The Pigeonhole Live alternative: pay less, get more

Live polls, Q&A, surveys, word clouds and 30+ slide types, all free to try. Paid plans start from $7.95 a month, billed yearly.

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Rated 4.6 out of 5 on G2

Panel discussion at a large conference, with a live AhaSlides poll result on the screen above the stage

No slide editor

Presenter and Standard show imported slides as static images. Essential and Pro build and edit the deck in one place.
No AI slide generator

Essential drafts a deck from your topic 20 times a month. Pro has no limit.
11 slide types, not 30+

No spinner wheel, match pairs or categorise. Every AhaSlides plan has 30+ slide types and activities.
2,000 participants for $1,800 a year

That is Standard, the premium plan, billed yearly. Pro takes 2,500 for $191.40 a year.
Fonts cost extra

Presenter and Standard change the font only with the paid Custom Branding add-on. Essential and Pro include it.
No report across sessions

Presenter and Standard report one Pigeonhole at a time. Pro tracks each participant across all your events.

Polls

Polls, word clouds, ranking and scales.
Quizzes and games

Quizzes, match pairs, duck race and leaderboards.
Q&A

The room upvotes the best questions.
Ideas and feedback

Brainstorms, idea boards and surveys.
Spinner wheel

Pick a winner at random, live.
Open-ended questions

Free-text answers from every phone.

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Q&A moderation

Approve questions before they go on screen.

AhaSlides editor with a live Q&A slide: three audience questions on the slide and the moderation and profanity filter settings beside it

AhaSlides plans side by side with the matching Pigeonhole Live plans: Free with Starter, Essential with Presenter, Pro with Standard
	Free plan vs free plan		Entry plan vs entry plan		Premium plan vs premium plan
Item	AhaSlidesFree $0per month No credit card	Pigeonhole LiveStarter $0per month Free forever	AhaSlidesEssential $7.95per month Total $95.40 per year, billed yearly	Pigeonhole LivePresenter $13per month Total $156 per year, billed yearly	AhaSlidesPro $15.95per month Total $191.40 per year, billed yearly	Pigeonhole LiveStandard $150per month Total $1,800 per year, billed yearly
Run your event
Participant report across sessions	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Zoom and Microsoft Teams apps	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Spinner wheel	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Moderated Q&A	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Polls, quizzes and surveys	Yes, limited questions	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multi-track agenda	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Build your deck
Slide types and activities	30+	11	30+	11	30+	11
Slide editor	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
AI slide generator	5 uses a month	No	20 uses a month	No	Unlimited	No
Match pairs and categorise	Yes, limited questions	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Co-edit with guests	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Fonts in your theme	No	No	Yes	Paid add-on	Yes, plus premium fonts	Paid add-on
PowerPoint and Google Slides	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Audience and price
Yearly plan, per year	$0	$0	$95.40	$156 for 250	$191.40	$1,800 for 2,000
Participants	50	100	100	250, or 1,000 at $360 a year	2,500	2,000, or 5,000 at $2,700 a year
	Start free		Get Essential		Get Pro

Free plan vs free plan

AhaSlidesFree

$0per month

No credit card

Start free

Where AhaSlides Free and Pigeonhole Live Starter differ
Feature	Included
Spinner wheel	Yes
Polls, quizzes and surveys	Yes, limited questions
Multi-track agenda	No
Slide types and activities	30+
Slide editor	Yes
AI slide generator	5 uses a month
Match pairs and categorise	Yes, limited questions
Co-edit with guests	Yes
Participants	50

Pigeonhole LiveStarter

$0per month

Free forever

Where AhaSlides Free and Pigeonhole Live Starter differ
Feature	Included
Spinner wheel	No
Polls, quizzes and surveys	Yes
Multi-track agenda	Yes
Slide types and activities	11
Slide editor	No
AI slide generator	No
Match pairs and categorise	No
Co-edit with guests	No
Participants	100

Entry plan vs entry plan

AhaSlidesEssential

$7.95per month

Total $95.40 per year, billed yearly

Get Essential

Where AhaSlides Essential and Pigeonhole Live Presenter differ
Feature	Included
Zoom and Microsoft Teams apps	Yes
Spinner wheel	Yes
Moderated Q&A	No
Slide types and activities	30+
Slide editor	Yes
AI slide generator	20 uses a month
Match pairs and categorise	Yes
Co-edit with guests	Yes
Fonts in your theme	Yes
Participants	100

Pigeonhole LivePresenter

$13per month

Total $156 per year, billed yearly

Where AhaSlides Essential and Pigeonhole Live Presenter differ
Feature	Included
Zoom and Microsoft Teams apps	No
Spinner wheel	No
Moderated Q&A	Yes
Slide types and activities	11
Slide editor	No
AI slide generator	No
Match pairs and categorise	No
Co-edit with guests	No
Fonts in your theme	Paid add-on
Participants	250, or 1,000 at $360 a year

Premium plan vs premium plan

AhaSlidesPro

$15.95per month

Total $191.40 per year, billed yearly

Get Pro

Where AhaSlides Pro and Pigeonhole Live Standard differ
Feature	Included
Participant report across sessions	Yes
Spinner wheel	Yes
Multi-track agenda	No
Slide types and activities	30+
Slide editor	Yes
AI slide generator	Unlimited
Match pairs and categorise	Yes
Fonts in your theme	Yes, plus premium fonts
Participants	2,500

Pigeonhole LiveStandard

$150per month

Total $1,800 per year, billed yearly

Where AhaSlides Pro and Pigeonhole Live Standard differ
Feature	Included
Participant report across sessions	No
Spinner wheel	No
Multi-track agenda	Yes
Slide types and activities	11
Slide editor	No
AI slide generator	No
Match pairs and categorise	No
Fonts in your theme	Paid add-on
Participants	2,000, or 5,000 at $2,700 a year

Auditorium of attendees answering on their own phones while the AhaSlides join code shows on stage

100,000

Participants in one session
Dedicated

Support for your event

Talk to our sales team

Virtual Approval runs hybrid events of up to 2,000
“Instant reporting and data exports are the most valuable for our clients.”
Rachel LockeCEO, Virtual Approval
NeX AFRICA keeps trainees engaged
“My participants are always amazed. They’ve never seen this kind of interaction before.”
Mandiaye NdaoCEO, NeX AFRICA
Elite Training Innovations sharpens sales training
“They’re using their phones to answer, not to check emails.”
Dave ChouraManaging Partner, Elite Training Innovations

“There is hardly any lag between what is on the presentation screen and on the phones.”
Thasit KulvaranonRenewables & Environment · G2 review
“It is very easy to use, the pricing is the best I have seen compared to similar products…”
Rick PetersonVice President, Transportation & Safety · G2 review
“…when I had some issue, I went in to chat… to my surprise they followed up until I was comfortable.”
Rajesh B SethuramanLead, Learning and Development · G2 review

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Questions event teams ask

Yes, for events that need live Q&A, polls and quizzes for up to 2,500 people. AhaSlides also builds the deck itself, with a slide editor, AI and 30+ slide types. Pigeonhole Live shows imported slides as images you cannot edit. AhaSlides has no multi-track agenda.

Plan for plan, billed yearly: Essential $95.40 against Presenter $156, and Pro $191.40 against Standard $1,800. Billed monthly: $23.95 against $68, and $49.95 against $468. Both free plans are $0 (28 Oct 2026).

AhaSlides Free takes 50, Essential 100 and Pro 2,500, or 100,000 on Enterprise. The matching Pigeonhole Live plans, Starter, Presenter and Standard, take 100, 250 and 2,000.

No. They join on their own phone from a QR code or link.

Yes. Use the PowerPoint add-in or Google Slides, or import the file.

There is no multi-track agenda and no Pigeonhole Live importer. Run one deck per session and import PowerPoint or PDF.

Yes. No setup fees, cancel at any time, and a 14-day refund if you have not run it live.

The Pigeonhole Live alternative: pay less, get more

Where Pigeonhole Live’s paid plans fall short

No slide editor

No AI slide generator

11 slide types, not 30+

2,000 participants for $1,800 a year

Fonts cost extra

No report across sessions

More than Q&A: 30+ slide types

Polls

Quizzes and games

Q&A

Ideas and feedback

Spinner wheel

Open-ended questions

Your team stays in control

Q&A moderation

Backstage and remote control

Decide who joins

Security IT can check

AhaSlides vs Pigeonhole Live

Running a bigger event?

Participants in one session

Support for your event

How event teams use AhaSlides

Virtual Approval runs hybrid events of up to 2,000

NeX AFRICA keeps trainees engaged

Elite Training Innovations sharpens sales training

What customers say about us

Questions event teams ask

Run your next event on AhaSlides

The Pigeonhole Live alternative: pay less, get more

No slide editor

No AI slide generator

11 slide types, not 30+

2,000 participants for $1,800 a year

Fonts cost extra

No report across sessions

Polls

Quizzes and games

Q&A

Ideas and feedback

Spinner wheel

Open-ended questions

Q&A moderation

Backstage and remote control

Decide who joins

Security IT can check

Participants in one session

Support for your event

Virtual Approval runs hybrid events of up to 2,000

NeX AFRICA keeps trainees engaged

Elite Training Innovations sharpens sales training

Questions event teams ask

Is AhaSlides a good Pigeonhole Live alternative?

How much does AhaSlides cost compared with Pigeonhole Live?

How many participants can join?

Do participants need an app?

Can I use my PowerPoint or Google Slides deck?

What do I lose moving from Pigeonhole Live?

Can I pay monthly for a one-off event?

Run your next event on AhaSlides