Votumio as an alternative to Slido
Both collect answers from an audience’s phones in real time. Slido is centred on audience Q&A; Votumio on polls, quizzes, tests and retrospectives.
The short version
Slido is best known for audience Q&A, where people post questions for the speaker and upvote each other’s, together with polls, and for working inside video-meeting and presentation software. Votumio has no audience Q&A and runs in the browser on its own, next to whatever you present with.
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 and grades.
- Retrospectives with anonymous cards, grouping and limited voting.
- A projector view with the QR code, and results as a PDF or a PowerPoint deck.
When Votumio fits better
- You need graded tests or team retrospectives, not only polls.
- You run occasional sessions and prefer to pay for one bigger event rather than keep a subscription.
- You want a tool that works the same in a meeting room, a classroom and a conference hall, with nothing to install.
When Slido fits better
- The heart of your event is questions from the audience to the speaker.
- You want polls embedded directly in your video-meeting or slide software.
Questions and answers
Does Votumio have audience Q&A like Slido?
No. Votumio runs polls, quizzes, graded tests and retrospectives; it does not collect questions from the audience for the speaker.
Does Votumio work inside PowerPoint or video-meeting apps?
It runs in the browser on its own, next to whatever you present with: share the projector view or switch to it. Results can be downloaded as a PowerPoint deck.
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.
Slido is a trademark of its owner; Votumio is not affiliated with it. This page describes Slido only in general terms — see its own website for what it offers today.