Pigeonhole Live vs Poll Everywhere (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Pigeonhole Live if

• Fits if you run Q&A at meetings or conferences, up to 100 people free
• Works for presenters who want it inside PowerPoint or Google Slides

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if your audience is over 100 or you need more than 1 user on free
• Pricey if you grow, as prices rise with participants and users and Standard is $150 a month
• Watch out: the page shows yearly totals only, not a monthly-billed price
• Watch out: AI translation is a paid add-on and Enterprise is sold through sales

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

Pigeonhole Live

• The monthly-billed price was not shown as a figure; the page shows only yearly totals, with the pre-discount amounts crossed out.
• The free Starter plan is capped at 100 participants and 1 user.
• Presenter and Standard prices rise with extra participants and users in the page's selectors.
• AI translation is a separate add-on, and Enterprise is sold through sales.

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.

Pigeonhole Live

Q&A and moderation

Audience questions with moderation; the Presenter plan adds a single-Q&A presentation format.

Polls, word clouds and surveys

Live polls, word clouds and surveys run alongside Q&A.

Slide add-ins

Interactions can be added from Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides.

Event tools

Standard adds registration, attendee access controls, an agenda and multi-track events.

Insights export

Attendee responses can be exported to PDF and Excel on paid plans.

AI translation

Listed as an add-on at $144 per user a year.

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.

Pigeonhole Live

• Starter$0

  100 participants and 1 user, with access to all interactive features.

• Presenter$13

  per month for up to 250 participants and 1 user, billed yearly ($156)

  Interactive presentations with up to 1,000 participants; 1,000 participants adds $17 a month. The page crosses out $816 for the year.

• Standard$150

  per month, up to 2,000 participants, 3 users, billed yearly

  Billed yearly at $1,800. Large presentations and events up to 5,000 participants, with registration, multi-track agenda and sponsor branding.

• EnterpriseCustom

  More than 5,000 participants and more than 25 users, with enterprise security.

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.

Pigeonhole Live

No public discounts listed.

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.