StrawPoll vs Typeform (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, StrawPoll grades higher than Typeform: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
StrawPoll grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Typeform grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
StrawPoll
Free online poll maker with a meeting scheduler
Typeform
Form, survey and quiz builder with logic, AI and video questions
Which one is for you
Pick StrawPoll if
- Fits if you want a poll people vote on from a link, cheaply
- Works for class, club or office votes that don't need an account
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if voters mustn't see ads, because free polls show them
- Tight if you stay free: 10 ad-free votes, 50 email invites and 1,000 embed views a month
- Watch out: StrawPoll branding is only removed on Pro and Business
- Watch out: a banner says a new StrawPoll is coming soon, so the product may change
Pick Typeform if
- Fits if you want branded lead forms and quizzes with scoring and branching
- Works for surveys small enough to fit a monthly response cap
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, as the plan stops at 10 responses a month across all forms
- Pricey if you get lots of answers or need more people: 1,000 responses and 3 users mean Plus at $56 a month billed yearly
- Not for you if you want forms on your own domain or custom fonts, which are Enterprise only
- Watch out: file uploads, payments and removing the badge all need a paid plan, and Basic covers a single user
- Watch out: the only trial is 14 days of Growth Flow at $266 a month, and it needs a credit card
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAStrawPollGood | 2.4GPATypeformFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A$4 a month billed yearly, under 60% of the forms category's cheapest quarter ($7.42). Pro is $14 a month. | C$28 a month billed yearly is just above this category's $24 middle, but it buys 100 responses a month and one user. For 1,000 responses and no Typeform badge you need Plus at $56. Thin next to rivals here that don't count responses at all. |
| Free plan and trial | BUnlimited polls and votes free, with ads, and 1,000 embed views a month. One person can live on it, though only 10 votes a month are ad-free. | CUnlimited typeforms, logic and embedding, but a cap of 10 responses a month across all your forms, which you'll hit the first afternoon. The only trial is 14 days of Growth Flow, and it wants a credit card. |
| Features | CPolls with close dates, permissions, email invites, embeds and a poll API. It does polls fully, but polls only, a smaller job than a form builder. | BIt covers the whole job and the listing shows no hole in it: branching, variables, scores and price calculations deciding what each person sees, plus video questions and answers, Stripe payments, signatures, Calendly booking and drop-off rates from Business. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You still build each poll yourself. | CNo store rating on record, and there's still a form to build, question by question, with logic behind it. Describing it to the AI chatbot and editing the draft is the quick route. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only on the listing, with an API and webhooks but no integrations named. | BWeb with Zapier, Google Sheets, HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack, Mailchimp, Airtable and Calendly, and webhooks from Basic. No phone or desktop apps. |
| Best for | quick polls with a share link | branded forms and quizzes with branching |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: StrawPoll and Typeform. How we grade
Price against what you get
StrawPoll starts at $4 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Typeform starts at $28 a month and scores 2.7.
Typeform scores higher, and starts $24 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other form and survey tools on the chart, 3 score higher than StrawPoll for less, and 3 score higher than Typeform for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Typeform also covers templates, workflow automation and reports.
At a glance
| StrawPoll | Typeform | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $4 per month, billed annually ($48 a year) | $28 per month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free: unlimited polls and votes with ads, 10 ad-free votes a month, 50 email invites and 1,000 embed views a month. | 10 responses per month across all forms, with unlimited typeforms, logic, embedding, result downloads and basic reports. File uploads, payments, branding removal and extra users need a paid plan. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial on Growth Flow only, credit card required; other paid features can be tested unpublished on Free |
| Web | ||
| Made by | StrawPoll | Typeform |
| Price read from | strawpoll.com | typeform.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
StrawPoll
- Free polls show ads to participants, and only 10 votes a month are ad-free.
- Paid plans are also sold as one-time purchases for a chosen number of months at $8 (Basic), $28 (Pro) or $52 (Business) per month.
- StrawPoll branding is removed only on Pro and Business.
- A banner on the pricing page says a new StrawPoll is coming soon.
Typeform
- The Free plan collects only 10 responses per month across all forms.
- Basic includes 100 responses per month and a single user; 1,000 responses and 3 users start at Plus.
- Removing Typeform branding needs Plus or higher, and custom domains and custom fonts are Enterprise only.
- Every plan has a monthly response cap; Business includes 10,000 and can reach 50,000 with add-ons.
Key features
StrawPoll
- Unlimited polls and votes
- The free plan has no cap on polls or participants; participants see ads, and 1,000 participants is the limit for unlimited votes per user.
- Poll controls
- Close dates, custom limits per option, email notifications, a permissions system and webhooks are on the free plan.
- Email invites and embeds
- Monthly quotas for email invitations and embedded poll views rise from 50 and 1,000 on Free to 50,000 and 100,000 on Business.
- Branding options
- Pro removes StrawPoll branding and adds custom themes; Business adds a custom header logo and custom CSS.
- Meeting scheduler and Poll API
- The site links a meeting scheduler for finding a time and a Poll API for creating polls from code.
Typeform
- Logic, scores and calculations
- Branching, variables, scores and price calculations decide which questions and endings each respondent sees. Logic is part of the Free plan.
- Typeform AI
- Describe a form to the AI chatbot and it builds a draft. Clarify with AI, a paid feature, asks respondents AI-generated follow-up questions.
- Video questions and answers
- Record video questions and let respondents record or upload video answers. Both are listed as paid-plan features.
- Payments, signatures and scheduling
- Take payments through Stripe, collect signatures with a signature question, and let respondents book a meeting through Calendly.
- Results and drop-off analysis
- Results show views, starts, submissions, completion rate and time to complete, and export to XLSX or CSV. Question drop-off rates start on the Business plan.
- Contacts & Automations
- A contact database with automated segmentation and follow-up emails. It is a paid add-on on plans above Basic and is included with Growth Flow.
Plans
StrawPoll
Free$0
Unlimited polls and votes with ads, 10 ad-free votes a month, close dates, permissions and webhooks.
Basic$4
per month, billed annually ($48 a year)
No ads for you, 500 ad-free votes and 500 email invites a month, custom poll links. Page shows $96 crossed out.
Pro$14
per month, billed annually ($168 a year)
5,000 ad-free votes a month, 3 shared seats, no StrawPoll branding, themes, CAPTCHA. Page shows $336 crossed out.
Business$26
per month, billed annually ($312 a year)
50,000 ad-free votes a month, 10 seats, custom logo and CSS. Page shows $624 crossed out.
Typeform
Free$0
10 responses per month across all forms, with unlimited typeforms, logic, embedding and basic reports.
Basic$28
per month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly)
100 responses per month and 1 user, with AI form creation, conditional logic, webhooks and integrations.
Plus$56
per month, billed yearly ($79 billed monthly)
1,000 responses per month and 3 users; removes Typeform branding and adds a custom subdomain.
Business$91
per month, billed yearly ($129 billed monthly)
10,000 responses per month and 5 users, with drop-off rates, conversion tracking, and priority support and live chat.
Growth Flow$266
per month, billed yearly ($379 billed monthly)
10,000 responses and 1,500 enriched responses per month, 5 users, Salesforce integration, and email and SMS follow-ups.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom response and seat limits, SSO, HIPAA compliance, custom domains and a choice of US or EU data center.
Ways to pay less
StrawPoll
- Other savings
One-time purchase instead of a subscription
The pricing page offers one-time payments for a chosen number of months: $8, $28 or $52 a month for Basic, Pro or Business.
Typeform
- Annual discount
Save 30% with yearly billing
The pricing page lists a 30% saving on yearly billing: Basic drops from $39 to $28 per month, Plus from $79 to $56 and Business from $129 to $91.
- Education
Student and educator discounts
Students can request 40% off a monthly plan for 12 months or 50% off a yearly plan for 1 year. Educators can request 25% off monthly or 40% off yearly plans.
- Nonprofit
25% to 40% off for non-profits and NGOs
Non-profits and NGOs can request a coupon for 25% off a monthly plan or 40% off a yearly plan, with no end date, through a form on the help center.
- Startups
Up to 75% off Business for startups
Startups under 5 years old with less than $5M in funding and fewer than 50 employees, and not already paying customers, can apply for up to 75% off an annual Business plan.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, StrawPoll or Typeform?
As of Nov 13, 2026, StrawPoll is cheaper to start with: $4 a month, against $28 a month for Typeform. StrawPoll starts at $4 per month, billed annually ($48 a year), and Typeform starts at $28 per month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, StrawPoll or Typeform?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both StrawPoll and Typeform have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.