A Mentimeter alternative without the per-presenter bill.
Same live polling experience your audience expects — anonymous mode, live bars, every question type — minus the seat-based pricing, the slide caps, and the paywalled AI. Free to start.
Why teams switch
Six reasons Mentimeter users come over.
The polling pattern is great. The pricing model and feature gates are what people get tired of.
Per-presenter pricing adds up
Mentimeter charges by presenter seat. Add a second host and you're paying for a second subscription — even if they present once a quarter.
Free plans get capped fast
Mentimeter's free tier caps slides per presentation. Hit the limit mid-build and the upgrade prompt appears before you've even gone live.
The features you need sit behind paywalls
Anonymous responses, advanced quiz competitions, and export are gated by plan. Nontrivial puts these in the free plan.
No "upload a doc, get a poll"
Most polling tools want you to type every prompt. Nontrivial accepts a PDF — slide deck, agenda, meeting notes — and drafts the prompts for you.
AI as a paid add-on
Mentimeter's AI features live in higher tiers. Nontrivial includes AI poll generation on the free plan.
One platform for polls AND trivia
Run a sentiment poll Monday, a scored team trivia Friday — same builder, same join code, same plan. No second subscription for the quiz day.
Plans & paywalls
What's free vs what costs extra.
Mentimeter's free plan is real, but it gates the features most live sessions need. Here's the line-by-line on the plan tier most people end up paying for.
| Feature | Nontrivial | Mentimeter |
|---|---|---|
| Starting plan | Free | Free (capped) |
| Slides per presentation on free plan | No cap | Limited |
| Charges per presenter | ||
| Anonymous responses on free plan | Included | Paid |
| AI-generated prompts | Included | Paid |
| Export results on free plan | Included | Paid |
| PDF upload → poll | Included | |
| Run trivia + polls on one plan | Included | Limited |
| Cast to TV / big screen | Included | Limited |
Feature parity
Everything you actually use, day to day.
The live-polling primitives are the same. The plan price isn't.
| Feature | Nontrivial | Mentimeter |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple choice with live bars | ||
| True / false | ||
| Slider / scales | ||
| Open text responses | ||
| Ordering / ranking | ||
| Matching pairs | Limited | |
| Numeric input with stats | ||
| Live result streaming | ||
| Hide results until reveal | ||
| Scored trivia mode | Limited | |
| Browser-based joining (no app) |
Migration in three moves
Switching is fast.
Most teams rebuild their next session in Nontrivial before their next Mentimeter renewal.
Build your first session freeRebuild prompts in minutes (or skip the rebuild).
Type your prompts straight in, or upload the deck you used in Mentimeter and let AI redraft them. Same question types — multiple choice, slider, open text, ordering, matching — so your slides translate cleanly.
Same join flow your audience already knows.
Respondents open any browser, enter a code, and answer. No app, no account required to respond. Identical muscle memory to Mentimeter joining.
Project, present, decide.
Pair a TV at /connect-tv for the big screen, or share the host view on your laptop. Live bars update as votes come in, exactly like the experience you're used to.
Bonus over Mentimeter
You also get full trivia mode.
Mentimeter has quiz competitions, but they're a side feature. Nontrivial treats scored trivia as a first-class mode — full leaderboard, seven question types, post-game analytics. Same builder, same plan.
Common questions
Cancel the seat. Keep the polls.
Try Nontrivial before your next Mentimeter renewal. Free to start, no card, no per-presenter math.
Mentimeter is a registered trademark of Mentimeter AB. Nontrivial is not affiliated with Mentimeter.