Best Slido Alternatives in 2026 (Honest Comparison for Teams & Events)

Slido is the market leader for conference Q&A, and its deep Webex and Google Slides integrations are genuinely useful. But at $17.50/organizer/month for the entry Engage plan — and $75+/month if you want live polling — it's hard to justify for smaller teams, education, or event organisers running fewer than 10 events a year. These alternatives cover the same use cases at a fraction of the price.

What makes a good Slido alternative?

• Live Q&A with audience upvotes — the core Slido feature
• Anonymous question submission — so quieter voices get heard
• Live polls — multiple choice, word cloud, scale
• Works during a presentation — no app for the audience, browser-only join
• Affordable pricing — ideally without per-organizer seat math

1. PollsLive

PollsLive runs live Q&A sessions with audience upvoting and host moderation — the core Slido feature — plus multiple choice polls, word clouds, quiz slides, and ranking, all in a single deck. Participants join by PIN or QR with no account. One Pro plan ($5/month for the whole workspace, billed annually) covers unlimited organizers with no seat tax.

• ✅ Live Q&A with upvotes and host moderation
• ✅ No per-organizer seat pricing
• ✅ Permanent async poll URLs (unique: polls persist after the event)
• ✅ EU-hosted, GDPR-ready
• ❌ No native Google Slides / PowerPoint add-in (yet)

2. Mentimeter

Mentimeter's Q&A module is included in the free plan (with a 2-question cap per presentation). The presentation experience is polished, word clouds are best-in-class, and the Google Slides add-on exists. Pro starts at ~$12/presenter/month. It's the strongest full-feature alternative if budget allows and you're managing presentations, not just Q&A. See the full Mentimeter comparison.

3. Pigeonhole Live

Pigeonhole is built specifically for enterprise events — conferences, all-hands, large webinars. It has the most polished live Q&A experience of any tool here, with advanced speaker management, multiple sessions per event, and branding options. Pricing is event-based and expensive ($400+/event for larger venues), making it a poor fit for regular team meetings.

4. Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere is the oldest live polling tool in this list and has the most mature PowerPoint and Keynote integration. It's used heavily in universities. The free plan is limited to 25 responses; paid plans start at $120/year per presenter — similar per-seat issues to Slido.

5. Wooclap

Wooclap is a strong education-focused Slido alternative with a generous free tier (up to 1,000 participants on free, with some feature limits). Question types are broad, including matching, find on image, and fill-in-the-blank — useful for classroom testing. Less refined for pure conference Q&A.

Pricing comparison

• Slido — Free: 3 polls, 100 participants · Engage: $17.50/organizer/month · Enterprise: custom
• PollsLive — Free: 3 polls, 500 participants · Pro: $5/month (full workspace) · No per-seat charge
• Mentimeter — Free: 2 questions/presentation · Pro: ~$12/presenter/month
• Pigeonhole — $400+/event (enterprise events only)
• Poll Everywhere — Free: 25 responses · Presenter: $120/year
• Wooclap — Free: 1,000 participants (limited features) · Pro: from $8/presenter/month

The bottom line

For teams running regular meetings, workshops, or small-to-medium events, PollsLive and Wooclap offer the best value. For large conferences where branding and speaker logistics matter, Pigeonhole is the specialist. For teams already in the Google Slides ecosystem, Mentimeter's add-in is worth the premium. Slido remains the safest enterprise choice when Webex integration is required — but that's a very specific use case.