AhaSlides vs Pigeonhole Live (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 Pigeonhole Live if

• Fits if you run Q&A at meetings or conferences, up to 100 people free
• Works for presenters who want it inside PowerPoint or Google Slides

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if your audience is over 100 or you need more than 1 user on free
• Pricey if you grow, as prices rise with participants and users and Standard is $150 a month
• Watch out: the page shows yearly totals only, not a monthly-billed price
• Watch out: AI translation is a paid add-on and Enterprise is sold through sales

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.

Pigeonhole Live

• The monthly-billed price was not shown as a figure; the page shows only yearly totals, with the pre-discount amounts crossed out.
• The free Starter plan is capped at 100 participants and 1 user.
• Presenter and Standard prices rise with extra participants and users in the page's selectors.
• AI translation is a separate add-on, and Enterprise is sold through sales.

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.

Pigeonhole Live

Q&A and moderation

Audience questions with moderation; the Presenter plan adds a single-Q&A presentation format.

Polls, word clouds and surveys

Live polls, word clouds and surveys run alongside Q&A.

Slide add-ins

Interactions can be added from Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides.

Event tools

Standard adds registration, attendee access controls, an agenda and multi-track events.

Insights export

Attendee responses can be exported to PDF and Excel on paid plans.

AI translation

Listed as an add-on at $144 per user a year.

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.

Pigeonhole Live

• Starter$0

  100 participants and 1 user, with access to all interactive features.

• Presenter$13

  per month for up to 250 participants and 1 user, billed yearly ($156)

  Interactive presentations with up to 1,000 participants; 1,000 participants adds $17 a month. The page crosses out $816 for the year.

• Standard$150

  per month, up to 2,000 participants, 3 users, billed yearly

  Billed yearly at $1,800. Large presentations and events up to 5,000 participants, with registration, multi-track agenda and sponsor branding.

• EnterpriseCustom

  More than 5,000 participants and more than 25 users, with enterprise security.

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.

Pigeonhole Live

No public discounts listed.