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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.