A Kahoot alternative for remote teams on Zoom, Teams and Google Meet

• The screen share decides the game

  By default, Kahoot shows the question on the shared screen and only colored shapes on players' devices. When the share stutters or freezes, remote players answer blind unless the host has turned on the questions-on-devices setting.

• Hybrid meetings have two audiences

  The room reads the projector while remote colleagues watch a compressed, delayed stream. When points depend on speed and the question appears only on the shared screen, that delay costs the remote half of the team.

• The free work plan won't fit the weekly call

  The free Kahoot! 360 Express plan stops at 15 participants and ends sessions after 15 minutes, so a 20-person team can't all join and a longer quiz gets cut off.

• Every host needs an annual license

  Paid Kahoot! 360 plans are licensed per presenter and charged a year at a time, starting at $228 for 50 participants. If different people run the weekly social, each one needs a license.

• The question is on every phone

  Players see every word of the question and all the answer options on their own device, so a laggy share, a frozen video or a tiny window doesn't matter.

• Works in any meeting tool

  Share a browser tab in Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or Webex. There's nothing to install and nothing to integrate.

• One link in the chat

  Click the QR code in the lobby to copy a direct join link and paste it into the meeting chat, or post playquizzo.com/join with the PIN.

• Dropouts keep their points

  If someone's Wi-Fi drops, they reopen the game and carry on with their score. People who join the call late can still join the quiz.

• Hybrid on equal terms

  In-room and remote colleagues answer on their own phones in the same game, and the question reaches each phone directly rather than through the video stream.

Read the full Quizzo vs Kahoot comparison →

• Monday warm-up: five questions about last week's wins and releases, done before the agenda starts.
• Whose home office is this?: photos of colleagues' desks or window views, with four names as answers.
• Time-zone trivia: 'What time is it for our Lisbon teammate right now?' with four times as answers.
• Emoji project names: internal projects or products written in emojis; players pick the right name.
• Remote onboarding check: 'Which channel do you use for IT help?' or 'Where do you book time off?', the tools new hires need in week one.
• Sprint retro opener: 'Which ticket took longest?' and 'How many bugs did we close?', using numbers from your tracker.
• Virtual happy hour: 'Guess the year' rounds with album covers, movie stills or old screenshots of your own product.
• Around-the-team culture round: holidays, foods and phrases from each country your team works in.

1. Before the call, build the quiz under “My quizzes” → “New quiz”.
2. In Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Google Meet, share the browser tab or window with Quizzo; switch on computer sound in the share options if you want the music.
3. Press “Start game”, then post playquizzo.com/join and the PIN in the chat, or click the QR code to copy a direct join link and paste that instead.
4. Players join on their phone or in a second browser tab and pick a nickname; every question will appear in full on their device.
5. Press “Start”. “Auto-advance” keeps a brisk pace, while a manual pace leaves room to chat about the answers.
6. End on the podium while everyone's still on camera; results are saved under “Games”.

Quizzo has no Zoom, Teams or Meet app: you run it by sharing your screen, while Kahoot offers apps for Zoom and Microsoft Teams. It's live only, so colleagues in distant time zones can't play later, and there are no polls, word clouds, team or breakout modes. Each player needs a phone or a second browser window.