Claryoo vs Slido
Slido invites the audience to speak through polls and Q&A. Claryoo reads the room privately for the host. Different problems. Often complementary. Pricing, fit, and when to run both.
Claryoo and Slido aren't really competitors. Slido invites the audience to speak through polls, Q&A, quizzes, and word clouds. Claryoo listens to the audience for you and shows you, privately, what the room is doing.
This post covers where each one fits, what each costs, and when running both is useful.
New to this category? See How to read the room in virtual meetings for the four approaches hosts can take.
TL;DR
Slido is an audience interaction platform. Participants join via a short URL or QR code to vote, type questions, or take quizzes. Acquired by Cisco in 2021. Free tier; paid plans from €15/month.
Claryoo is a host intelligence panel. It listens to your Zoom call and surfaces confusion, drop-off, and unanswered questions in a private view only you see. No participant input required. Beta on Zoom; free during beta, three months free at launch for waitlist members.
Pick Slido when you want structured audience input: town halls, conference Q&A, classroom polls, anonymous surveys.
Pick Claryoo when you can't ask the room to do more: sales demos, founder pitches, onboarding calls, recruiter screens.
Use both when you're running a long, high-stakes session and want planned engagement plus a quiet read on the rest.
What each tool does
Slido
Hosts create polls, Q&A boards, quizzes, and word clouds. Participants scan a QR code or visit a short URL; no install. Results display on the host's screen or embed inside PowerPoint, Google Slides, Webex, Teams, or Zoom. The model assumes participants will engage on purpose. When that fits (conference Q&A, classroom check-in, all-hands), Slido works well. Cisco's distribution put it in front of 750,000 customers.
Claryoo
Claryoo joins your Zoom call, listens to audio, reads chat, and shows you a private panel that flags moments worth acting on. Three people asked similar pricing questions in 90 seconds. Chat went quiet right after the technical slide. A question got buried mid-sentence.
Nothing is auto-posted or shared with the room. The panel is host-only. You act on a signal or you don't.
Feature comparison
| Claryoo | Slido | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary user | Host (private) | Audience (public) |
| Input model | Passive (audio + chat) | Active (QR / URL) |
| What it surfaces | Confusion, drop-off, unanswered questions | Poll results, Q&A votes, quiz scores |
| Visibility | Host-side only | On the shared screen |
| Live polls / quizzes | No | Yes |
| Real-time signal detection | Yes | No |
| Q&A capture | Yes (unanswered surfaced) | Yes (audience-submitted) |
| Recording / transcript | No (live transcript, deleted on call end) | No |
| Platforms | Zoom (Meet, Teams coming) | Zoom, Teams, Webex, PowerPoint, Google Slides |
| Pricing | Free during beta | Free Basic; paid from €15/mo |
Pick Slido when
The audience is meant to participate visibly:
- A 200-person all-hands with a moderated Q&A board.
- A keynote opened with a word cloud.
- A classroom checking comprehension every 10 minutes.
- An anonymous pulse survey at quarter-end.
- A trivia round at a team event.
Pick Claryoo when
You can't reframe the meeting around audience activity:
- A 1:1 sales demo where polling adds friction.
- A founder pitch where stopping for a vote breaks the narrative.
- A customer onboarding call where the customer's silence is the risk.
- A live training where you're sharing your screen and can't see who looks lost.
- A recruiter screen where the candidate's pause says more than the answer.
Use both when
You're running a 90-minute training and want both deliberate engagement and a quiet safety net. Open with a Slido word cloud. Run scheduled polls every 20 minutes. Meanwhile, Claryoo flags the slide where chat went quiet, the question that got skipped during a polling burst, and the moment three customers asked the same follow-up.
Pricing
Slido has a free Basic plan with limited polls per event. Paid tiers start at €15/month and add higher participant caps, branding, SSO, and integrations. Education and Cisco Webex-bundled pricing exist. See slido.com/pricing for current limits.
Claryoo is free during beta. Waitlist members get three months free at launch. Post-launch tiers will be published before billing starts.
What about Mentimeter, Otter, or Read.ai?
Slido and Mentimeter are both audience-input tools. Slido is a meeting add-on; Mentimeter is built around the presentation deck. Same model: the audience engages on purpose.
Otter, Fireflies, and Read.ai are post-meeting notetakers. They work after the call: transcribing, summarizing, sending recaps. Different category from both Slido and Claryoo.
If your question is "what captures what happened after the meeting," you want a notetaker. If it's "what helps me read the room while it's happening," that's Slido, Mentimeter, or Claryoo.
FAQ
Is Claryoo a replacement for Slido? No. Slido is a polling and Q&A tool for audiences. Claryoo is a host-side intelligence panel.
Does Claryoo record the call? No. Audio is transcribed live and deleted when the call ends.
Can Claryoo see Slido poll results? Not directly. Slido displays results on the shared screen; Claryoo reads audio and Zoom chat. If the host references the poll out loud, Claryoo picks it up.
Does Slido integrate with Claryoo? No. Both run independently on the same call without conflict.
Which is better for a sales demo? Claryoo. Prospects rarely engage with polls during a demo.
Which is better for a conference Q&A? Slido. That's the scenario it was built for.
Want a quiet co-host watching your next session? Join the waitlist.