Head to head · Updated July 2026
Boardroom Games vs Kahoot
These two tools get compared because both put questions on a screen and answers on phones. That's where the similarity ends. One was built for classrooms; the other was built to turn a function room into a game show. Here's the honest comparison.
What each one actually is
Kahoot is a quiz platform born in education. Teachers love it, trainers use it for knowledge checks, and its DNA — points for fast correct answers, leaderboards, cheerful music — is optimised for learning recall.
Boardroom Games is a live game-show platform for corporate events. It's not one quiz engine with themes — it's nine distinct formats (survey battles, elimination knockouts, money-chain rounds, bingo, buzzer rounds, live votes, prize draws) with broadcast-grade big-screen design, run by your own MC from a phone.
Side by side
| Boardroom Games | Kahoot | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Offsites, parties, all-hands, conferences | Classrooms, training |
| Formats | 9 game-show formats | Quiz variations |
| Player join | Scan a QR — no app, no accounts | PIN via site or app |
| Big-screen design | Broadcast-grade, readable at 15m | Classroom-projector style |
| Your branding | Logo on board, phones, table cards | Higher-tier feature |
| Custom questions | AI writes rounds about your company in seconds | Manual authoring or question bank |
| Host experience | MC console on a phone; one tap per reveal | Presenter clicks through slides |
| Pricing shape | Credits — pay per game you run; 5 free monthly | Per-host subscription tiers |
When Kahoot is the right choice
Genuinely: compliance training recall, classroom revision, a quick five-question warm-up inside a workshop. If your event is a lesson, use the lesson tool.
When Boardroom Games is the right choice
When the event is the point. The end-of-year party. The offsite evening. The conference social. The moments where "we ran a Kahoot" would land flat and what you actually want is a room shouting at a survey board, a knockout ladder where 90% get question one and 1% get the last, and your company's logo on the big screen the whole time.
The switch test
Run one free game next to whatever you did last time. Boardroom Games gives you 5 free games a month — enough to rehearse a full show before the real night. If the room doesn't respond differently, you've lost nothing.
Give the room a show
Nine games, one big screen, every phone in the room. 5 games a month free — no app, no accounts.
Run your first game free See the games