Acadly review
Low-cost live engagement, attendance, and analytics for higher-education courses.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Acadly is a classroom response and attendance platform for higher-education instructors teaching in-person, online, or hybrid classes. It combines live polls, quizzes, Q&A, discussions, word clouds, attendance automation, analytics, and interactive lecture playback. Students can participate through web, iOS, or Android, while instructors can review results in real time and export participation data. It is best suited to educators who want broad course engagement features at a low per-course price rather than a standalone polling tool.
Pricing is structured around three plans. Basic costs $3 per course and includes in-person attendance automation, polls and word clouds, multiple-choice and true/false quizzes, backchannels, basic data exports, and Q&A. Pro costs $5 per course and adds scheduled automatic attendance, anonymous Q&A, sorting-type quizzes, Zoom integration, and online attendance automation. Enterprise adds LMS plugins for instructors and administrators, automatic course provisioning, roster syncing, contact tracing, and premium support. The published plans make Acadly particularly suitable for budget-conscious course engagement, while the paid-only model may not suit educators seeking a free starting tier.
Acadly’s strongest fit is a course environment that needs participation and attendance in one system. Its integrations include Zoom, LMS platforms, PowerPoint, and Canvas, and its feature set covers LMS roster, gradebook, and attendance synchronization alongside CSV or spreadsheet-based exports and learner analytics. Instructors needing scheduled or online attendance should choose Pro, while institutions needing provisioning, roster administration, or LMS plugins should consider Enterprise. Educators looking only for simple live polling may find Acadly’s broader attendance and course-management scope more than they need.
Acadly pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Live polls, quizzes, Q&A, and backchannel discussions
- Attendance automation for in-person and online classes
- LMS synchronization, analytics, and data exports
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan is available
- Zoom integration and online attendance automation require Pro
- Institution-level LMS controls are reserved for Enterprise
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