How we make this list: we compare pricing pages, product documentation and public user reviews. Ratings come from G2, Capterra or Trustpilot, with the date we checked them.
Key takeaways
- Poll Everywhere stands out for polls embedded inside PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides, but its paid tiers cap audiences at 700 below Enterprise.
- Slido is the strongest pick for Q&A-heavy town halls, with upvoting and moderation built in from the start.
- Mentimeter offers the most polished interactive presentation experience, with a large template library and many slide types.
- Vevox and AhaSlides give better value on free and low-cost plans, with more generous participant limits per session.
- Watch how free limits are counted: per month, per event, and per session are very different rules, and the wrong one can block a weekly presenter.
Quick comparison
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | Free plan |
|---|
 Slido | Live Q&A and town halls | $210 per year | Yes |
 Mentimeter | Polished interactive slides | $11.99 per month | Yes |
 Vevox | PowerPoint and Teams polling | $11.95 per month | Yes |
 AhaSlides | Budget interactive presentations | $7.95 per month | Yes |
 Wooclap | Education and LMS integration | See website | Yes |
 Kahoot | Gamified classroom quizzes | $19 per month | Yes |
 Pigeonhole Live | Large conference Q&A | See website | Yes |
 Crowdpurr | Trivia and audience games | $24.99 per month | Yes |
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The best Poll Everywhere alternatives
#1Slido
Best for: Live Q&A and town halls4.8/5 on
G2 (794 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit slido.com
Starting price$210 per year
Free planYes
Slido is built around live Q&A, and it shows. Audiences submit questions, upvote the ones they care about, and moderators filter or dismiss questions before they reach the stage, which keeps a town hall focused on what the room actually wants to discuss. Live polls run alongside Q&A, and Slido integrates with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Webex, and Teams, so presenters rarely need to leave their slide deck. The free plan covers 100 participants per event with a limited number of polls, which is generous for occasional presenters.
The pricing structure needs care. Slido bills annually only, with the Engage plan at $210 per year covering 200 participants, so there is no monthly option for a one-off event. Larger audiences need higher tiers, and costs rise steeply for enterprise plans. For Q&A-heavy events, though, no other tool on this list manages audience questions as well, and Slido is the default choice for town halls, all-hands meetings, and conferences where questions matter more than slide design.
What we like- Best-in-class live Q&A with upvoting
- Moderation tools
- Webex and PowerPoint integration
Watch out for- Annual billing only
- Engage plan covers only 200 participants
- No monthly billing option
#2Mentimeter
Best for: Polished interactive slides4.7/5 on
G2 (620 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit mentimeter.com
Starting price$11.99 per month
Free planYes
Mentimeter turns a presentation into an interactive session, with word clouds, quizzes, ranking slides, scales, and open-ended questions built as native slide types. The design quality is the best in this category: templates look professional without extra work, and audiences join by code from any phone browser. The Basic plan starts at $11.99 per month billed annually, with Pro at $24.99 per month adding more question types, branding, and collaboration features.
The free plan trap is the counting rule. Mentimeter free covers 50 participants per month across all presentations, not per session, so a presenter who runs weekly sessions exhausts the free allowance quickly. Exports are also paywalled, which matters for teams that need results in reports. For presenters who value design and run occasional sessions, Mentimeter is the most polished Poll Everywhere alternative. For weekly presenters on a budget, Vevox or AhaSlides stretches further.
What we like- Polished slide design
- Large template library
- Many interactive slide types
Watch out for- Free cap is 50 participants per month, not per session
- Annual billing only
- Exports paywalled
#3Vevox
Best for: PowerPoint and Teams polling4.7/5 on
G2 (458 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit vevox.com
Starting price$11.95 per month
Free planYes
Vevox is the straightest swap for Poll Everywhere for Microsoft-centered teams. It integrates natively with PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams, so polls run inside the deck or meeting without a separate app, and its free tier covers 100 participants per session with unlimited basic polling and Q&A. That per-session counting is far more generous than Mentimeter monthly cap for regular presenters. The Starter plan costs $11.95 per month billed annually, with Pro at $24.95 per month raising limits and adding features.
Vevox also suits formal settings: it has a foothold in higher education and governance meetings such as annual general meetings, where anonymous voting and audit trails matter. The template library is smaller than Mentimeter, and very large audiences need an enterprise quote, with tiers reaching 5,000 participants. For Teams and PowerPoint users who present often, Vevox offers the best mix of free allowance and native integration on this list.
What we like- Free tier covers 100 participants per session
- Native Teams and PowerPoint integration
- Anonymous polling focus
Watch out for- Enterprise-scale audiences need a custom quote
- Smaller template library than Mentimeter
#4AhaSlides
Best for: Budget interactive presentations4.7/5 on
G2 (386 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit ahaslides.com
Starting price$7.95 per month
Free planYes
AhaSlides is the budget option that comes closest to Mentimeter on features. It offers more than 30 interactive slide types, from multiple-choice quizzes and word clouds to spinner wheels and team-play modes, plus an AI tool that builds presentations from prompts or documents. The free plan covers 50 participants with a limited number of quiz and poll questions per presentation, and paid plans start at about $7.95 per month, well below Mentimeter and Vevox equivalents.
The limits are reporting depth and question caps on the free plan, which make it less suited to teams that need detailed post-event analytics or very long question sets for free. Paid plans lift those caps, and the price gap remains large. For classrooms, small teams, and presenters who want Mentimeter style interactivity without the Mentimeter price, AhaSlides is the best value pick, and its template library of more than 3,000 designs covers most common session types.
What we like- Lowest paid entry price
- Close Mentimeter feature match
- AI presentation maker
Watch out for- Free plan limits questions per presentation
- Reporting could be deeper
- Smaller brand than rivals
#5Wooclap
Best for: Education and LMS integration4.5/5 on
G2 (93 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit wooclap.com
Starting priceSee website
Free planYes
Wooclap is designed for education and corporate training, with deep integrations into learning systems such as Moodle and Canvas that other polling tools lack. Teachers can run polls, quizzes, and word clouds inside their existing course platform, and results feed back into the learning workflow rather than living in a separate dashboard. The free tier covers 1,000 participants per event, the largest free audience on this list, though it limits active questions to five per 30 days.
The main drawback is pricing transparency: Wooclap does not publish paid tier prices, so budgeting requires a sales conversation. That makes it harder to compare directly against Slido or Mentimeter, but for education buyers the LMS integration often decides the choice before price does. If you teach or train inside Moodle or Canvas, Wooclap is the natural Poll Everywhere alternative. If you present outside a learning system, a general tool gives better value.
What we like- Deep LMS integrations
- Free tier covers 1,000 participants per event
- Education-focused features
Watch out for- Paid pricing not published
- Free plan limits questions per 30 days
#6Kahoot
Best for: Gamified classroom quizzes4.6/5 on
G2 (405 reviews, checked Oct 2026)
Visit kahoot.com
Starting price$19 per month
Free planYes
Kahoot turns quizzes into games, with music, timers, leaderboards, and team modes that keep a classroom engaged in a way plain polls rarely match. Teachers can use millions of public quizzes or build their own, and students join from any device without an account. The free plan covers small groups, and paid plans start from about $19 per month, with education pricing and business pricing sold separately, so check the plan that matches your setting.
Kahoot is a quiz tool first and a polling tool second, so it fits classrooms and training sessions better than town halls or conferences, where Slido Q&A matters more. The game format can also distract from serious content if overused. For educators who want energy and competition in knowledge checks, Kahoot is unmatched, and its familiarity means almost no setup time for students. For straight polling, Mentimeter or Vevox covers more question types.
What we like- Highly engaging game format
- Huge public quiz library
- Students already know it
Watch out for- Game format suits quizzes more than polls
- Free plan limited
- Pricing varies by education and business plans
Starting priceSee website
Free planYes
Pigeonhole Live is built for conferences and large events, combining live Q&A, polls, and surveys in one event workspace with moderator controls for screening questions. Organizers can run multiple sessions under one event, and audiences join by event code without installing an app. The free plan covers up to 100 participants, and paid pricing guides conflict, with some listing entry plans from $8 per month and others from $13 per month, so check the current vendor pricing page before budgeting, which is why this article lists the price as See website.
The trade-offs are weaker slide integration than Slido and lower brand recognition, which can matter when an audience needs to trust a new tool quickly. For event organizers running multi-session conferences, Pigeonhole Live workspace model is a practical advantage over per-presentation tools. For single presenters, Slido or Vevox is simpler to set up and better integrated with slide decks.
What we like- Built for large events
- Q&A, polls, and surveys in one event
- Moderator controls
Watch out for- Pricing guides conflict
- Smaller slide integration than Slido
- Less known than rivals
Starting price$24.99 per month
Free planYes
Crowdpurr covers the social side of audience engagement: trivia games, bingo, social walls, and polls for parties, fundraisers, and social events where fun matters more than formal Q&A. Hosts can run games from a browser, audiences join by code, and leaderboards keep energy high through the event. Plans start at $24.99 per month, with a free tier for small trials, and the game formats go well beyond what Poll Everywhere offers.
Crowdpurr is not a business polling tool, so teams that need slide integration, LMS connections, or governance features should pick elsewhere. For social events, fundraisers, and team socials, though, its game formats beat a plain poll tool, and the social wall gives audiences a shared screen to watch. If your event is a party with polls rather than a meeting with polls, Crowdpurr is the right pick.
What we like- Trivia, bingo, and social walls
- Good for social events
- Audience games beyond polls
Watch out for- Higher entry price
- Game focus over business polling
- Smaller education presence
How we chose
We compared tools that replace the core Poll Everywhere job: live polls and Q&A during a presentation. We favored tools with a free tier, since presenters need to test with a real audience before paying, and we weighted Q&A quality, slide integration, and participant limits alongside price. We paid close attention to how free limits are counted, since per-month, per-event, and per-session rules change the real value of a free plan. Prices come from vendor pricing pages and current guides, and where guides conflict we list the vendor figure or mark the price as See website. We did not test any tool hands-on, and we did not list Poll Everywhere itself, since it is the product being replaced.
Buying guide
Start from your event type. For town halls and all-hands meetings, shortlist Slido first for Q&A quality. For polished interactive decks, shortlist Mentimeter, and check whether the monthly participant cap fits your presenting frequency. For Microsoft Teams and PowerPoint users, Vevox is the natural pick, with a generous per-session free tier. For classrooms, Wooclap fits LMS-based teaching and Kahoot fits gamified quizzes, while AhaSlides covers budget presentations across settings.
Before you commit, run a test session with a real audience and check three things: how easily audiences join from a phone, whether results display clearly on the presenter screen, and what happens when you pass the free participant limit mid-session. Also check moderation: for any public Q&A, you need a way to screen questions before they reach the stage. Finally, confirm whether pricing is monthly or annual only, since several tools on this list bill annually with no monthly option, which changes the cost of a one-off event.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free Poll Everywhere alternative?
Yes. Slido, Vevox, and Wooclap all offer free plans, with Vevox covering 100 participants per session and Wooclap covering 1,000 per event on limited questions. Check how each free limit is counted, since monthly caps run out faster than per-session caps for regular presenters.
Which tool is best for Q&A at a town hall?
Slido is the strongest pick for live Q&A, with upvoting, moderation, and a clean audience view. Pigeonhole Live is a good second choice for multi-session conferences, while Mentimeter and Vevox handle Q&A alongside polls but with less moderation depth.
Can I embed polls in PowerPoint?
Yes. Poll Everywhere, Slido, Vevox, and Mentimeter all offer PowerPoint integration, with Vevox and Poll Everywhere offering the most native in-deck experience. Check whether your plan tier includes the integration, since some tools reserve it for paid plans.
Do audiences need to install an app?
No. Most tools on this list let audiences join from a phone browser by entering a code or scanning a QR code, with no install needed. Kahoot and Crowdpurr also work from a browser, which keeps setup time near zero for large audiences.
What happens if I pass the free participant limit?
Most tools stop new participants from joining or block further responses until you upgrade, so test with your real audience size before an important session. If your audience varies, pick a tool with per-session limits rather than monthly caps, so one large session does not exhaust your allowance.
Which tool is best for a classroom?
Wooclap suits LMS-based teaching with Moodle or Canvas integration, while Kahoot suits gamified quizzes that keep students engaged. AhaSlides is a good budget classroom pick with many interactive slide types and a low paid entry price.
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