Last updated: 2026-10-14
Mentimeter, founded in Stockholm in 2014, turns presentations into live sessions where audiences answer polls, quizzes and word clouds from their phones. The vendor reports more than 500 million users worldwide. Its Menti AI builds a session from a prompt and groups open answers into themes, and participants need no account to join.
About Mentimeter
Mentimeter is a Stockholm company, founded in 2014 by Johnny Warström and Niklas Ingvar, that turns a presentation into a two-way session. The presenter shows a question, the audience joins on their phones with a code, and the answers appear on screen as they come in. Participants need no account to answer. The vendor says more than 500 million people have used it worldwide, a figure it does not break down by year or by active use.
The product now sits under one account with three parts. Menti Live handles the live side, in a room or online. Menti Form builds surveys with question logic that people answer at their own pace. Menti Pulse sends recurring check-ins to track confidence or team health over time. Menti AI sits across all three: it drafts a whole session from a short brief, suggests questions, and groups open answers into themes with a short summary. Mentimeter does not design slide decks the way Gamma, Pitch, Beautiful.ai or Tome do. Its AI writes questions and reads answers, and it imports PowerPoint, Keynote or PDF files so the interaction goes on top of a deck you already have.
It fits facilitators, trainers, teachers and internal-comms teams who run the same kind of session every week. Workshops, onboarding, classroom checks for understanding and town halls are the usual jobs. It connects to PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Canvas, and the plan comparison lists embedding from PowerPoint Web, Google Slides and Miro. If your problem is a good-looking deck rather than a talkative room, Canva is closer to the job, and a general assistant such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot can draft a question list but cannot collect live answers from an audience.
On privacy, Mentimeter states that it keeps customer content out of model training and that its third-party model providers are not permitted to either. It sends only the minimum an AI feature needs and excludes user identity, workspace structure, billing details and audience identities. Data is stored with AWS, and the trust center lists an ISO 27001 information security management system and GDPR material. Individual users cannot turn the AI features off. Workspace-level controls exist on some plans. To compare it with other tools that fit a given session type, ask the Smart Match advisor or browse the AI directory.
Pricing
Free plan: €0, monthly participants capped (unlimited in one session a month), Menti AI included. Basic: €14 a month per presenter (about $16). Pro: €28 a month per presenter (about $31).
Both are charged yearly and exclude tax. Enterprise: custom, adds SSO, SCIM and workspace insights. Prices were read from the vendor's plans page on 2026-10-14 in euros; dollar figures are converted at the 2026-10-12 rate and are estimates, not vendor list prices.
Going over the monthly participant limit never blocks people from joining a live session, and presenters get an 8 hour grace period to finish it. Pro is the first plan with workspace collaboration, so teams comparing it with Pitch or Gamma on shared workspaces should start there.
| Tier | Monthly price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | |
| Basic | €14 per presenter/month, billed yearly (about $16) | |
| Pro | €28 per presenter/month, billed yearly (about $31) | |
| Enterprise | Custom |
Key Features
- Menti Live: Runs polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A in a room or online, with participants joining by code on any device and 23 slide types on the free plan.
- Menti AI Creator: A chat assistant that builds a full interactive session from a prompt or a pasted agenda, then adjusts tone, difficulty and question types on request.
- Theme grouping and summaries: Groups open-ended answers into themes and writes a short summary for meetings, workshops and survey results.
- Menti Form: Builds surveys that combine interactive content, public responses and question logic, answered at any time instead of live.
- Menti Pulse: Sends recurring check-ins so a team can track confidence, alignment or team health across weeks.
- Slide import: Imports PowerPoint, Keynote or PDF files on Basic and above, so questions go on top of an existing deck.
Pros
- Participants join with a code and need no account, so an audience can answer from a phone without installing anything.
- The free plan includes Menti AI, so a one-off workshop costs nothing.
- The vendor states it does not train models on customer content and bars its third-party model providers from doing so.
- Passing the monthly participant limit mid-session never blocks anyone from joining, and presenters get an 8 hour grace period.
Cons
- The free plan caps monthly participants, apart from one unlimited session, so a weekly all-hands of 60 people runs out quickly.
- Plans are priced per presenter per month and billed yearly, so a team with many presenters pays per seat.
- Individual users cannot switch off the AI features; workspace-level controls are limited to certain plans.
- It adds interaction to a deck but does not design one, so a team that wants AI slide layouts needs a second tool.
Data Handling
- Training-data policy
- Does not train models on customer content; third-party model providers are not permitted to train on Mentimeter data.
- Compliance
- GDPR · ISO 27001 (information security management system · listed on the trust center)
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Mentimeter cost in 2026?
Mentimeter lists a free plan at €0, Basic at €14 and Pro at €28 per seat each month, with yearly billing and tax added on top. Enterprise is custom. In dollars that is roughly $16 for Basic and $31 for Pro at the 2026-10-12 rate, an estimate rather than a vendor list price. The vendor plans page showed euros.
Is Mentimeter really free, and where does the limit bite?
Yes. The free plan includes Menti AI, 23 slide types and multiple question types. The catch is 50 participants per month, with unlimited participants in one session each month. A weekly meeting of 60 people would hit the cap, and after an 8 hour grace period you cannot start new sessions until the limit resets.
Which tools could replace Mentimeter?
Mentimeter is a polling layer, so look at what you need on top. Gamma and Pitch are better when you want AI-generated or team-designed decks, and Canva suits visual-first material. None of them collect live audience answers in the same way, so check Smart Match if live responses are the core need.
Should I use Mentimeter or Gamma for a workshop?
Use Mentimeter when the workshop depends on people answering during the session, for example votes, word clouds or quizzes. Use Gamma when the hard part is producing the slides. Many facilitators build the deck in one and import it into Mentimeter to add questions.
How do I run my first Mentimeter session?
Sign up with Google or email, then describe your goal to Menti AI or start from a template. Edit the questions, then present. Participants open the join page, enter the code and answer on their phones with no account. Results show on your screen as they arrive.
Top Alternatives
- Gamma: Pick Mentimeter if you need the audience to answer live; choose Gamma when you need an AI-designed deck.
- Pitch: Pick Mentimeter for polls and quizzes inside a session; choose Pitch for shared deck design with a team.
- Canva: Pick Mentimeter for facilitation and live responses; choose Canva when design and visuals come first.