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Head-to-head · Audience Response Systems

Poll Everywhere vs Slidea

  • Updated Sep 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 7 checks side by side
Higher score Poll Everywhere #1 in Audience Response Systems 10.0/10 Free plan · paid from $10/mo (annual) · 30-day trial Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Try Poll Everywhere
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

Poll Everywhere leads on 5 checks, Slidea on 0, 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 scorePoll Everywhere · 10.0/10
  • Free planboth
  • Most featuresPoll Everywhere · 5 of 5

Poll Everywhere scores higher on our rubric for audience response systems: 10.0 against 6.5 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #14.

Poll Everywhere offers live polling; Slidea doesn't publish it. Poll Everywhere offers quiz mode; Slidea doesn't publish it. Poll Everywhere leads on audience limit: 700 participants versus 500 participants. Poll Everywhere offers anonymous responses; Slidea doesn't publish it. Poll Everywhere offers slide integrations; Slidea doesn't publish it.

Poll Everywhere is the better fit for broad, polished audience engagement. Slidea is the better fit for affordable web presentation interactivity.

  • Poll Everywhere fits best

    Broad, polished audience engagement

  • Slidea fits best

    Affordable web presentation interactivity

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Side by side

Feature Poll Everywhere 10.0/10 Visit ↗ Slidea 6.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 10.0 6.5
Ranking #1 in Audience Response Systems #14 in Audience Response Systems
Best for Broad, polished audience engagement Affordable web presentation interactivity
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $10/mo Not published
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Free trial length 30 days · no card needed 30 days
Deployment Cloud, Desktop, Mobile Cloud
Platforms Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android Web
Integrations 8 integrations 5 integrations
Features Poll Everywhere 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 700 participants (best) 500 participants
Our review
Pros
  • Live polling, Q&A, quizzes, surveys, and word clouds
  • PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides integration
  • Web, SMS, mobile-app responses plus reporting and AI
  • 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
  • Intro limits each poll or activity to 40 responses
  • Present, Engage, and Teams prices shown on annual billing
  • Advanced branding and SAML single sign-on require higher tiers
  • Web-only platform coverage
  • Free plan limits participation and live quizzes
  • Custom branding, exports, and workspace controls require Pro
Our verdict

Poll Everywhere is a web-based audience response system for presenters, educators, trainers, meeting leaders, and event organizers. It supports live multiple-choice polling, audience Q&A with upvoting and downvoting, open-ended questions,…

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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. Poll EverywhereAudience Response Systems 10.0Free plan · paid from $10/mo (annual) · 30-day trial
  2. SlideaAudience Response Systems 6.5Free plan · paid from $6/user/mo (annual) · 30-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Poll Everywhere — where it wins

    • Live polling, Q&A, quizzes, surveys, and word clouds
    • PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides integration
    • Web, SMS, mobile-app responses plus reporting and AI

    Where it doesn't

    • Intro limits each poll or activity to 40 responses
    • Present, Engage, and Teams prices shown on annual billing
    • Advanced branding and SAML single sign-on require higher tiers

  • 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
  • Poll Everywhere10.0/10 · Free plan · paid from $10/mo (annual) · 30-day trial

    A broad audience engagement platform with polling, Q&A, quizzes, surveys, AI, and integrations.

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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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