Gong, Poised, Yoodli, Speeko, ReadRoom. Five names that show up when you search for help with how you speak. They sound similar. They measure completely different things.
Search for "speech analysis tool" and you get a wall of products that all promise to make you a better speaker. They all have clean landing pages, testimonials, and some version of "powered by advanced technology."
What the marketing pages do not tell you is that these tools fall into four fundamentally different categories. Choosing the wrong one is like buying a thermometer when you need a blood test. Both involve measurement. Only one answers your actual question.
Here is a straightforward comparison. No affiliate links. No hidden agenda. Just what each tool does, what it does not do, and who it is actually for.
| Tool | Category | Audio | Video | Real-time | Real recordings | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gong | Revenue intelligence | Yes | No | No | Yes | ~$100/user/mo |
| Poised | Real-time coaching | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Free / ~$19/mo |
| Yoodli | Practice platform | Yes | Partial* | Yes | No | Enterprise |
| Speeko | Speech exercises | Yes | No | Yes | No | Free / $7.49/mo |
| ReadRoom | Multimodal analysis | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Free / $19 |
*Yoodli uses camera for roleplay interactions but does not analyze body language, facial expressions, or visual congruence.
Read the "Video" column. Four tools analyze audio only. One analyzes audio and video together. That distinction matters more than any feature list.
Research by Albert Mehrabian found that when words and body language contradict each other, people believe the body language. A transcript cannot show you what the audience actually experienced. Only video can.
Gong records your sales calls and analyzes the transcripts. It tracks talk-to-listen ratios, question frequency, competitor mentions, pricing discussions. It tells you how deals progress and where they stall.
What it is for: Sales managers who want pipeline visibility and deal coaching. If your question is "why did this deal close?" or "which calls follow winning patterns?", Gong answers it well.
What it does not do: Tell you anything about how you come across as a person. It cannot see your face. It does not know if your body language contradicted your words. It does not measure confidence, presence, or emotional impact. It is a deal tool, not a speaker tool.
Poised runs as a desktop overlay during your video calls. While you speak, it counts filler words, tracks your pace, and flags hedging language. After the call, you get a summary of your verbal habits.
What it is for: Building awareness of verbal tics. If you say "um" constantly and do not realize it, Poised will make that visible. It is useful as a habit-tracking tool.
What it does not do: Analyze what the other person saw. It only listens. It cannot tell you that your confidence visibly dropped when the buyer asked about pricing, or that your smile disappeared during the demo. It counts words. It does not measure presence.
A note on filler words: Amy Cuddy used 85 filler words in her TED talk. It has 72 million views. Ken Robinson used 45 filler words. It is the most-watched TED talk in history. Filler word counts are a metric. They are not the metric that matters most.
Yoodli creates mock scenarios. You practice a sales pitch, a difficult conversation, or a certification exam against a simulated counterpart. It is SOC 2 Type 2 certified and used by Google, Sandler, and Korn Ferry for sales onboarding.
What it is for: Repetition before the real thing. New hires practicing their pitch. Teams certifying on product messaging. The value is in the practice reps, not the analysis.
What it does not do: Analyze your actual meetings. Yoodli works with mock scenarios, not real recordings. It cannot show you how you performed when the deal was on the line, because it was never in the room. Practice is valuable. Game tape is different.
Speeko is a mobile app with structured speaking exercises. Think Duolingo for public speaking. It tracks pace, clarity, and energy across guided drills. 400K users, App Store awards, and a partnership with vocal coach Roger Love.
What it is for: Building foundational speaking skills. If you are nervous about public speaking and want structured practice with clear progress tracking, Speeko makes that approachable.
What it does not do: Analyze a real presentation or meeting. Speeko works with its own exercises, not your recordings. It is the gym. Useful for building strength. Different from watching game film.
ReadRoom takes a recording of an actual presentation, sales call, or speech and analyzes all three communication channels simultaneously: what you said, how you sounded, and what your face and body expressed.
It produces a detailed report scoring confidence, engagement, congruence, and impact across the full timeline of your talk. The congruence score is the key differentiator: it measures whether your words, voice, and body were telling the same story.
What it is for: Understanding how you actually came across. Not how many filler words you used, but whether the audience trusted you. Whether your body contradicted your words. Where your impact peaked and where it dropped.
What it does not do: Work in real time. ReadRoom analyzes recordings after the fact. It is game tape review, not a live coach whispering in your ear. It also does not transcribe calls for deal insights. It is a speaking tool, not a CRM tool.
To make this concrete, here is what ReadRoom found when it analyzed five of the most-watched speeches of all time:
An audio-only tool would flag Cuddy and Robinson for filler words and miss the point entirely. A transcript tool would see nothing unusual about Jobs. Only watching the video reveals the gap between what was said and what was communicated.
The right tool depends on what question you are trying to answer:
These tools are not competitors. They solve different problems. You might use Speeko to build foundational skills, Poised during daily calls, Gong for pipeline management, and ReadRoom when you want to understand how a specific performance landed.
If someone told you 93% of communication is nonverbal, then sold you a tool that only listens, you would ask questions. Start asking questions.
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Amy Cuddy Used 85 Filler Words. 72 Million Views. We analyzed 8 speakers. The one with 2 filler words scored lowest on impact. The one with 85 scored highest.
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