Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere is a reliable engagement layer for presenters who live in PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, Zoom, or Teams. It is especially practical for recurring education, training, and meeting programs, but event teams need to pay close attention to participant limits, team licensing, and reporting gates.

Free Intro plan; paid individual plans from $120/year; team and enterprise plans higher
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Founded 2007
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
Company Size 51-200 employees
Funding Privately held
Pricing Model Plan-based audience engagement subscription with participant limits, slideware integrations, reporting, and team administration
Free Trial Free Intro plan available
Contract Self-serve annual plans, team plans, and enterprise contracts
Attendee Capacity Audience size is plan-limited; once a plan limit is reached, additional unique participants cannot access the activity
Mobile App Participants respond from phones or browsers; presenter workflows include web and slideware apps
Offline Capability No
Data & Compliance Cloud-hosted service; confirm enterprise security, retention, and regional requirements with Poll Everywhere
Expertise Level Beginner
Event Types
Conference SessionsTraining SessionsWebinarsTown HallsClassroom EventsWorkshops
Key Integrations
PowerPoint (Native) Google Slides (Native) Keynote (Native) Zoom (Native) Microsoft Teams (Native)
Support Channels
Support centerFAQCommunity forumEmail supportEnterprise support
Best For
  • + Presenters who want live polling and Q&A embedded directly into slide decks
  • + Education, training, and internal events that reuse polls across many sessions
  • + Hybrid meetings and webinars where attendees answer from their own devices
  • + Teams that need more utilitarian response workflows than highly designed presentation experiences
Not For
  • Organizers needing registration, ticketing, event apps, agendas, or onsite attendee operations
  • Large public events where participant caps would block late responders
  • Teams that need the most visually polished workshop deck experience
  • One-off events where annual plans are harder to justify
Key Capabilities
Run live polls, Q&A, surveys, competitions, word clouds, and response activities
Embed activities into PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Keynote decks
Collect responses through browser, mobile, and meeting-platform workflows
Use response links and reusable activities for recurring classes or trainings
Export response data and reporting on paid plans
Support team and enterprise administration for departments using polling repeatedly
Honest Limitations

Participant Limits Are Operational

The platform enforces audience size limits by plan, so large sessions need careful capacity planning before launch.

Pricing Can Escalate For Teams

Individual plans start affordably, but team features, branding, reporting, and enterprise administration can raise total cost.

Not A Full Event Product

Poll Everywhere improves session interaction but does not handle event registration, agenda management, or attendee communications.

Design Is More Functional Than Theatrical

It is dependable for polling workflows, but teams wanting highly polished storytelling may prefer presentation-first alternatives.

Review Themes Are Mixed Around Limits

G2 and Capterra summaries praise ease of use and slide integrations while noting free-plan and response-limit constraints.

Pricing Breakdown
Plan Price Details
Intro Free Starter plan for basic polling and smaller audiences.
Present $120/year Individual presenter plan with more practical live-presentation capabilities.
Engage $42/month billed annually Higher-level plan for stronger engagement, reporting, and recurring use.
Teams Custom or higher-tier quote Team administration and shared management for departments.
Enterprise Custom Governance, security, and procurement support for larger organizations.

Hidden Costs to Watch

  • ! Participant caps may require a higher plan for large sessions.
  • ! Team administration, reporting, branding, and enterprise controls can move buyers beyond individual plans.
  • ! Annual billing can be inefficient for occasional one-off events.

Poll Everywhere is built for presenters who need reliable two-way interaction inside familiar slide and meeting tools. It is a practical choice for training sessions, classes, town halls, webinars, and conference breakouts.

The main evaluation point is scale. For small sessions it is straightforward, but larger events need a clear read on participant limits, license ownership, and what reporting or branding features are included.

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Questions to Ask the Vendor
  1. 1
    Which plan supports our expected number of unique participants per session?
  2. 2
    What happens live when a poll reaches its participant cap?
  3. 3
    Which reporting, export, branding, moderation, and team administration features are included?
  4. 4
    Do our presenters need individual licenses, shared team licenses, or enterprise governance?
  5. 5
    What support response and uptime commitments apply during live events?
How we research tools

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