Mentimeter vs Wayground (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Wayground grades higher than Mentimeter: 2.6 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
Wayground 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
Wayground
K-12 platform for lessons, quizzes and assessments (formerly Quizizz)
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 Wayground if
- Fits if you teach K-12 and want free quizzes
- Makes sense if your district wants a shared library and common assessments
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you teach adults or train staff, as corporate use is on separate plans
- Tight if you keep more than 20 activities, as Basic stores that many
- Watch out: all question types, AI grading and LMS links sit on the school plan, which has no published price
- Watch out: the item bank and benchmarks cost extra
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAMentimeterFair | 2.6GPAWaygroundGood | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | BBasic is free for teachers. Schools and districts pay a quoted price with nothing published, so the paid side cannot be compared. |
| 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. | BBasic covers assessments, presentations and flashcards for 100 students. A teacher can live on it, but only 20 activities are stored. |
| 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. | CAssessments, videos, flashcards and accommodations such as read-aloud. Basic limits question types, and the item bank and benchmarks are add-ons. |
| 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 is on record and it needs an account and some setup of your own work, so it sits at the ordinary grade. |
| 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, iPhone, Android and a browser extension, with Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, Clever and ClassLink. No desktop app. |
| Best for | getting a whole room to answer live | free quizzes and lessons for K-12 teachers |
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 Wayground. How we grade
Where they differ
- Mentimeter also covers templates and surveys.
- Wayground also covers text to speech.
At a glance
| Mentimeter | Wayground | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | €14 per presenter / month, billed yearly (Basic) | Not published |
| Free plan | 50 participants per month, plus unlimited participants once a month, with Menti AI, 23 slide types and results insights. | Basic plan is free for every teacher: assessments, presentations and flashcards with limited question types and 100 students. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Mentimeter | Quizizz Inc. (DBA Wayground) |
| Price read from | mentimeter.com | wayground.com |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 13, 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.
Wayground
- It is aimed at K-12 schools; corporate use is on separate Corporate Plans.
- Basic stores 20 activities and covers 100 students.
- School and district pricing is by quote with no published price.
- Some items, such as the item bank and benchmarks, are add-ons.
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.
Wayground
- Mixed lesson content
- Build assessments, presentations, interactive videos, flashcards and passages with question sets.
- AI tools
- Generate and import content, adapt reading levels and explain answers; AI grading with rubrics is on the school plan.
- Accommodations
- Over 20 accommodation options, including Read Aloud text-to-speech, are available.
- Live and student-paced delivery
- Run activities live or let students work through them on their own, with Classroom Pulse data.
- District features
- The school plan adds an admin dashboard, shared library, SSO and Canvas, Schoology, Clever and ClassLink links.
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.
Wayground
Basic$0
Free for teachers; limited question types, 20 stored activities and 100 students.
School and DistrictCustom
Quoted plan with all question types, admin dashboard, AI grading and LMS integrations.
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.
Wayground
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Mentimeter or Wayground?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Mentimeter starts at €14 per presenter / month, billed yearly (Basic), and Wayground publishes no starting price.
Which has a free plan, Mentimeter or Wayground?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Mentimeter and Wayground have a free plan.
Which platforms do Mentimeter and Wayground run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Wayground lists iOS and Android apps and a browser extension. 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.