PollUnit review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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PollUnit report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for group votes and date polls
PollUnit runs votes, date polls, surveys and photo contests, free for polls up to 40 people. Larger groups need Premium at $5 a month, and it's a polling tool, not a form builder.
Who PollUnit is for
- Fits if your polls are for groups under 40 people
- Works for date polls and photo contests among friends or a club
Who PollUnit is not for
- Tight if you run bigger polls: 40 participants a poll on the free plan
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $11 against $5 billed yearly
- Watch out: paid plans are sold as expiring one-time purchases or renewing subscriptions
- Skip it if you need a form builder, as this is a polling tool
Why PollUnit gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyPremium is $5 a month billed yearly, in the forms category's cheapest quarter. Billed monthly it's $11.
- BFree plan and trialFree for unlimited polls, with 40 participants and 20 files per poll and 1 GB of storage. A small group can live on it.
- CFeaturesSeveral poll types, access controls, embedding, exports and an API. A smaller job than a form builder, and it has no logic-heavy workflows.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You build each poll yourself, though the creation steps are guided.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only on the listing. It has an API and AI assistant connections, but no integration list.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from PollUnit's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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PollUnit's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 88 of the 148 other form and survey tools we grade, and level with 27.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 111 of 148) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 11 of the 114 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 149 form and survey tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. PollUnit’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 107 of 148, level with 23
- BFree plan and trialAbove 111 of 148, level with 27
- CFeaturesAbove 5 of 148, level with 90
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 148, level with 135
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 148, level with 45
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 121 form and survey tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep PollUnit, or make your own?
Your call
A form at its plainest is questions, a button and a table of answers.
You could make the core of PollUnit for yourself: surveys and forms. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $60 a year.
What you could make
- Surveys and forms: an app builder makes these well.
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, ChatGPT, Claude and Mistral among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. PollUnit’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is PollUnit?
PollUnit is a web tool for running group votes, date polls, surveys, photo contests and similar polls. Plans differ mainly by how many participants and files one poll can hold, and the free plan covers small polls without an account upgrade.
Worth knowing
- The free plan caps a poll at 40 participants; larger groups need a paid plan.
- Each paid plan can be bought as a one-time purchase that expires, or as a subscription that renews.
- Prices above are the annual rate per month; the monthly rate is two to three times higher.
- It is a polling tool, not a full form builder with logic-heavy workflows.
Key features
- Several poll types
- The same tool covers votes, date finding, surveys, task distribution, photo, video and music contests and a free-form table.
- Participant limits by plan
- A single poll holds 40 participants on Free, 200 on Premium, 2,000 on Business and 20,000 on Enterprise.
- Access controls
- Paid plans can restrict access and block repeat votes; Enterprise adds an AI-based fraud check and device and browser analysis.
- Embedding and branding
- Polls can be embedded on a website, and higher plans add own logos, custom themes and a custom poll URL.
- Exports and payments
- Excel and CSV export is a paid feature. Polls can accept payments, with a transaction fee of 4.9% on Premium and 2.9% on higher plans.
- API and AI assistants
- A public API is documented, and an MCP connection lets assistants such as ChatGPT or Claude create and manage polls.
PollUnit pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, PollUnit has a free plan, and paid plans start at $5 per month, billed annually ($11 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $5 per month, billed annually ($11 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- 40 participants and 20 files per poll, 1 GB storage and an unlimited number of polls.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 40 participants and 20 files per poll, 1 GB storage, unlimited polls. |
| Premium | $5per month, billed annually ($11 billed monthly) | 200 participants and 100 files per poll, 10 GB storage and ad-free polls. |
| Business | $15per month, billed annually ($36 billed monthly) | 2,000 participants and 500 files per poll, 30 GB storage, plus the Business feature set. |
| Enterprise | $46per month, billed annually ($105 billed monthly) | 20,000 participants and 1,000 files per poll, 100 GB storage, plus the Enterprise feature set. |
Read from pollunit.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with PollUnit before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave up to 75% with annual payment
PollUnit's pricing page shows lower per-month prices for annual payment than for monthly payment, and its FAQ says the annual plan saves up to 75%.
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Common questions
Does PollUnit have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. PollUnit is listed for Web.
Does PollUnit have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. PollUnit is listed for Web.
Is PollUnit open source?
PollUnit is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does PollUnit have an API?
Yes. PollUnit offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.