Most founders pay $1,500 to $5,000 for a professionally designed deck. With Atravela, a 15 slide investor deck is one week of the Design Plan: $860.
A pitch deck can cost nothing. It can also cost over $50,000. Most founders raising a pre seed or seed round should expect to pay $1,500 to $5,000 for a deck designed by someone experienced. On the Atravela Design Plan, the same deck is usually one week: $860 (£649).
The range is so wide because you are comparing different things. One price buys better slides. Another buys the story, the numbers, and months of preparation. Work out which one you need and the price makes sense.
| Option | Typical price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Template | Free to $100 | A layout. The story and the design are still on you. |
| AI deck tool | Under $20 a month | A fast first draft. It needs a human edit. |
| Freelance designer | $500 to $5,000 | A designed deck. Quality and input on the story vary a lot. |
| Design subscription | $700 a month to $860 a week | One request at a time. Useful if you also need a website or a brand. |
| Atravela Design Plan | $860 (£649) for one week | A 15 slide investor deck in about a week, made directly with Thomas, with every source file. |
| Specialist agency | $2,500 to $15,000 | A team, more process, and usually help with the story. |
| Strategy consultancy | $10,000 to $50,000 or more | Story, financial model, and investor preparation. |
These ranges come from prices published in 2026, including guides by Waveup and ManyPixels. Treat them as a guide, not a quote.
Some providers charge by the slide, from $16 to $500. I would not compare on that. A strong 12 slide deck is worth more than a padded 25 slide one.
Pre seed: under $1,500. Investors are backing you and the idea. Write the deck yourself, use a good template or an AI draft, and pay someone for a final polish if you can. Clarity matters more than design here.
Seed: $1,500 to $5,000. You are now competing for attention with well funded companies. A designed deck makes you look ready, and it gives you a look you can reuse on your website. On the Atravela Design Plan that deck is one week, $860, and three weeks ($2,580) adds a logo and a one page website.
Series A: start at $5,000, and spend only if you need to. Agencies quote $10,000 to $25,000 for this stage. Investors will study your numbers harder than your slides. If your story and your metrics are already solid, design alone costs far less.
Your deck will change all through the raise. You will win a new customer, update a number, or answer a question investors keep asking. So the file matters as much as the design. Ask for slides your team can edit, in Google Slides, PowerPoint, or Keynote.
ClarityCare first came to Atravela with a dense investor deck and a close deadline. We rebuilt it as a Google Slides theme, ready on 16 April 2024, ahead of the investor deadline. A rebranded version followed that May, and a new investor deck in May 2026. ClarityCare has also raised a $16.5M Series A led by Headline. The company earned that, not the slides. You can read the ClarityCare case study to see the work.
It can make a first draft. AI tools are good at layouts and at getting words onto slides quickly. I use AI every day.
What they do not know is which of your facts will matter most to an investor. Use AI to get started, then have someone decide what stays, what goes, and what your chart should really show. A draft also gives a designer a head start, so it is never wasted.
My Design Plan is $860 (£649) a week, and the prices are on the website before you book a call:
So a seed deck costs less than the $1,500 to $5,000 most founders pay, and the person you talk to is the person who designs it. You can bring a draft you already have, you get all the source files, you can pause or cancel anytime, and there is a 30 day money back guarantee. These are estimates, not fixed quotes. Scope and feedback can change the time needed.
Not sure what you need? Book a call and I will tell you honestly, even if the answer is a template.
