Best for
Best for trainers, facilitators and teachers who want live audience answers during a session rather than a finished deck.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Presentations & Infographics Comparison
Mentimeter vs. Microsoft PowerPoint
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for organisations that exchange editable decks with clients and partners and already pay for Microsoft 365.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Mentimeter | Microsoft PowerPoint |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan; Basic $11.99 / presenter / month Basic and Pro are billed yearly, excluding tax. Pro is $24.99 per presenter per month and cannot be paid monthly. Enterprise is quoted. | lower value Free web version; Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99 / month Microsoft 365 Personal is $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year for one person and includes the desktop apps with Copilot. For businesses, Business Basic is $7.00 per user per month paid yearly with the web and mobile apps only, and desktop apps start with Apps for business at $10.00. Office Home 2024 is a one-time $179.99 licence without Copilot. US prices from the vendor's site. |
| Free trial | Free plan, up to 50 participants per month | Free web and mobile version; one month free on Microsoft 365 Personal, Family and Premium |
| Output | Interactive presentations with polls, quizzes, word clouds, Q&A and surveys | Presentations, PowerPoint Show files and video exports |
| Hosting | Customer data at rest is hosted in the EU by default; multi-regional hosting is offered | Desktop apps for Windows and Mac, PowerPoint for the web, and apps for iPhone, iPad and Android |
| Made in | Sweden | United States |
| What it makes | Interactive presentations built around live audience input: polls, quizzes with multiple choice, scales and open-ended questions, word clouds, Q&A sessions and surveys, alongside content slides | Slide presentations, saved as PowerPoint files, as PowerPoint Shows that open straight into the slideshow, or as video |
| Brand kit and templates | Custom colours, custom themes, company branding and your own logo from the Pro plan; ready-made templates for quizzes, polls, surveys, Q&A and word clouds | Thousands of customizable templates, and Microsoft Designer recommends formatting for text and graphics from prebuilt templates |
| Charts and data | Audience responses appear on screen as they are submitted; results export to Excel from the Basic plan, with segmentation of results | Charts are inserted by type and filled in a worksheet that opens beside the slide; larger data sets are charted in Excel and pasted in, either linked to the workbook so Refresh Data picks up changes, or embedded as a copy |
| Collaboration and review | Workspace roles and access levels from Basic; a collaborative workspace, co-editing with other Pro members and private sharing permissions from Pro | Real-time co-editing with anyone a presentation is shared with, including people without a subscription, plus comments and @mentions that invite someone into a thread |
| Presenting and recording | Participants join with a link or code from their own device and need no account, in person or remote. A PowerPoint add-in places Menti slides inside a deck, and apps for Zoom and Microsoft Teams present inside the meeting; moderated Q&A, participant names and Mentimote smartphone control on Pro | Speaker Coach gives AI feedback on pace, vocabulary and more while rehearsing, Cameo presents the slides alongside a prerecorded video of the speaker, and narration, pen strokes and slide timings can be recorded into the presentation |
| Viewer analytics | Results export and segmentation from Basic; workspace insights and tracking of trends and team progress across sessions on Enterprise | Through OneDrive and SharePoint rather than in PowerPoint itself: the file card of a stored presentation shows the names and pictures of people who viewed it and the total number of views and viewers, visible only to people with access. Viewers is on by default in OneDrive, and on a SharePoint site the owner switches it on if the administrator allows it |
| Export and sharing | Export to image, PDF and Excel from Basic, and import from PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides. Pro embeds PowerPoint Web, Google Slides and Miro content | Exports to MP4 or WMV video at up to Ultra HD 4K on Windows, or to a PowerPoint Show (.ppsx) that opens full screen; recorded narration and timings travel with the file |
| AI features | AI Menti Creator builds an interactive presentation from a prompt, and AI grouping clusters anonymous, real-time responses to show trends; Menti AI is included on the free plan | Copilot in PowerPoint rewrites, reorganises and adds slides from a typed request and shows the changes for review. Microsoft Designer suggests layouts, and the Accessibility Assistant recommends format, colour and wording changes. Copilot comes with Microsoft 365 Personal, Family and Premium, with usage limits, and with the Business plans sold with Copilot |
| API | A SCIM API on Enterprise plans only, set up by workspace admins or owners, adds, deactivates and removes workspace members and manages groups from an identity provider, and filters users by last active date; it is documented on Mentimeter's developer site | The PowerPoint JavaScript API lets Office Add-ins add and navigate slides, insert content and create presentations, as task pane or content add-ins on Windows, Mac, iPad and the web |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | On-premise, Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk | Phone |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | more entries PowerPoint, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex, Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, D2L Brightspace | OneDrive, Microsoft Teams |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Mentimeter Free plan; Basic $11.99 / presenter / month Microsoft PowerPoint Free web version; Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99 / month
- Free trial Mentimeter Free plan, up to 50 participants per month Microsoft PowerPoint Free web and mobile version; one month free on Microsoft 365 Personal, Family and Premium
- Deployment Mentimeter Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Microsoft PowerPoint On-premise, Browser-based
- Hosting Mentimeter Customer data at rest is hosted in the EU by default; multi-regional hosting is offered Microsoft PowerPoint Desktop apps for Windows and Mac, PowerPoint for the web, and apps for iPhone, iPad and Android
- Support Mentimeter Email helpdesk Microsoft PowerPoint Phone
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Mentimeter
Strengths
- Participants answer from their own device without creating an account
- Free plan includes Menti AI and the core question types
- Runs inside Zoom and Microsoft Teams meetings and inside PowerPoint decks
Limitations
- The free plan caps participants at 50 per month
- Custom themes, logo and co-editing need the Pro plan
- Pro is billed yearly only, with no monthly option
Microsoft PowerPoint
Strengths
- Free web and mobile apps that can edit and co-edit without a subscription
- Video export at up to 4K on Windows
- Documented add-in platform with a JavaScript API
- Rehearsal feedback from Speaker Coach
Limitations
- Desktop apps and Copilot need a paid Microsoft 365 plan
- Business Basic includes only the web and mobile versions
- Pricing is spread across consumer and business plans that bundle the whole Office suite
Plans
Pricing
Mentimeter
- Free $0 Menti AI, multiple question types, up to 50 participants per month. No imports, exports, custom branding or collaboration.
- Basic $11.99 Per presenter per month, billed yearly, excluding tax. Unlimited participants and slide types, import from PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides, private presentations, export to image, PDF and Excel, results segmentation.
- Pro $24.99 Per presenter per month, billed yearly only, excluding tax. Adds custom colours and themes, company branding and logo, a collaborative workspace with co-editing, moderated Q&A, Quick Forms and Mentimote.
- Enterprise Custom Adds SSO and SCIM, participant verification with SSO, LMS integration, groups, workspace insights, custom data retention, priority support and custom onboarding.
Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft PowerPoint (free) $0 PowerPoint for the web and the iOS and Android apps, with sharing and real-time collaboration, basic templates, dictation and 5 GB of cloud storage.
- Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99 Per month, or $99.99 per year. One person, desktop apps with Copilot, 1 TB of cloud storage and use on up to five devices at once.
- Microsoft 365 Family $12.99 Per month, or $129.99 per year. Up to six people with 1 TB each; Copilot for the subscription owner only.
- Microsoft 365 Premium $19.99 Per month, or $199.99 per year. Everything in Family, plus extensive Copilot usage and agentic AI features.
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic $7.00 Per user per month, paid yearly. Web and mobile versions of PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook, for up to 300 users.
- Microsoft 365 Apps for business $10.00 Per user per month, paid yearly. Desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, without chat or calling, for up to 300 users.
- Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot $23.50 Per user per month, paid yearly. Desktop, web and mobile apps with work-grounded Copilot in PowerPoint and the other apps.
- Office Home 2024 $179.99 One-time purchase for one PC or Mac. Includes PowerPoint, without Copilot.
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Mentimeter https://www.mentimeter.com · checked against the official source on 2026-10-09
Microsoft PowerPoint https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/powerpoint · checked against the official source on 2026-10-10
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