The Sendsteps Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Sendsteps in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Sendsteps
The Insider’s Guide
Interactive lessons, polls and quizzes for classrooms and training
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among presentation tools, read from Sendsteps’s own pages.
Made by Sendsteps · checked Nov 12, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Sendsteps’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Sendsteps’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.6
GPA, above 37 of the 51 other presentation tools we grade
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.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Sendsteps, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You build question sets and link them to a deck before a session.
- 1
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.
- 2
Paid plans start at $6.50 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $6.50 per month, billed annually ($78.00 a year, excluding VAT).
- 3
There is a free plan
Free forever: 20+ question types, unlimited participants, 2 AI creations and 2 PowerPoint imports per 30 days, 1 survey, 2 themes.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Live questions
20+ question types, including polls and quizzes, with live results and no cap on participants on any plan.
- 6
AI lesson creation
AI builds lessons, presentations and quizzes. The free plan allows 2 per 30 days and paid plans lift the limit.
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PowerPoint import
Existing decks can be imported, and on Professional the AI suggests questions for the deck you bring in.
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A 2.6 GPA, above 37 of 51
That is against the other presentation tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
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.
Sendsteps at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $6.50 per month, billed annually ($78.00 a year, excluding VAT)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Sendsteps, since 2008
- Category
- Presentations
- Our grade
- 2.6 GPA, good
The report card
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.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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 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 it 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
Good to know
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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$6.50
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Sendsteps has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.50 per month, billed annually ($78.00 a year, excluding VAT).
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.
The free plan
Free forever: 20+ question types, unlimited participants, 2 AI creations and 2 PowerPoint imports per 30 days, 1 survey, 2 themes.
Read from sendsteps.com on Nov 12, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Annual billing saves about 32%
The pricing page says annual billing saves roughly 32% against monthly billing.
Stated on sendsteps.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 lessons, polls and quizzes for classrooms and training. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, real-time collaboration, surveys, presentations.
Live questions, AI creation, PowerPoint import, surveys and self-paced sessions.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- PowerPoint
- LMS connection (Campus/Enterprise)
- SSO
Sendsteps is made by Sendsteps, and has been around since 2008.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
37/51
Other presentation tools it is graded above
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
- BFree plan and trialAbove 35 of 51
- CFeaturesAbove 6 of 51
- CEase of useAbove 3 of 51
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 20 of 51
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 42 presentation tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Sendsteps is the marked dot.
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 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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Mentimeter, Slido, Poll Everywhere, AhaSlides and Wooclap
The 5 tools Sendsteps is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.0GPA
Mentimeter
Free plan · from €14/mo
Interactive presentations with live polls, quizzes and Q&A.
- Mentimeter also covers templates.
- 2.2GPA
Slido
Free plan · from $12.50/mo
- 2.2GPA
Poll Everywhere
Free plan · from $10/mo
Live audience polling that works inside slide decks.
- Poll Everywhere also covers reports.
- 2.2GPA
AhaSlides
Free plan · from $7.95/mo
Interactive presentations with live quizzes, polls and word clouds.
- AhaSlides also covers templates.
- 2.2GPA
Wooclap
Free plan · from $13/mo
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
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 Sendsteps free?
Sendsteps has a free plan. Free forever: 20+ question types, unlimited participants, 2 AI creations and 2 PowerPoint imports per 30 days, 1 survey, 2 themes.
How much does Sendsteps cost?
Sendsteps lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Sendsteps work on?
Sendsteps is available on Web.
Does Sendsteps offer any discounts?
Sendsteps publicly lists the following: Annual billing saves about 32%.
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.
What does Sendsteps integrate with?
Sendsteps's listing names PowerPoint, LMS connection (Campus/Enterprise) and SSO.
Who makes Sendsteps?
Sendsteps is made by a company of the same name. It dates from 2008.
What are the alternatives to Sendsteps?
The closest alternatives to Sendsteps in our directory are Mentimeter, Slido, Poll Everywhere, AhaSlides and Wooclap.
How does Sendsteps compare with other presentation tools?
Sendsteps's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 37 of the 51 other presentation tools we grade, and level with 5.
Is Sendsteps good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Sendsteps B for value for money. 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.
Could I make my own version of Sendsteps?
The plain part of Sendsteps you could make: surveys. What surrounds it you could not.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Sendsteps’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. 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.
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 Sendsteps. Prices change, so check sendsteps.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
5,038
Tools graded, in 95 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.
5,038
tools graded
95
categories
739
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Sendsteps, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/sendsteps
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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