What Pushone does

Pushone (legally Push One LLC) is a US-based, privately held provider of web-based audience response and polling systems, operating as a division of Audience Response Systems, Inc. (ARS), which has been in the keypad polling business since 1984. The company's core technology is a browser-based polling platform at www.joinp1.com that allows meeting participants to vote and respond using their own smartphones or any web-enabled device, with no app or software download required on the participant side; only the moderator runs PushOne Pro software on a laptop. The platform supports multiple question formats including single-digit, multi-digit, rank, range, percentage, and free-text responses up to 1,000 characters, scales to 3,000+ simultaneous connections, and supports hybrid meetings that mix smartphones with traditional keypads. It is complemented by sub-products Poller 2.0 (self-service quiz/game polling), e-Q&A (moderated Q&A), and Surveys (self-paced post-meeting feedback), and integrates with PowerPoint for in-room display and Microsoft Excel for post-event reporting.

Pushone serves corporations, schools/universities, religious groups, medical/healthcare organizations, and government/polling users, and serves customers nationally and internationally out of its single Evansville, Indiana headquarters. The company operates with 1-10 employees and has no outside funding. Its go-to-market is enterprise field sales — direct phone/email contact, "Request a Demo" web forms, trade shows, and word of mouth — with no observed digital advertising or modern demand-gen infrastructure.

Pushone generates revenue through five streams: (1) full-service meeting/event contracts with on-site technicians (professional services, quote-based); (2) an annual subscription plus monthly tiered pricing for PushOne Pro, with participant levels at 50, 100, 200, 400, and 500 (recurring); (3) one-time Poller 2.0 software licenses; (4) rental of iPads and audience response keypads; and (5) bundled iPad meeting rentals that include content distribution plus web polling. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is handled via custom proposals through the sales team.

Name

Pushone

Legal name

Push One LLC

Website

https://pushone.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pushone is a private US company, founded in 2009 as a division of Audience Response Systems, that provides web-based, browser-accessible audience polling and Q&A software for corporate meetings, schools, religious groups, medical events, and government/polling users, with full-service on-site events, subscriptions, and equipment rentals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Audience Response Systems

NAICS

Other Services Related to Advertising (54189), Public Relations Agencies (541820)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Event PR & Communications Support (BPAFADAO)

Keywords

• Audience response systems
• Interactive polling software
• Meeting engagement tools
• Keypad polling services
• Web-based polling

Headquarters

HQ city

Evansville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Full Service Meeting/Event: On-site technician operates polling session; includes PowerPoint integration, results display on AV, and MS Excel reports post-meeting. Pricing is quote-based based on event requirements.
2. Subscription Service: Annual fee for PushOne Pro software license plus monthly charges based on participant levels (50, 100, 200, 400, 500 participants). Includes unlimited use with telephone and email support during business hours.
3. Poller 2.0 Software License: Self-service multiple choice polling software for single-digit polling in group-paced format. Subscriber operates the session independently.
4. Equipment Rental: Rental of iPads, audience response keypads, or other devices for meetings. Supports hybrid meetings where some attendees lack smartphones.
5. iPad Meeting Rental: Full iPad rental service including posting meeting materials for viewing/download on iPads and web-based audience polling.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pushone provides a web-based audience response and polling platform that lets meeting and event participants vote and respond via their own smartphones or any web browser device without downloading an app. The company sells this capability through multiple service tiers including full-service events with on-site technicians operating PushOne Pro software, hybrid meetings mixing keypads with smartphones, self-service Poller 2.0 software, an annual subscription license, iPad meeting rentals, and web-based Q&A (e-Q&A) and survey modules.

Product overview

PushOne is a web-based audience response system that enables participants to vote, respond to polls, and submit questions via smartphones or any web browser device without requiring software downloads. The core offering includes PushOne Pro software, supplemented by Poller 2.0 for self-service multiple choice polling and quiz games, and e-Q&A for web-based question submission. Service levels range from full service with on-site technicians to self-service subscription models, with hybrid options combining traditional keypads with smartphone voting. Reports are delivered in Microsoft Excel format. The company was founded in 2009 as a division of Audience Response Systems, Inc. (established 1984).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• e-Q&A: Web-based Q&A service allowing meeting participants to send questions from their Smartphones or web browser devices, with operators able to review and post questions to meeting room AV.
• Poller 2.0
• PushOne Pro

Products and services

• PushOne
• PushOne Pro
• Poller 2.0

Quantifiable outcome

• 3000+ simultaneous connections supported
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Slido: Audience interaction platform (Q&A, polls, quizzes) widely used in corporate meetings and webinars. Direct competitor with deep integrations into Cisco Webex and broader enterprise workflow.
• iClicker: Classroom audience response system owned by Macmillan Learning, historically keypad-based with mobile extensions. Competes in the same university/teaching use case as PushOne's subscription.
• Turning Technologies (TurningPoint): Long-standing audience response clicker and software vendor, particularly in education and healthcare. Closest analog to ARS's legacy keypad business and a direct competitor in the hybrid (keypad + mobile) segment.
• Mentimeter: Leading modern web-based audience polling and interactive presentation platform. Direct head-to-head competitor to PushOne in real-time audience response, with a strong free-tier PLG motion and consumer-grade UX.
• Poll Everywhere: Web and mobile polling platform used heavily in higher education and corporate training. Direct competitor to PushOne's subscription tier for universities and schools.

Emerging players

• Kahoot: Game-based learning and audience engagement platform with massive consumer/education reach. Adjacent competitor that has expanded from quizzes into corporate town halls and meeting engagement.
• Vevox: Live polling, Q&A, and word cloud platform targeted at corporate meetings, conferences, and education. Closely comparable feature set (polling, Q&A, surveys) to PushOne.
• Pigeonhole Live: Audience interaction platform focused on events and conferences in APAC/EMEA. Competes with PushOne's full-service event tier for hybrid and multi-site meetings.

Broad incumbents

• Zoom (Zoom Apps / Polling): Native polling and Q&A inside Zoom Meetings and Webinars, plus an ecosystem of third-party polling apps. Represents the platform-bundling threat that commoditizes standalone ARS tools.
• Mentimeter (training) / Echo360: Broader education engagement and lecture capture platform that includes polling features. Represents the bundled-incumbent threat as universities consolidate vendor relationships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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