Mentimeter alternative · Async today · Live in P1

A free Mentimeter alternative for word clouds, polls and ranked voting.

Pulseware ships free word-cloud polls, ranked-choice, single-choice, multi-select, image polls, yes/no, NPS and open-text on the Free plan. Mentimeter's free plan caps you to 2 questions per presentation and limited participants; Pulseware's Free plan covers 5 active polls and 1,000 votes per month with no audience cap on async polls.

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Animated presenter word clouds with smooth physics and presenter controls ship in P1 (weeks 5–8). The async word cloud above works today — voters submit, the cloud builds, you moderate. Email us to be notified when live mode lands.

Pulseware vs Mentimeter

A fair comparison.

Mentimeter is the most polished tool for in-presentation polls and word clouds delivered from a slide deck. Pulseware Polls is async-first today, with presenter view shipping in P1. The comparison below is most useful when you want a multi-channel poll (web, QR, embed) rather than a single keynote.

Feature Pulseware Mentimeter
Free poll creation ✓ Yes ✓ Yes
Free questions per presentation Mentimeter Free caps each presentation at 2 quiz questions and limited slide types. Unlimited (within plan limits) 2
Free vote allowance 1,000 votes / month Limited per presentation
Word cloud (live) Mentimeter has the more polished in-keynote animation today. yes (async today, animated P1) ✓ Yes
Ranked-choice voting ✓ Yes partial
Live presenter view P1 (weeks 5–8) ✓ Yes
Quizzes with scoring + leaderboard Async today, live P1 ✓ Yes
Embed on any website yes (8 embed styles) partial
QR code per poll ✓ Yes ✓ Yes
PowerPoint add-in ✕ No ✓ Yes
Google Slides integration ✕ No ✓ Yes
CSV / Excel export on Free ✓ Yes partial
Anonymous by default ✓ Yes ✓ Yes
AI question drafting on Free ✓ Yes ✕ No
AUD billing ✓ Yes ✕ No

When Pulseware is a better fit

  • You need polls on a website, an email, or a QR poster — not from a slide deck.
  • You want more than 2 question types on a free plan.
  • You want AI question drafting on the Free plan.
  • You want AUD pricing and Australia-built privacy posture.
  • You want ranked-choice and word clouds without a paid upgrade.

When Mentimeter may still be a better fit

  • Your polls run live, inside a slide deck, with smooth in-keynote animation.
  • You need a PowerPoint add-in or Google Slides integration today.
  • You need the live presenter view this week — Pulseware ships it in P1.
  • You already pay for Mentimeter and your team is locked into the workflow.

Plan details last checked: 3 June 2026. Source: official Mentimeter page . Recheck the official page before making a purchase decision.

Mentimeter is a trademark of its owner. Pulseware is not affiliated with or endorsed by Mentimeter.

What Pulseware deliberately does not do.

We are not a slide-deck product. We ship a polished web runner, eight embed styles, and a QR-first sharing flow — not a PowerPoint add-in or a Google Slides integration. The live presenter view in P1 will be a browser window alongside your deck rather than embedded in it. If your polls live inside a slide deck and the in-keynote animation polish is the deal-maker, Mentimeter is the better fit today.

Keep exploring Pulseware

A few more ways to use the survey maker, each one designed for a different moment.

Common questions

Specifically about switching from Mentimeter — pricing, features, integration gaps.

Does Pulseware do word clouds as well as Mentimeter?
Functionally yes — anonymous, live-updating, moderatable, with CSV export of raw words and per-voter word caps. Animation polish: Mentimeter has the smoother in-presentation animation today. Our presenter-driven animated cloud lands in P1.
How does pricing compare?
Mentimeter's free plan limits each presentation to 2 questions. Pulseware's Free plan allows 5 active polls with multi-question polls and 1,000 votes/month. Mentimeter's paid plans start around A$15/month for Basic; Pulseware's Creator plan is A$19/month with substantially higher vote allowance.
What is missing from Pulseware compared to Mentimeter today?
No PowerPoint add-in, no Google Slides integration, no native presenter app (presenter view ships in P1), and a less polished animation layer for live word clouds. Mentimeter remains the better fit for slide-driven keynotes today.
Can I run quizzes on Pulseware?
Async quizzes today via the survey side (quiz maker) with per-question right/wrong scoring and personality-quiz result archetypes. Live, leaderboard-driven competitive quizzes ship in P1 alongside live polling.
How are votes stored — and is there a data residency option?
Votes are stored in Supabase Postgres with row-level security per poll. Today the host region is AWS Sydney for new accounts. Data residency in the EU or US for enterprise customers is sales-led and not on the standard pricing page.
Is the AI question helper comparable?
Pulseware's AI drafts poll and survey questions from a prompt on the Free plan. Mentimeter ships AI on its paid plans. The drafting quality is comparable for short prompts; longer prompts produce better results on Pulseware because we lean on streaming with longer context windows.

How this page was created

This page was written and reviewed by the Pulseware product team. We crosschecked every comparison row against Mentimeter's published plans page on the date below.

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A free Mentimeter alternative — async polls today, live in P1.

Ranked-choice, word clouds, image polls, NPS — all on the Free plan, with AUD pricing.

Make a free poll Word clouds today