--- title: "Mentimeter Alternative for Live Polls | Slaide" description: "A Mentimeter alternative: in Slaide, polls, word clouds and quizzes are slides of your presentation. The same and the differences, as of 11 November 2026." canonical: https://www.slaide.de/mentimeter-alternative date_published: 2026-11-11 date_modified: 2026-11-11 source: https://www.slaide.de/llms.txt --- # A Mentimeter alternative when the polls should live inside your presentation. > **In short:** According to Mentimeter, interactive Mentimeter slides go into a PowerPoint presentation through a PowerPoint add-in (as of 11 November 2026). Slaide goes through the presentation itself: you build it with AI and insert poll, word cloud, scale, open wall, questions and quiz as slides. Your audience joins with a QR code or a code, with no app and no account. Voting works only while you present from Slaide. Slaide builds presentations with AI and brings live polls, word clouds, quizzes and audience questions along as slides. The polls are made in the same editor and in the same design as the rest of your presentation. ### The same on both sides - The audience joins with a code, without an account of their own - The word cloud is a poll type - There is a free plan to try it *Mentimeter details as of 11 November 2026.* ## Slaide and Mentimeter, point by point. For Mentimeter, this table lists only what the vendor's own site says as of 11 November 2026. For Slaide, it lists what the product and the help article document. | Topic | Slaide | Mentimeter (as of 11 November 2026) | | --- | --- | --- | | **Where the polls are made** | As slides in the presentation you build with Slaide: in the same editor, in the same design. | Mentimeter offers a PowerPoint add-in that lets you add interactive Mentimeter slides to PowerPoint. | | **An existing presentation** | Slaide opens an uploaded PowerPoint as an editable document. You can insert polls into 16:9 slides. | According to Mentimeter, all paid plans can import presentations as static images. | | **How the audience joins** | A QR code or a code on the slide, with no app and no account. | The audience joins with a code, without a Mentimeter account. | | **Plans** | Live polls are part of the free plan and the paid plans. The number of participants per session is lower on the free plan. Prices are on the [pricing page](https://www.slaide.de/pricing). | Free at $0. Basic at $11.99 and Pro at $24.99 per presenter per month, billed yearly, excluding tax. Enterprise on request. | Plans and features change, so check the details with the vendor: [Mentimeter pricing](https://www.mentimeter.com/plans), [Mentimeter and PowerPoint](https://www.mentimeter.com/features/powerpoint). Mentimeter is a trademark of its owner. Slaide is not affiliated with Mentimeter. ## Which tool is closer to what you need. ### Mentimeter is closer if … - you build your presentation in PowerPoint and want to stay there: according to its own site, Mentimeter has an add-in for that (as of 11 November 2026). - you want to present from PowerPoint. Slaide polls run only while you present from Slaide: nobody can vote in a downloaded PowerPoint. ### Slaide is closer if … - you build the presentation with Slaide anyway and want the polls in the same editor and the same design. - you want the poll slides built along with the deck: turn on **Live** in your brief and check the result, you decide which slides stay. - you want to approve questions and posts in a moderator view while you present, without leaving the slides. ### Switching means some manual work Slaide has no import from Mentimeter. You write the question and the answers on the slide, or ask for them in your brief. ## What makes the polls in Slaide what they are. - **Polls as slides.** Poll, word cloud, scale, open wall, questions and quiz take the design of your presentation and are made in the same editor. [All poll types](https://www.slaide.de/live-polls-for-presentations) - **Moderator view.** Notes, running order and answers in a second window or on your phone. You approve posts and questions there. - **Keep the results.** After the session Slaide asks whether the results go into your document as slides or as a table in your sources. ## Keep reading - [Live polls in presentations](https://www.slaide.de/live-polls-for-presentations): All seven poll types, the moderator view and the limits at a glance. - [Compare tools](https://www.slaide.de/compare): How Slaide relates to other tools for presentations. - [Pricing](https://www.slaide.de/pricing): Slaide's plans and what they include. ## FAQ ### What is an alternative to Mentimeter for presentations? Slaide is one option when the polls should be part of the presentation: you build the presentation with AI and insert poll, word cloud, scale, open wall, questions and quiz as slides. Your audience joins on their phones, with no app and no account. Voting works only while you present from Slaide. ### How much does Mentimeter cost? According to Mentimeter's pricing page (as of 11 November 2026): Free at $0, Basic at $11.99 and Pro at $24.99 per presenter per month, billed yearly, excluding tax, and Enterprise on request. Plans change, so check the current state with the vendor. ### Can I bring my Mentimeter questions into Slaide? There is no import from Mentimeter. You write the question and the answers on the poll slide, or you ask for them in your brief by turning on the Live switch. Check the result before you present. ### Do participants need an account? Not in Slaide: they scan the QR code or open slaide.de/live, enter the code and answer in the browser. At Mentimeter, according to the vendor, the audience also joins with a code, without a Mentimeter account (as of 11 November 2026). ### Is there a free plan? Yes, on both sides. Slaide starts with a free account without a credit card, and live polls are part of it; the number of participants per session is lower there than on the paid plans. Mentimeter's pricing page lists a Free plan at $0 (as of 11 November 2026). The limits differ, so check them with each vendor. ### Can I let people vote in PowerPoint with Slaide? Not for voting. You can download the presentation as .pptx, but the poll slides are ordinary slides there, and your audience can vote only while you present from Slaide. Mentimeter names a PowerPoint add-in for interactive slides (as of 11 November 2026).