The short version
AhaSlides is a genuinely broad, easy-to-use interaction platform — if you're happy building or importing your content into its own editor. PollSlide is built around the opposite bet: you keep presenting your original deck, unchanged, from any app including Keynote, while Polly AI drafts the questions and a QR on the slide is the one method that works everywhere without an install.
Feature by feature
| What matters | PollSlide | AhaSlides |
|---|---|---|
| PowerPoint add-in available today | ~ | ✓ |
| Presents from your existing Keynote / PowerPoint / Google Slides / PDF, unmodified | ✓ | —Imports convert slides to static images inside AhaSlides' own editor |
| Works with Keynote at all | ✓QR-on-slide works everywhere; free Mac companion floats results on top | —No Keynote add-in — an open, undated request on AhaSlides' own forum |
| Polls, surveys, quizzes and study — one product | ✓ | ~ |
| Library of interaction types (word clouds, brainstorm boards, spinner wheel, rating scales) | — | ✓ |
| AI drafts your questions | ✓From a topic, notes, or a PDF | ✓From an uploaded PDF, PPT, Word or Excel file |
| AI analyzes open-text answers (themes + sentiment) | ✓ | — |
| No app or account for your audience | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free tier that runs a full, real session | ✓25 participants, 5 Polly AI generations/month, no card | ~50 participants, but capped at 5 quiz + 3 poll questions per presentation |
| Imports keep your animations, embedded audio/video and links | ✓Nothing to import — you present the original file | —Import strips animations, audio/video and links (50MB / 100-slide limit) |
| One price for the entire suite | ✓ | ~Tiered per-plan pricing; verify current terms on their site |
Why presenters switch to PollSlide
Keep your slides, exactly as built
PollSlide floats a QR over the deck you already made — Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Slides, a PDF. Nothing gets rebuilt or converted into static images inside someone else's editor.
Actually works on Keynote
Keynote has no public plugin ecosystem, so the QR-on-slide method plus a free Mac companion app is the real, shipped answer — not an open feature request.
The whole suite, one price
Polls, surveys, quizzes and study sets in a single plan, with a free tier that runs real sessions — not a handful of questions to test the water.
Pricing at a glance
| Plan | PollSlide | AhaSlides |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 — 25 participants per session, 3 saved presentations | Free — 50 participants, a few quiz and poll questions per presentation |
| Individual | Pro — $12/month, or $10/month billed annually | Paid plans billed monthly or yearly — see ahaslides.com/pricing |
| Teams | Team Small $39/month (up to 5) · Team Large $199/month (up to 25) | Team plans with volume discounts |
| Large organisations | Enterprise — custom | Enterprise — custom |
Prices in US dollars where shown, checked on 7 October 2026 on each company's own pricing page. They change — please confirm on our pricing page and the other company's before you decide.
🤝 When AhaSlides might be the better fit
If you want the widest single toolbox of interaction types — word clouds, brainstorm boards, a spinner wheel, rating scales — built and templated inside one polished editor, AhaSlides already ships all of that, and its AI question generator and PowerPoint add-in are live today, not in review. PollSlide is the better fit when presenting your own deck exactly as you built it — Keynote included — matters more to you than that breadth of interaction types.
Questions people ask
Is PollSlide a good AhaSlides alternative?
Yes, if you want to present your own deck exactly as you built it — Keynote included — with live polls, quizzes, surveys and Q&A on top. AhaSlides has a wider toolbox of interaction types inside its own editor, and a PowerPoint add-in available today.
Can I keep using my PowerPoint or Keynote slides?
Yes. Paste your poll's QR code onto any slide and your audience answers on their phones. On a Mac, the free PollSlide companion floats live results over your slideshow — Keynote, PowerPoint or a PDF — and shows the right poll when that slide is on screen.
Does AhaSlides work with PowerPoint and Google Slides?
Yes. According to its pricing page you can import PowerPoint slides into AhaSlides or add AhaSlides to a PowerPoint presentation with its add-in, and it integrates with Google Slides. Keynote is not mentioned. PollSlide works over Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Slides or a PDF.
How do PollSlide and AhaSlides prices compare?
Both have a free plan: PollSlide's runs real sessions for 25 participants, AhaSlides' allows 50 participants with a few quiz and poll questions per presentation. PollSlide Pro is $12 a month ($10 billed annually); check ahaslides.com/pricing for its current prices. Checked 7 October 2026.
Does my audience need to download an app?
No — with either tool. In PollSlide, people scan the QR or go to pollslide.com/join and answer in their phone's browser, with no app and no account.
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