A free Poll Everywhere alternative
Poll Everywhere's free plan caps the live audience at 40 people, which a single class can outgrow. LivePoll takes unlimited votes on every free poll and needs no account to create one. Poll Everywhere is the better fit if you need word clouds, Q&A or competitions, or polls inside PowerPoint.
Create your free poll
Why people pick LivePoll
A whole lecture hall, free
No audience cap, so a large class never locks the poll.
Students use their camera
Students scan the QR code with their camera.
Anonymous by default
Students give no name or email.
| LivePoll | Poll Everywhere | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan audience size | Unlimited | 40 people |
| Signup to create | Not required | Required |
| Paid plans from | $5 a month | $10 a month ($120 a year) |
| Word clouds, Q&A and competitions | No | Yes |
| PowerPoint add-in | No, present from a browser tab | Yes |
Prices and limits as published by each company, checked 2026-10-06.
Poll Everywhere has more question types, including word clouds, Q&A and competitions, and it runs inside PowerPoint.
The free-plan limit
Why people look for a Poll Everywhere alternative
Poll Everywhere is a solid tool, and plenty of universities run on it. The free plan is where most people get stuck. It caps the live audience at 40 people, with 700 allowed only for your first 30 days. That fits a seminar. It doesn't fit a lecture hall, an all-hands or a conference session, and you find out in the middle of the poll.
The next step up is the Present plan at $10 a month, or $120 a year. That's fair if you poll every week. It's a lot if you need one poll for one event, or a few polls a term.
- The 40-person capOn the free plan, after the first 30 days
- An account before your first pollFor you and your co-presenters
- $120 a yearFor the first paid plan, when all you need is a bigger room
Free on every poll
What you get with LivePoll for free
LivePoll was built around one job: put a question on a screen and let the room answer from their phones. Everything that job needs is free, on every poll, with no cap on voters.
- Unlimited votersOn every free poll, so a 300-seat hall never locks you out
- No signup to createType a question, add answers, publish
- A QR code and a short codeOn the big screen. People scan with the phone camera or type the code at FreeLivePoll.com
- Live resultsAs bars that grow with each vote, built to read from the back row
- Controls on your phoneTo close, reopen or reset the poll without touching the laptop
- No adsFor you or your voters
- Six languagesAnd the voting page follows each phone's language
Voters never install an app or make an account. The poll opens in the phone's browser and takes one tap.
An honest take
Where Poll Everywhere is the better pick
We'd rather you pick the right tool than switch and regret it. Poll Everywhere does more than LivePoll in a few areas:
- More question typesWord clouds, open-ended answers, Q&A and competitions. LivePoll does single and multiple-choice polls
- A PowerPoint add-inSo polls live inside your slides. With LivePoll you switch to a browser tab or a second screen
- Team and enterprise plansWith attendance reports and admin controls
If your class depends on graded quizzes or Q&A, stay with Poll Everywhere. If you need a fast, free poll that a whole room can answer, LivePoll is the easier choice.
Switching
How to switch in three steps
There's nothing to migrate. A poll takes about ten seconds to make.
- Create the poll at FreeLivePoll.com. Type the question and the answers, or paste a whole list
- Put it on screen. Click Publish, and the big-screen view opens with the QR code
- Let the room vote. Results move live, and you can close voting from your phone when you're done
Polls stay open for 24 hours, or 7 days with a free account. A free account also keeps your results for a year.
Pro and the Event Pass
When the paid plans make sense
Most people never pay. If you want more control, Pro is $5 a month or $39 a year, and the Event Pass gives you all of Pro for 7 days for $9, with nothing to cancel.
- Your logo and colors on the big screen
- Your own poll link and password protection
- Hide results until you reveal them, or show percentages only
- One vote per device, scheduling, and CSV and image export
Questions
Can students vote by text message?
No. Voting happens in the phone's browser.
Is there a limit on responses?
No, not on any plan.
Can I export results?
Pro exports CSV and an image of the results.