MeetingPulse vs PollsLive

MeetingPulse is a web-based audience engagement tool for meetings and events. It provides live polling, live Q&A and quiz mode, with anonymous responses and slide integrations. Its plans set different audience capacities and include options focused on Q&A, polling, surveys or broader event use. Q&A Only is $897 a year for 200 attendees and includes unlimited questions; Polling & Surveys is $897 a year for 200 attendees and includes unlimited poll responses. Polling + Q&A costs $1,697 a year for 300 attendees, while Essential costs $3,708 a year for 250 attendees per meeting and one admin seat. The Free plan is free, includes 25 attendees and is billed as a 14-day trial. Enterprise is listed for 500+ attendees per meeting, and Full Event lists 500 attendees with a 30-day usage timeline; neither has a listed price. MeetingPulse is made by MeetingPulse, headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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.