Sendsteps review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Sendsteps report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for live audience questions inside PowerPoint
Sendsteps runs live polls, quizzes and Q&A for an audience, with PowerPoint import and AI question creation. Free has unlimited participants but only 2 AI creations and 2 imports every 30 days. Starter is $6.50 a month on yearly billing, and team features need Professional.
Who Sendsteps is for
- Fits if you want audience questions with no cap on how many people join
- Works for trainers who import a PowerPoint and add polls to it
Who Sendsteps is not for
- Tight if you lean on AI on the free plan: 2 creations and 2 imports every 30 days
- Skip it if you need team folders or moderator mode, as those start at Professional, $13.50 a month
- Watch out: SSO and the LMS connection need Campus/Enterprise, which is sold through sales
- Watch out: the monthly-billing prices were not read, and Research Survey is separate and on request
Why Sendsteps gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyStarter is $6.50 a month billed yearly, inside the cheaper quarter of $7. Professional is $13.50. Prices exclude VAT.
- BFree plan and trialFree forever, with 20+ question types and unlimited participants. The caps are 2 AI creations and 2 PowerPoint imports per 30 days and 1 survey, which one person can live with.
- CFeaturesLive questions, AI creation, PowerPoint import, surveys and self-paced sessions. Team folders and moderator mode need Professional, and a Learning Signals feature is listed as coming soon.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You build question sets and link them to a deck before a session.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with PowerPoint, an LMS connection and SSO on the sales-only plan. No app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sendsteps'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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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/sendsteps#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/sendsteps.svg" alt="Sendsteps: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Sendsteps stands among presentation tools
Sendsteps'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 value for money (B, above 36 of 51) and worst on ease of use (C, above 3).
Its paid plans start at $6.50 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 5 of the 37 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 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. Sendsteps’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 36 of 51, level with 5
- BFree plan and trialAbove 35 of 51, level with 8
- 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 Sendsteps, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Sendsteps you could make: surveys. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 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 $78 a year.
What you could make
- Surveys: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- A slide editor.
- Several people working in it at the same moment.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- People on the other end: live sessions. No app builder makes those.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.
What this rests on. Sendsteps’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 Sendsteps?
Sendsteps is a platform for interactive lessons and presentations in which an audience answers polls, quizzes and open questions live. It also includes surveys for course evaluations and feedback, plus a separate research survey product. The company is Dutch, hosts data in the EU and says it holds ISO 27001 certification.
Worth knowing
- Prices shown are in US dollars and exclude VAT. They were read from the rendered page showing annual billing, and the monthly-billing prices were not read.
- The free plan limits AI creation and PowerPoint import to 2 each per 30 days and includes one survey.
- Team features such as shared folders and moderator mode need Professional, and SSO or an LMS connection needs the sales-only Campus/Enterprise plan.
- Research Survey (experiments, quotas, conjoint analysis) is separate and available on request, and the pricing page lists a Learning Signals feature as coming soon.
Key features
- Live questions
- 20+ question types, including polls and quizzes, with live results and no cap on participants on any plan.
- AI lesson creation
- AI builds lessons, presentations and quizzes. The free plan allows 2 per 30 days and paid plans lift the limit.
- PowerPoint import
- Existing decks can be imported, and on Professional the AI suggests questions for the deck you bring in.
- Surveys
- Everyday surveys for feedback, evaluations and pulse checks: 1 on Free, 10 on Starter and unlimited on Professional.
- Self-paced sessions
- Starter and above let students take part before and after a live session.
- Institution controls
- The Campus/Enterprise plan adds SSO, role management, an LMS connection and an option to switch AI off for the whole license.
Sendsteps pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Sendsteps has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6.50 per month, billed annually ($78.00 a year, excluding VAT).
- Starts at
- $6.50 per month, billed annually ($78.00 a year, excluding VAT)
- Free plan
- Free forever: 20+ question types, unlimited participants, 2 AI creations and 2 PowerPoint imports per 30 days, 1 survey, 2 themes.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Live presenting with unlimited participants and 20+ question types. AI creation limited to 2 per 30 days, plus 2 PowerPoint imports and 1 everyday survey. |
| Starter | $6.50per month, billed annually ($78.00 a year, excluding VAT) | Unlimited AI creation and PowerPoint import, no Sendsteps branding, premium themes, PDF and Excel export of results, self-paced sessions and 10 surveys. |
| Professional | $13.50per month, billed annually ($162.00 a year, excluding VAT) | Adds team collaboration with shared folders, a team dashboard and moderator mode, unlimited surveys, voice-over with transcript, and AI-assisted PowerPoint import. |
| Campus/Enterprise | Custom | For institutions: SSO, role management, an LMS connection, custom branding, institutional analytics and a dedicated account manager. Sold through sales. |
Read from sendsteps.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sendsteps before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAnnual billing saves about 32%
The pricing page says annual billing saves roughly 32% against monthly billing.
Stated on sendsteps.com
Works with
- PowerPoint
- LMS connection (Campus/Enterprise)
- SSO
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Common questions
Does Sendsteps have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Sendsteps is listed for Web.
Does Sendsteps have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Sendsteps is listed for Web.
Is Sendsteps open source?
Sendsteps is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
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