What pitch deck services should include: the files, the checks and the price, before you pay

Three jobs share one label: design, writing plus design, deck plus model

“Pitch deck service” covers three different jobs, and the prices between them are far apart. Name the one you need before you compare anyone.

• Design only. You supply the words and the numbers, and the service makes the slides look finished. Right when your story and your model are final and only the slides look rough.
• Writing plus design. The service also shapes the story: the order of the slides, the headline on each, what to cut. Right when the slides exist but do not yet make the case.
• Deck plus model. The service builds or rebuilds the financial model and writes the deck from it. Right when your numbers are missing, or your deck and your numbers disagree. Mine is the deck and model package.

The costly mistake is buying the first job when you need the third: a deck sent for design while its numbers disagree with its model. Design makes that deck look more finished, and the mismatch easier to spot. The pitch deck services I offer are set out one per job, with what each one delivers.

The files you should get, and who owns them

Whatever the job, the delivery should be files you can open, edit and send without going back to the seller.

• The deck in a format you can edit: PowerPoint, Google Slides or Canva. Agree the format before you order, because changing it later means rebuilding the slides.
• A PDF of the same deck, for sending and for a data room.
• For a deck plus model, the model as a live spreadsheet in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas intact and every input on one assumptions tab.
• Fonts and images you may keep using. Commercial fonts and stock images carry their own licenses, so ask what is inside.

Ownership should be plain: once the work is delivered, the files are yours to change without the seller. A model that arrives as pasted values, or with locked cells, cannot answer an investor's “what if?”, so treat it as unfinished.

The check most easily skipped: every number traced to a model cell

Design and writing are visible. The check that matters most is not: does every number on a slide match a cell in the model? It is easy to leave out, because nothing on a finished slide shows whether it was done. It is also the first thing an investor tests.

So ask any service, in writing: “Will you check every number in the deck against my model, and tell me where they disagree?” The answer tells you which of the three jobs you are buying. Why the deck should be written from the model in the first place is the subject of the guide on building the deck from the model.

What sets the price

Five things move the price of a pitch deck service more than anything else.

• The job. Design only costs least. Writing adds the hardest thinking. A model adds the most hours.
• Slide count. It matters most for design work, which is often priced in slide bands.
• The model. Whether it is built from scratch, rebuilt or only checked, and how many years and months it runs.
• Calls and workshops. Live sessions with senior people cost more than questions and answers in writing.
• Speed. A shorter deadline is often sold as a separate, dearer option.

Two things should never raise the price: fixing the seller's own errors, and a revision round the quote already counted. If you are not sure which job your deck needs, send me the deck, and the written page you get back will say.

Published prices, by kind of service

These are prices sellers publish on their own pages, checked on the date under Sources at the end of this section. They are starting points, not quotes.

The spread is wide because the jobs are different. Design of a finished deck is priced below $1,000, writing plus design from $6,000, and a custom model on its own anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000. Compare like with like: the same job, the same files and the same number of rounds.

My two packages sit at the low end because the scope is fixed and the work happens in writing, in one Fiverr thread, with no calls needed. Fiverr adds its own service charge at checkout. Compare every package on one table.

Sources (checked October 22, 2026)

1. Slidebean, Pitch Deck Design page: $799 to redesign an existing presentation, up to 20 slides, 4 business days, 2 rounds of design revisions; the Strategy + Pitch Deck Sprint starting at $6,000, up to 30 slides, 3 to 4 weeks. slidebean.com/pitch-deck-design (opens in a new tab)
2. Waveup, Pricing page: investor deck from $6,000, covering narrative, design and a financials slide that ties to the model; no delivery time stated. waveup.com/pricing (opens in a new tab)
3. Hemrock, Custom page: most custom model projects run $1K to $10K, and most take a few weeks. hemrock.com/custom (opens in a new tab)

Timelines in days, and what starts the clock

Ask for delivery in days, and ask what starts the clock: your order, a briefing call, or the day you send final copy. A short timeline that starts only after a call two weeks away is not short.

• Design of a finished deck: about a working week, going by the published delivery times above.
• Writing plus design: weeks, because the story goes through rounds before design starts.
• Deck plus model: the model comes first, so allow for it. A 5-year monthly model like Hearthfold's is a bigger build than a 3-year annual one, and its dates belong in the written quote.

My packages run 6 days for the deck and 7 days for the deck plus model, as listed on the Fiverr gig, counted from the order. Revision rounds add days after the first delivery, so ask how long each round takes.

Revisions, defined

“Unlimited revisions” and “2 rounds” can mean very different amounts of work. Get the definition in writing:

• What one round is. Mine: one round is one consolidated list of changes, in writing.
• How many rounds, and whether they cover the deck, the model or both.
• What counts as a change of scope instead: a new section, a new revenue line, two more years in the model.
• How long each round takes to come back.

A fixed number of rounds protects you more than “unlimited”. It makes the seller define a round, and it gives both sides a clear finish. My packages include 2 rounds, and the rules are under refunds and revisions.

Red flags before you pay

• “Raised $X” totals with no source. A total of what past customers raised, with no named deck, no date and no link, cannot be checked. Ask which raises, and whether you can see one of those decks with its founder's permission.
• A market size left for you to fill in. If market research is outside the scope, the market slide arrives as a placeholder, and it is a slide investors test. Ask who counts the market, and how: reachable customers × price × 12.
• A model you may not edit. Pasted values, locked cells or a file that lives only in the seller's tool all mean you cannot answer “what if?” in a meeting.
• Proof you cannot trace. Logos with no case study behind them, quotes that link nowhere, and outcomes with no founder named.

My own proof is small and can be checked: one Fiverr project, rated 5.0 in July 2026, with the review public on Fiverr, and a fictional sample labeled on every slide. See every deck on this site, and how proof is counted.

What a written quote must list

Before you pay, get the quote in writing, and make sure it answers every line below. If a line is missing, ask. A promise that never made it into writing is hard to hold anyone to later.

Check yours: ten lines on the quote

1. The job: design only, writing plus design, or deck plus model.
2. The files, by format: the editable deck, the PDF and, if included, the live model.
3. The slide count, and the years and periods the model covers.
4. Whether every number in the deck is checked against the model.
5. The price, in one currency, with any platform charges named.
6. The delivery date in days, and what starts the clock.
7. The number of revision rounds, what one round is, and how long each takes.
8. What counts as new scope, and how it is priced.
9. Who does the work, and who else sees your files.
10. How your deck is kept confidential, and whether an NDA is available.

If a rebuild would help and you ask, I quote a fixed price in writing within 2 business days (India time). I work alone, so the person who reads your deck is the one who builds it. How I keep your deck private covers storage, AI use, deletion and NDAs.

Test any service on one page first

The cheapest way to judge a service is to see its thinking on your own deck before you buy the build. One written page on your slides shows whether the seller checks the numbers or only the design, and whether each point is specific enough to act on.