goHoot vs PollsLive
goHoot
gohoot.io
PollsLive
pollslive.comSide by side
| Figure | goHoot | PollsLive |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $8/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 11 |
| Spec score · Audience Response Systems | 7.3 (#101) | 9.1 (#7) |
| Anonymous responses | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says goHoot does not use tracking or advertising cookies or third-party analytics, and says data is primarily processed in the EU. | The security page says voters do not need accounts, voter names are off by default, and vote deduplication uses a salted one-way hash rather than retaining IP addresses in vote records. |
| Product | goHoot is an interactive quiz and poll platform for live audience engagement. | PollsLive provides live polls, quizzes and Q&A, with responses shown to the presenter in real time. |
| Quiz mode | Quiz mode supports multiple-choice and true/false questions, timed scoring, live leaderboards, and winner podiums. | Yes |
Plans
PollsLive
- FreeFree
- Pro$9 a month
- Premium$19 a month
- Event Pass Standard$49, paid once
- Event Pass Large$99, paid once
- Pro$8 a month
- Premium$16 a month
- Event Pass Small$19, paid once
- Event Pass Standard$49, paid once
- Event Pass Large$99, paid once
In their own words
PollsLive
PollsLive is a web and API service for live polls, quizzes and Q&A, showing responses to presenters in real time. People join in a browser through a link, QR code or six-digit PIN, without downloading an app or creating an account. Question formats include multiple choice, quizzes, scales, rankings, Planning Poker, open-ended prompts, Q&A and content slides. Polls can run live or asynchronously, and published polls can be embedded with an iframe or JavaScript widget. Presenters can use it with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex and Google Meet. Integrations include REST API access, OAuth 2.0, signed webhooks, Slack incoming webhooks and Zapier workflows through Webhooks by Zapier. PollsLive says its application, database and cache use EU infrastructure, with TLS and HSTS for encrypted traffic. The free plan costs nothing, billed with no card required, and includes three published polls, 500 responses per poll, 50 live participants, three live sessions per month and one presenter. Pro starts at $9 a month, or $96 a year, per presenter.