Is Mentimeter Free?
Yes, Mentimeter has a free plan. As checked on October 17, 2026, it costs $0 and allows 50 participants per month, with Menti AI, 23 question types and Q&A. It has no moderation, export or custom branding. Paid plans start at $11.99 per presenter per month, billed yearly.
What is free on Mentimeter and what costs money
Mentimeter prices per presenter, not per event. Here is the split as checked on October 17, 2026.
| Item | Free | Paid plans |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | Basic $11.99 and Pro $24.99 per presenter per month, billed yearly (excl. tax). Enterprise is custom |
| Participants | 50 per month | Unlimited from Basic |
| Question types and AI | 23 question types, Menti AI | See the rows below for what each paid plan adds |
| Q&A | Yes, crowdsource questions | Pro adds "Moderate Q&A: Pre-approve questions" |
| Import from PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides | Not listed | From Basic |
| Export | None | Image, PDF, Excel from Basic |
| Private presentations, segmentation | Not listed | From Basic |
| Custom colors, themes, logo | No | Pro |
| Participant names, collaborative editing | Not listed | Pro |
| SSO, SCIM, LMS integration, custom data retention | No | Enterprise |
Source: mentimeter.com/plans, checked October 17, 2026. "Not listed" means the plan page did not list it for that plan. Check the vendor site before deciding.
Who the free Mentimeter plan is enough for
The free plan is a good fit for someone who presents occasionally to a small room. A teacher with a class of 25, a trainer running a workshop for a dozen people, or a team lead who wants a quick icebreaker poll can all stay under 50 participants for the month. With 23 question types and Menti AI on the free tier, you also get a lot of variety for no money.
The catch is that the cap is monthly: Mentimeter lists 50 participants per month on Free. Fifty is one mid-sized session or a handful of small ones. If you present once or twice and stay under it, free works well. If you run regular sessions, check how Mentimeter counts participants against that limit before you rely on it.
When to look elsewhere
Look at paid plans or other tools when you cross 50 participants, need your results out of the product, or want to moderate a public Q&A. Per the plans page, export starts at Basic, and pre-approving questions is a Pro feature at $24.99 per presenter per month, billed yearly. Branding and themes are also Pro. For universities and larger organizations, Mentimeter lists SSO, SCIM and LMS integrations with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle and D2L Brightspace on Enterprise, and ShuffleTurn offers none of that.
Mentimeter is also stronger if your talk lives in slides. Basic lists import from PowerPoint, Keynote and Google Slides, and Pro lists embeds from PowerPoint Web, Google Slides and Miro. If that is how you present, a slide-centered tool is the better match.
A free option with no signup: ShuffleTurn
ShuffleTurn is free, and hosts and participants do not need to sign up. Polls cover multiple choice, quizzes with points and a leaderboard, 1 to 5 ratings, open text, word clouds and ranking, and the host chooses when to reveal results. Live Q&A has upvoting, anonymous questions, pinning, a big-screen view and moderation (pre-approval is available but off by default). Results export to CSV at no cost.
It does not have slide decks, importing slides, custom branding, themes, translations, SSO, or PowerPoint and Google Slides integrations. There is also no per-question quiz timer. It has not been load-tested for very large events, so we cannot vouch for it at that scale. A paid plan is planned but not available as of October 17, 2026.
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