AhaSlides vs Crowdpurr (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, AhaSlides grades higher than Crowdpurr: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
AhaSlides grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AhaSlides
Interactive presentations with live quizzes, polls and word clouds
Crowdpurr
Live trivia, polls and bingo for audiences
Which one is for you
Pick AhaSlides if
- Fits if you train, teach or run meetings and want people answering on their phones
- Works for dropping polls into a PowerPoint or Google Slides deck you already have
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free and running a proper quiz, with 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions a presentation
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $23.95 for Essential against $7.95 on the yearly plan
- Skip it if your crowd is over 100 and you're on Essential, because that plan is capped at 100 participants
- Watch out: AI, custom branding and Q&A moderation need Pro at $15.95, and SSO needs Enterprise
- Not for you if you want a refund after trying it live, as the 14-day refund only applies before any live event
Pick Crowdpurr if
- Fits if you run a trivia night or a classroom quiz
- Works for events that want phones as the audience's buttons
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, with 20 participants and 15 questions per experience
- Watch out: Basic shows the Crowdpurr logo and sponsor ads
- Pricey if you run bigger rooms, as Classroom caps at 100 and Seminar at 500 participants
- Watch out: the page showed only three paid plans, and more may exist
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAhaSlidesFair | 1.8GPACrowdpurrWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CEssential is $7.95 a month billed yearly, which lands between the $5.83 lower quarter and the $12.99 upper quarter for presentation tools. Ordinary, in other words. AI features and custom branding wait for Pro at $15.95, and monthly billing is $23.95. | DClassroom is $24.99 a month billed yearly, above the $20 where the dearest tenth of presentation tools starts, and Seminar is $74.99. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree holds 50 participants, every slide type and unlimited presentations, but you will hit the cap: 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions in a single presentation. Analytics and exports start on Essential. | CBasic is free with 20 participants per experience, 15 questions and ads, which a real event outgrows. |
| Features | CIt does audience participation fully: quizzes, polls, word clouds, live Q&A, ranking, pin-on-image and a spinner wheel, with add-ins that drop the lot into PowerPoint. That's a smaller job than building decks, and its own listing puts AI, custom branding and Q&A moderation on Pro. | CTrivia, polls, an AI game generator, lead capture, live streaming and question import. Caps on participants, 20, 100 or 500, shape what each plan can run. |
| Ease of use | CNo App Store rating on record, and the work is writing the slides and the questions yourself before anyone joins. On the day it's easier: everything runs in a browser and the audience needs no app and no account. | CNo store rating is on record, and you build each game with questions before you run it. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web app with no phone or desktop app of its own. What lifts it is the list it plugs into: PowerPoint, Google Slides, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, Slack, Google Drive and ChatGPT, and AhaSlides says every integration is on every plan, Free included. | CWeb only, with a Webex link and no apps listed. |
| Best for | getting the room to join in with quizzes and polls | live trivia and polls that people join from their phones |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AhaSlides and Crowdpurr. How we grade
Price against what you get
AhaSlides starts at $7.95 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Crowdpurr starts at $24.99 a month and scores 2.0.
AhaSlides scores higher and starts $17.04 a month lower. Of the other presentation tools on the chart, 7 score higher than AhaSlides for less, and 37 score higher than Crowdpurr for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
At a glance
| AhaSlides | Crowdpurr | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $7.95 per month, billed yearly ($95.40) | $24.99 per month, billed yearly ($299.94) |
| Free plan | Up to 50 participants, all slide types, unlimited presentations, and up to 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions in a single presentation. | Basic plan: 20 participants per experience, 15 questions per experience, 3 simultaneous experiences and 15 minutes of live streaming a month. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | AhaSlides Pte Ltd | Crowdpurr |
| Price read from | ahaslides.com | crowdpurr.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AhaSlides
- The Free plan allows 50 participants and at most 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions per presentation.
- Essential is capped at 100 participants; AI features, custom branding and Q&A moderation start at Pro.
- SSO and SCIM user management are available only on the Enterprise plan.
- A full refund within 14 days is offered only if the subscription has not been used at a live event.
Crowdpurr
- Participant caps apply per experience: 20 on Basic, 100 on Classroom and 500 on Seminar.
- Basic shows the Crowdpurr logo and sponsor ads; custom logos start on Classroom.
- The page labels yearly pricing as 50% off the one-month price.
- More plans may exist beyond Seminar; only three plus Basic were shown.
Key features
AhaSlides
- Interactive slide types
- Presentations mix content slides with quizzes, polls, word clouds, live Q&A, ranking, pin-on-image questions and a spinner wheel. Every slide type is available on the Free plan.
- Join by QR code or link
- The presenter works in a web browser and the audience joins on their own devices through a QR code or link, with nothing to download and no account to create.
- AI tools
- An AI slides generator drafts a presentation from a prompt, a generator turns a PDF or PowerPoint file into quiz questions, and smart grouping clusters audience responses.
- PowerPoint and Google Slides add-ins
- Add-ins place polls, quizzes and Q&A inside existing PowerPoint or Google Slides decks, and PPT, PPTX and PDF files can be imported into AhaSlides instead.
- Video-call integrations
- Zoom, Microsoft Teams and RingCentral integrations run activities inside a call. The vendor says all integrations are included on every plan, including Free.
- Reports and analytics
- After a session, event analytics and participant reports show how people responded, with exports to PDF, JPG and Excel. Analytics and exports start at the Essential plan.
Crowdpurr
- Trivia
- Single or multi-round games with team and survivor formats, points wagering and automatic 24/7 modes.
- Polls
- Live polls with a presentation view for the big screen.
- AI game generator
- Generates trivia and bingo games on a topic; the Basic plan limits quantities.
- Lead capture
- Collects names, emails and phone numbers when participants join; export needs a paid plan.
- Live streaming
- Native live streaming inside experiences, with 15 minutes a month on Basic and 30 on Classroom.
- Question import
- Questions can be imported from Excel or Google Sheets on paid plans.
Plans
AhaSlides
Free$0
Up to 50 participants, all slide types and unlimited events, limited to 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions per presentation.
Essential$7.95
per month, billed yearly ($95.40); $23.95 billed monthly
Up to 100 participants, unlimited interactive slides, analytics and exports, and folder management.
Pro$15.95
per month, billed yearly ($191.40)
Up to 2,500 participants, AI features, custom branding, Q&A moderation and priority support.
EnterpriseCustom
Up to 100,000 participants, with SSO, SCIM user management, custom features and a dedicated account manager.
Crowdpurr
Basic$0
20 participants and 15 questions per experience, 3 simultaneous experiences; shows the Crowdpurr logo and sponsor ads.
Classroom$24.99
per month, billed yearly ($299.94); $49.99 for one month
100 participants, 100 questions and 10 simultaneous experiences, 2 team members, custom logos and exports to Excel or Google Sheets.
Seminar$74.99
per month, billed yearly ($899.94); $149.99 for one month
500 participants, 25 simultaneous experiences, 5 team members, custom experience codes and custom lead capture fields.
Ways to pay less
AhaSlides
- Annual discount
Save 67% with yearly billing
The pricing page toggle advertises a 67% saving for yearly billing. Essential is $95.40 a year, or $7.95 a month, against $23.95 a month on monthly billing.
- Other savings
Team plans save up to 20%
Buying several yearly licences lowers the bill by up to 20%. The page's example prices 3 Pro Yearly licences at $516.78 instead of $574.20, a 10% saving.
- Education
Edu plans for teachers and nonprofits
Separate Edu plans carry special rates for teachers, students and nonprofit organisations. AhaSlides' comparison page lists Edu Small for educators at $35.40 a year.
Crowdpurr
- Annual discount
50% off with yearly billing
The pricing page shows Classroom at $24.99 a month billed yearly against $49.99 for one month, labeled 50% off.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AhaSlides or Crowdpurr?
As of Nov 13, 2026, AhaSlides is cheaper to start with: $7.95 a month, against $24.99 a month for Crowdpurr. AhaSlides starts at $7.95 per month, billed yearly ($95.40), and Crowdpurr starts at $24.99 per month, billed yearly ($299.94).
Which has a free plan, AhaSlides or Crowdpurr?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both AhaSlides and Crowdpurr have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.