Mentimeter vs Nearpod (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Nearpod grades higher than Mentimeter: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Nearpod grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Mentimeter
Interactive presentations with live polls, quizzes and Q&A
Nearpod
Interactive K-12 lessons with built-in questions and activities
Which one is for you
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
Pick Nearpod if
- Fits if you teach a class of up to 40 and want to see every student's answer live
- Works for schools that buy a district licence and want LMS rostering
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 300 MB and 40 students a lesson, and Gold lifts that only to 75
- Pricey if you want AI Create, the Google Slides add-on or sub plans, as that is Gold at $159 a year
- Skip it if you need co-teaching, student accounts or LMS links, as those are school and district licences with no public price
- Watch out: Nearpod Math and Social Studies are listed as school and district programs
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAMentimeterFair | 2.4GPANearpodFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CGold is $159 a year, about $13 a month, and Platinum is $397 a year. Schools get a quote. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | BSilver is free for good, with 20+ formative question types, 40 students a lesson and 300 MB of storage. One teacher can live on that, until a class goes over 40. |
| Features | 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. | CInteractive lessons, a library, file import and real-time results. Co-teaching, live annotation, student accounts and LMS links are on school licences. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo store rating on record. Teachers build or adapt lessons from slides, and rosters need school set-up. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | BWeb, iOS and Android, with Google Slides, PowerPoint, YouTube and LMS links. No desktop app is listed. |
| Best for | getting a whole room to answer live | interactive lessons for a classroom |
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: Mentimeter and Nearpod. How we grade
Price against what you get
Mentimeter starts at about $15.64 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Nearpod starts at $13.25 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Nearpod starts $2.39 a month lower. Of the other presentation tools on the chart, 11 score higher than Mentimeter for less, and 9 score higher than Nearpod 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 and surveys.
At a glance
| Mentimeter | Nearpod | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | €14 per presenter / month, billed yearly (Basic) | $159 per year (Gold, individual educators) |
| Free plan | 50 participants per month, plus unlimited participants once a month, with Menti AI, 23 slide types and results insights. | Silver is free: 300 MB of storage and up to 40 students joining each lesson, with the core features. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Mentimeter | Nearpod (part of Renaissance Learning) |
| Price read from | mentimeter.com | nearpod.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Nearpod
- Individual plans cap how many students can join: 40 on Silver, 75 on Gold and 90 on Platinum.
- Silver's 300 MB of storage also limits how much of the library a teacher can save.
- Co-teaching, live annotation, student accounts, LMS and LTI integrations are on school and district licenses, which are quoted.
- Nearpod Math and Nearpod Social Studies programs are listed as school and district features.
Key features
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.
Nearpod
- Interactive lessons
- Lessons, videos and activities combine slides with 20+ formative assessment types and can be run live or student-paced.
- Nearpod Library
- A library of standards-aligned lessons, activities and interactive videos, said to be made with 70+ publishers. Free and individual plans can save items up to the storage limit.
- Import your own files
- Existing PowerPoint, PDF and Google Slides files can be uploaded and turned into interactive lessons.
- AI Create
- Generates multiple-choice questions on Gold and above, and activities and lessons on school and district licenses.
- Real-time insight
- Teachers see live responses and get post-session reports. Schools get admin reporting dashboards.
- District tools
- School and district licenses add co-teaching, shared libraries, student accounts and LMS, LTI and rostering integrations.
Plans
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.
Nearpod
Silver$0
300 MB storage and 40 student joins per lesson, with 20+ formative assessment types and access to the Nearpod Library up to the storage limit.
Gold$159
per year, for individual educators
Adds the AI Create question generator, Google Slides add-on, drag and drop, sub plans, 1 GB storage and 75 student joins per lesson.
Platinum$397
per year, for individual educators
Everything in Gold plus student notes, 5 GB storage and 90 student joins per lesson.
Schools & districtsCustom
Unlimited storage, 250 student joins per lesson, co-teaching, LMS and rostering integrations, admin dashboards and a customer success manager. Request a quote.
Ways to pay less
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.
Nearpod
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Mentimeter or Nearpod?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Nearpod is cheaper to start with: $13.25 a month when paid by the year, against about $15.64 a month for Mentimeter. Mentimeter starts at €14 per presenter / month, billed yearly (Basic), and Nearpod starts at $159 per year (Gold, individual educators).
Which has a free plan, Mentimeter or Nearpod?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Mentimeter and Nearpod have a free plan.
Which platforms do Mentimeter and Nearpod run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Nearpod 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.