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Head-to-head · Audience Response Systems

Pigeonhole Live vs Particify

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 7 checks side by side
Higher score Pigeonhole Live #6 in Audience Response Systems 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Try Pigeonhole Live
Particify #16 in Audience Response Systems 7.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Particify

Pigeonhole Live leads on 0 checks, Particify on 1, and 6 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 7 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scorePigeonhole Live · 8.8/10
  • Free planboth

Pigeonhole Live scores higher on our rubric for audience response systems: 8.8 against 7.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #6 and #16.

Particify leads on audience limit: 500 participants versus 250 participants.

Pigeonhole Live is the better fit for events needing moderated Q&A. Particify is the better fit for open-source and self-hosted deployments.

  • Pigeonhole Live fits best

    Events needing moderated Q&A

  • Particify fits best

    Open-source and self-hosted deployments

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Side by side

Feature Pigeonhole Live 8.8/10 Visit ↗ Particify 7.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.8 7.8
Ranking #6 in Audience Response Systems #16 in Audience Response Systems
Best for Events needing moderated Q&A Open-source and self-hosted deployments
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $13/mo €12/user/mo
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Browser extension Cloud, Self-hosted, Browser extension
Platforms Web Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
Support Email, Tickets, Docs Email, Phone, Docs
Compliance SSO/SAML, 2FA GDPR
Integrations 15 integrations 7 integrations
Built for Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Pigeonhole Live 5/5 · Particify 5/5
Live polling ✓ ✓
Live Q&A ✓ ✓
Quiz mode ✓ ✓
Anonymous responses ✓ ✓
Slide integrations ✓ ✓
Specs
Audience limit 250 participants 500 participants (best)
Our review
Pros
  • Moderated Q&A supports submissions, voting, answers, and projector display.
  • Supports polls, quizzes, surveys, assessments, word clouds, and chat.
  • Joins through browser links or QR codes without an app download.
  • Free plan supports 200 participants per room and unlimited rooms
  • Moderated Q&A, quizzes, anonymous responses and asynchronous participation
  • Self-hosting plus Moodle, ILIAS, Stud.IP and LTI 1.3 integrations
Cons
  • Starter is limited to 100 participants.
  • Presenter includes up to 250 participants and costs $13 per month.
  • Advanced features such as SSO and API access require Enterprise.
  • Pro requires at least five accounts
  • Pro uses annual billing and excludes VAT
  • Branding, single sign-on and LMS integration are reserved for Campus
Our verdict

Pigeonhole Live is a web-based audience engagement platform for presenters, educators, internal communications teams, conference organisers, and event teams. It combines live Q&A, polls, quizzes, assessments, surveys, word clouds,…

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Particify is a web-based audience response system for universities, schools, companies and other organizations. It combines interactive surveys, live polling, moderated Q&A, quizzes, anonymous feedback and asynchronous participation.…

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  1. Pigeonhole LiveAudience Response Systems 8.8Free plan
  2. ParticifyAudience Response Systems 7.8Free plan

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Pigeonhole Live — where it wins

    • Moderated Q&A supports submissions, voting, answers, and projector display.
    • Supports polls, quizzes, surveys, assessments, word clouds, and chat.
    • Joins through browser links or QR codes without an app download.

    Where it doesn't

    • Starter is limited to 100 participants.
    • Presenter includes up to 250 participants and costs $13 per month.
    • Advanced features such as SSO and API access require Enterprise.

  • Particify — where it wins

    • Free plan supports 200 participants per room and unlimited rooms
    • Moderated Q&A, quizzes, anonymous responses and asynchronous participation
    • Self-hosting plus Moodle, ILIAS, Stud.IP and LTI 1.3 integrations

    Where it doesn't

    • Pro requires at least five accounts
    • Pro uses annual billing and excludes VAT
    • Branding, single sign-on and LMS integration are reserved for Campus

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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