Side by side
Salient vs the incumbents.
Tools like Slido nailed live Q&A and polls. They stop there. Salient does what they do — same primitives — and then layers on AI synthesis and modular event add-ons that mean the work after the event is already done.
Audience engagement
| Capability | Salient | Slido-like |
|---|---|---|
Live Q&A with upvoting | ||
Multiple-choice polls | ||
Rating / NPS polls | ||
Word clouds | ||
Quizzes & leaderboards | ||
Typed signals (insight / risk / action / shoutout) Salient lets the room categorise input themselves so you don't drown in a wall of unstructured text. |
AI synthesis layer
| Capability | Salient | Slido-like |
|---|---|---|
Theme discovery across all inputs | ||
Auto executive brief at event end | ||
AI moderator card (live) | ||
Duplicate / cluster detection | ||
Action-item extraction with suggested owners |
On-the-day operations
| Capability | Salient | Slido-like |
|---|---|---|
Live wall on the big screen | ||
Branded projector / TV display mode | Limited | |
Mobile PWA (installable) | ||
Voice input | ||
Per-event registration Available as Salient add-on, no separate ticketing tool needed. | ||
Dietary capture + catering callout sheet | ||
Menu + table pickup module | ||
Activity leaderboards (golf, scavenger, trivia) |
Pricing & access
| Capability | Salient | Slido-like |
|---|---|---|
Free for first event | Free tier, capped at 100 questions/event | |
Unlimited attendees on paid plans Slido-style tools usually meter by participant count. | ||
Pay-per-event option | ||
AI features included in base price |
Integrations
| Capability | Salient | Slido-like |
|---|---|---|
PowerPoint / Keynote / Slides embed | Roadmap Q3 | |
Microsoft Teams / Zoom | Roadmap Q3 | |
Webhooks + REST API | Enterprise only | |
SSO (SAML / OIDC) | Enterprise only |
The synthesis layer is the whole point.
The hardest part of running a town hall isn't collecting questions. It's reading 400 sticky notes the morning after and trying to extract a story. Salient does that in 60 seconds and emails the brief to your exec sponsor while you're still packing up the room.
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