What Is Mentimeter and What Can You Do With It?

Mentimeter is an interactive presentation and audience engagement tool. You build slides that include live polls, quizzes, word clouds, open-ended questions, and Q&A, then the audience responds during the session — in the room or online — and the results appear on screen in real time. It fits meetings, classrooms, and events where you want input from the audience rather than a one-way broadcast.

What the tool actually does

Mentimeter's own framing is that "presentations get better when people get involved" and that it turns presentations into conversations. The practical version of that: instead of asking for a show of hands, you put a question on a slide, people answer from their own devices, and the responses are visualized live.

The core interactive features listed on the site are:

The site also references surveys as a use case ("Surveys people want to answer"), so the same response mechanics extend beyond a live session.

How audiences take part

The participation model is the key mechanic to understand before you commit. The site's entry point is a code: "Enter code to join a live Menti." That means your audience joins a specific live session by entering a code rather than downloading an app or creating an account — they respond from whatever device they already have.

For a presenter, the workflow implied by the product is:

1. Create a presentation and add interactive slides (poll, quiz, word cloud, open-ended, Q&A).
2. Present it live, online or in person.
3. Share the join code so participants can enter the session.
4. Display responses as they arrive, then use them to steer the conversation.

The expected result is that the slide deck becomes a two-way exchange: you get real input, and the audience sees its own answers reflected back.

Where it fits — and where it doesn't

Mentimeter is a reasonable choice when:

• You're presenting to a group and want live input rather than passive listening.
• You need several response types in one deck — a vote, a word cloud, and open text, for example.
• Your audience is mixed in location, since the site explicitly supports presenting online or in-person.
• You want quiz-style checks with defined correct answers, such as in a classroom.

It's a weaker fit when:

• You need a one-way broadcast with no audience interaction — the interactive features are the point.
• Your audience can't or won't use a device during the session.
• You need responses collected asynchronously over days rather than in a live session; check the survey capabilities on the site before assuming this works the way you need.

Scale and credibility signals

The site states it is "Trusted by 500+ million users worldwide." Treat that as a reach claim from the vendor rather than an independent benchmark, but it does indicate the tool is widely used across meetings, classes, and events.

Before you commit

Pricing is not specified in the material available here beyond a link to the plans page (mentimeter.com/plans). Check that page directly for current tiers, since feature limits — such as how many questions or participants a plan allows — are the details most likely to affect whether it suits your event size. Nothing here should be read as confirming a free tier or specific limits.

If your goal is a livelier, more responsive session and your audience can join with a code, Mentimeter covers the common interaction types in one place. If you mainly need polished one-way slides or long-running asynchronous surveys, verify those needs against the plans page before building your deck around it.