Slido review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for live polls and Q&A in meetings
Slido runs live polls, audience Q&A and quizzes in meetings and events, with PowerPoint, Zoom and Teams connections. Basic is free for up to 100 participants and 3 polls per slido. Plans are annual or one-off, with no monthly billing, and the cap rises from 200 to 5,000 people with price.
Who Slido is for
- Fits if you run town halls or meetings and want anonymous audience questions
- Works for events that can use a one-off plan for up to 7 days
Who Slido is not for
- Tight if you stay free: 100 participants and 3 polls per slido
- Pricey if you want question moderation or branding, as those start at Professional, $600 a year for 2 users
- Skip it if you want monthly billing, as there is none: it is a one-off event plan or an annual one
- Watch out: annual plans do not renew on their own, and one-off plan prices were not read
Why Slido gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyEngage is $150 a year, $12.50 a month, for one user and 200 participants. Professional is $600 a year for 2 users and Enterprise $1,800 for 3. Prices exclude VAT.
- CFree plan and trialBasic is free with 100 participants and 3 polls per slido. You will reach the poll cap in an ordinary meeting.
- CFeaturesPolls, quizzes, Q&A, word clouds, surveys and AI. Moderation, branding and advanced privacy start at Professional.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You build polls and link them to your slides or meeting tool.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Webex. No phone or desktop app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Slido'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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Slido's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 18 of the 51 other presentation tools we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 20 of 51) and worst on ease of use (C, above 3).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 52 presentation tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Slido’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 51, level with 19
- CFree plan and trialAbove 8 of 51, level with 26
- 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
Keep Slido, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Slido you could make: surveys. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
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.
- It plugs into other products, PowerPoint, Google Slides and Zoom among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Slido’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 Slido?
Slido is an audience interaction tool: hosts run live polls, audience Q&A, word clouds, quizzes and surveys that participants join from their own devices. It plugs into slide software and meeting apps and is now part of Cisco's Webex. Plans are priced by participant cap and by member seats.
Worth knowing
- The page says it takes no monthly payments: you buy a one-time plan for an event of up to 7 days, or an annual plan.
- Annual plans do not renew automatically; the vendor emails a reminder 30 days before they expire.
- Participant caps differ by plan: 100 on Basic, 200 on Engage, 1,000 on Professional, 5,000 on Enterprise.
- Prices shown exclude VAT, and one-time plan prices were not read.
Key features
- Live polls and quizzes
- Poll an audience in real time or run quizzes. Basic allows 3 polls per slido; Engage and up are unlimited.
- Audience Q&A
- Participants ask questions from their own devices and vote on them. Moderation of questions starts at Professional.
- Word clouds, ideas and surveys
- Also lists word clouds and idea collection; surveys are in Engage and above.
- Slide and meeting integrations
- The site lists integrations with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Webex.
- Slido AI
- Suggests polls and refines their wording, according to the product menu.
- Analytics
- Data exports start at Engage; organization-wide analytics start at Professional.
Slido pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Slido has a free plan, and paid plans start at Free; Engage $12.50 per month, billed $150 annually.
- Starts at
- Free; Engage $12.50 per month, billed $150 annually
- Free plan
- Basic: up to 100 participants, basic audience Q&A and 3 polls per slido.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $0 | Up to 100 participants, basic audience Q&A and 3 polls per slido. |
| Engage | $12.50per month for 1 user, billed $150 annually | Up to 200 participants, unlimited polls and quizzes, surveys and data exports. |
| Professional | $50per month for 2 users, billed $600 annually | Up to 1,000 participants, moderation of questions, branding, advanced privacy options and organization analytics. |
| Enterprise | $150per month for 3 users, billed $1,800 annually | Up to 5,000 participants, SSO for members and participants, member provisioning and spaces. |
Read from slido.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Slido before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- EducationDiscounted education plans
Slido lists discounted plans for schools and universities, starting at up to 500 students, for people with an academic email address.
Stated on slido.com - NonprofitNonprofit discount
The pricing FAQ says nonprofit organizations can apply for a discount, with eligibility criteria on its site.
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Common questions
Does Slido have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Slido is listed for Web.
Does Slido have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Slido is listed for Web.
Is Slido open source?
Slido 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.