Comparison · updated October 2026
Chekmate vs Templafy
Templafy is a document platform for large companies: templates, a content library and AI document generation inside Word, PowerPoint and Outlook, plus a Check for PowerPoint add-in with fixed rules.
Short answer
Templafy helps a company's own staff make on-brand documents inside Office, and its Check for PowerPoint add-in runs 40 fixed rules on the deck you have open, including colour scheme and font checks. Chekmate does one job: it checks decks that arrive from anywhere against each client's brand, down to almost-right colours, gradients and the brand's website, and gives you a report to send back. Templafy is priced per user; Chekmate is priced per client brand, which suits agencies that look after many brands.
Feature by feature
The Templafy column shows what Templafy's own website lists, checked on 26 October 2026. "Not listed" means we couldn't find it on their public website that day, not that their product can't do it. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@chekmate.app and we'll correct it.
Checking
Checks decks made in any tool
Decks from freelancers, clients and AI tools, not only its own
Chekmate
Yes
PowerPoint and PDF; Keynote through export
Templafy
In part
Check for PowerPoint runs on the deck open in PowerPoint
Reads exact colours and fonts from the file
Including what slides inherit from the template
Chekmate
Yes
Matched PowerPoint on 99.6% of fonts and 100% of colours in testing
Templafy
In part
Rules include colour scheme mismatch and font name and size
Catches almost-right colours
Colours close to a brand colour, but not exact
Chekmate
Yes
Measured by how different colours look to the eye
Templafy
Not listed
Catches off-brand and stand-in fonts
Wrong fonts, and lookalikes like Arial for a brand sans
Chekmate
Yes
Templafy
Listed
Font rules in Check for PowerPoint
Checks slide templates
Default or borrowed templates under the slides
Chekmate
Yes
Templafy
In part
A rule on the number of slide masters, plus layout rules
Checks gradients
Every stop, and whether the mix is a brand gradient
Chekmate
Yes
Templafy
Not listed
Checks against the brand's website
When there are no guidelines, or they're out of date
Chekmate
Yes
Templafy
Not listed
Output
Slide-by-slide report
Each issue with its slide and what it should be
Chekmate
Yes
A PDF you can forward to a client
Templafy
In part
Warnings in a PowerPoint task pane, rated 1 to 4
Fixes issues automatically
Returns a corrected file
Chekmate
Not yet
Quick fixes are listed; automatic fixing is coming
Templafy
Listed
Fix and Fix All, using the most common style in the deck
Making decks
Creates decks and documents
Templates, generation, a content library
Chekmate
No
Chekmate checks decks, it doesn't make them
Templafy
Listed
Templates and AI document generation
Brand asset library
Logos, images and templates in one place
Chekmate
No
Templafy
Listed
Content library and DAM integrations
Works inside PowerPoint
An add-in in Office
Chekmate
No
Works on the file, outside PowerPoint
Templafy
Listed
Formats
Google Slides
Checks or creates Google Slides
Chekmate
Not yet
Coming; export to PowerPoint for now
Templafy
In part
Google Workspace listed; Slides not named
Pricing
Priced per client brand
Not per person, so a whole team can use it
Chekmate
Yes
$79 for 3 brands, $199 for 10
Templafy
Not listed
Team $40 per user per month, up to 25 seats; Enterprise by quote
Choose Chekmate when
- You're an agency checking decks for several client brands
- Decks come from freelancers, clients and AI tools, not your own templates
- You need exact colour, gradient and website checks, and a report to send back
Choose Templafy when
- You're one company standardising how your own staff create documents in Office
- You want templates, a content library and AI document generation in one platform
Using both
They fit together. Templafy keeps a company's own documents on-brand as they're made; Chekmate checks the decks that come in from outside, before they reach the client.
Questions
Sources, checked 26 October 2026
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