GroupPulse vs Poll Everywhere

GroupPulse

Figure	GroupPulse	Poll Everywhere
Price from	£2.50/mo	$10/mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial	Yes	Yes
Open source	—	—
Web	Yes	Yes
Windows	—	Yes
macOS	—	Yes
iOS	—	Yes
Android	—	Yes
Plans published	5	14
Spec score · Audience Response Systems	8.1 (#59)	9.5 (#1)
Company history	The homepage says GroupPulse was founded in 2025 by charity-sector consultants, while the About page says the founders decided to create the solution in 2023.	Poll Everywhere was founded after Jeff Vyduna and Brad Gessler created a text-based voting application that updated presentation responses in real time.
Founded	2025	2008
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom	San Francisco, California, United States
Integrations	The pages reviewed do not name third-party integrations.	Official integrations include PowerPoint, Google Slides, Apple Keynote, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and Zoom.
Live polling	Yes	Yes
Live Q&A	Yes	Yes
Purpose	GroupPulse is an audience engagement platform for presentations, meetings, and events.	Poll Everywhere transforms passive audiences into active participants through real-time polling, Q&A, and instant feedback.
Quiz mode	Yes	Yes
Support	The site lists [email protected] and weekday business hours of 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM; the Team plan includes priority support.	Enterprise support is offered by phone and email for 12 hours daily, Monday through Friday, from 5am to 5pm Pacific Time.

GroupPulse has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

Poll Everywhere has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.