Conferences & summits
Wake the room between keynotes. Spotlight a random attendee, fire an icebreaker, and the energy is back before the next speaker walks on.
IcebreakersLive pollsNetworking
Instant sessions, live in secondsPut your audience
Put your audience
in the hot seat.
Spotlight anyone, run live quizzes, and reward attention on a live scoreboard. Emoji reactions fly while rankings update in real time. Built for events, classrooms, and talks. One QR scan brings the whole room in.
They're on their phones anyway.
Events, classrooms, coaching batches and lectures. Wherever attention is hardest to hold, HotSeat.im is the audience participation tool that turns a silent crowd into a room that leans in.
The phone in every hand
Half the room is already glancing at a screen. Instead of fighting for attention you'll never win, HotSeat.im hijacks it, turning the phone in every hand into the way they join in.
~1 in 10vsthe whole room
in the game, not just one hand up⚡️1
Create
Instant session, one tap
📲2
Scan
QR → in the room
🔦3
Spotlight
Anyone, anytime
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Climb
Scores update live
Classrooms & lectures
A classroom attention tool for cold-call without the dread. A fair random student picker keeps every student ready, and selfie check-ins make attendance something they look forward to.
Pop quizzesRandom student pickerSelfie roll-call
Corporate all-hands
Turn a one-way town hall into a two-way moment. Pulse-check the team, run trivia, and put real faces up on the big screen.
Pulse checksTeam triviaShout-outs
Coaching & training
Run a coaching institute quiz that actually sticks. Speed bonuses and streaks turn dry recall into a leaderboard scramble your batch wants to win.
Coaching institute quizLeaderboardsMock rounds
Webinars & workshops
Beat the mute-button slump. Live spotlights and reactions pull remote attendees out of lurking and back into the conversation.
Remote-readyReactionsLive Q&A
Meetups & community
Break the ice with a room full of strangers in seconds. Fun intros and floating reactions make the night genuinely memorable.
Fun introsReactionsMemories
After the applause
Every session ends with a shareable recap.
The moment you wrap, HotSeat.im builds a clean podium card with top scorers, headcount and your room code, ready to drop into Slack, stories or the group chat.
- 🏆 Auto-generated final leaderboard
- 📸 One-tap image, no design needed
- 🔁 Keeps the buzz going after the room clears
Fire off live quizzes in seconds.
Build a deck of MCQ, true/false or open-ended questions, then push them to every phone in the room one tap at a time. Answers lock, points tally and the leaderboard reshuffles in real time.
- Any question typeMultiple choice, true/false or open text. Mix and match.
- Timed & paced by youSet a timer per question and reveal the answer when you're ready.
- Bulk import or build liveUpload a CSV deck up front, or add questions on the fly.
Built for a different problem.
Looking for a Kahoot alternative? The others make quizzes. HotSeat.im makes everyone accountable.
HotSeat.im
Attention accountability
- Instant session , live room in one tap, no signup
- Random spotlight , picks anyone, anytime
- Zero friction , scan QR, no app, no login
- Selfie leaderboard , real faces on screen
- Live reactions , emoji storm
- Shareable recap card
Kahoot
Game-show quizzes
- No random spotlight
- Requires app download
- No selfies, generic avatars
- Strong quiz mechanic
- Results export only
Slido
Q&A and polls
- No random spotlight
- Web but requires account
- No selfies or avatars
- Polished Q&A upvoting
- No recap card
Mentimeter
Polls and word clouds
- No random spotlight
- Web, but login required
- No selfies
- Rich poll types
- No recap card
One mechanic nobody else has.
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Apps to download
One tap and your room is live. Kahoot needs an install. Slido and Mentimeter need accounts. HotSeat.im needs a camera and 5 seconds.
1
Unique mechanic
Random spotlight. Nobody else has it. It’s not a quiz. It’s accountability. Every person is always potentially next.
20s
To full tension
Name on screen. Selfie on projector. Countdown running. 200 people watching. That’s a moment Kahoot can’t create.
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Shareable moment
Session ends with a podium card. Top 3 names, scores, room code. Drops straight into the group chat or story.
The full picture.
| Feature | HotSeat.im | Kahoot | Slido | Mentimeter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Instant session creation | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Random spotlight | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| No app / no login | ✓ | ✕ | account | account |
| Selfie on leaderboard | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Live quiz (MCQ) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live reactions | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Streak + speed bonuses | ✓ | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Shareable recap card | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Open text answers | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works without projector | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free tier | beta, free | limited | limited | limited |
The one-line version
Kahoot tests what they know. Slido collects their questions. HotSeat.im makes sure they're actually paying attention.
Start free. Scale when you need more.
Spin up a session instantly, then run unlimited live sessions at no cost. Upgrade to your own branded domain when you're ready, or talk to us for an enterprise plan.
Free
$0unlimited sessions
Everything you need to run live sessions. No limits, no catch.
- Instant session creation, one tap
- Unlimited live sessions
- Random spotlight
- Live quizzes (MCQ, T/F, open text)
- Real-time leaderboard & reactions
- Shareable recap cards
- CSV question import
- No app or login for participants
Pro
Soonper month
Your brand on your domain, with white-label screens and priority support.
- Everything in Free
- Custom domain (e.g. engage.yoursite.com)
- Your logo & brand colours
- White-label participant experience
- Priority email support
- Hands-on rollout assistance
Enterprise
Custombuilt for your org
For universities, enterprises and large teams that need a plan tailored to them.
- Everything in Pro
- Campus- or org-wide licensing
- Multi-team admin & governance
- Dedicated onboarding & training
- Account manager & SLA
- Custom integrations & features
Instant session setup No credit card No host signup Works on any phone
For institutions
White-label HotSeat for your campus or org.
Run HotSeat under your own brand with custom logo, domain and onboarding from the team behind it.
- Your brandingLogo & colours on every screen.
- Your domainengage.youruni.edu, yours.
- Rollout supportOnboarding & custom features.
Share your institution size & use case. We'll reply with a plan.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know before you put your audience in the hot seat.
What is HotSeat.im?
HotSeat.im is a live engagement platform for events, classrooms, lectures and talks. Spin up a session instantly — one tap, no signup — then spotlight random participants, run live quizzes, and display a real-time leaderboard from any phone browser.
Do participants need to download an app or sign up?
No. Participants scan a QR code or enter a 6-character room code in their phone browser. There is no app download, account creation or login required.
How does the random spotlight work?
The host can put any participant in the spotlight at any time. Their name appears on the big screen, they take a selfie for the leaderboard, and a countdown creates a live moment of attention that keeps the whole room engaged.
How is HotSeat.im different from Kahoot, Slido or Mentimeter?
Kahoot, Slido and Mentimeter focus on quizzes, Q&A or polls. HotSeat.im adds a random spotlight mechanic that makes everyone accountable — not just volunteers. It also requires no app or login, shows real selfies on the leaderboard, and generates a shareable recap card at the end of each session.
What types of live quizzes can I run?
You can build decks of multiple choice, true/false and open-ended questions. Set timers per question, reveal answers when ready, and watch scores update live with streak and speed bonuses. Import questions from CSV or add them on the fly.
Is HotSeat.im free?
Yes — the Free plan includes unlimited live sessions with every core feature: random spotlight, live quizzes, leaderboards, reactions and recap cards. No credit card required.
Can I white-label HotSeat.im for my university or organization?
Yes. Institutions can run HotSeat under their own brand with custom logo, colours and domain (for example, engage.youruni.edu). Contact the team via WhatsApp or yohita.com for rollout support.
What rooms or events is HotSeat.im best for?
HotSeat.im works for conferences, classrooms, corporate all-hands, coaching batches, webinars, workshops and community meetups — anywhere a presenter needs to wake up a room and get real participation.