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Head-to-head · Audience Response Systems

Pigeonhole Live vs Slidea

  • Updated Sep 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 7 checks side by side
Higher score Pigeonhole Live #6 in Audience Response Systems 7.7/10 Free plan · paid from $13/mo Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Try Pigeonhole Live
Slidea #14 in Audience Response Systems 6.5/10 Free plan · paid from $6/user/mo (annual) · 30-day trial Free plan✓ 1 of 5 features Visit Slidea

Pigeonhole Live leads on 4 checks, Slidea on 1, and 2 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 · 7.7/10
  • Free planboth
  • Most featuresPigeonhole Live · 5 of 5

Pigeonhole Live scores higher on our rubric for audience response systems: 7.7 against 6.5 out of 10; our editors rank them #6 and #14.

Pigeonhole Live offers live polling; Slidea doesn't publish it. Pigeonhole Live offers quiz mode; Slidea doesn't publish it. Slidea leads on audience limit: 500 participants versus 250 participants. Pigeonhole Live offers anonymous responses; Slidea doesn't publish it. Pigeonhole Live offers slide integrations; Slidea doesn't publish it.

Pigeonhole Live is the better fit for events needing moderated Q&A. Slidea is the better fit for affordable web presentation interactivity.

  • Pigeonhole Live fits best

    Events needing moderated Q&A

  • Slidea fits best

    Affordable web presentation interactivity

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Side by side

Feature Pigeonhole Live 7.7/10 Visit ↗ Slidea 6.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 7.7 6.5
Ranking #6 in Audience Response Systems #14 in Audience Response Systems
Best for Events needing moderated Q&A Affordable web presentation interactivity
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $13/mo Not published
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Browser extension Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Integrations 15 integrations 5 integrations
Features Pigeonhole Live 5/5 · Slidea 1/5
Live polling ✓ (best) Not published
Live Q&A ✓ ✓
Quiz mode ✓ (best) Not published
Anonymous responses ✓ (best) Not published
Slide integrations ✓ (best) Not published
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.
  • Supports polls, quizzes, Q&A, word clouds, rankings, and open-ended questions
  • Imports PowerPoint and PDF decks, with AI-assisted presentation creation
  • Connects with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Webex
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.
  • Web-only platform coverage
  • Free plan limits participation and live quizzes
  • Custom branding, exports, and workspace controls require Pro
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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Slidea is a web-based interactive presentation platform for educators, speakers, trainers, managers, and event organizers. Presenters can create or import slide decks, add live polls, quizzes with leaderboards and scoring, word clouds,…

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  1. Pigeonhole LiveAudience Response Systems 7.7Free plan · paid from $13/mo
  2. SlideaAudience Response Systems 6.5Free plan · paid from $6/user/mo (annual) · 30-day trial

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.

  • Slidea — where it wins

    • Supports polls, quizzes, Q&A, word clouds, rankings, and open-ended questions
    • Imports PowerPoint and PDF decks, with AI-assisted presentation creation
    • Connects with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Webex

    Where it doesn't

    • Web-only platform coverage
    • Free plan limits participation and live quizzes
    • Custom branding, exports, and workspace controls require Pro
  • Pigeonhole Live7.7/10 · Free plan · paid from $13/mo

    A strong choice for moderated Q&A, live polling, quizzes, and event participation.

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  • Slidea6.5/10 · Free plan · paid from $6/user/mo (annual) · 30-day trial

    A capable web presentation tool for polls, quizzes, Q&A, and audience interaction.

    Visit SlideaFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026

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