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Mentimeter: cost, fit and limits
Mentimeter is an interactive presentation and audience polling platform made by Mentimeter AB of Sweden, where quiz is one of 23 slide types and a built-in assistant called Menti AI sits on the free plan.
What to know first
Mentimeter posts Free, Basic at USD 11.99 per presenter per month billed yearly, Pro at USD 24.99 and a quoted Enterprise plan. Quizzing is one slide type among polls, word clouds and Q&A. Import and export begin at Basic, and LMS links wait on Enterprise. The free plan page contradicts itself on participant limits. Customer data is held in the EU by default.
Mentimeter at a glance
| Maker | Mentimeter AB (publ), Sweden |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes |
| Entry price | USD 11.99 per presenter per month, billed yearly, excluding tax (Basic) |
| API access | No |
| Category | Best AI Quiz Makers in 2026, rank 4 of 11 |
| Website | mentimeter.com |
Who Mentimeter is best for
Presenters who import existing decks
Basic imports PowerPoint, Keynote and Google Slides files, so a speaker can keep their slides and add a quiz or poll between them.
Workshops with mixed question types
Free offers 23 slide types, which lets a facilitator combine a quiz round with word clouds, open questions and Q&A in a single deck.
European organizations
Customer data at rest is in the EU by default, and the company operates under the GEANT Data Protection Code of Conduct.
Mentimeter plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | USD 0 | 23 slide types, Menti AI, multiple question types, Q&A and sharing for view and comment, with the participant limit shown as 50 per month in the table. |
| Basic | USD 11.99 per presenter per month, billed yearly, excluding tax | Unlimited participants and slides, PowerPoint, Keynote and Google Slides import, image, PDF and Excel export, audience segmentation and workspace roles. |
| Pro | USD 24.99 per presenter per month, billed yearly, excluding tax | Everything in Basic plus custom colors, themes and logo, embedding of PowerPoint Web, Google Slides and Miro, moderated Q&A, co-editing and shared templates. |
| Enterprise | Custom quote (not published) | Everything in Pro plus SAML single sign-on with SCIM, LMS integration with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle and D2L Brightspace, custom data retention and workspace insights. |
Checked November 2026.
What Mentimeter does
- Quiz as a slide type
- A quiz question sits in the deck like any other slide, and results combine into one final winner per presentation, rather than a separate game mode.
- Menti AI
- The only AI feature named, listed on the Free plan. The pricing page does not describe what it generates, so test it on your own topic before planning around it.
- Deck import and export
- Basic brings in PowerPoint, Keynote and Google Slides decks and exports results as image, PDF or Excel. Free has neither, which makes Basic the first practical tier.
- Embedding on Pro
- Pro embeds PowerPoint Web, Google Slides and Miro and adds co-editing and shared templates, which helps teams that build one deck together for recurring workshops.
- Enterprise LMS links
- Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle and D2L Brightspace connections arrive with a quoted Enterprise plan, along with custom retention, SCIM provisioning and workspace insights, all sold through a quote rather than a posted price.
How Mentimeter handles your data
The privacy page states that customer data at rest is held in the EU by default, with multi-regional hosting and limited transfers under EU Standard Contractual Clauses. Account data is kept while the account exists and deleted within 30 days on request, monitoring logs are deleted within 90 days, and marketing data is kept up to two years after last interaction. Mentimeter operates under the GEANT Data Protection Code of Conduct. The page mentions AI features and third-party AI assistants but makes no statement on model training, and ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are not mentioned.
Where Mentimeter falls short in practice
- Free participant limit is unclear. The comparison table shows 50 participants per month, while the plan card says unlimited once a month. Test a real session size on the free plan before promising it to an audience.
- Billing is mostly annual. Only Basic can be billed monthly according to the FAQ, with no monthly price listed. Pro and Enterprise require annual billing, which suits a recurring user more than a one-off event.
- Basics sit behind Basic. Import, export and integrations all start at Basic, so the free plan works as a trial of the interface rather than a working setup for a repeat presenter.
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Mentimeter: common questions
Can Mentimeter run a scored quiz?
Yes. Quiz is one of the slide types, and points combine across the quiz slides in a presentation into one final winner. It is a question slide inside a deck, not a standalone game tool with its own modes, and it is aimed at presenters rather than exam setters.
What does Menti AI do?
The pricing page lists Menti AI under the Free plan and says nothing more about its scope. Whether it drafts questions, rewrites text or summarizes answers is not stated on the page, so check it in a trial before relying on it.
Does Mentimeter store data in the EU?
The privacy page says customer data at rest is held in the EU by default, with multi-regional hosting and limited transfers covered by EU Standard Contractual Clauses. It does not name a specific country or data center, so a buyer with a national residency rule should ask for the exact location in writing.
How is Mentimeter Basic billed?
Basic is USD 11.99 per presenter per month billed yearly and excluding tax. The FAQ says Basic can also be billed monthly, but no monthly price is listed. Pro and Enterprise need annual billing, and Enterprise is a quoted plan, so a single presenter would normally compare Basic and Pro.
Can Mentimeter connect to Canvas or Moodle?
LMS integration with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle and D2L Brightspace is listed under the Enterprise plan, which is quoted and not published. Lower plans import slides and export results, but the page does not list LMS links for them, so a course that needs grades in Canvas should plan for the Enterprise route.