- Multiple Poll Types: Create bar charts, word clouds, Likert scales, Q&A sessions, donut charts, radar charts, and competitions.
- Real-Time Results: Watch responses update instantly during live presentations or virtual meetings.
- AI Question Generation: Generate multiple-choice questions automatically with AI prompts.
- PowerPoint Integration: Embed and present polls directly within PowerPoint slides.
- Attendance Management: Track participation and capture attendance using geolocation and reporting tools.
- Audience Device Flexibility: Participants respond via web browser or mobile device without downloads.
- Reporting & Data Export: Access detailed reports, export data, and review archived poll responses.
- Team Collaboration: Share polls, manage presenters, and control access in team and enterprise plans.
- Custom Branding: Remove Poll Everywhere branding and apply custom themes and logos on higher-tier plans.
Poll Everywhere
Real-time audience polling and interactive survey software
Updated August 11, 2026
Poll Everywhere Overview
Poll Everywhere is a live audience-response tool for presentations, training sessions and classes. Presenters can add polls, word clouds, Q&A, quizzes and competitions to a slide deck.
Participants respond from a browser or mobile device, and results update during the session. Reporting and attendance tools help organizers review participation afterward.
Key Features
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key Features |
|---|---|---|
| Intro | Free | $40 max audience size (700 for 30 days); 10 AI prompts/month; unlimited questions |
| Present | $10/month billed monthly or $120/year billed annually | 700 max audience size; 100 AI prompts/month; reporting and email support |
| Engage | $99/month billed monthly or $49/month ($588/year) billed annually | Unlimited AI prompts; attendance management; archived results; 2 users included |
| Teams | $249/month billed monthly or $84/month ($999/year) billed annually | Custom branding; remove Poll Everywhere logo; custom username and URL; phone/email support |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom audience size; SSO (SAML); dedicated success manager |
Intro is a continuing free plan; its included Teams trial is temporary and separate. The published paid prices vary by audience size, billing schedule and organization type.
Pricing source: Poll Everywhere plans
Pros
| Compared with | Why this product may fit better |
|---|---|
| Kahoot! | Kahoot! makes competition and game mechanics central; Poll Everywhere emphasizes attendance, reporting and professional response formats. Instructors can collect participation evidence while keeping the tone appropriate for adult learning or formal events. |
| Mentimeter | Lecturers with established PowerPoint libraries can add Poll Everywhere activities without rebuilding the complete deck. Mentimeter instead encourages teams to create the interactive presentation in its own workspace, which may require more production work. |
| SurveyMonkey | SurveyMonkey is designed for questionnaires and post-response analysis; Poll Everywhere focuses on answers that matter during a live session. Presenters can adjust the discussion immediately instead of waiting for a later research cycle. |
Cons
| Compared with | Where this product may fall short |
|---|---|
| Kahoot! | Kahoot! gives teachers stronger game mechanics, points and classroom competition than Poll Everywhere. A playful quiz event for younger learners may benefit more from Kahoot!'s energy than Poll Everywhere's professional presentation style. |
| Mentimeter | Presentation templates and visual design can feel less polished without additional slide work. Teams wanting an all-in-one interactive deck may prefer Mentimeter, while Poll Everywhere is strongest when it augments an existing presentation. |
| SurveyMonkey | SurveyMonkey provides branching, long-form studies and asynchronous distribution that are outside Poll Everywhere's core use case. Research teams may still need SurveyMonkey when responses must be collected outside a live session and analyzed in depth. |
| AhaSlides | Small groups should compare branding, audience limits and annual costs carefully because AhaSlides may cover casual interactive presentations more cheaply. Poll Everywhere's governance features matter most when reporting and repeat use justify them. |
Reviews
- Capterra reviews: Capterra lists 4.5/5. Users praise live polling in lectures and events and ask for more flexible exports and pricing, making the comments useful for distinguishing an engaging presentation from the reporting work that follows it.
- G2 reviews: G2 lists 4.5/5 from 63 reviews. PowerPoint, Keynote and web presentation support are recurring strengths, while per-poll management and paid-feature limits suggest testing the exact course or event schedule instead of only one demonstration poll.
- Apple App Store reviews: App Store feedback mixes classroom praise with complaints about refresh behavior, login and mobile layout. Presenters relying on phones or tablets should rehearse joining, reconnecting and displaying results on the venue network before a high-stakes session.
