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ToolGPAOctober 2026

AhaSlides

The Insider’s Guide

Interactive presentations with live quizzes, polls and word clouds

AhaSlides, as pictured on ahaslides.com

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among presentation tools, read from AhaSlides’s own pages.

Made by AhaSlides Pte Ltd · checked Oct 6, 2026 · toolgpa.com

2.2GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  3. 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  4. 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  5. 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  6. 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  7. 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from AhaSlides’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on AhaSlides’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

2.2

GPA, above 6 of the 24 other presentation tools we grade

AhaSlides is browser-based presentation software in which the audience takes part from their own phones: joining by QR code or link to answer quizzes, vote in polls, add to word clouds and submit questions. Slides are built in AhaSlides, generated with its AI tools or imported from PowerPoint or PDF, and add-ins bring the same activities into PowerPoint, Google Slides, Zoom and Microsoft Teams.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about AhaSlides, taken from its own pages and our grades.

No App Store rating on record, and the work is writing the slides and the questions yourself before anyone joins.
From our grade for ease of use
  1. 1

    Best for getting the room to join in with quizzes and polls

    AhaSlides is for talks where you want the audience doing something: people scan a QR code and answer quizzes, polls and word clouds from their own phones, with nothing to download.

  2. 2

    Paid plans start at $7.95 a month

    As its pricing page puts it: $7.95 per month, billed yearly ($95.40).

  3. 3

    There is a free plan

    Up to 50 participants, all slide types, unlimited presentations, and up to 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions in a single presentation.

  4. 4

    It runs on Web

    Web.

  5. 5

    Interactive slide types

    Presentations mix content slides with quizzes, polls, word clouds, live Q&A, ranking, pin-on-image questions and a spinner wheel. Every slide type is available on the Free plan.

  6. 6

    Join by QR code or link

    The presenter works in a web browser and the audience joins on their own devices through a QR code or link, with nothing to download and no account to create.

  7. 7

    AI tools

    An AI slides generator drafts a presentation from a prompt, a generator turns a PDF or PowerPoint file into quiz questions, and smart grouping clusters audience responses.

  8. 8

    A 2.2 GPA, above 6 of 24

    That is against the other presentation tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  9. 9

    Keep it

    The plain part of AhaSlides you could make: surveys and templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.

AhaSlides at a glance

Pricing
Free plan, from $7.95 per month, billed yearly ($95.40)
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
None stated
Runs on
Web
Made by
AhaSlides Pte Ltd, since 2019
Category
Presentations
Our grade
2.2 GPA, fair

The report card

Best for getting the room to join in with quizzes and polls

AhaSlides is for talks where you want the audience doing something: people scan a QR code and answer quizzes, polls and word clouds from their own phones, with nothing to download. But the free plan stops at 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions a presentation, Essential caps you at 100 participants, AI and branding wait for Pro, monthly billing costs three times the yearly rate, and it's web only.

ToolGPA report cardAhaSlidesGraded Oct 10, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyCEssential is $7.95 a month billed yearly, which lands between the $5.83 lower quarter and the $12.99 upper quarter for presentation tools. Ordinary, in other words. AI features and custom branding wait for Pro at $15.95, and monthly billing is $23.95.
Free plan and trialCFree holds 50 participants, every slide type and unlimited presentations, but you will hit the cap: 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions in a single presentation. Analytics and exports start on Essential.
FeaturesCIt does audience participation fully: quizzes, polls, word clouds, live Q&A, ranking, pin-on-image and a spinner wheel, with add-ins that drop the lot into PowerPoint. That's a smaller job than building decks, and its own listing puts AI, custom branding and Q&A moderation on Pro.
Ease of useCNo App Store rating on record, and the work is writing the slides and the questions yourself before anyone joins. On the day it's easier: everything runs in a browser and the audience needs no app and no account.
Platforms and integrationsBA web app with no phone or desktop app of its own. What lifts it is the list it plugs into: PowerPoint, Google Slides, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, Slack, Google Drive and ChatGPT, and AhaSlides says every integration is on every plan, Free included.
Grade point averageFair, out of 4.02.2

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who AhaSlides is for

  • Fits if you train, teach or run meetings and want people answering on their phones
  • Works for dropping polls into a PowerPoint or Google Slides deck you already have

Who it is not for

  • Tight if you're staying free and running a proper quiz, with 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions a presentation
  • Pricey if you pay monthly, at $23.95 for Essential against $7.95 on the yearly plan
  • Skip it if your crowd is over 100 and you're on Essential, because that plan is capped at 100 participants
  • Watch out: AI, custom branding and Q&A moderation need Pro at $15.95, and SSO needs Enterprise
  • Not for you if you want a refund after trying it live, as the 14-day refund only applies before any live event

Good to know

Good for

  • Trainers, teachers and meeting hosts who want audience participation during a talk
  • Adding quizzes and polls to an existing PowerPoint or Google Slides deck
  • Small sessions on a budget: the Free plan holds up to 50 participants

Worth knowing

  • The Free plan allows 50 participants and at most 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions per presentation.
  • Essential is capped at 100 participants; AI features, custom branding and Q&A moderation start at Pro.
  • SSO and SCIM user management are available only on the Enterprise plan.
  • A full refund within 14 days is offered only if the subscription has not been used at a live event.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$7.95

A month to start. There is a free plan too

AhaSlides has a free plan. Paid plans start at $7.95 per month, billed yearly ($95.40).

Analytics and exports start on Essential.
From our grade for free plan and trial

  • Free

    $0

    Up to 50 participants, all slide types and unlimited events, limited to 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions per presentation.

  • Essential

    $7.95

    per month, billed yearly ($95.40); $23.95 billed monthly

    Up to 100 participants, unlimited interactive slides, analytics and exports, and folder management.

  • Pro

    $15.95

    per month, billed yearly ($191.40)

    Up to 2,500 participants, AI features, custom branding, Q&A moderation and priority support.

  • Enterprise

    Custom

    Up to 100,000 participants, with SSO, SCIM user management, custom features and a dedicated account manager.

The free plan

Up to 50 participants, all slide types, unlimited presentations, and up to 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions in a single presentation.

Read from ahaslides.com on Oct 6, 2026.

Ways to pay less

  • Annual discount

    Save 67% with yearly billing

    The pricing page toggle advertises a 67% saving for yearly billing. Essential is $95.40 a year, or $7.95 a month, against $23.95 a month on monthly billing.

    Stated on ahaslides.com

  • Other savings

    Team plans save up to 20%

    Buying several yearly licences lowers the bill by up to 20%. The page's example prices 3 Pro Yearly licences at $516.78 instead of $574.20, a 10% saving.

    Stated on ahaslides.com

  • Education

    Edu plans for teachers and nonprofits

    Separate Edu plans carry special rates for teachers, students and nonprofit organisations. AhaSlides' comparison page lists Edu Small for educators at $35.40 a year.

    Stated on ahaslides.com

Part 03 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

1

Place it runs: Web

Interactive presentations with live quizzes, polls and word clouds. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, templates, surveys, presentations.

That's a smaller job than building decks, and its own listing puts AI, custom branding and Q&A moderation on Pro.
From our grade for features
Interactive slide types
Presentations mix content slides with quizzes, polls, word clouds, live Q&A, ranking, pin-on-image questions and a spinner wheel. Every slide type is available on the Free plan.
Join by QR code or link
The presenter works in a web browser and the audience joins on their own devices through a QR code or link, with nothing to download and no account to create.
AI tools
An AI slides generator drafts a presentation from a prompt, a generator turns a PDF or PowerPoint file into quiz questions, and smart grouping clusters audience responses.
PowerPoint and Google Slides add-ins
Add-ins place polls, quizzes and Q&A inside existing PowerPoint or Google Slides decks, and PPT, PPTX and PDF files can be imported into AhaSlides instead.
Video-call integrations
Zoom, Microsoft Teams and RingCentral integrations run activities inside a call. The vendor says all integrations are included on every plan, including Free.
Reports and analytics
After a session, event analytics and participant reports show how people responded, with exports to PDF, JPG and Excel. Analytics and exports start at the Essential plan.

Where it runs

  • Web

What it works with

  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Google Slides
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Zoom
  • Slack
  • Google Drive
  • ChatGPT
  • RingCentral

AhaSlides is made by AhaSlides Pte Ltd, and has been around since 2019.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

6/24

Other presentation tools it is graded above

AhaSlides's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 6 of the 24 other presentation tools we grade, and level with 3.

It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 7 of 24) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).

Its paid plans start at $7.95 a month, against a middle price of $8.66 for the category: 9 of the 21 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 25 presentation tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. AhaSlides’s own letter is outlined.

  • CValue for moneyAbove 9 of 24
  • CFree plan and trialAbove 3 of 24
  • CFeaturesAbove 2 of 24
  • CEase of useAbove 0 of 24
  • BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 7 of 24

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 23 presentation tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. AhaSlides is the marked dot.

C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$2$5$10$20More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessAhaSlidesMicrosoft PowerPointZoho ShowLibreOffice ImpressGoogle SlidesCanva

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Keep it

The plain part of AhaSlides you could make: surveys and templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.

That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 15 of the 24 other presentation tools grade higher. It costs $95.40 a year.

What you could make

  • Surveys and templates: an app builder makes these well.

What you could not

  • A slide editor.
  • It plugs into other products, Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides and Microsoft Teams among them.
  • AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

What this rests on. AhaSlides’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.

Part 05 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

Mentimeter, Genially, Prezi, Canva and Google Slides

The 5 tools AhaSlides is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

14

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is AhaSlides free?

AhaSlides has a free plan. Up to 50 participants, all slide types, unlimited presentations, and up to 5 quiz questions and 3 poll questions in a single presentation.

How much does AhaSlides cost?

AhaSlides lists 4 plans. Free: $0.

What platforms does AhaSlides work on?

AhaSlides is available on Web.

Does AhaSlides offer any discounts?

AhaSlides publicly lists the following: Save 67% with yearly billing; Team plans save up to 20%; Edu plans for teachers and nonprofits.

Does AhaSlides have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. AhaSlides is listed for Web.

Does AhaSlides have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. AhaSlides is listed for Web.

Is AhaSlides open source?

AhaSlides is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 6, 2026.

What does AhaSlides integrate with?

AhaSlides's listing names Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, ChatGPT and RingCentral.

Does AhaSlides have a student discount?

Edu plans for teachers and nonprofits. Separate Edu plans carry special rates for teachers, students and nonprofit organisations.

Who makes AhaSlides?

AhaSlides is made by AhaSlides Pte Ltd. It dates from 2019.

What are the alternatives to AhaSlides?

The closest alternatives to AhaSlides in our directory are Mentimeter, Genially, Prezi, Canva and Google Slides.

How does AhaSlides compare with other presentation tools?

AhaSlides's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 6 of the 24 other presentation tools we grade, and level with 3.

Is AhaSlides good value for money?

ToolGPA grades AhaSlides C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $7.95 a month, against a middle price of $8.66 for the category: 9 of the 21 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of AhaSlides?

The plain part of AhaSlides you could make: surveys and templates. What surrounds it you could not.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from AhaSlides’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AhaSlides' own pages on 6 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-09-18.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by AhaSlides Pte Ltd. Prices change, so check ahaslides.com before you buy.

Part 07 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

3,189

Tools graded, in 94 categories

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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What else is on toolgpa.com

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Prices and grades as they are today

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Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what AhaSlides’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. AhaSlides is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by AhaSlides Pte Ltd. Prices and plans change: check ahaslides.com before you buy.