AhaSlides vs Kahoot (2026): which should you pick?

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 Kahoot if

• Fits if you run quizzes for a class or a small group
• Works for presenters who want audience polls inside a talk

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if your group is over 40 people, because the free plan stops there
• Watch out: AI content creation starts on Bronze and the full toolkit on Gold at $15 a month
• Pricey if you pay monthly, at $9, $15 and $26 against $3, $9 and $15 billed annually
• Skip it if you want it for business, as that is sold separately as Kahoot! 360
• Watch out: Black Friday prices on Silver, Gold and One end on 27 November

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.

Kahoot

• Paid prices on this page are for classroom plans; business use is sold as Kahoot! 360 from $15 a month.
• The free Go plan caps a live game at 40 participants.
• Several question types and AI limits depend on the tier.
• Silver, Gold and One show lower Black Friday prices until November 27.

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.

Kahoot

Live and self-paced quizzes

Run quizzes on a shared screen or let participants work through them on their own.

AI content creation

Paid tiers generate kahoots from topics, URLs, Wikipedia pages or uploaded files, with limits by tier.

Participant limits by tier

Limits step up from 40 on Go to 50, 100, 200 and 800 on the paid tiers.

Reports

Reports assess student learning; the higher tiers add advanced reports over time.

Slides and question types

Higher tiers add question types such as slider and precision, and a lecture experience for presenting.

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.

Kahoot

• Kahoot! Go$0

  Free plan; 40 participants, classic live experience, question bank and templates.

• Kahoot!+ Bronze$3

  per month, billed annually ($36)

  50 participants, AI content from topics or URLs, basic reports ($9 billed monthly).

• Kahoot!+ Silver$9

  per month, billed annually

  100 participants, drop pin and scale questions, lecture mode ($15 billed monthly).

• Kahoot!+ Gold$15

  per month, billed annually

  200 participants, full AI toolkit, advanced reports ($26 billed monthly).

• Kahoot! One$25

  per month, billed annually

  800 participants, all question types and experiences ($35 billed monthly).

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.

Kahoot

• Annual discount

  Annual billing lowers the monthly rate

  Annual billing is shown at $3, $9, $15 and $25 a month, against $9, $15, $26 and $35 billed monthly.

• Other savings

  Black Friday offer, ends November 27

  Silver, Gold and One are shown at $6, $10 and $19 a month on yearly billing until November 27.