AhaSlides vs Poll Everywhere (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 Poll Everywhere if

• Fits if you ask a room of up to 40 questions from inside your slides
• Works for presenters who need 700 people on one poll, on Present

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 40 people in the audience and 10 AI prompts a month
• Pricey if you want to drop the Poll Everywhere logo, as that starts at Teams, $84 a month for 2 seats
• Skip it if you want monthly billing at the low end, as Present is annual only
• Watch out: these are business prices, and the Education tab has its own list that we did not read

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.

Poll Everywhere

• The free Intro plan caps the audience at 40.
• Additional seats cost extra: $120, $294 and $499 a year on Present, Engage and Teams.
• These are the Business & non-profit prices; the page has a separate Education tab whose prices were not read.
• Present is sold annually only, and the Teams plan is the first to remove Poll Everywhere branding.

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.

Poll Everywhere

Every question type

All plans list every question and poll type, folders for organizing polls, and worldwide response coverage.

Slide integrations

The homepage says live polls embed into PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canva and PDFs. PowerPoint integration is listed on every plan.

AI prompts

Monthly AI prompts: 10 on Intro, 100 on Present, unlimited from Engage.

Reporting and attendance

Reporting starts at Present; attendance management and importing participant groups start at Engage.

Branding

Removing the Poll Everywhere logo, custom themes and custom usernames start at Teams.

Two experiences

The site offers both the classic Poll Everywhere and a refreshed Poll Everywhere 2.0, each with its own join address.

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.

Poll Everywhere

• Intro$0

  Basic polling for up to 40 audience members, 10 AI prompts a month, unlimited questions.

• Present$10

  per month for 1 seat, billed annually ($120, annual only)

  Up to 700 audience members, 100 AI prompts a month, reporting and full email support.

• Engage$49

  per month for 2 seats, billed annually ($588; $99 billed monthly)

  Audience up to 700, unlimited AI prompts, attendance management and access to archived results.

• Teams$84

  per month for 2 seats, billed annually ($999; $249 billed monthly)

  Everything in Engage plus removal of the Poll Everywhere logo, custom branding, custom username and URL, phone support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom audience size, shared polls, single sign-on (SAML) and a dedicated success manager. Sold through sales.

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.

Poll Everywhere

• Annual discount

  Save up to 50% with annual billing

  The plans page says paying annually saves up to 50%, for example $588 a year on Engage against $99 billed monthly.