Sendsteps
Sendsteps generates presentations with live polls, quizzes, and Q&A built in — 18 years of audience-response history, 2.5M+ users, 85+ languages.
Overview
Sendsteps
Sendsteps is an AI presentation maker with audience interaction at its core. Founded in Amsterdam in 2008 as a live audience-response platform, Sendsteps launched one of the first AI presentation generators in early 2023 — and its signature remains that generated decks come with interactivity baked in: live polls, quizzes, word clouds, and Q&A that audiences answer from their phones, in 85+ languages, with PowerPoint import and export. Current positioning leans into education and training, on top of a long corporate-events history.
Production credibility: Founded 2008 by Mike Coumans and Steven Blom; 18 years of operating history, largely bootstrapped with small disclosed investment from Capital Mills. Vendor-reported: 2.5M+ users and university customers including Harvard and Nyenrode; past events have featured speakers like the Dalai Lama and Barack Obama (vendor-reported).
Key Features
- AI-generated decks with polls, quizzes, word clouds, and live Q&A built in
- Phone-based real-time audience participation, no app install
- 85+ languages for generation and participation
- PowerPoint import and export
- Real-time response analytics and comprehension tracking for educators
- Enterprise SSO, branding, and role management
Ideal Use Case
Educators, trainers, and meeting hosts who measure a presentation by audience participation — classrooms, workshops, and all-hands where the deck is a conversation, not a broadcast.
How Sendsteps differentiates
Gamma, Beautiful.ai, and Canva generate static decks; Sendsteps is the one where two-way audience interaction is the core primitive — closer to Mentimeter with AI generation than to a deck designer, and its response platform predates the AI layer by 15 years. Visual design trails the design-led tools; live engagement is the reason to pick it.
FAQ
Q: What is Sendsteps? A: Sendsteps is an AI presentation maker from Amsterdam that generates decks with built-in interactivity — live polls, quizzes, word clouds, and Q&A that audiences answer from their phones.
Q: How much does Sendsteps cost? A: There is a free plan with 2 AI presentations and audiences up to 10. Paid plans start at roughly $10/month (Starter), with Professional around $24/month — check the pricing page for current figures.
Q: How is Sendsteps different from Mentimeter? A: Both are interaction-first platforms. Sendsteps couples AI deck generation with its audience-response system and supports 85+ languages with PPTX round-tripping; Mentimeter has the larger brand and enterprise footprint.
Q: Does Sendsteps work with PowerPoint? A: Yes — you can import existing PowerPoint files, add interactive elements, and export back to PowerPoint.
Q: Who uses Sendsteps? A: Educators, corporate trainers, and event teams; vendor-reported customers include universities like Harvard and Nyenrode, with 2.5M+ total users.
tl;dr
Sendsteps is the interactive AI presentation maker: generated decks arrive with polls, quizzes, and live Q&A built in, answered from the audience's phones in 85+ languages. Amsterdam company with 18 years of audience-response history and 2.5M+ users (vendor-reported). The engagement alternative to static AI deck generators.
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