A Slido alternative without the Cisco gate.
Live polls, audience response, and quiz competitions — minus the per-event caps, the Webex bundling, and the AI paywall. Free to start, browser-based joining, scored trivia included.
Why teams switch
Six reasons people leave Slido.
Slido is solid for Webex shops. For everyone else, the pricing model and the integration lock-in show.
No Cisco / Webex lock-in
Slido is owned by Cisco and sells best with Webex. If you're not on the Webex stack, you're paying for integrations you don't use. Nontrivial works standalone.
No per-participant pricing tier confusion
Slido's plans gate Q&A and polls by participants per event and per-host pricing. Nontrivial's free plan supports large live rooms without per-event limits.
AI generation included, not bolted on
Slido has AI add-ons in higher tiers. Nontrivial includes AI poll and quiz generation on the free plan — paste a topic or upload a PDF.
PDF upload → polls or quiz
Slido expects you to type every question. Nontrivial takes a deck, an agenda, or training material and drafts the prompts for you to edit.
Polls AND scored trivia in one tool
Slido does polls and Q&A. Nontrivial does both modes — live polling and scored trivia with a leaderboard — in the same builder, same plan.
Cast to a paired TV, not a screen share
Pair an Apple TV once and every game streams to it natively. Slido relies on you sharing your laptop screen into Webex or a projector.
Plans & paywalls
What's free vs what costs extra.
Free vs Slido's free plan, head-to-head on the gates that actually matter for live sessions.
| Feature | Nontrivial | Slido |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan exists | Included | Free (capped) |
| Participants per event on free plan | Large rooms | Limited |
| Anonymous polls on free plan | Included | Limited |
| AI-generated polls or quiz | Included | Paid |
| PDF upload → polls or quiz | Included | |
| Native TV app casting | Included | |
| Scored trivia mode with leaderboard | Included | Limited |
| Standalone (no Cisco/Webex needed) | Optimized for Webex |
Feature parity
Everything you actually use, day to day.
Honest table — Slido has Q&A upvoting, we don't (yet). Most other live-session features overlap.
| Feature | Nontrivial | Slido |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple choice polls | ||
| Open text responses | ||
| Numeric / rating polls | ||
| Ranking / ordering polls | Limited | |
| Matching pairs | ||
| Live result streaming | ||
| Hide results until reveal | ||
| Audience Q&A with upvotes | Roadmap | |
| Browser-based joining (no app) |
Migration in three moves
Switching is fast.
Most teams rebuild their next session in Nontrivial before their next Slido renewal lands.
Build your first session freeRebuild your polls in minutes (or skip the rebuild).
Most teams paste their polls in by hand — but if you authored them from a deck, upload the deck and AI redrafts them. The question types overlap with Slido, so it ports cleanly.
Share a code. The audience joins.
Same browser-based join flow. Respondents open any browser, enter a code, and answer — no app, no Webex required.
Cast to a TV. Run the room.
Pair an Apple TV at /connect-tv if you want the polls on a big screen. Otherwise just share your host view. Your call.
Two modes, one plan
Polls AND scored trivia, included.
Slido's quizzes are an add-on to its polling tool. Nontrivial treats scored trivia as a first-class mode — full leaderboard, seven question types, post-game analytics. Same builder as polls.
Common questions
Same polling. Less paywall.
Try Nontrivial before your next Slido renewal. Free to start, no card, no Webex required.
Slido is a product of Cisco Systems, Inc. Nontrivial is not affiliated with Slido or Cisco.