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Head-to-head · Audience Response Systems

Poll Everywhere vs Votinova

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 7 checks side by side
Higher score Poll Everywhere #1 in Audience Response Systems 9.4/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 5 of 5 features Try Poll Everywhere
Votinova #4 in Audience Response Systems 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 5 features Visit Votinova

Poll Everywhere leads on 0 checks, Votinova 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 scorePoll Everywhere · 9.4/10
  • Free planboth
  • Free trialonly Poll Everywhere
  • Most featuresPoll Everywhere · 5 of 5

Poll Everywhere scores higher on our rubric for audience response systems: 9.4 against 9.0 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #4.

Votinova leads on audience limit: 1000 participants versus 700 participants.

Poll Everywhere is the better fit for broad, polished audience engagement. Votinova is the better fit for large audiences needing APIs and webhooks.

  • Poll Everywhere fits best

    Broad, polished audience engagement

  • Votinova fits best

    Large audiences needing APIs and webhooks

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Side by side

Feature Poll Everywhere 9.4/10 Visit ↗ Votinova 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.4 9.0
Ranking #1 in Audience Response Systems #4 in Audience Response Systems
Best for Broad, polished audience engagement Large audiences needing APIs and webhooks
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free plan + paid
Starting price $120/yr €9/mo
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial 30 days —
Deployment Cloud, Desktop, Mobile Cloud, Mobile
Platforms Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android Web, iOS, Android
Support Email, Phone, Docs, Community Email, Docs
Compliance SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML GDPR, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations 8 integrations 15 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Poll Everywhere 5/5 · Votinova 2/5
Live polling ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Live Q&A ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Quiz mode ✓ ✓
Anonymous responses ✓ ✓
Slide integrations ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Specs
Audience limit 700 participants 1000 participants (best)
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 up to 1,000 participants on Starter and 2,000 on Pro
  • Combines polls, quizzes, word clouds and moderated Q&A
  • Offers API, webhooks, Zapier and broad presentation integrations
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
  • Free is limited to 50 participants and six question types
  • Custom branding, full analytics and AI insights require Pro
  • Team and Enterprise features add complexity for simple sessions
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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Votinova is a SaaS platform for interactive presentations and real-time audience voting. Presenters can create or import decks, add live polls, scored quizzes, word clouds and moderated Q&A, then invite participants through QR codes or…

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  1. Poll EverywhereAudience Response Systems 9.4Free plan · 30-day trial
  2. VotinovaAudience Response Systems 9.0Free plan

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

  • Votinova — where it wins

    • Supports up to 1,000 participants on Starter and 2,000 on Pro
    • Combines polls, quizzes, word clouds and moderated Q&A
    • Offers API, webhooks, Zapier and broad presentation integrations

    Where it doesn't

    • Free is limited to 50 participants and six question types
    • Custom branding, full analytics and AI insights require Pro
    • Team and Enterprise features add complexity for simple sessions
  • Poll Everywhere9.4/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

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

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  • Votinova9.0/10 · Free plan

    A broad audience response platform for large sessions, integrations and API workflows.

    Visit VotinovaFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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