The Top 7 Similar Alternatives to Kahoot in 2022 (Mostly Free!) (2024)

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• The Problems with Kahoot
• AhaSlides
• Gimkit Live
• Quizizz
• Canvas
• Slido
• Classmarker
• Poll Everywhere
• Final Verdict

1. The free plan is actually usable – While Kahoot’s free plan gives you very little to work with, AhaSlides’ lets you use pretty much all of its features straight off the bat. The main limitation of its free plan relates to the size of your audience, so if you have more than 7 participants, you’ll have to upgrade. Still, that’s not much of a problem because…
2. It’s cheap! – Remember when we said Kahoot’s one-time plans are 85 times the price of its competitors? Well, consider AhaSlides’ one-time plans, which range from $2.95 to $39.95, as well as its plans for teachers, starting at $4.95 a month for a standard-sized class.
3. Flexibility is king – AhaSlides never locks you into an annual subscription. One-time plans and monthly plans reign supreme, and can be cancelled at any time. Though of course, annual plans are available for long-termers looking to save.
4. Multi-channel customer support – Support is available through documentation, live chat, email and via messaging on social media channels. You always speak to a real human, no matter the query.

1. Layout options – Though it’s possible to change background, font and text colour, the options for placing your text and images exactly where you want on a slide is a bit limited.
2. There’s no mode to test a presentation – Before running a presentation, you’ll want to test it. While Kahoot has a specific test mode for this, on AhaSlides you’ll just have to join your own presentation on multiple other devices.
3. No reports – Reports on presentations are incoming, but not there yet!

1. Great pricing and plan – Not many teachers could sniff at a maximum of $4.99 per month. Considering Kahoot’s labyrinthine pricing structure; GimKit Live is a breath of fresh air with its one all-encompassing plan.
2. It’s super varied – The premise of GimKit Live is very simple, but the amount of game mode variations makes it difficult for students to get bored. It also lets students create their own questions for a ‘kit’ and it keeps competition levels high over long periods of time with its awesome ‘seasons’ mode.
3. The power of money – In-game money is super fun to acquire and can be spent at the shop on personal power-ups. This is great for student motivation.

1. Fairly one-dimensional – GimKit Live’s got great motivating power, but usually in short bursts. At the heart of it, there’s not much more to it than asking students questions and dishing out money for answers. It’s best used sparingly in the classroom.
2. Question types are limited – If you just want a simple quiz with multiple choice and open-ended questions, then GimKit Live will do. However, if you’re after ordering questions, ‘closest answer wins’ questions or mix and match questions, you’re best looking for another Kahoot alternative.

1. Fantastic shortcuts – You can use another users’ quiz as your own, and can even ‘teleport’ specific questions from others’ quizzes into yours. These shortcuts can help you create a quiz in a matter of minutes.
2. Great reports – The reports system is detailed and allows you to create flashcards out of questions on which participants didn’t answer so well.
3. Lovely design – Navigation is slick and the illustrations and colour of the whole dashboard are very professional.

1. Fewer question types than expected – For a piece of kit devoted almost entirely to quizzing, you might expect a few more question types beyond the multiple choice, multiple answer and type answer questions available.
2. No live support – Unfortunately, those fed up with Kahoot’s lack of live chat might feel likewise with Quizizz. Support is limited to email, Twitter and support tickets.

1. Reliability – For those with trust issues, you need not worry. Canvas is very vocal about their 99.99% uptime and prides itself on the fact that only the slightest of ultra-slight chances will cause the software to fail on you.
2. Packed full of features – It’s truly hard to keep tabs on the amount of features that Canvas offers its users. Even the free plan lets you create entire courses, though options for in-class teaching are limited.
3. Community communication – Canvas have built a strong and active community of teachers, adminstrators and students. Many members are brand evangelists and will post religiously on the forum to help out fellow teachers.

1. Feeling overwhelmed? – It’s easy to buckle under the weight of everything Canvas has to offer. Tech-savvy educators may love it, but teachers looking for something simple to incorporate into their classes should look at one of the other alternatives to Kahoot on this list.
2. Hidden pricing – There’s no way to know for sure how much Canvas is going to cost you. You have to contact them for a quote, which soon leads to you being at the mercy of the sales department.
3. Design – From a look at the Canvas dashboard, you wouldn’t guess that Canvas is one of the biggest LMS in the world. Navigation is okay, but the design is rather simplistic.

1. Integrates directly with Google Slides and PowerPoint – This means you can embed a bit of Slido-brand audience participation directly into your presentation.
2. Simple plan system – Slido’s 8 plans is a refreshingly simple alternative to Kahoot’s 22. You can figure out your ideal plan fairly quickly and all on one page.

1. Uniform greyness – By far the biggest con of Slido is that there’s very little room for creativity or vibrancy. Kahoot certainly doesn’t do much in terms of personalising colour or text, but it at least has more options than Slido.
2. Annual plans only – Like with Kahoot, Slido doesn’t really offer monthly plans; it’s yearly or nothing!
3. Expensive one-timers – Also like Kahoot, one-time plans may just break the bank. $69 is the cheapest, while $649 is the most expensive.

1. Simple and focused – ClassMarker is perfect for those overwhelmed by the noise of Kahoot. It’s easy to use, easy to navigate and easy to test.
2. Incredible variety – There’s the standard multiple choice, true or false and open-ended questions, but also matching pairs, grammar spotting and essay questions. There are even different types within those question types, as well as the chance to change the scoring system, add fake answers to throw students off the scent, and more.
3. More ways to personalise – Break the uniformity with different formatting. You can ask questions with tables and mathematical equations, and also link in images, video, audio and other documents, though these require the paid version.

1. Younger students might find it less ‘woke’ – ClassMarker is essentially Kahoot on valium, but that might not sit well with students who prefer the glitz of the latter compared to the pragmatism of the former.
2. Students need accounts – On the ClassMarker free version, you need to assign quizzes to ‘groups’, and the only way to make a group is to have all students within that group sign up to ClassMarker.
3. Limited assistance – Though there are some videos and documentation, and the chance to email someone, you’re pretty much on your own when using the software.

1. Lenient free plan – As a free software like Kahoot, Poll Everywhere is rather generous with the freebies. Unlimited questions of all types and a maximum audience number of 25.
2. Good variety – Multiple choice, word cloud, Q&A, clickable image, open-ended, survey and ‘competition’ are the 7 question types you have, though many of these are quite basic.

1. Still quite limited – Despite the leniency and the variety, there’s a lot that you can’t do on Poll Everywhere without splashing the cash. Customisation, reports and the ability to create teams are all hidden behind a paywall, though these are basic offerings on other Kahoot alternatives.
2. No new updates – It seems like the developers of Poll Everywhere have more-or-less given up on updating the service. Don’t expect any new developments if you sign up.
3. All alone – Don’t expect much of a conversation with support staff either. There are a few guides to help you on your way, but communication is exclusively through email only.
4. One access code – With Poll Everywhere, you don’t create a separate presentation with a separate join code for each lesson. You only get one join code (your username), so you have to constantly ‘active’ and ‘deactivate’ questions that you do or don’t want to appear.