StreamAlive vs. Slido

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Used by Academia, Businesses and Creators to elevate live sessions

Everyone who runs a live session loves StreamAlive

Teachers, facilitators, streamers, marketers, human resources, and everyone in between
“Just tried StreamAlive and it's so cool! I host a lot of events and just love how visual it is!”
Patty Nicolas
Community Engagement, NAS.io
“Over 365k comments poured into Airrack's live chat. StreamAlive helped with live tabulation of fans voting in the chat for distractions to be administered to the creators playing a ping pong match - and with less than 1 second of latency.”
Benjamin Grubbs
Former Director of Creator Partnerships, YouTube
“Streamalive has enhanced the professionalism of my webinars, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to elevate their online presentation.”
Murielle Lekien
Founder & Permaculture Trainer
“Just used it last night. F@&king brilliant!”
Ted Gould III
EdTech Client Success Specialist
“StreamAlive turns my too shy to speak and too cool to speak students into active participants thanks to the text box.”
Manish Agarwal
Lecturer, Indian Institute of Management
“I love talking to people. StreamAlive helps me do this at scale in my streams, giving a visual voice to my tribe. Many of my conversations are improvised and in-the-moment and StreamAlive allows for that ad hoc usage which is very important to me.”
Tanvir Mohammed aka GoofGuy
Content Creator on Twitch
“If you run online meeting on any platform you need this in your toolbox.”
Susan Stoneman
Business Coach & Speaker
“There is a palpable excitement in being able to engage fans through live chat in the visual ways that StreamAlive creates.”
Rohin Bhaumik
Former Director of Talent, Galaxy Racer
“I use Stream Alive to engage webinar participants and it’s truly amazing. It’s a proven app with thoughtful features and support!”
Ryan Clover
Founder, Maple Creative
“There are loads of digital tools you can use to increase engagement in your live online sessions. But there is one that is hands-down my favorite: StreamAlive.”
Gwyn Wansbrough
Online Facilitator and Trainer, Breakthrough Facilitation
“I’ve used StreamAlive on multiple events and loved it tremendously. It gives me engagement, intelligent chat and a data bank I can use to analyse and make more profit from. Go from dead digital meetings to the most interactive live chat”
Roshan Abbas
Public Speaker & Founder
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StreamAlive is the easiest way for your audience
to participate in your presentation

More engagement options and easier to use for your audience. StreamAlive works for online, hybrid, and in-person events of any size

Comparison between StreamAlive and Slido

StreamAlive

Slido

Pricing

Free plan

Monthly plans from

Annual plans from

Pricing

$45 / mo

$100 / yr

Pricing

$60 / event

$144 / yr

Engagement

Polls

Wonder clouds

Quizzes

Q&A

Spinner wheels

Participant leaderboards

Link library

Interactive maps

Showcase audience comments on your screen

Engagement
Engagement
AI

Generate relevant interactions based on your topic

Chat summaries

Image generation from the chat (coming soon)

Translate the chat (coming soon)

Auto-tagging and grouping of questions (coming soon)

Auto-answer questions in the chat (coming soon)

Identify audience intent in the chat (coming soon)

AI
AI
Customization

Branding

Pre-built themes

Custom Themes

Customization
Starts at $250/yr on the Pro-250 plan
Starts at $100/yr on the Starter plan
Customization
Starts at $600/yr
Starts at $600/yr
Analytics

Post event reporting

Downloadable images

Analytics
Analytics
Supported platforms

In-person

Hybrid

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Google Meet

Webex

YouTube Live

Twitch

Vimeo

Restream (and all Restream's supported platforms)

StreamYard (and all StreamYard's supported platforms)

PowerPoint

Google Slides

Miro

StreamDeck

Supported platforms
(coming soon)
(coming soon)
Supported platforms
Security

Single Sign-On

Email verification

Security
Security
Integrations

All major platforms supported

Run interactions on all these streaming & meeting platforms.

(New platforms are added all the time!)

Grow with StreamAlive

StreamAlive is the right choice for seamless audience participation and feedback

StreamAlive is designed to keep your audience focused.

No distractions from switching tabs or devices, unlike traditional tools like Slido.

Simple, Instant Engagement — No Learning Curve Required

  • No learning curve for audience participation

  • Easily engage with polls, word clouds, spinner wheels, Q&As, and interactive maps

  • Participation is as simple as typing in the chat

Keep Your Audience Engaged Without Distractions

  • Your audience participates directly through the chat feature

  • No distractions from switching tabs or leaving the presentation

  • Engage seamlessly with polls, word clouds, and other interactions without losing focus

Let AI Generate Engaging Audience Questions for You

  • StreamAlive’s AI reduces your workload by generating relevant and engaging questions

  • Questions are tailored specifically to your topic for better audience interaction

Automatically Capture and Organize Audience Questions with AI

  • StreamAlive’s AI automatically detects and collates audience questions from the chat

  • Ensures your audience is never ignored, even if they forget to submit via a specific form

  • No manual input needed—questions are captured directly from the chat

Collaborate with Your Team Without Extra Costs

  • StreamAlive supports up to 2 users on the free plan

  • 3 users available on the Basic plan

  • 5 users supported on all other plans

  • No extra charges for team collaboration across plans

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