Particify vs PollsLive
Particify
particify.de
PollsLive
pollslive.comSide by side
| Figure | Particify | PollsLive |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €12/mo | $4.17/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 11 |
| Spec score · Audience Response Systems | 9.4 (#3) | 9.1 (#7) |
| Spec score · Polling Software | 9.1 (#3) | 8.6 (#8) |
| Anonymous responses | Yes | Yes |
| Audience limit | 500 | 100 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Gießen, Germany | Netherlands |
| Integrations | Institutional instances support Shibboleth, CAS and LDAP single sign-on. | The integrations documentation describes iframe or JavaScript embeds, Slack incoming webhooks and REST API connections. |
| Licence | The public ARSnova backend repository is GPL-3.0 licensed, while the separate webclient repository is MIT licensed. | The opened product and documentation pages do not state an open-source licence for PollsLive. |
| Quiz mode | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosting | The ARSnova backend repository includes Docker Compose scripts, installation documentation and container images for releases. | The published documentation describes PollsLive as hosted infrastructure and does not provide a self-hosting package. |
| Support | Commercial services include installation, integration, updates, migration, customization, monitoring and support packages with different response channels and response times. | The Free plan includes community support, while Pro includes priority support. |
| What it does | Particify is a browser-based audience-response platform for interactive teaching, training and events with polls, quizzes and Q&A. | PollsLive is a browser service for live polls, quizzes, Q&A, surveys and audience responses. |
Plans
PollsLive
- FreeFree
- Pro$5 a month
- Premium$15 a month
- Event Pass Standard$29 a month
- Event Pass Large$79 a month
- Pro$4.17 a month
- Premium$12 a month
- Event Pass Standard$29, paid once
- Event Pass Large$79, paid once
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Particify
Particify is audience participation software for live polling, Q&A, and quizzes. It supports anonymous responses and slide integrations, allowing presenters to collect audience input during sessions and connect questions with slides. The listed platforms are web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android. Free costs nothing and supports 200 participants per room, unlimited rooms, unlimited question series, and one room creator. Pro costs €12 a month, billed annually, with a minimum of five accounts and VAT extra; it raises the limit to 500 participants per room while keeping rooms and question series unlimited. The stated audience limit is 500, while Campus specifies a higher per-room allowance of 1,000 participants. Particify was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Gießen, Germany.
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, three live participants, three live sessions per month and one presenter. Pro starts at $5 a month, billed monthly.