# DirectPoll review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Free live polling with no account and no ads Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. DirectPoll runs live polls for presentations and classrooms. The presenter shares a vote link, voters answer from their phones in a browser, and a results screen shows answers as they arrive. It needs no account and has a PowerPoint add-in. A few optional paid extras exist. - **Category:** Presentations - **Made by:** DirectPoll GmbH - **Website:** https://directpoll.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want surveys people answer later, as it is for live polling. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, DirectPoll has a free plan. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Creating and running polls is free with no account and no ads, up to 500 concurrent voters per poll. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | All question types, live result screen, restricted polls with tokens, Excel export and up to 500 connected voters; polls expire 30 days after the last save. | Read from https://directpoll.com/plus.html on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with DirectPoll before buying. ## Key features - **Vote, Result and Cockpit links:** Voters use the Vote link, the big screen shows the Result link, and the presenter steers from the Cockpit link. - **Restricted polls:** Voters must enter a token, and each token gives one vote per question. - **Classroom options:** Mark correct answers and hide the vote distribution while voting is open. - **PowerPoint add-in:** Shows results on slides and moves the poll as the deck advances. - **Excel export:** Poll results can be exported to Excel. ## Good for - Teachers and trainers who want a quick poll with no sign-up - Speakers who want results on a projector screen - Anyone who dislikes accounts and ads ## Worth knowing - Each poll is capped at 500 concurrent voters and runs best-effort with no service-level agreement. - It is for live polling, not surveys that people answer at different times. - Polls expire 30 days after the last save; extending, renewing or supporter status are paid, and the Plus page does not state prices. - It uses WebSockets, which some school or company networks filter. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. DirectPoll runs live polls where the presenter shares a link and voters answer from their phones, with no account and no ads. It does that one job only, each poll is capped at 500 concurrent voters, and polls expire 30 days after the last save. - **Value for money: A.** Creating and running polls is free with no account and no ads, so there is nothing to put against the category's $10 middle subscription. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free with no account and no ads, up to 500 concurrent voters per poll, a cap few polls will reach. - **Features: C.** Vote and result links, restricted polls, classroom options and Excel export. It does live polling fully, but it is a smaller job: it is not for surveys answered at different times. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating is on record, and you create each poll yourself, though nothing needs installing. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with a PowerPoint add-in. No phone or desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from DirectPoll's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among presentation tools - DirectPoll's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 82 of the 89 other presentation tools we grade, and level with 2. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 77 of 89) and worst on ease of use (C, above 6). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/presentations ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of DirectPoll you could make: surveys. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 82 of the 89 other presentation tools we grade. - You could make: Surveys: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A slide editor. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Microsoft PowerPoint **Tags:** Surveys, Presentations, Real-time collaboration ## Alternatives - [Slido](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slido): Live polls, Q&A and quizzes for meetings and events. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/directpoll-vs-slido) - [Mentimeter](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mentimeter): Interactive presentations with live polls, quizzes and Q&A. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/directpoll-vs-mentimeter) - [Poll Everywhere](https://toolgpa.com/tools/poll-everywhere): Live audience polling that works inside slide decks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/directpoll-vs-poll-everywhere) - [Vevox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/vevox): Live polling, Q&A and quizzes for meetings, training and classes. 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