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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Slido

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ASlido is an audience interaction platform that helps users to get the most out of meetings and events by crowdsourcing top questions and engaging participants with live polls and quizzes. From internal communications professionals to team leaders, conference organizers, and individual presenters, Slido can be used by those looking to enable open conversation at a live or virtual meeting. Slido works with popular video conferencing and presentation platforms and integrates with Microsoft…

    $49

    Submittable

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ASubmittable offers tools to launch, measure, and grow social impact programs, locally and globally. From grants and scholarships to awards and CSR programs, Submittable partners with users to make a difference. The vendor states Submittable has supported over 95,000 social impact programs, receiving nearly 20 million applications, and that teams save an average of 12 hours per week and launch in an average of 14 days.

    $10,000

    per year

    Pricing
    SlidoSubmittable
    Editions & Modules
    Engage (one-time)
    $49.00
    Engage (EDU annual)
    $72.00
    Professional (EDU annual)
    $120.00
    Engage (annual)
    $144.00
    Professional (one-time)
    $199.00
    Professional (annual)
    $720.00
    Institution (EDU annual)
    $720.00
    Premium (one-time)
    $999.00
    Enterprise (annual)
    $2400.00
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SlidoSubmittable
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup Fee$144 per yearNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAdditional users are extra $100.00 - $600.00—
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    Features
    SlidoSubmittable
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Slido and Submittable
    Feature
    Slido
    9.1
    8 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Submittable
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Slido and Submittable
    Feature
    Slido
    9.1
    7 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Submittable
    -
    Ratings
    Integrates with social media9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record meetings / events9.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event registration8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Slido and Submittable
    Feature
    Slido
    9.1
    9 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Submittable
    -
    Ratings
    Live chat9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience polling9.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Q&A9.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Presentation Streaming8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Slido and Submittable
    Feature
    Slido
    8.7
    7 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Submittable
    -
    Ratings
    User authentication8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions9.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience Engagement
    Comparison of Audience Engagement features of Slido and Submittable
    Feature
    Slido
    9.1
    35 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Submittable
    -
    Ratings
    Quizzes9.635 Ratings00 Ratings
    Survey Features9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gamification Features8.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement Tracking Tools8.77 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SlidoSubmittable
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Blackbaud Grantmaking
    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Mentimeter
    Score8.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Mentimeter
    Score8.6 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    SlidoSubmittable
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (67 ratings)
    9.0
    (83 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.9
    (79 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SlidoSubmittable
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    How was it well suited to me? - The leaderboard and freedom to edit the quiz. The fastest finger quiz to announce the winner based on fairness. The ease of login through QR Scanner. Also, it did not pinch my pocket at all. The best part is this $25 earning opportunity via feedback :-). And the list goes on... The less appropriate part was mentioned earlier in ways that I see improvements with Slido, coming to utilize Slido everywhere and in various ways. Overall, I love the AI suggestions.
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    Submittable
    Submittable is great for grant management, grantmaking, and scholarship awards. It's a very useful tool also when there are multiple reviewers and committees involved in the assessment of the application. The table feature is helpful, but to download the information in a usable report is a pain. Overall a very useful tool for funding.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Slido integrates well with Microsoft PowerPoint which is very much useful for us.
    • The post poll dashboard reports are very much insightful.
    • Shareable links are created easily with Slido. Also, this saves a lot of time and manual effort for us.
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    Submittable
    • Form-logic: Allows application forms to adjust based on answers to crucial questions (if-then-else) so that all applications don't have to see extended questions that may not apply to them or their situation.
    • Messaging Platform: This platform allows interactions with applicants or internal review teams to be associated with the specific submission, allowing for an easier, complete view of an application being considered and as an audit trail.
    • Good Voting/Polling Management: It makes it easier to record the latest vote/feedback from assigned team members and allows customization of the vote/feedback review as a form. It also summarizes the votes for easy review in a submissions dashboard view.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • I miss the Slack integration; they used to have this and they deprecated it in the last year or so.
    • I believe they have a nice integration for PowerPoint, would be nice if they had something similar with google slides since that is what we typically use internally.
    • We use the word cloud feature often and sometimes answers seem to get lost (as in don't show up at all) on the screen. for example, an answer will be there, then as more answers come in it disappears, and when we get to a certain threshold of answers it somehow pops back up again. It's not the worst but sometimes someone will ping me that their submission didn't make the word cloud and they're bummed.
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    Submittable
    • We are some of the earliest users of employee volunteerism, so there have been some things to work out. However, because of that, we've gotten a lot of one-on-one support to help make minor tweaks to the system in a way that works for us.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    It gives High engagement of audience or trainees during live workshops and easily connect with other software. Ease of use for both participants and host for live interaction and workshops. Since it doesn't require any app to download and can be used via browser. It understands the issue of users and gives updates time to time.
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    Submittable
    We use this software annually to help with our grant processes. Without it, I'd be so lost! Our team relies on the data from our past years to sift applications and we try to prioritize those who have applied and been a finalist but perhaps didn't win in years prior
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    Usability
    Cisco
    Overall, it is a handy tool. We do not use it too often in meetings; we started using it creatively for quizzes and Q&A with radio/TV audiences. Producers or Sponsors often explicitly request the option to include this particular type of interaction, and we are happy to do so. It helps that the setup is easy, so is copying events, etc. I sometimes miss Switcher (for our live events), but I understand the reasons it was phased out
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    Submittable
    A submittable requires a great deal of thought to set up. It would be best if you really did an outline and flowcharting. Once you have a detailed plan and set up the system, you have to think of the process that you would manually do step-by-step to deal with the what-ifs; it’s beautiful. The ability to Clone events is invaluable. The onboarding can be complex, but the ease of use afterward is worth it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    It is available all the time as it doesn't create issues while using.
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    Submittable
    We have thankfully never experienced an outage nor been affected by a technology issue on Submittable's side that has delayed our grant process. We have instead been able to distribute over $6M in donated dollars to AAPI small business owners because Submittable is trustworthy and available
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    Performance
    Cisco
    It's great working and doing collaboration. Require more working on page reloading
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    Submittable
    We've had a quick and efficient submittable experience that has always been easy to use. When we need a report it downloads within seconds, even the larger reports are 30 seconds or less to download. Pages are quick to load and reports complete in a more than reasonable time frame
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    I had to use the support for this tool only once. The response was very rapid, very professional and fulfilled my needs immediately. Online support services are sometimes advertised only to lure people into buying the product but and non-existent or difficult to use afterwards. Not with Slido. This was not an automated chatbot and the direct contact really helped me
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    Submittable
    I think that they are good at answering our questions and solving our problems. We occasionally get reports from applicants about problems the Submittable team has not solved, but I do not know what the applicant has done to get the problem solved.
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    In-Person Training
    Cisco
    It was very helpful knowing the software and its features.
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    Submittable
    We have been using this for many years but my memory is that we had a
    human walk us through how to use basic features. We also used the
    resource library to learn about specific topics or issues as they came
    up.
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    I find that training is very informative as it helps understanding the software usages and implementation. It gives the usgaes area and how to create gamification and live Q&A section so that you can use in live team meetings and workshops. It is very useful in training and webinars where a large pool of people are there.
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    Submittable
    10/10 because we were able to meet virtually and still get all of our questions answered! Online was effective too because we could easily record the sessions and review them later. Since we had to onboard our reviewers virtually, it was actually convenient that this was the same method we learned how to use the entire program virtually too.
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Submittable
    I would say, provide Submittable as much detailed information on your planned use of the platform and your desires with the platform as possible, and the implementation will be tailored to accommodate your organization with minimal lag time and issues/problems.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    I find Slido a bit easier to use than Poll Everywhere and other live polling software that I've used. While other software offers similar features, I've found that Slido's setup is a bit more intuitive and makes it easier to duplicate polls you've made for reuse. You get the most bang for your buck with Slido's basic plan compared to other polling software's basic tier.
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    Submittable
    Submittable isn't in the same league as these other platforms. It's trying to get there but it's been a rocky road. Neither customer support nor the account people we've dealt with at Submittable seem particularly knowledgeable about how the product actually works for foundations and can't provide detailed recommendations for how to use the product more effectively. The decision to use Submittable was made before I came on board. We are moving to another platform next year, probably SmartSimple.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
    No everything is working perfectly fine
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    Submittable
    I wish we could choose our own number of applications we want for the year and have the price be changed because we are in-between buyable numbers and always have to add more applications at the end of the year
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    It very scalable to large pool audiences during live townhall or meetings.
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    Submittable
    We have been easily able to grow. Not only are we able to process different applications, but Submittable makes it easy to add applications onto our plan. Additionally, their eligibility form before the application does a good job of screening applicants so we do not pay for extra applications.
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    Professional Services
    Cisco
    It's effective
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    Submittable
    Very professional
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Slido helped us increase student engagement which resulted in improved academic results for our students
    • The Q&A feature helped us answer questions we received from parents and audeince during live events which resulted in increased admissions in our educational institution
    • The gamification of polls and surveys helped us attract a lot of audience and made the meetings interactive
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    Submittable
    • Time is money! Submittable has eliminated many tasks I used to do manually, thus freeing my time for other work.
    • Decreased support calls and emails from applicants- Our applicants are able to successfully access and apply for our grants.
    • No internal IT support needed to use this platform. That team is able to focus on their larger business projects and needs.
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