Best Audience Response Systems in 2026
For a class, meeting or event, audience response systems can support interaction through polls, questions and quizzes. Compare whether responses can be anonymous and the audience limit, then look at live polling, live Q&A and quiz mode. Slide integrations can matter when you want interaction alongside a presentation; free plans and paid-from pricing help frame access and cost. The ranking opens with Poll Everywhere, Slidea and StreamAlive, followed by Votinova and Kahoot!. Consider the response formats and session size that suit your audience.
118 audience response systems ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
118ranked
25free plans on this page
$0.25/molowest paid tier
3 Oct 2026last checked
#1 Poll Everywhere Top pick · 9.7 Free plan · $10/mo
#2 Slidea Runner-up · 8.8 Free plan · $6/mo
#3 StreamAlive Also great · 8.8 Free plan · $20/mo- Free planFree trial AndroidiOSmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $10/mo
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 700 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$10/mofirst paid tier About Poll EverywhereVisit site - Free planFree trial extensionWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 500 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$6/mofirst paid tier About SlideaVisit site - Free planFree trial extensionmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $20/mo
- Live Q&A
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$20/mofirst paid tier About StreamAliveVisit site - Free plan AndroidapiiOSWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 1,000 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms€9/mofirst paid tier About VotinovaVisit site - Free plan WebWindowsmacOSiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $3/mo
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 50 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$3/mofirst paid tier About Kahoot!Visit site - Free plan macOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $7.95/mo
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 100 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$0.25/mofirst paid tier About AhaSlidesVisit site - Free planFree trial AndroidiOSmacOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 500 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$2.99/mofirst paid tier About PollQRVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 250 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$7.75/mofirst paid tier About VevoxVisit site - Free plan AndroidextensioniOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $4.79/mo
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 100 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$0.40/mofirst paid tier About EngageSlideVisit site - Free plan WebWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- Yes
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 500 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms€12/mofirst paid tier About ParticifyVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $15/mo
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 200 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan apiWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $13/mo
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 250 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$13/mofirst paid tier About Pigeonhole LiveVisit site - Free plan macOSWebWindows
- Free plan
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free planFree trial Web
- Free plan
- No
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 200 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$74.75/mofirst paid tier About MeetingPulseVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 1,000 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free planFree trial AndroidiOSWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 50 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$10/mofirst paid tier About SocrativeVisit site - Free plan macOSWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$8/mofirst paid tier About PollSlideVisit site - Free plan WebWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroid
- Free plan
- Yes
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms - Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $4.99/mo
- Live polling
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$4.99/mofirst paid tier About iClickerVisit site - Free plan apiWeb
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $5/mo
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 100 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$5/mofirst paid tier About PollsLiveVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 100 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms€2.49/mofirst paid tier About ClaperVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 200 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms£3.99/mofirst paid tier About HypersayVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $9/mo
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms$9/mofirst paid tier About XTrivVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms€9/mofirst paid tier About EngageTimeVisit site - Free plan Web
- Free plan
- Yes
- Live polling
- Yes
- Live Q&A
- Yes
- Quiz mode
- Yes
- Audience limit
- 200 participants
RecognisedDocumentedFree planFree trialPlatforms€29/mofirst paid tier About TEDMEVisit site
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Questions about this list
Which audience response system is ranked first on The Geeks Club?
Poll Everywhere is ranked #1 of 118 with a score of 9.7. Slidea is second and StreamAlive third.
How many of these have a free plan?
25 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, AhaSlides has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.25/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on how quickly a newcomer can get going: documentation depth, a free tier or trial, and the platforms it runs on. Paid placements never change a rank.