Pigeonhole Live vs Slido (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 Slido if

• Fits if you run town halls or meetings and want anonymous audience questions
• Works for events that can use a one-off plan for up to 7 days

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 100 participants and 3 polls per slido
• Pricey if you want question moderation or branding, as those start at Professional, $600 a year for 2 users
• Skip it if you want monthly billing, as there is none: it is a one-off event plan or an annual one
• Watch out: annual plans do not renew on their own, and one-off plan prices were 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.

Slido

• The page says it takes no monthly payments: you buy a one-time plan for an event of up to 7 days, or an annual plan.
• Annual plans do not renew automatically; the vendor emails a reminder 30 days before they expire.
• Participant caps differ by plan: 100 on Basic, 200 on Engage, 1,000 on Professional, 5,000 on Enterprise.
• Prices shown exclude VAT, and one-time plan prices were not read.

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.

Slido

Live polls and quizzes

Poll an audience in real time or run quizzes. Basic allows 3 polls per slido; Engage and up are unlimited.

Audience Q&A

Participants ask questions from their own devices and vote on them. Moderation of questions starts at Professional.

Word clouds, ideas and surveys

Also lists word clouds and idea collection; surveys are in Engage and above.

Slide and meeting integrations

The site lists integrations with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Webex.

Slido AI

Suggests polls and refines their wording, according to the product menu.

Analytics

Data exports start at Engage; organization-wide analytics start at Professional.

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.

Slido

• Basic$0

  Up to 100 participants, basic audience Q&A and 3 polls per slido.

• Engage$12.50

  per month for 1 user, billed $150 annually

  Up to 200 participants, unlimited polls and quizzes, surveys and data exports.

• Professional$50

  per month for 2 users, billed $600 annually

  Up to 1,000 participants, moderation of questions, branding, advanced privacy options and organization analytics.

• Enterprise$150

  per month for 3 users, billed $1,800 annually

  Up to 5,000 participants, SSO for members and participants, member provisioning and spaces.

Pigeonhole Live

No public discounts listed.

Slido

• Education

  Discounted education plans

  Slido lists discounted plans for schools and universities, starting at up to 500 students, for people with an academic email address.

• Nonprofit

  Nonprofit discount

  The pricing FAQ says nonprofit organizations can apply for a discount, with eligibility criteria on its site.