 15, TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, IndexedDB, and SVG; do not offer alternative stacks.
The core loop is: build structured presentations from reusable blocks on a canvas, edit text and media, support comments, and export a finished deck as SVG or PDF.
Make the first run work locally with one documented command.
Store all user data locally by default and make export straightforward.
Put secrets in .env, ship .env.example, and never commit credentials.
Create a fixed-size SVG canvas with zoom, pan, selection, alignment, and snapping.
Support text, rectangles, circles, images, groups, layers, and reusable components.
Add a small set of high-quality starter layouts relevant to the product category.
Implement undo, redo, autosave, and import or export of a portable project JSON file.
Export SVG and print-ready PDF without rasterizing text unnecessarily.
Keep all assets local and display missing-font warnings before export.
Include clear empty, loading, success, and recoverable error states.
Add input validation, safe filenames, and graceful handling of unavailable APIs.
Write focused tests for the core transformation and one end-to-end happy path.
Create a README with setup, architecture, permissions, data location, and backup steps.
Do not add accounts, billing, telemetry, analytics, or a hosted control plane.
Deliberately leave out real-time multiplayer editing.
Deliberately leave out a commercial stock-asset library.
Deliberately leave out enterprise brand controls and approval workflows.
Finish by running the tests and listing the exact commands used.The prompt opens pre-filled in your agent. Review it before running. · this prompt is generated from the build plan · improve it via PR
What would building your own look like?
Build structured presentations from reusable blocks on a canvas, edit text and media, support comments, and export a finished deck as SVG or PDF.
What you will need
- modern desktop browser
- local fonts and images
- optional image-generation API key
People still pay for Pitch because people pay for a vast ready-made design system and a collaboration surface that behaves predictably under deadline. The recurring cost buys canvas correctness, fonts, exports, templates, asset rights, multiplayer state, and accessibility, not just the visible interface.
xreal-time collaboration, templates, analytics, and team content management
xhuge template and asset libraries
xreal-time multiplayer
xbrand governance
xprofessional print workflows
Prefer something ready-made?
LibreOffice ImpressA proper offline presentation app with PPTX/PDF support and no account; collaboration means sending files like it is 2012.Open source↗
Canva FreePolished presentation templates and collaborative editing with good PDF export; more design playground, less structured deck system.Free↗
Google SlidesThe boring default remains excellent: live collaboration, comments, templates, and PPTX/PDF export with no meaningful personal-use ceiling.Free↗View all 5 alternatives to Pitch →· Licença, instalação e limitações em cada alternativa.
How much does Pitch cost?
- Monthly billing
- $20/mo$20/mo · per person
- Per year
- $240/yr$240/yr
- On a Brazilian card, with 3.5% IOF
- R$105/moR$1,254/yr
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You complete the purchase on Pitch’s site. Vibe Radar does not handle payments.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (per month) | What is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| free | $0/workspace | $0/workspace | 1–5 members; 100 one-time AI credits; 2 external guests; 10 GB total storage; 1 teamspace. |
| plus | $12≈ $12 | $10≈ $10 | Maximum 1 member; 500 AI credits/month; 5 external guests; 10 GB storage. |
| team | $18/user≈ $18 | $15/user≈ $15 | 1–25 members; 500 AI credits per seat/month pooled across the workspace; 25 advanced links; 3 teamspaces; 2 rooms; 25 guests; 10 GB/member. |
| business | $24/user≈ $24 | $20/user≈ $20 | 1–200 members; 750 AI credits per seat/month pooled across the workspace; unlimited advanced links, teamspaces, rooms and guests; 10 GB/member. |
| enterprise | custom | - | For 30+ seats with SSO/SCIM, invoicing and custom support; price is not public. |
Free tier1–5 members, 100 one-time AI credits, 2 guests, 10 GB total storage and 1 teamspace.
Billing termsmonthly + annual (-17%)
Additional costsMember caps count paid and free roles. AI credits renew with the subscription and are pooled across the workspace, so heavy users can consume the team's allowance.
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Is it cheaper to build or buy Pitch?
Adjust the numbers: hours to build, your hourly rate, running costs and the subscription price.
Over 24 months, subscribing is cheaper.
Starting hours estimated from the analysis (multi-day). Does not price what you give up (support, integrations, security).
Can I rebuild Pitch?
Kinda. The core of Pitch is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: real-time collaboration, templates, analytics, and team content management, huge template and asset libraries. Read the honest list above before committing.
How much does Pitch cost?
Pitch costs about $20/mo (Plus, checked 07/31/2026), which is $240 per year.
What do I lose by replacing Pitch?
Honestly: real-time collaboration, templates, analytics, and team content management; huge template and asset libraries; real-time multiplayer; brand governance; professional print workflows. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Pitch?
Yes: LibreOffice Impress (A proper offline presentation app with PPTX/PDF support and no account; collaboration means sending files like it is 2012.) Canva Free (Polished presentation templates and collaborative editing with good PDF export; more design playground, less structured deck system.) Google Slides (The boring default remains excellent: live collaboration, comments, templates, and PPTX/PDF export with no meaningful personal-use ceiling.) All 5 curated free alternatives are at https://viberadar.si/pitch/alternatives. The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.