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Kahoot: cost, fit and limits
Kahoot is a game-based quiz and presentation platform made by Kahoot AS of Norway, selling tiered Kahoot 360 Pro licenses with participant caps, an AI assistant and generators that build questions from slides, PDFs and web pages.
What to know first
Kahoot sells Pro licenses in five tiers, from USD 9 per month at 50 participants to USD 79 per month at 5,000, plus free accounts and a free Express mode. The pricing page lists monthly figures, yet its FAQ says Pro plans are billed annually only and prices exclude VAT. Team versions need at least 25 licenses. The AI suite is spread across tiers, so check which generators your plan holds.
Kahoot at a glance
| Maker | Kahoot! AS (organisation number 997 770 234), Norway |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes |
| Entry price | USD 9 per month, or USD 108 billed annually (Pro Start, per licence) |
| API access | No |
| Category | Best AI Quiz Makers in 2026, rank 1 of 11 |
| Website | kahoot.com |
Who Kahoot is best for
Teachers running whole-class games
The free account and Pro Start tier suit a class under 50, and the game format gives a lesson a competitive warm-up or review round.
Corporate trainers with large audiences
Participant caps rise to 1,000 on Plus, 2,000 on Max and 5,000 on Ultra, so a training day or all-hands has a priced tier to match.
Presenters who start from existing material
Question generators import slides, PDFs, URLs and Wikipedia text, which helps someone who has a deck but no questions written yet.
Kahoot plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Pro Start | USD 9 per month, USD 108 billed annually | Up to 50 participants, polls and quizzes, AI presentation creation and premium themes and backgrounds for a single licensed presenter. |
| Pro Standard | USD 25 per month (struck from USD 29), USD 300 billed annually | Up to 200 participants, word clouds, brainstorms, open-ended questions, live Q&A, plus reports and insights on results. |
| Pro Plus | USD 39 per month (struck from USD 49), USD 468 billed annually | Up to 1,000 participants, NPS and surveys, training and certificates, the full speaker toolkit and the AI suite. |
| Pro Max | USD 79 per month, USD 948 billed annually | Up to 2,000 participants, individual learning paths, custom branding and the full AI creation suite for the licensed presenter. |
| Pro Ultra | USD 79 per month (struck from USD 99), USD 948 billed annually | Up to 5,000 participants after a performance test, large event support, commercial rights for external events and early access to features. |
Checked November 2026.
What Kahoot does
- Kahoot Assistant and question generators
- The assistant and generators draft questions from imported slides, trusted sources such as Wikipedia, URLs and PDFs. Plan access differs, with the complete set on Plus, Max and Ultra.
- PDF extractor and story generator
- A PDF question extractor pulls existing questions out of a document, and a story generator turns PDFs into narrative content, both named on the AI suite of the pricing page.
- Participant tiers
- Caps step from 50 on Pro Start through 200, 1,000 and 2,000 to 5,000 on Pro Ultra, so the cap, more than any feature, tells you which tier a given event needs.
- Reports and insights
- Result reports start at Pro Standard. Lower tiers run quizzes and polls but leave out the reporting that a trainer or teacher uses to see which questions a group missed.
- Free Express hosting
- Express is a free mode for sessions of 15 minutes with up to 15 participants, enough to try the game format before any license is bought.
How Kahoot handles your data
The privacy notice at trust.kahoot.com states that Kahoot does not use personal data collected through the platform to train or refine large language models, and that it does not allow its AI vendors to do so either. Personal information is kept only while needed, with candidate data generally held 24 months and student data held as long as school agreements allow. No hosting region is named, and data may be stored outside the country of residence. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are not mentioned in the notice, which points to a Trust Center instead.
Where Kahoot falls short in practice
- Billing terms disagree. Monthly prices appear on the pricing page, but the FAQ says Pro plans are billed annually only. Confirm with the vendor whether a monthly payment is possible before budgeting for a short project.
- Integration matrix is unclear. The page does not clearly show which Pro tiers include Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Slides. A team that depends on one meeting platform needs written confirmation before it picks a tier.
- Team plans have a floor. Team versions require at least 25 licenses according to the FAQ, so a department of eight cannot buy a shared team license and each presenter holds an individual one.
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Kahoot: common questions
Does Kahoot offer a free plan with AI?
A free account and a free Express mode exist, limited to 15-minute sessions with up to 15 participants. The pricing page names AI presentation creation on Pro Start, and the full AI suite on Plus, Max and Ultra, so the free account is not described as including the AI generators.
How many players can join a Kahoot session?
The cap depends on the tier: 50 on Pro Start, 200 on Pro Standard, 1,000 on Pro Plus, 2,000 on Pro Max and 5,000 on Pro Ultra. The top figure applies after a performance test, so a large event should be arranged ahead with the vendor.
Is Kahoot billed monthly or yearly?
The pricing page shows both a monthly figure and an annual total for each Pro tier, but the FAQ states that Pro plans are billed annually only. The two statements conflict, so ask Kahoot which applies to your purchase. Prices also exclude VAT.
Does Kahoot train AI models on my quiz data?
The privacy notice says personal data collected through the platform is not used to train or refine large language models, and AI vendors are not allowed to do so. Hosting region and certifications are not named in the notice itself.
Why do Pro Max and Pro Ultra cost the same?
Both tiers list USD 79 per month and USD 948 annually, with Ultra shown as struck down from USD 99. The page does not explain the overlap. Ultra differs by allowing up to 5,000 participants after a performance test and adding commercial rights, so compare caps, not price.