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Polis (pol.is) versus Mentimeter
Compare	Polis (pol.is)	Mentimeter
Verdict	Depends	Worth it
Best for	Governments and civic groups	Teachers and lecturers
Who it's not for	Small teams needing a quick poll . use Google Forms	Buyers who need polished, downloadable slide templates
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^⁵	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹⁴
Support quality	No public evidence	No evidence on support quality
Public sentiment	Public user reviews of itself are scarce; coverage is mostly press and academic literature.^¹	Educators and presenters praise fast, easy audience feedback, though some report broken template downloads.^⁸
Biggest gotcha	No security page; audit before hosting sensitive civic discussions^⁵	Free tier caps at 50 participants monthly . a mid-size session pushes you to paid immediately.¹²

Pick Polis (pol.is) when

Governments and civic groups
Researchers studying deliberation
Large communities seeking consensus

When Polis (pol.is) is not a fit

Small teams needing a quick poll . use Google Forms
Buyers wanting vendor SLAs and support
Companies doing customer feedback or NPS . wrong tool
Anyone unwilling to self-host and maintain software

Pick Mentimeter when

Teachers and lecturers
Workshop and meeting facilitators
Live polls and word clouds
Post-presentation feedback forms

When Mentimeter is not a fit

Buyers who need polished, downloadable slide templates
Large audiences on zero budget . 50-person free cap
Teams wanting one tool for full deck design
Cost-sensitive teams . per-presenter pricing multiplies fast

Sources

Pol.is - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliberationreddit.com
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Polis 2.0: The Open-Source Platform Scaling Deliberative Democracy to Millionsnews.lavx.hu
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Opportunities and Risks of LLMs for Scalable Deliberation with Polisresearchgate.net
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Security pagepol.is
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Identity Federation & SAML-to-OIDC Bridge | Ory Polisory.com
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Mentimeter: review, pricing and rankings - Listerlister.ai
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Compare Mentimeter VS Slidesgotechjockey.com
review
Compare Mentimeter VS Slidebeantechjockey.com
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Mentimeter: Another Way to Get Student Feedbackeducatorsquest.com
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Stories and Strategies for using Digital Tools in ISWecampusontario.pressbooks.pub
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Mentimeter Alternatives: 5 Tools Compared by Cost (2026)meetergo.com
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8 Best Mentimeter Alternativesproprofs.com
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Payment securityhelp.mentimeter.com
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Product security pagementimeter.com
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Using Mentimeter: Case studies from University of Bath staffblogs.bath.ac.uk
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