Poll Everywhere
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you run live lectures, trainings, or events and want real-time audience response inside PowerPoint or Teams.
Comparison
Poll Everywhere lands on Depends, and Kahoot! lands on Worth it.
Buy it if you run live lectures, trainings, or events and want real-time audience response inside PowerPoint or Teams.
Buy it if you want free, proven live quiz games for classrooms, training sessions, or events.
| Compare | Poll Everywhere | Kahoot! |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Worth it |
| Best for | Professors running large lectures | Teachers running live review games |
| Who it's not for | Async surveys and forms . use free tools | Untimed, mastery-focused assessment |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁵ | Vendor publishes a trust center and whitepaper; one disclosed issue was patched; academics flag edtech privacy gaps. |
| Support quality | No support-quality evidence found | No reliable evidence on support responsiveness |
| Public sentiment | Individual presenters and professors praise it for live engagement, though some organizations report switching away.⁹ | Users broadly praise Kahoot's engagement and ease of use, but a loud minority of teachers report student fatigue and question subscription value. |
| Biggest gotcha | Annual billing is standard; third-party analysis flags pricing escalation concerns12 | Free plan limits push larger groups and advanced features to paid tiers quickly. |