AhaSlides vs Decka

AhaSlides is interactive presentation software for running live polls, quizzes, word clouds, and Q&A with an audience. Participants can join on a phone using a code or QR code without downloading an app, and responses can be anonymous. Reports show engagement rates and participant performance, with response data exportable to Excel. The product range also includes an AI presentation maker, survey creator, poll maker, quiz generator, and online course platform. Integrations include PowerPoint, Google Slides, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Slack, Google Drive, ChatGPT, and an MCP server; AhaSlides says these are included on the Free plan. That plan costs nothing and allows up to 50 participants, 5 quiz questions, and 3 poll questions, with unlimited presentations per month. Essential costs $23.95 a month and supports up to 100 participants; Pro costs $49.95 a month and supports up to 2,500 participants. AhaSlides runs on the web, macOS, and Windows. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Decka is a freemium AI presentation maker with a freeform editor and live audience activities. AI-generated presentations open as editable drafts: users can move, resize, restyle, replace or remove objects. The editor includes themes, image frames, background removal and editable advanced charts, while presentations can contain YouTube or uploaded video, Lottie animations and a dynamic agenda. Collaborators can edit together in real time, and presenters can publish view-only links. Audience activities include polls, quizzes, Q&A, word clouds, drawings, games and other formats. Activities work through a PowerPoint add-in and a Google Slides Chrome extension; Enterprise includes API access. Decka requests Google Drive access one presentation at a time through Google’s picker, using file-specific permission. The Free plan costs nothing and allows two live sessions and 200 participants monthly, with 50 people per activity. Pro starts at $10 a year billed annually; Enterprise pricing is tailored and unlisted.