Honest comparison
QR Wall vs Slido: A live photo wall, or Q&A and polls?
- Pick QR Wall if
- you want guests' photos and messages on the big screen — weddings, parties, conference breaks — with no app and a free plan to start.
- Pick Slido if
- the session runs on audience questions with upvoting, polls and quizzes. QR Wall has no polls.
Free to start, no card. Set up in about a minute.
Last checked October 2026 against Slido's own site.
Slido (owned by Cisco) is a Q&A and polling tool: audiences join from the browser with a code, ask and upvote questions, and answer polls whose results the presenter shows. It has no guest photo upload and no wall of guest content. QR Wall is the opposite shape: guests scan a QR code on the screen and their photos, messages and emoji reactions appear on it live.
On price, both start free. Slido's free Basic plan takes 100 participants with 3 polls and 1 quiz per slido; paid plans start at Engage, $17.50 a month billed annually ($210 a year) or $60 for one event. QR Wall's free plan shows 5 posts at a time and keeps the first 30; Premium is $10.99 a month, cancel any time.
Slido is an audience-interaction tool for presentations — live Q&A, polls and quizzes shown in the presenter's view. QR Wall is a live event wall — guests post photos, text messages and reactions from their phones to a shared screen, with no app.
Feature by feature
QR Wall from our own plan table; Slido read on slido.com/pricing in October 2026.
| Feature | QR Wall | Slido |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free ($0); Premium $10.99/mo, Professional $19.99/mo, cancel any time | Free (Basic); paid from $17.50/mo billed annually (Engage) or $60 per event |
| Free plan | 5 posts on screen at a time (rotating); the first 30 posts per wall are kept, later ones arrive locked | Basic: 100 participants, basic Q&A, 3 polls + 1 quiz per slido |
| Guest photo sharing | Yes, every plan, including Free — photos, messages and emoji reactions | No — only images the host adds to polls |
| Live Q&A | Guests' text messages on the wall, every plan (no upvoting) | Yes — dedicated Q&A with upvoting |
| Polls and quizzes | No — messages and emoji reactions only | Yes — polls, quizzes, word clouds |
| Display wall | Slideshow and Grid on every plan; TV view on Premium and Professional | No guest-content wall; present mode shows poll results and Q&A |
| App for guests | None — scan and post in the browser | None — join in the browser with a code |
| Moderation | Yes, Professional plan — AI screening of text, photos and video, plus an approval queue. Premium: remove any post in one tap. Free: no screening | Manual question moderation on Professional and up; no AI content moderation listed |
| Custom branding | Yes, Professional plan — custom background and your logo inside the QR code | Professional and up ($75/mo billed annually): custom theme, logo, partner logos |
| Participants | No guest cap on any plan; for 1,000+ phones posting in the same few minutes, contact support first | Basic 100, Engage 200, Professional 1,000, Enterprise 5,000 |
| After the event | Yes, Premium and Professional — download every photo, video and message, plus a gallery link | Data exports on Engage and up; no media archive |
| Owned by | Independent | Cisco (Webex) |
Where Slido wins
- Structured Q&A: upvoting, and manual question moderation on Professional
- Polls, quizzes and word clouds — QR Wall has none
- A free plan for 100 participants with no time limit
- Per-event pricing ($60 for one event on Engage) for a one-off conference
- Teams already on Cisco Webex, and large organisations that need SSO (Enterprise)
Where QR Wall wins
- Guests' photos on the screen — Slido takes none
- A live wall in the room: Slideshow, Grid, and TV view on paid plans
- AI moderation and an approval queue on the $19.99/mo Professional plan, against Slido's $75/mo (billed annually) for manual moderation
- Weddings, parties and celebrations, where nobody wants a poll
- A gallery link and a download of everything afterwards (Premium and Professional)
- Pair a smart TV from your phone — no laptop at the venue
Pricing side by side
Both start free. Slido's monthly figures are billed annually; QR Wall bills monthly.
QR Wall
- Free — $0
5 posts on screen at a time, rotating; the first 30 posts per wall are kept. Photos, messages and reactions, Slideshow and Grid views, no card. - Premium — $10.99/mo
Every post on screen, short guest videos, TV view, remove any post in one tap, download everything and a shareable gallery. - Professional — $19.99/mo
AI moderation and an approval queue, custom background and your logo in the QR code, contact capture with CSV, Keynote theme. First month $11.99.
Slido
- Basic — $0
100 participants, basic Q&A, 3 polls and 1 quiz per slido. - Engage — $17.50/mo
Billed annually ($210/yr). 200 participants, data exports. Or $60 for one event. - Professional — $75/mo
Billed annually ($900/yr). 1,000 participants, question moderation, branding. Or $240 for one event. - Enterprise — $200/mo
Billed annually ($2,400/yr). 5,000 participants, SSO. Or $1,000 for one event (Premium).
Slido prices read on slido.com/pricing (annual and one-time tabs) on 15 October 2026, in USD. Check their site before you buy.
What changed since March 2026
This comparison was first written in March 2026. QR Wall's side of it has moved since, mostly in the direction organizers who consider Slido care about: moderation, the TV, price and languages.
Prices changed in July 2026
QR Wall now costs $10.99 per month on Premium and $19.99 per month on Professional, billed monthly with no contract; the Free plan is still $0, shows 5 posts on screen at a time and keeps the first 30 posts per wall.
Manual approval before anything reaches the screen
On Professional every post can wait for a one-tap approval on the host's phone, and the same plan adds AI screening of messages, photos and videos with 5 sensitivity levels.
The wall runs on a smart TV with no laptop
Open qrwall.live/tv on any TV browser, scan the pairing code with your phone and pick a wall; the TV never sees a password and the phone stays the remote.
Walls in English, Spanish or Bahasa Indonesia
On every plan, the wall and the guest's phone page run in English, Spanish or Bahasa Indonesia, chosen per wall, and the marketing site has a Spanish edition at qrwall.live/es.
Attendee contact capture with a CSV export
Professional can ask each guest once for an email or phone number before their first post and exports the deduplicated attendee list as a CSV.
A $29.00 add-on for big rooms
Event Performance Boost is a one-off $29.00 add-on to Professional for events with 200 or more guests posting at once: reserved capacity, a pre-event check and first place in the support queue.
Slido's side of the table above was re-checked against its public pricing and feature pages on 15 October 2026; prices change, so check Slido's site before deciding on price alone. Page last updated: October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Is QR Wall a good Slido alternative for photo sharing?
Yes. Slido has no guest photo upload — it is built for Q&A and polls, and the only images are ones the host adds to a poll. QR Wall lets guests upload photos by scanning a QR code, and the photos appear live on the screen. If your event needs a photo wall, QR Wall is the one built for it.
How does QR Wall compare to Slido for conferences?
They do different jobs. Slido is the stronger tool for a session's Q&A — upvoting, moderation of questions on Professional ($75/mo billed annually) — and for polls. QR Wall is the wall for the breaks and the main screen: attendees' photos and messages live, with AI moderation and an approval queue on Professional ($19.99/mo). Some conferences run both.
Does Slido have a free plan?
Yes. Slido Basic is free with no time limit: up to 100 participants, basic Q&A, and 3 polls plus 1 quiz per slido. Paid plans start at Engage, $17.50 a month billed annually or $60 for a single event. QR Wall's free plan shows 5 posts on screen at a time and keeps the first 30 posts per wall; Premium is $10.99 a month and removes both limits.
Is QR Wall better than Slido for weddings and parties?
For a wedding or a party, yes: Slido was made for meetings and presentations, with no photo sharing, no wall of guest content and no gallery afterwards. QR Wall puts guests' photos and messages on the screen during the party and, on Premium, gives you a gallery link and a download of everything.
Can I use QR Wall and Slido together?
Yes. Some organisers run Slido for the session's polls and upvoted questions and QR Wall on a second screen for photos and messages. If you only need guests' messages on the screen, QR Wall's text posts cover light Q&A without upvoting.
Try a free wall tonight
Create a QR Wall in about a minute — guests scan the code on the screen and their photos and messages appear live. No credit card.
Create your free wall →Last updated: October 2026
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