# PollUnit review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Online polls, surveys and contests with a free tier

Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA.

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.

- **Category:** Forms & Surveys
- **Made by:** PollUnit UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
- **Website:** https://pollunit.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you run bigger polls: 40 participants a poll on the free plan.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 13, 2026, PollUnit has a free plan, and paid plans start at $5 per month, billed annually ($11 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **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 | $5 per month, billed annually ($11 billed monthly) | 200 participants and 100 files per poll, 10 GB storage and ad-free polls. |
| Business | $15 per month, billed annually ($36 billed monthly) | 2,000 participants and 500 files per poll, 30 GB storage, plus the Business feature set. |
| Enterprise | $46 per 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 https://pollunit.com/en/accounts on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with PollUnit before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save up to 75% with annual payment** (Annual discount): 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%. Source: https://pollunit.com/en/accounts

## 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.

## Good for

- Clubs, teams and families that need a quick group vote or date poll
- Small photo or idea contests with public voting
- Anyone who wants a poll tool with a usable free plan

## 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. 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.

- **Value for money: B.** Premium is $5 a month billed yearly, in the forms category's cheapest quarter. Billed monthly it's $11.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** Free for unlimited polls, with 40 participants and 20 files per poll and 1 GB of storage. A small group can live on it.
- **Features: C.** Several poll types, access controls, embedding, exports and an API. A smaller job than a form builder, and it has no logic-heavy workflows.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You build each poll yourself, though the creation steps are guided.
- **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only on the listing. It has an API and AI assistant connections, but no integration list.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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.

## Where it stands among form and survey tools

- 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/forms

## Keep it, 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.

- You could make: Surveys and forms: an app builder makes these well.
- You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, ChatGPT, Claude and Mistral among them, and has an API.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral

**Tags:** Surveys, Forms, Public API, AI features

## Alternatives

- [StrawPoll](https://toolgpa.com/tools/strawpoll): Free online poll maker with a meeting scheduler. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pollunit-vs-strawpoll)
- [Opinion Stage](https://toolgpa.com/tools/opinion-stage): Quiz, poll, survey and form maker for lead capture. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/opinion-stage-vs-pollunit)
- [Crowdsignal](https://toolgpa.com/tools/crowdsignal): Polls, surveys and quizzes from the makers of WordPress.com. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/crowdsignal-vs-pollunit)
- [Surveyplanet](https://toolgpa.com/tools/surveyplanet): Survey maker with unlimited free surveys and responses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pollunit-vs-surveyplanet)
- [Typeform](https://toolgpa.com/tools/typeform): Form, survey and quiz builder with logic, AI and video questions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pollunit-vs-typeform)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026:

- https://pollunit.com/en/accounts
- https://pollunit.com/en/about
- https://pollunit.com/en/imprint
- https://pollunit.com/en

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