Top Hat vs Vevox

Top Hat is a higher education student engagement and courseware platform for interactive learning in and beyond class. During lectures, educators can use polls, discussions, quizzes and instant feedback. For coursework, it supports interactive homework and readings, customizable digital textbooks and instructor-created materials. Instructors can create, schedule or upload tests and assignments, and use AI tools to generate questions from course content. Ace helps educators prepare classes and create interactive prompts; students can use it for personalized study and practice based on course materials. Top Hat turns attendance, participation, reading and assessment data into insights about student progress. It lists integrations with Canvas, Blackboard, D2L Brightspace, Moodle and Sakai; LTI 1.3 integrations for Canvas and D2L Brightspace can provide roster sync, grade sync, deep links and single sign-on. Students can use a browser or iOS and Android apps. Student access plans are $35, paid once for four months, $58, paid once for 12 months, or $96, paid once for 48 months. Eligible paid courses usually offer a five-day free trial.

Vevox is a web-based audience participation tool for live polling, Q&A, quizzes, word clouds, surveys and attendance tracking. Participants can respond anonymously and join through a browser without downloading an app. Presenters can use integrations with Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Zoom, Google Slides and major LMS platforms; the PowerPoint add-in runs polls inside presentations. The free plan costs $0, lasts forever and requires no credit card. It includes one user, basic multiple-choice polls, quizzes, Q&A, AI question creation and selected integrations. Participant limits vary by plan, from 100 to 5,000. Paid plans include Business Starter at $11.95 per month, billed annually at $143.40 per year, and Education Starter at $7.75 per month, billed annually at $93 per year. Security controls include session passcodes, moderation, profanity filters and SSO. The AI question helper can produce answers and plausible alternatives, with difficulty levels.