Votumio as an alternative to AhaSlides
Both let an audience answer from their phones. AhaSlides is a presentation tool with interactive slides; Votumio runs a single poll, quiz, test or retrospective next to whatever you present with.
The short version
AhaSlides is built around a slide deck: you mix content slides with interactive ones such as polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A, and present from it. Votumio has no slides. You create an event, open it, and show its projector view next to your own deck or none at all.
What Votumio does
- Live polls with single choice, multiple choice and free-text answers.
- Timed quizzes with points and a leaderboard.
- Tests taken at each participant’s own pace, with weighted points, partial credit, grades and a review.
- Retrospectives with anonymous cards, grouping and limited voting.
- A projector view, and results as a PDF or a PowerPoint deck.
When Votumio fits better
- You already have your slides and only need the interactive part.
- You need graded tests or team retrospectives in the same tool as polls and quizzes.
- You run occasional sessions and prefer to pay for one bigger event rather than keep a subscription.
When AhaSlides fits better
- You want to build the whole presentation in one tool, with interactive slides between content slides.
- You rely on formats Votumio does not have, such as word clouds, audience Q&A or a spinner wheel.
Questions and answers
Is Votumio a free alternative to AhaSlides?
Small sessions are free and need no card. For a bigger audience you can pay once for a single event instead of keeping a subscription; the pricing page has the details.
Does Votumio have word clouds or a spinner wheel?
No. Votumio has polls with single choice, multiple choice and free-text answers, timed quizzes with a leaderboard, graded tests and retrospectives.
Can I bring my questions from a document or ChatGPT?
Yes. Paste the questions as text — numbered, with lettered options and the correct answer marked — and Votumio turns them into an event in one go.
Votumio in brief
- Live polls, timed quizzes with a leaderboard, self-paced tests with grades, and team retrospectives in one tool.
- Participants join from their phones by link or QR code, with no app and no account.
- Runs in the browser, with a projector view for the room; results download as a PDF or a PowerPoint deck.
- Interface in 15 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian and Ukrainian.
- Free for small sessions; pay for a single bigger event or subscribe — see the pricing page.
- Event content is deleted automatically after the event; no advertising or analytics cookies.
- Made by CodeBucket OÜ in Estonia; data is hosted in the EU.
AhaSlides is a trademark of its owner; Votumio is not affiliated with it. This page describes AhaSlides only in general terms — see its own website for what it offers today.