📊vs🎤Mentimeter vs Slido
Mentimeter and Slido are the two heavyweights in live audience interaction. They overlap on polls, word clouds and quizzes, but diverge sharply on philosophy: Mentimeter wants to BE your slide deck; Slido wants to live inside it. We compared free limits, Q&A handling, integrations with PowerPoint, Teams and Webex, and how each scales to large audiences.
Head-to-head: Mentimeter vs Slido
Verdict
Mentimeter is the choice when the poll IS the presentation: keynotes, workshops, classrooms. Slido is the choice when polling supplements a meeting: town halls, webinars, Teams calls. Microsoft-stack companies almost always land on Slido. If neither fits, moomz is the lightweight free option for one-off social polls.
Pick Mentimeter if you want a full deck of interactive slides with rich visualizations, or you teach/train regularly.
Pick Slido if your audience is on Teams or Webex, you need serious Q&A moderation, or you already present in PowerPoint.
Frequently asked
Can Slido work without an internet connection?+
No. Both tools are fully cloud-based and require all participants to be online to vote.
Which is better for university lectures?+
Mentimeter, generally. Its richer slide types and unlimited participants on free make it the academic default.
Does Slido work outside Microsoft tools?+
Yes. There's a standalone web app and integrations with Google Slides, Keynote, Zoom and YouTube live streams.
Can I export results?+
Both export to PDF and Excel on paid plans. Mentimeter also exports to PNG slides; Slido exports cleaner Q&A transcripts.
Which has the bigger free tier?+
Mentimeter has more functional restrictions but unlimited participants; Slido has a cleaner free plan capped at 100 participants per event.
Are votes anonymous on both?+
Yes by default on both. Slido can require name/email entry for moderated events.
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Last updated 2026-05-20