Kahoot vs Mentimeter (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Kahoot grades higher than Mentimeter: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Kahoot grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Kahoot
Quiz and presentation platform for classrooms and groups
Mentimeter
Interactive presentations with live polls, quizzes and Q&A
Which one is for you
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
Pick Mentimeter if
- Fits if you teach or present and want the room answering from their own phones
- Works for a single big event, since the Conference plans sell 30 days of access from €350
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if it's just you presenting: Basic is €14 a month billed yearly, or €17.99 paid monthly
- Tight if you're staying free and speak to more than 50 people a month, apart from one open session
- Not for you if you need your own branding, a shared workspace or co-editing without Pro at €28 a month, billed yearly only
- Skip it if you want to import PowerPoint or Keynote slides or export results for free, as both need Basic
- Watch out: prices are listed in euros and exclude tax
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAKahootFair | 2.0GPAMentimeterFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BKahoot!+ Bronze is $3 a month billed annually, under 60% of the $7.95 that the cheaper quarter of presentation tools starts at. The tiers people use for bigger groups run $9, $15 and $25. | DBasic is €14 a presenter a month billed yearly, and the dearest tenth of this category starts at $14.99, so that's where it sits. Your own branding, a shared workspace and co-editing need Pro at €28, nearly three times the $9.99 middle, and Pro is yearly billing only. |
| Free plan and trial | CKahoot! Go is free but caps a live game at 40 participants, which a full class can pass. | CFree with no time limit, with Menti AI and 23 slide types, but capped at 50 participants a month plus one session a month with no limit. Two classes of 30 and you're past it. |
| Features | CLive and self-paced quizzes, polls and flashcards. The listing shows question types and AI limits that depend on the tier, so there are gaps on the cheaper plans. | CLive polls, word clouds, Q&A, surveys and quizzes that add up to one winner, with an AI that drafts the whole thing, and it covers that audience job completely. It's a smaller job than building decks, though, and importing your PowerPoint or Keynote slides needs Basic. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating is on record and it needs an account and some setup of your own work, so it sits at the ordinary grade. | CNo App Store rating on record, and you still write every question and build the deck before the session. The audience joins with a link or a code and needs no account. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Google Slides, PowerPoint, Canva and Keynote links. No desktop app is listed. | BA web app with nothing of its own to install. It connects to PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Slides, plus Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle and Brightspace with optional gradebook sync. |
| Best for | live quizzes and polls for a classroom | getting a whole room to answer live |
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: Kahoot and Mentimeter. How we grade
Price against what you get
Kahoot starts at $3 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Mentimeter starts at about $15.64 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Kahoot starts $12.64 a month lower. Of the other presentation tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Kahoot for less, and 14 score higher than Mentimeter 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
- Mentimeter also covers templates.
At a glance
| Kahoot | Mentimeter | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $3 per month, billed annually ($36) | €14 per presenter / month, billed yearly (Basic) |
| Free plan | Kahoot! Go: free plan with a 40-participant limit, classic live games, templates and flashcards. | 50 participants per month, plus unlimited participants once a month, with Menti AI, 23 slide types and results insights. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Kahoot! | Mentimeter |
| Price read from | kahoot.com | mentimeter.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Mentimeter
- The Free plan is capped at 50 participants a month, apart from one session a month with unlimited participants.
- Importing slides and exporting results need Basic or higher, and custom branding, a shared workspace and co-editing need Pro.
- Pro is sold on yearly billing only; just the Basic plan can be paid monthly, at €17.99 against €14 a month billed yearly.
- Prices are listed in euros, as the plans page displayed them, and exclude tax.
Key features
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.
Mentimeter
- Live polls and word clouds
- Participants join with a link or code and answer from their own device, with no account needed, and the results appear on screen as responses come in.
- Quizzes
- Quiz questions run as a competition: results from every quiz question in a presentation add up to one final winner. Ready-made quiz templates are included.
- Q&A
- The audience submits questions during a session. On Pro the presenter can moderate incoming questions and manage them from a phone with Mentimote.
- AI Menti Creator
- Menti AI drafts a full interactive presentation, suggests questions and groups live responses so that trends are easier to spot. It is included in the Free plan.
- Slide import and results export
- From the Basic plan, existing PowerPoint, Keynote or PDF slides can be uploaded and mixed with interactive questions, and results can be downloaded as Excel or PDF.
- Meeting and LMS integrations
- Mentimeter works inside PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and in the Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle and Brightspace learning systems with optional gradebook sync.
Plans
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).
Mentimeter
Free€0
50 participants per month, unlimited participants once a month, Menti AI, polls, word clouds and quizzes, and insights into results.
Basic€14
per presenter / month, billed yearly (€17.99 billed monthly)
Unlimited participants, import of PowerPoint, Keynote or PDF slides, and export of results to Excel or PDF.
Pro€28
per presenter / month, billed yearly
Adds custom branding and themes, a shared workspace, co-editing of presentations, and phone control of a live session with Q&A moderation.
Small Conference€350
one-time payment for 30 days of access
Paid features with unlimited participants for a single event, for up to 4 presenters.
Large Conference€750
one-time payment for 30 days of access
The same 30-day event access as Small Conference, for up to 20 presenters.
EnterpriseCustom
Adds single sign-on, SCIM, participant verification, tailored onboarding and workspace insights; recommended for 10 or more licenses.
Ways to pay less
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.
Mentimeter
- Annual discount
Save 23% on Basic with yearly billing
Basic is €14 per presenter a month billed yearly (€168 a year) against €17.99 billed monthly. Mentimeter labels the yearly option a 23% saving.
- Education
Lower prices for teachers and students
Mentimeter's education price list puts Basic at €132 a year (€11 a month) and Pro at €204 a year (€17 a month) per presenter, against €168 and €336 on the standard list.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Kahoot or Mentimeter?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Kahoot is cheaper to start with: $3 a month, against about $15.64 a month for Mentimeter. Kahoot starts at $3 per month, billed annually ($36), and Mentimeter starts at €14 per presenter / month, billed yearly (Basic).
Which has a free plan, Kahoot or Mentimeter?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Kahoot and Mentimeter have a free plan.
Which platforms do Kahoot and Mentimeter run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Kahoot lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.