# Polly review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Polls, surveys and standups inside Slack and Teams Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Polly is a participation tool that runs polls, surveys, standups, quizzes, Q&A and trivia from inside Slack and Microsoft Teams, and in slide decks through PowerPoint and Google Slides add-ins. Results can be reviewed in a web dashboard. It is aimed at HR, internal communications and engineering teams that want regular feedback without sending people to another site. - **Category:** Team Communication - **Made by:** Polly - **Website:** https://www.polly.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you want surveys or standups, as they start at $19 per licence a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Polly has a free plan, and paid plans start at $19 per license / month, billed annually. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free plan for Slack: unlimited responses, polls sent to any channel, voting links, and 45 days of results history. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial on paid plans; the card is charged automatically unless cancelled. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Unlimited responses, 3 poll types and 45 days of results history in Slack. | | Basic | $19 per license / month, billed annually | Adds surveys, standups, trivia, scheduling, exports and unlimited results history. Billed $228 a year for 1 license. | | Pro | $29 per license / month, billed annually | Adds presentations, quizzes, Q&A, anonymity options and custom branding. Billed $348 a year for 1 license. | | Team | $249 per month for 5 users, billed annually | Pro plus demographic filters, audience by email and 1 workflow for up to 100 users. Invoice payment is available. | | Enterprise | Custom | Priced on team size or active usage, with admin dashboard, unlimited workflows, API and webhooks, and a dedicated CSM. | Read from https://www.polly.ai/slack-pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Polly before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Education and nonprofit pricing on Teams** (Education): The Polly for Microsoft Teams pricing page shows a $10 a month Pro price for education and nonprofit organizations, billed annually. Source: https://www.polly.ai/microsoft-teams-pricing ## Key features - **Polls and surveys in chat:** Polls are posted to any Slack channel, and surveys, pulse checks and standups can be scheduled, with results exported on paid plans. - **Presentations and live Q&A:** Polls, quizzes and Q&A can run inside PowerPoint and Google Slides, which the pricing page lists on the Pro plan. - **Quizzes and trivia:** Multiple-choice quizzes score automatically in Slack or on the web, and trivia games and team trivia are included on Basic and above. - **Anonymity and delivery options:** Pro adds anonymous responses, privacy settings and delivery by direct message. - **Workflows, API and MCP server:** Workflows are limited on Team and unlimited on Enterprise, which also adds an API with webhooks; the site lists an MCP server for AI assistants. - **Slack and Microsoft Teams versions:** Polly has separate apps and price lists for Slack and Microsoft Teams, and lists Google Chat and Zoom among its integrations. ## Good for - HR and people teams running pulse checks and engagement surveys in chat - Hosts of town halls and all-hands who want live Q&A and polls in slides - Agile teams that want standups and retros without another site ## Worth knowing - It runs inside Slack or Microsoft Teams and is not a standalone chat app; plans and features differ between the two versions. - The Teams version lists only Free, Pro and Enterprise, and the Pro price there is $19 a month, billed $228 annually. - Pairings is a $24 a month add-on, billed annually, and admin controls, API and IP access limits need Enterprise. - The pricing page shows annual billing figures; no monthly-billed price is stated. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Polly runs polls, surveys, standups and quizzes from inside Slack and Microsoft Teams, with a web dashboard for results. Free covers 3 poll types and 45 days of history, but surveys and standups start at $19 per licence a month and the card is charged after a 7-day trial. - **Value for money: D.** Basic is $19 per licence a month billed annually, above the $16.20 that marks the dearer quarter of team-chat tools. Pro is $29 and Team is $249 a month for 5 users. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free in Slack gives unlimited responses, 3 poll types and 45 days of results history. Paid plans have a 7-day trial that charges the card automatically unless you cancel. - **Features: C.** Polls, surveys, standups, quizzes, Q&A and presentations in Slack and Teams. It only adds feedback to chat and is not a chat app. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record, but it runs inside the Slack or Teams account you already have, so there is little to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Slack, Teams, Google Chat, PowerPoint, Google Slides and Zoom, plus an API on Enterprise. No desktop or phone app of its own is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Polly's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among team communication apps - Polly's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 14 of the 50 other team communication apps we grade, and level with 14. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 37 of 50) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $19 a month for each person, against a middle price of $7 for the category: 30 of the 38 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/team-chat ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Polly you would be making chat that a whole team counts on staying up. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 22 of the 50 other team communication apps grade higher. It costs $228 a year. - You could make: Surveys: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Chat that a whole team counts on staying up. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - 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 Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Zoom, Jira Service Management, Notion **Tags:** Team chat, Surveys, Workflow automation, Public API, AI features ## Alternatives - [Geekbot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/geekbot): Async standups, polls and surveys in Slack and Microsoft Teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/geekbot-vs-polly) - [Standuply](https://toolgpa.com/tools/standuply): Standup, retro and poll bot for Slack and Microsoft Teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/polly-vs-standuply) - [Dailybot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dailybot): Async standups, check-ins and kudos inside your team chat. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dailybot-vs-polly) - [Slack](https://toolgpa.com/tools/slack): Channel-based team messaging with huddles, workflows and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/polly-vs-slack) - [Microsoft Teams](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-teams): Chat, video meetings and calling tied into Microsoft 365. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/microsoft-teams-vs-polly) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.polly.ai/slack-pricing - https://www.polly.ai/microsoft-teams-pricing - https://www.polly.ai Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/polly Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).