Mentimeter vs Poll Everywhere (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Poll Everywhere grades higher than Mentimeter: 2.2 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
Poll Everywhere 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.
Mentimeter
Interactive presentations with live polls, quizzes and Q&A
Poll Everywhere
Live audience polling that works inside slide decks
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 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
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAMentimeterFair | 2.2GPAPoll EverywhereFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CPresent is $10 a month for one seat, billed yearly, which is the category's middle. Engage is $49 and Teams $84, each for 2 seats, and extra seats cost $120 to $499 a year. |
| 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. | CIntro is free with unlimited questions, but the audience stops at 40 and AI prompts at 10 a month. |
| 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. | CMany question types, slide integrations, AI prompts, reporting and attendance. Archived results and attendance management are on Engage. |
| 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. You build questions and link them into your slide software before you present. |
| 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, with PowerPoint, Google Slides and Canva connections. No desktop or phone app is listed. |
| Best for | getting a whole room to answer live | live polls inside PowerPoint and Slides |
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 Poll Everywhere. How we grade
Where they differ
- Mentimeter also covers templates.
- Poll Everywhere also covers reports.
At a glance
| Mentimeter | Poll Everywhere | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | €14 per presenter / month, billed yearly (Basic) | Free; Present $10 per month, billed annually ($120) |
| Free plan | 50 participants per month, plus unlimited participants once a month, with Menti AI, 23 slide types and results insights. | Intro plan: all basic features, a 40-person audience, 10 AI prompts a month and unlimited questions. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Mentimeter | Poll Everywhere |
| Price read from | mentimeter.com | polleverywhere.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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Mentimeter or Poll Everywhere?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Mentimeter starts at €14 per presenter / month, billed yearly (Basic), and Poll Everywhere starts at Free; Present $10 per month, billed annually ($120).
Which has a free plan, Mentimeter or Poll Everywhere?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Mentimeter and Poll Everywhere have a free plan.
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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.