EngageTime vs Kahoot!

EngageTime turns event sessions into opportunities for audience participation, feedback, and follow-up through live polls and Q&A. Attendees can join from any device in a web browser without installing an app. They can ask questions anonymously, vote questions up, and participate in moderated Q&A. Sessions can also include quizzes, trivia, emoji reactions, ratings, and comments. The service reports on engagement, questions, poll responses, and learning outcomes. Speakers can share materials, collect attendee contact details with opt-in for follow-ups, and export contacts or send them to a CRM through the API. EngageTime offers Sessionize CSV session import and a Microsoft PowerPoint add-in for displaying live polls. Event plans include session moderation and CSV exports; higher tiers add multi-track scheduling and branding. The maker presents it for conferences, summits, workshops, training, and virtual or hybrid events. A Freemium pricing card lists one active session and 20 attendees, though other homepage copy advertises free use for up to 100 attendees. Paid plans begin at €9/mo. Listed platforms are API, extension, macOS, web, and Windows.

Kahoot! is a tool for interactive quiz and polling sessions, with live Q&A, anonymous responses and slide integrations. It runs on the web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. The listed audience limit is 50, though the plans specify different participant caps: Kahoot! Go supports up to 40, Bronze up to 50, Silver up to 100, Gold up to 200 and Kahoot! One up to 800. The free Go plan includes the classic live experience and quiz and true-or-false question types. Paid plans add features by tier: Bronze lists AI content creation and reports; Silver adds feedback question types and a lecture experience; Gold lists review and feedback question types and advanced reports; One includes all question types and live game experiences. Kahoot! is the maker, was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. A free plan is available, and paid pricing starts at $3/mo (annual), with Bronze billed annually at $36.