Honest roundup
8 Slido Alternatives in 2026 (Free & Paid)
- Pick QR Wall if
- what you want on the screen is the audience itself — guests' photos and messages, live — not poll charts.
- Pick Mentimeter or Poll Everywhere if
- you need polls, quizzes or upvoted Q&A; QR Wall has no polls.
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The best Slido alternative depends on what you use Slido for: Mentimeter and Poll Everywhere are the strongest picks for polls inside presentations, Vevox and Pigeonhole Live for structured Q&A at scale, and QR Wall (our product) if what you actually want is social buzz on the big screen — guest photos and messages, not poll charts. All eight tools below work from a phone browser with no app download, and several have free tiers.
Last checked October 2026 against Slido's own site.
Last updated: October 2026
Disclosure: QR Wall is our product. It appears once in this list, reviewed by the same standard as everything else — including where it is not the right choice.
All 8 Slido alternatives at a glance
Tool, best-for, starting price, and whether guests need an app.
| Tool | Best for | Starting price | No app needed | Live wall |
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| Mentimeter | Polls, quizzes and word clouds inside slides | Free (50 participants/month); from $14/presenter/mo billed yearly | Yes | No (results slides) |
| Poll Everywhere | Polling inside PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote | Free (limited); paid tiers (see their site for current prices) | Yes | No |
| Vevox | Employee meetings, town halls and Teams-heavy orgs | Free plan; paid tiers (see their site for current prices) | Yes | No |
| AhaSlides | Budget-friendly interactive presentations | Free (limited); low-cost paid tiers (see their site for current prices) | Yes | No |
| Wooclap | Classrooms, lectures and training sessions | Free for small audiences; paid tiers (see their site for current prices) | Yes | No |
| Pigeonhole Live | Enterprise conference Q&A with heavy moderation | Free (Starter, 100 participants); Presenter $13/mo billed yearly | Yes | No |
| Kahoot! | Gamified quizzes and training energy | Free for basic hosting; paid tiers (see their site for current prices) | Yes (browser works; app optional) | No (leaderboard screen) |
| QR Wall (that's us) | Live photo + message wall on the projected screen | Free ($0); Premium $10.99/mo | Yes | Yes (Slideshow and Grid; TV view on Premium and Professional) |
The 8 alternatives, reviewed
1. Mentimeter
Best for: Polls, quizzes and word clouds inside slides • Starting price: Free (50 participants/month); from $14/presenter/mo billed yearly
Mentimeter is the most popular like-for-like Slido alternative. It is a full interactive presentation tool: you build your slide deck inside Mentimeter and drop in live polls, quizzes, word clouds, scales, and Q&A wherever you want audience input. Results render as polished charts on screen in real time. The free plan is workable for trying it out but tight for real events — it takes 50 participants a month — and paid plans start at $14 per presenter a month, billed yearly only (as shown on mentimeter.com in October 2026; third-party listings show $11.99).
Strengths
- ✓ Widest question-type library in the category
- ✓ Polished, presentation-ready results visuals
- ✓ Doubles as your actual slide deck, not just an add-on
Watch out for
- – Free plan: 50 participants a month; paid plans billed yearly only
- – No photo sharing and no guest-content display wall
2. Poll Everywhere
Best for: Polling inside PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote • Starting price: Free (limited); paid tiers (see their site for current prices)
Poll Everywhere takes the opposite approach to Mentimeter: instead of replacing your slide software, it embeds live activities directly into the PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Keynote deck you already have. Audiences respond from a browser or by text, and results animate inside your existing slides. It has a long track record in higher education and corporate training. There is a limited free plan; paid pricing is tiered by audience size, so check current numbers on their site before committing.
Strengths
- ✓ Deepest integration with existing slide software
- ✓ Long track record in education and corporate training
- ✓ Text-message responses as a fallback for low-tech rooms
Watch out for
- – Audience-size-based pricing can climb for large events
- – Polling and surveys only — no photos, no content wall
3. Vevox
Best for: Employee meetings, town halls and Teams-heavy orgs • Starting price: Free plan; paid tiers (see their site for current prices)
Vevox is a Q&A and polling platform best known for internal communications: all-hands meetings, town halls, and training inside organizations that live in Microsoft Teams and PowerPoint, both of which it integrates with directly. Anonymous Q&A with upvoting is a core strength, which matters when employees will not put their name to a hard question. It offers a free plan for small sessions and paid tiers by feature and audience size — verify current limits on their site.
Strengths
- ✓ Strong anonymous Q&A with upvoting
- ✓ Native Microsoft Teams and PowerPoint integrations
- ✓ Consistently high user-review scores for meeting use
Watch out for
- – Built for meetings — less natural fit for social events
- – No photo sharing or visual guest-content wall
4. AhaSlides
Best for: Budget-friendly interactive presentations • Starting price: Free (limited); low-cost paid tiers (see their site for current prices)
AhaSlides is the budget pick among presentation-polling tools. It covers most of the same ground as Mentimeter — polls, quizzes, word clouds, spinner wheels, Q&A — at consistently lower price points, and its free tier is more generous with question types than Mentimeter's. The trade-off is a less polished feel and a smaller template library. For student organizations, community groups, and small teams that want interactive slides without a recurring line item, it is usually the first tool to shortlist. Verify current free-tier participant limits on their site.
Strengths
- ✓ Lower price points than Mentimeter or Slido
- ✓ Generous free tier for question types
- ✓ Covers polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A in one tool
Watch out for
- – Less polished visuals than the premium competitors
- – No photo wall or guest-content display
5. Wooclap
Best for: Classrooms, lectures and training sessions • Starting price: Free for small audiences; paid tiers (see their site for current prices)
Wooclap is built for education. It offers one of the largest question-type collections in the category — around twenty formats, including labeling images and finding a point on an image — and integrates with the tools classrooms already use: Moodle and other LMS platforms, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams. Teachers can also push questions asynchronously for homework-style participation. It is less commonly seen at corporate events, but for lectures and training it is a serious Slido replacement. Free for small audiences; paid tiers scale by participant count.
Strengths
- ✓ Very large question-type library, including image-based formats
- ✓ LMS, PowerPoint and Teams integrations
- ✓ Asynchronous mode for pre/post-session questions
Watch out for
- – Education-first design — less common at corporate events
- – No photo sharing or display wall
6. Pigeonhole Live
Best for: Enterprise conference Q&A with heavy moderation • Starting price: Free (Starter, 100 participants); Presenter $13/mo billed yearly
Pigeonhole Live is the enterprise-conference specialist. Its Q&A moderation workflow is deeper than Slido's on comparable tiers: full moderation queues, upvote rankings, and multi-session agendas designed for multi-track conferences. It is sold as a subscription, not per event: a free Starter plan for 100 participants, Presenter at $13 a month billed yearly ($156 a year) for 250, Standard at $150 a month billed yearly ($1,800 a year) for 2,000, and custom Enterprise plans with SSO and an API (as of October 2026). Monthly billing costs more, and you can cancel after one event.
Strengths
- ✓ Deep Q&A moderation queues and upvote rankings
- ✓ Multi-session agendas for multi-track conferences
- ✓ Free Starter plan with every interactive feature, up to 100 participants
Watch out for
- – Standard ($150/mo billed yearly) is needed past 250 participants
- – No photo sharing or post-event gallery
7. Kahoot!
Best for: Gamified quizzes and training energy • Starting price: Free for basic hosting; paid tiers (see their site for current prices)
Kahoot! is not a Q&A tool — it is a game-show engine. Hosts run timed quizzes with music, streaks, and leaderboards, and it is unmatched at generating competitive energy in a room, which is why it dominates classrooms and shows up at team trainings and sales kickoffs. If your Slido usage is really quizzes, Kahoot! does that one thing better. Basic hosting is free; business and education tiers unlock larger sessions and custom branding — verify current limits on their site.
Strengths
- ✓ Best-in-class gamification: music, streaks, leaderboards
- ✓ Instantly familiar to most audiences
- ✓ Free tier covers casual quiz sessions
Watch out for
- – The game-show format does not fit every corporate agenda
- – Not built for open Q&A, feedback, or photo sharing
8. QR Wallthat's us
Best for: Live photo + message wall on the projected screen • Starting price: Free ($0); Premium $10.99/mo
QR Wall (that's us) is the odd one out on this list, deliberately: it is not a polling tool. There are no multiple-choice questions and no bar charts — if that is what you use Slido for, pick one of the tools above. QR Wall covers the slice Slido never did: the QR code lives on the projected wall itself, guests scan it and their photos and messages appear on screen in about a second, with emoji reactions. AI moderation of text, photos and video and an approval queue come with the Professional plan. Text submissions double as lightweight Q&A for all-hands and conference sessions. The free plan shows the 5 newest posts at a time and keeps the first 30 posts per wall; Premium ($10.99/month) puts every post on screen and adds video clips and a download of everything, and Professional ($19.99/month) adds AI moderation and an approval queue.
Strengths
- ✓ Live display wall guests actually watch — Slideshow and Grid views, plus TV on paid plans
- ✓ Photo sharing plus messages; AI moderation and an approval queue on Professional
- ✓ Free plan with no time limit; billed monthly, no per-event fees
Watch out for
- – No structured polling or quiz question types
- – Lightweight text Q&A, not a moderated upvote queue like Slido's
- – Free plan: 5 posts on screen at a time, first 30 per wall kept
How to choose a Slido alternative
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Name the actual job. 'Audience engagement' hides three different products: structured polling (Mentimeter, Poll Everywhere, AhaSlides, Wooclap), moderated Q&A (Vevox, Pigeonhole Live), and visual guest content on screen (QR Wall). Most disappointment with these tools comes from buying one category while needing another.
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Check free-plan participant caps before the event, not during it. Slido's free plan caps at 100 participants, Mentimeter's at 50 — a 300-person all-hands will hit those walls mid-session.
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Compare pricing models, not just prices. Most of these tools bill yearly; Slido also sells a single event ($60 on Engage), and QR Wall bills monthly. One event favours a one-time price or a month you cancel; recurring meetings favour a yearly plan.
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Do the screen test: picture your projector mid-event. If it should show results charts, you want a polling tool. If it should show the audience's own photos and messages, you want a live wall.
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Take moderation seriously for anything projected. Anonymous submissions on a big screen need more than a word filter — check whether the tool has a real moderation queue or AI screening before content goes public.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best free Slido alternative?
It depends on the job. For polling, AhaSlides has the most generous free tier and Vevox offers a workable free plan for small sessions (verify current limits on their sites); Mentimeter's free plan is tighter at 50 participants a month. For a live photo and message wall instead of polls, QR Wall's free plan includes the QR code, Slideshow and Grid views, 5 posts on screen at a time and the first 30 posts per wall kept — no credit card required.
Is QR Wall a direct Slido replacement?
No, and we say so on our own comparison page. Slido is a Q&A and polling tool; QR Wall is a live photo and message wall. QR Wall replaces Slido only when what you actually wanted was audience content on the big screen — social buzz, shout-outs, photos — rather than structured polls. Some organizers run both: Slido for the keynote poll, QR Wall for the wall everyone watches between sessions.
Which Slido alternatives work without an app download?
All eight tools in this roundup are browser-based — participants scan a QR code or open a link and respond from their phone browser. No-app participation is table stakes in this category in 2026. Kahoot! offers an optional app, but the browser works fine.
Why do people look for Slido alternatives?
Three reasons come up most: pricing and packaging since the Cisco acquisition (the free Basic plan caps at 100 participants, and the first paid plan, Engage, is $17.50 a month billed annually for 200 participants), wanting deeper moderation or integrations than their tier includes, and needing things Slido does not do at all — gamified quizzes (Kahoot!), image-based question types (Wooclap), or guest photos on the event screen (QR Wall).
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