ReactLive is the modern Mentimeter alternative. Live polls, word clouds, scales, ranking, quizzes, Q&A — every interaction Mentimeter offers, without the 50-participant cap, the annual-only billing, or the per-presenter trap. The difference: polls draft themselves the moment they become relevant, repeat questions get answered automatically, and the room's mood is tracked while you're presenting — not in a survey two weeks later. You stay focused on your material. The audience stays focused on you.
Mentimeter built a beautiful interactive-presentation product. The word clouds are gorgeous, the scales are well-designed, the visual language is genuinely best-in-class. We're fans. ReactLive matches the audience-facing experience — every poll type, every interaction, every export — and changes what the presenter has to do. With Mentimeter, you build every poll in advance and click through them by hand. With ReactLive, the AI proposes the right poll the moment it becomes useful, you approve, the room votes.
Same polls. Same quizzes. Same audience experience. No 50-participant cap. No annual-only billing. No per-presenter pricing. The presenter focuses on the talk. The software handles the engagement.
Honest, line by line. Where we match Mentimeter, we say so. Where we go further, we explain how. Where Mentimeter has the edge, we mark it.
| Feature | Mentimeter | ReactLive |
|---|---|---|
| Polls & interactions | ||
| Multiple choice polls | ✓ | ✓ |
| Word clouds | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scales (rating, agreement, NPS) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ranking / ordering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open-ended questions | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live quizzes with leaderboard | ✓ 2,000-participant cap on quiz slides | ✓ Quizzes scale to the same audience cap as polls |
| Live Q&A with upvoting | ✓ | ✓ Plus AI ranking by relevance, not just upvotes |
| Anonymous responses | ✓ | ✓ |
| Q&A moderation tools | Pro tier only | ✓ Included from free tier |
| Image-based questions | Paid only Free tier blocks images in polls | ✓ Free tier included |
| Audience experience | ||
| No downloads, no logins | ✓ | ✓ |
| QR code join | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom event codes & URLs | Paid only | ✓ Free tier included |
| No watermark on free tier | ✗ Mentimeter branding on free presentations | ✓ |
| Free tier | ||
| Participant cap | 50 / month rolling Locks you out for 30 days when exceeded | Unlimited per event |
| Events per month | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Question types | Most Quick Form locked to Pro | All types |
| Data exports | ✗ Excel exports require Basic+ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ||
| PowerPoint add-in | ✓ | ✓ |
| Google Slides | Tab-out No true embed; presenters tab to browser | ✓ True embed |
| Zoom, Microsoft Teams | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webex integration | ✗ | ✓ |
| MCP connector for AI agents (Claude, Cursor) | ✗ | ✓ Build agent workflows directly |
| Embed anywhere (LMS, intranet, custom) | Limited | ✓ One-line embed, full API |
| AI capabilities | ||
| AI presentation generation from prompt | ✓ | ✓ From slides, agenda, or transcript |
| Real-time speaker transcription | ✗ | ✓ Whisper-class, <400ms, 100+ languages |
| Auto-answer repeated questions from transcript | ✗ | ✓ The Auto-Answer Loop. 0.8s median. |
| Live sentiment tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| AI-suggested polls from speaker context | ✗ | ✓ |
| Configurable AI persona (tone, red lines) | ✗ | ✓ SOUL.md — version-controllable |
| Post-event AI debrief | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pricing model | ||
| Billing options | Annual-only on most plans | Monthly or annual, same effective rate |
| Per-presenter licensing | Required | Never. Credit-based, usage-metered. |
| Automatic annual price escalation | 3–7%/year typical | Locked rate for early-access cohorts |
| Self-serve sign-up for paid plans | ✓ | ✓ |
Mentimeter asks one human to do all the work: build every slide in advance, click through them by hand, scroll the Q&A queue, write the recap afterwards. Here's what the AI takes off your plate.
Half the questions in any audience queue were already answered on stage three minutes ago. ReactLive transcribes the speaker in real time, embeds each incoming question, and matches against the live transcript. If confidence clears your threshold, the questioner gets a grounded, cited answer in under a second — and the moderator never sees noise.
Sentiment is tracked across every question, reaction, and poll response — minute by minute. When confusion or disengagement is rising, you see it before the chat does. Mentimeter shows you what the audience answered. ReactLive shows you how they're feeling about it.
ReactLive listens to what's being said on stage and to what the audience is asking, then drafts polls one click from going live. You approve; the room votes. Mentimeter waits for you to build the poll in advance. ReactLive proposes it the second it becomes useful.
The AI never goes off-script because the script is yours. One markdown file defines tone, red lines, escalation rules, vocabulary — what the AI can answer, what it has to flag, how it sounds doing it. Version it in git. Ship updates between events. No prompt engineering, no black box, no "AI feature" you can't predict.
We're not here to tell you Mentimeter is bad. It's a polished, well-designed product. Here's when sticking with it makes sense.
We're finalising tiers with our beta cohort before public launch. Here's what you can count on — and how it compares to Mentimeter's published structure.
Unlimited events. Real AI features, not a crippled preview. No 50-participant rolling-month cap — generous enough to run small events indefinitely without ever reaching for your card.
Paid plans start at a price marketing teams can approve themselves — not enterprise contract territory. Credit-based, usage-metered, no per-presenter trap. Monthly or annual, your choice.
Custom contracts for 10,000+ concurrent events, SSO, audit logging, regional data residency, and dedicated capacity. Talk to us when you're ready — not a prerequisite to start.
Waitlist members get the final pricing confirmed before anyone else — plus three events free to test drive the platform at any scale you like. No per-seat fee, no annual lock-in, no upgrade ceiling between you and the AI features.
ReactLive does everything Mentimeter does — live polls, word clouds, scales, ranking, open-ended questions, quizzes with leaderboards, Q&A, interactive presentations. What's different is what the presenter has to do. With Mentimeter, you build every poll in advance and click through them by hand. With ReactLive, the AI proposes the right poll the moment it becomes useful, you approve, the room votes. Repeat questions get answered automatically with citations from the speaker's transcript. Sentiment is tracked while the event is happening. The post-event recap writes itself. Same poll types your audience already knows — less work for you to run them.
Yes. Multiple choice, word clouds, open-ended, scales, ranking, Q&A with upvoting, live quizzes with leaderboards, and image-based questions are all supported. Custom branding and themes work the same way. The presentation runs in a clean, full-screen view with no Mentimeter watermark on the free tier.
No. ReactLive's free tier supports unlimited participants per event and unlimited events per month. We don't lock you out for 30 days when you cross a hidden limit. Mentimeter's 50-participant rolling-month cap is the single most-cited pain point in their G2 reviews — we built our free tier specifically not to do that.
We're finalising tiers with our beta cohort before public launch — see the pricing section above for what we're committing to. The shape: a real free tier with unlimited events and the AI features included (not a crippled preview), self-serve paid plans priced at a level marketing teams can approve themselves, and enterprise contracts when you genuinely need them. No per-presenter licensing, no annual lock-in, no contact-sales gating for standard features. For comparison, Mentimeter's published pricing is Basic at €156/year/presenter and Pro at €324/year/presenter, both annual-only with per-presenter pricing and 3–7% automatic annual increases. Waitlist members get final pricing locked in and three events free.
We don't offer direct .menti import — Mentimeter's file format isn't open. But ReactLive's AI setup generates a full event from your slide deck, agenda, or even a meeting description in seconds. Most teams switching over rebuild faster than they expect, and we help personally during early access.
If your primary use is solo, slide-by-slide interactive presentations — a single educator running classroom polls, a sales rep adding word clouds to a pitch deck, a workshop facilitator wanting visual templates — Mentimeter's product is mature, polished, and well-designed for that flow. If you only need live polling occasionally and the 50-participant cap doesn't bite you, the free tier works. ReactLive's AI engagement layer is overkill for those use cases.
Yes. Every AI feature can be turned off individually or all at once, per event or permanently. With AI off, ReactLive operates as a clean, fast polling and Q&A platform — a direct Mentimeter replacement without the participant cap. You can flip AI back on for one event to evaluate it.
Worth knowing about both. Slido is closer to ReactLive in feature shape (Q&A-led, corporate-friendly) but doesn't have the AI engagement layer either — see our Slido comparison for the detailed breakdown. Pigeonhole is similar to Slido and adds AI translation, but the audience-engagement-AI gap is the same. Most teams evaluating Mentimeter end up comparing all four; the deciding factor is usually whether you want a polling-and-presentation tool or an AI engagement teammate.
Same beautiful polls your audience expects. None of the busywork. The full Mentimeter feature set with no participant cap, no annual lock-in, plus the AI handling repeats and sentiment and follow-up. You stay focused on your material — the room stays focused on you.