Mentimeter alternatives

6 Mentimeter alternatives for workshops, trainings and live sessions

Six Mentimeter alternatives for workshops, trainings and live sessions, online or in the room: what each does best, what to watch for, and free plans.

Mentimeter is a good tool when the slides are the session: a word cloud growing on the big screen is a great moment. People look for alternatives when that isn't how they work. Some run workshops and trainings on a video call and don't want people leaving the call to type a code. Some want more Q&A, more games or a different price. Others want help after the session, not only a results export.

This guide covers six options and who each one suits. We make Claryoo, so it's on the list, and we've tried to be fair about where others fit better.

Quick picks

Best for workshops and trainings on a call or in a room: Claryoo
Best for large events with upvoted Q&A: Slido
Best for lots of activity types and a spinner wheel: AhaSlides
Best for polls inside PowerPoint, Google Slides or Keynote: Poll Everywhere
Best for competitive quiz games: Kahoot!
Best for teaching and training with many question types: Wooclap

The alternatives

Claryoo

Claryoo is an AI co-host for live sessions. On Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams, it joins the call as a participant and runs polls, quizzes and volunteer picks that people answer by typing in the meeting chat, with no code, app or second screen. In a room, people scan a QR code and answer on their phones, or tap Got it, Lost me, Too fast or Example please. Describe your session and Claryoo drafts the polls and quizzes in order; add your slides from a PDF and press Next as you go. On your side only, you see who's with you, who has gone quiet and which slide lost the room. When the session ends, you get what was decided, the follow-ups owed by name, and the results. See the full Claryoo vs Mentimeter comparison.

Best for: facilitators running client workshops, trainers running live sessions, nonprofit member calls and speakers who want to know how the room is doing, online or in person.

Watch out for: there are no word clouds, and it isn't a slide-design tool. If the visual deck and big-screen results are the point, Mentimeter is the better fit.

Pricing: Free plan with 2 session hours a month. Starter $19 a month for 8 hours, Pro $39 a month for 25 hours. Billed by hours, not seats, and participants never pay. Every account starts with a 14-day Pro trial, no card. See pricing or start free.

Slido

Slido is an audience Q&A and polling platform, now part of Webex by Cisco. People join with a code, link or QR code, with no login or download, and can ask questions anonymously and upvote each other's. Hosts can review questions before anyone sees them. It also runs live polls, quizzes and word clouds, and works with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Webex, Teams and Zoom.

Best for: town halls, conferences and all-hands where hundreds of people vote on which questions get answered.

Watch out for: it shines at large-event Q&A; for a small workshop, it gives you results and analytics rather than a read on who has gone quiet. Compare it with Claryoo on Claryoo vs Slido.

Pricing: Free Basic plan. Paid plans: slido.com/pricing.

AhaSlides

AhaSlides is an interactive presentation platform, the closest match to Mentimeter on this list. You build slides with polls, quizzes with a leaderboard, word clouds, Q&A, a spinner wheel, ranking and an idea board. People join with a QR code or link on their own device. It works with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Microsoft Teams and Zoom.

Best for: trainers and teachers who like Mentimeter's slide-based style but want more activity types and game moments.

Watch out for: like Mentimeter, people follow along on their own device, so on a video call they switch screens.

Pricing: Free plan for up to 50 participants. Paid plans: ahaslides.com/pricing.

Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere is an audience response tool. People respond at the presenter's link, such as PollEv.com/yourname. You can embed live polls in PowerPoint, Google Slides and Canva, and activities include word clouds, Q&A, competitions and clickable images.

Best for: presenters who want polls to live inside the deck they already use, and teachers or event presenters who want a memorable response link.

Watch out for: the free plan has a small audience size, so larger groups will need a paid plan.

Pricing: Free Intro plan with a 40-person maximum audience size. Paid plans: polleverywhere.com/plans.

Kahoot!

Kahoot! is a game-based quiz platform. You build a set of quiz questions and host it live; players join with a game PIN at kahoot.it or in the app, and race the clock for points, streaks and a spot on the podium. It has apps for Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and a workplace product, Kahoot! 360.

Best for: team events, kickoffs and classroom review, where competition and energy are the point.

Watch out for: it's built around quiz games, so it's less suited to gathering opinions or running a discussion. See Claryoo vs Kahoot! for when a calmer format fits better.

Pricing: Free account. Paid plans: kahoot.com/pricing.

Wooclap

Wooclap is an interactive platform built for active learning, used by educators, training teams and events. People join by entering a code. It offers more than 20 question types, including live quizzes, word clouds, matching, brainstorming and image-based questions, and works with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Microsoft Teams and Zoom.

Best for: teachers and L&D teams who want many question types in a training session or course.

Watch out for: the free Starter plan is limited to 5 questions a month, and LMS integrations are only on the custom plan.

Pricing: Free Starter plan. Paid plans: wooclap.com/en/pricing. See Claryoo vs Wooclap.

Comparison table

Tool	Where people answer	Best for	Free plan
Claryoo	Meeting chat online; phones by QR in a room	Workshops, trainings, member calls, talks	Yes, 2 hours a month
Slido	Code, link or QR	Large events with upvoted Q&A	Yes, Basic plan
AhaSlides	QR code or link	Many activity types, quiz games	Yes, up to 50 participants
Poll Everywhere	Presenter's link, such as PollEv.com	Polls embedded in slides	Yes, up to 40 people
Kahoot!	Game PIN at kahoot.it or the app	Competitive quiz games	Yes
Wooclap	Join code	Teaching with many question types	Yes, 5 questions a month
Mentimeter	menti.com with a code	Presentation-led sessions, word clouds	Yes

How to choose

On a video call: if you want people to answer without leaving the call, pick a tool that works in the meeting chat, like Claryoo on Zoom, Google Meet or Teams. If a second screen is fine, AhaSlides is the closest match to Mentimeter's style.
In a room: every tool here works with phones. Choose by what you need back: big-screen activities (AhaSlides, Mentimeter), a game (Kahoot!), or a private read on which slide lost people (Claryoo).
Q&A-heavy sessions: Slido is the strongest pick when lots of people need to ask and vote on questions.
Workshops and trainings: think about what you need afterward. If it's decisions and follow-ups written up for you, Claryoo fits; if it's quiz scores, Kahoot!, AhaSlides or Wooclap fit well. See Claryoo for facilitators, training, nonprofits and speakers.