# Sendsteps review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Interactive lessons, polls and quizzes for classrooms and training

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** Presentations
- **Made by:** Sendsteps (since 2008)
- **Website:** https://www.sendsteps.com/en
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you lean on AI on the free plan: 2 creations and 2 imports every 30 days.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## 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).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **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 | $6.50 per 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 | $13.50 per 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 https://www.sendsteps.com/en/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sendsteps before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Annual billing saves about 32%** (Annual discount): The pricing page says annual billing saves roughly 32% against monthly billing. Source: https://www.sendsteps.com/en/pricing

## 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.

## Good for

- Teachers who want every student answering during a lesson
- Universities and schools that need SSO and EU-hosted data
- Trainers and L&D teams running interactive sessions

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: B.** Starter is $6.50 a month billed yearly, inside the cheaper quarter of $7. Professional is $13.50. Prices exclude VAT.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** Free 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.
- **Features: C.** Live 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.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build question sets and link them to a deck before a session.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with PowerPoint, an LMS connection and SSO on the sales-only plan. No app is listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/presentations

## Keep it, 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.

- You could make: Surveys: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: A slide editor.
- You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: People on the other end: live sessions. No app builder makes those.
- You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

PowerPoint, LMS connection (Campus/Enterprise), SSO

**Tags:** Presentations, Surveys, AI features, Real-time collaboration

## Alternatives

- [Mentimeter](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mentimeter): Interactive presentations with live polls, quizzes and Q&A. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mentimeter-vs-sendsteps)
- [Slido](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slido): Live polls, Q&A and quizzes for meetings and events. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sendsteps-vs-slido)
- [Poll Everywhere](https://toolgpa.com/tools/poll-everywhere): Live audience polling that works inside slide decks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/poll-everywhere-vs-sendsteps)
- [AhaSlides](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ahaslides): Interactive presentations with live quizzes, polls and word clouds. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ahaslides-vs-sendsteps)
- [Wooclap](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wooclap): Live polls, quizzes and word clouds for classes and training. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sendsteps-vs-wooclap)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.sendsteps.com/en/pricing
- https://www.sendsteps.com/en
- https://www.sendsteps.com/en/about-us

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