Interactive presentation software lets a room answer, ask and react while you present. Tools differ less in their features than in what they ask of you: a new deck or your own file, an account for every participant or none, a report or just a result. This guide lists the criteria. Diaposi keeps a comparison page for each tool it is weighed against.
What does interactive presentation software do?
It lets a room answer, ask and react from their own devices while you present, and it keeps a record of what happened. Most tools cover the same list: polls, quizzes, questions from the audience. They differ in how much work they ask of you before the session and what they give you after it, and that is where to look.
What should you compare?
- How participants join. A code or a QR code, with or without an account or an app.
- Your own files. Whether the tool presents the deck you have, or asks you to rebuild it inside the tool.
- Question types. Polls, quizzes and open questions, and whether results stay with the slide.
- Anonymity. Whether questions and answers are anonymous to the room, and to you.
- The report. What you get afterwards: a result per poll, or a view of the whole session.
- Languages and data. The interface languages, and where the data is hosted.
- Price. What the free plan really allows, and what the first paid plan costs.
How do you test a tool in 20 minutes?
Take a deck you really use. Upload or rebuild it, add one poll and one quiz question, and join from your own phone as a participant. Then read the report. You will know in twenty minutes what took the longest, and whether the limits of the free plan would have stopped a real session.
Ask every vendor the same three questions: what happens to my file, what do participants need, and what do I keep afterwards. The method itself is in how to make a presentation interactive.
Where to see tools side by side
Diaposi keeps a comparison page for each tool it is weighed against, with that tool’s starting price and the limits of its free plan as listed on its own pages. On the criteria above: Diaposi presents your own PowerPoint, PDF or Word file, participants join with no account, the interface is in English and French, the data is hosted in the European Union, and it is free, with no paid plan today.
Every product here is part of Diaposi, the EdTech platform for interactive and measurable learning. Compare Diaposi
Frequently asked questions
What matters most when choosing interactive presentation software?
- What you will use in the room: joining without friction and presenting your own file. A long feature list matters less than whether a first session can start in five minutes.
Do I have to rebuild my slides in the tool?
- It depends on the tool. Some ask you to build the presentation inside them. Others, such as Diaposi, present the file you already have.
Is Diaposi free?
- Yes. Diaposi is free, and there is no paid plan today.
