Votumio as an alternative to Mentimeter
Both let an audience answer from their phones. They are built around different things, and the right one depends on what you run.
The short version
Mentimeter is a presentation tool: you build interactive slides and present from it. Votumio is not a slide tool. You create an event — a poll, a quiz, a test or a retrospective — open it, and run it next to whatever you already present with.
What Votumio does
- Live polls with single choice, multiple choice and free-text answers, with results that update as people vote.
- 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 want 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.
- You want participants to join with no app and no account, and event content to be deleted automatically afterwards.
When Mentimeter fits better
- You want to build the whole presentation inside the tool, with interactive slides between content slides.
- You rely on formats Votumio does not have, such as word clouds or audience Q&A.
Questions and answers
Is Votumio a free alternative to Mentimeter?
Small sessions are free. 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 audience Q&A?
No. Votumio has polls with single choice, multiple choice and free-text answers, timed quizzes, graded tests and retrospectives.
Do participants need an app or an account?
No. Participants open a link or scan a QR code on their phones. There is no app to install and no account to create. A browser on a phone or a laptop is enough.
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.
Mentimeter is a trademark of its owner; Votumio is not affiliated with it. This page describes Mentimeter only in general terms — see its own website for what it offers today.