Slido

Slido provides live polls, word clouds, surveys and question and answer for meetings, training and events, and its defining characteristic is that it works both standalone and inside the tools an organisation already uses. Named integrations cover PowerPoint, Google Slides, Webex, Microsoft Teams and Zoom.

That integration breadth matters because audience interaction only works if it is frictionless for both sides. A presenter who must switch applications mid session will stop using the tool, and participants who must install something will not take part.

Live polls turn one way presentations into conversations, letting a presenter ask what people think or how they feel and receive feedback in real time. Word clouds and surveys extend the same idea, surfacing collective response faster than discussion allows in a large group.

The stated purpose is including everyone in a meeting, whether running a team call, a training session or an all company meeting, online or in between. That inclusion framing is a fair description of what these tools genuinely achieve: in any sizeable meeting only a handful of people speak, and polling captures the view of everyone else, including those who would never raise a hand. Getting started is free, so the tool can be tested in a real session before any budget conversation takes place.