Pear Deck review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Pear Deck report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for interactive questions inside Google or Microsoft slides
Pear Deck adds questions, polls and student-paced lessons to slides in Google or Microsoft. Teacher Free has no cap on presentations or participants. The Teacher Dashboard and several response types need Premium at $149 a year with an educator discount.
Who Pear Deck is for
- Fits if you teach from Google Slides and want students to answer on their own screens
- Works for a teacher who wants unlimited free sessions
Who Pear Deck is not for
- Pricey if you want the Teacher Dashboard, draggable responses or teacher feedback, all on Premium at $149 a year
- Skip it if you do not use Google Apps for Education, as Flashcard Factory and Add Audio need it
- Watch out: Canvas and Schoology links come with district plans and carry a fee on school plans
- Watch out: Pear Practice and Pear Assessment are separate products with their own plans
Why Pear Deck gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyTeacher Premium is $149 a year with an educator discount, about $12 a month, and the page shows no price without it. Schools get a quote.
- AFree plan and trialTeacher Free has unlimited presentations, sessions and participants, with questions, polls and student-paced mode. The limits are on features, not on how much you use it.
- CFeaturesInteractive slides, student-paced mode, a dashboard and a template library. Flashcard Factory and audio are Google-only, and the dashboard is Premium.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. It sits on top of Google Slides or PowerPoint, so teachers still build the lesson.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with Google, Microsoft, Canvas and Schoology connections. No app or desktop version is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Pear Deck's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Pear Deck's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 37 of the 51 other presentation tools we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 44 of 51) and worst on ease of use (C, above 3).
Its paid plans start at $12.42 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 24 of the 37 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 52 presentation tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Pear Deck’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 51, level with 19
- AFree plan and trialAbove 44 of 51, level with 7
- CFeaturesAbove 6 of 51, level with 33
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 51, level with 38
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 20 of 51, level with 27
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 42 presentation tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Pear Deck, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Pear Deck you could make: templates. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 37 of the 51 other presentation tools we grade. It costs $149 a year.
What you could make
- Templates: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A slide editor.
- Several people working in it at the same moment.
What this rests on. Pear Deck’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.
What is Pear Deck?
Pear Deck adds interactive questions, polls and drawing responses to classroom slide decks, with teacher-paced and student-paced modes. It is part of Pear Deck Learning, whose other products are Pear Start for AI lesson creation, Pear Practice and Pear Assessment. Teachers can use a free plan or pay for Premium, and schools and districts are quoted a price.
Worth knowing
- Teacher Premium is listed at $149 a year with an educator discount, and the page does not show a price without it.
- Flashcard Factory and Add Audio to Slides are available only on Google Apps for Education.
- The pricing page says LMS integrations with Canvas and Schoology are included with district subscriptions and carry a fee on school subscriptions.
- Pear Practice and Pear Assessment are separate products with their own plans.
Key features
- Interactive slides
- Teachers add questions, polls and quizzes to a presentation and see student responses as the lesson runs.
- Student-paced mode
- Students move through a lesson at their own speed, while teachers control pacing, locks and timers in live mode.
- Teacher Dashboard
- On Premium, teachers review and highlight responses by name, give feedback and share session controls.
- Reflect & Review
- On Premium, slides, individual responses and teacher feedback can be shared with students after a session.
- Content Orchard
- A collection of templates, activities and ready-to-teach lessons made by educators.
- Pear Start
- A separate free AI tool with 40+ functions that generates lesson plans, interactive presentations and practice sets.
Pear Deck pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Pear Deck has a free plan, and paid plans start at $149 per year, with educator discount (Teacher Premium).
- Starts at
- $149 per year, with educator discount (Teacher Premium)
- Free plan
- Teacher Free: unlimited presentations, interactive questions, sessions and participants, plus student-paced mode and ready-made lessons.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Free | $0 | Interactive questions, polls and quizzes, student-paced mode, anonymous joining, locks and timers, and the Content Orchard of templates and lessons. |
| Teacher Premium | $149per year, with educator discount | Adds the Teacher Dashboard, draggable and drawing responses, Reflect & Review, Quick Prompts, teacher feedback and a shared dashboard. |
| Schools & Districts | Custom | Premium for every teacher, a district library, certified math and ELA lessons for grades 3-12, efficacy reports and onboarding support. Request a quote. |
Read from peardeck.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Pear Deck before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Pear Deck have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Pear Deck is listed for Web.
Does Pear Deck have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Pear Deck is listed for Web.
Is Pear Deck open source?
Pear Deck is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.