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Web Audience Response System Comparison

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The Web Audience Response System Comparison Chart

Since we released the hardware comparison chart in 2008, there have been a number of notable new products in the web based audience / classroom response system space; copying and  improving on the technology we invented in 2007.  So we felt it was time to create what we believe to be the most complete Web-based Audience Response System Comparison Chart.  

Why do we risk looking bad? 

You’ll see that we don’t win on every feature, and we’re no longer always the cheapest.  So why, you might ask, do we put this out there?  We do it because we believe the following:

  • Customers should have all the facts in hand when considering a purchase of a product they’ll be using in front of a crowd of people. Even if they don’t choose us, they’ll appreciate our help.
  • Competition makes us stronger and pushes us to work harder for your business
  • Quite frankly, when you use facts to compare us against the other guys, most of the time we will come out ahead.

Some Historical Context

When we founded Poll Everywhere back in 2007, finding factual comparisons among different classroom and audience response systems was impossible.

To solve that problem we created our own hardware comparison chart that compares Poll Everywhere to the major hardware audience response system vendors on the market.    While we can’t guarantee we’re the most unbiased source in the world, we do our darnedest to be as objective and fact-based as possible.

Most of our competitors were gracious, received this chart well and even helped us correct the chart when necessary.  However, one competitor didn’t want customers to have any facts about their product placed in comparison with Poll Everywhere.  Could it be they didn’t like how they fared in a head to head comparison with a system that cost 1/10th as much?

Enjoy.  And let us know what you think in the comments.

Audience Response System Comparison

We Think We’re The Orange

P.S.  We’re human. If we missed anything, it was purely by accident. Removing bias is really hard  – we tend to see all other products through Poll Everywhere colored glasses, even if we’re trying not to. You can mention it in the comments here; or email us at hello+vs@polleverywhere.com.  We’ll do a revision within 60 days. If anyone bullies us again legally, we’ll tell you about it. Here’s to transparency!

 

What could you do with this $93,500 spent on clickers?

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The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) came under fire yesterday for the amount of money spent on a recent in person gathering. Specifically, they spent nearly $100,000 on a hardware based clicker system “multi media presentation!”

We applaud NYCHA for gathering their entire 12,000 person team together and having the courage to ask some really hard, engaging questions.  (Even if, gulp, the answers were not always overwhelmingly positive). That’s because there are lots of benefits to having in person meetings, and lots of scientifically proven reasons to poll those audiences and get real time feedback.

Say Goodbye To Clickers

But….If they had done all that with Poll Everywhere, their cost would have been $1400. Plus the JumboTrons–let’s say they cost another $5,000 to rent and install.  Together that’s a total cost of $6500.   That’s a 93+% reduction in cost–a savings of $93,500!!

What else could they have done with that $93k?  We have some ideas:

  • Hired Lionel Richie to serenade the team and improve morale
Lionel Richie

Say You, Say Me. Say no to Clickers, that’s the way it should be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A totally different kind of audience response!

All this, plus being able to ask open ended questions? We like it.

 

  • Provided a modest boxed lunch ($7.79 x 12,000 attendees)

Isn’t a healthy lunch a better choice for your employees than inedible clickers?

What else could NYCHA have done with $93k?  What could your organization have done with the $93k you’d save on clickers by using Poll Everywhere? Give us your best answer to either or both questions in the comments below; or on our Facebook Page.  We’ll give away one month of a free presenter plan, worth $65, and a Poll Everywhere T-Shirt to the ones we like the best.