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AnswerGarden
by AnswerGarden
What AnswerGarden is
AnswerGarden is a free response-gathering tool from AnswerGarden in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It collects short group answers and displays them as a growing word cloud. Gardens can be shared by link or embedded on a website, blog, or social network page. Creation allows answers of 20 or 40 characters, while Classroom, Brainstorm, Locked, and Moderator modes control repeat submissions, acceptance, and approval. An admin password supports deleting unwanted answers and approving responses. MicroGarden offers a compact blind-poll interface that keeps results hidden while people respond. Results can be exported to Wordle or Tagxedo for static tag clouds. The service can be embedded in PowerPoint through third-party add-ins including LiveSlides or LiveWeb. It is available on the web and iOS, with a free iPad app that detects gardens shared over local Wi-Fi. The free plan allows unlimited gardens and respondents.
Who it suits
AnswerGarden suits classrooms, conferences, workshops, creative team brainstorming, and website or blog polls. It is designed for short responses rather than long answers or quizzes with many questions.
What it does well
- Free plan allows unlimited gardens
- Free plan allows unlimited respondents
- Link sharing and website embedding
- Moderation with admin password
- Multiple response-control modes
What to know first
- Answers limited to 20 or 40 characters
- Not designed for long, in-depth answers
- Not designed for quizzes with many questions
- PowerPoint embedding uses third-party add-ins
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | As many gardens as you like · As many respondents as you like | Free |
As www2.answergarden.ch lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
AnswerGarden focuses on concise group input presented as a word cloud. Its free plan, moderation settings, sharing options, and blind-poll mode support varied group activities.
Facts from AnswerGarden's own pages
- Anonymous responses
- Yes · www2.answergarden.ch, 22 Sept 2026
- Answer length
- The creation page offers answer lengths of 20 or 40 characters. · en.answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- Exports
- The site describes exporting results to Wordle or Tagxedo to make static tag clouds. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · www2.answergarden.ch, 22 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, Netherlands · www2.answergarden.ch, 28 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The about page describes embedding AnswerGarden in PowerPoint using third-party add-ins including LiveSlides or LiveWeb. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- iPad app
- The Tools page describes a free iPad app that detects AnswerGardens shared over local Wi-Fi networks. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- Live polling
- Yes · www2.answergarden.ch, 22 Sept 2026
- MicroGarden
- MicroGarden is a compact interface that can collect responses as a blind poll without showing results immediately. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- Moderation
- An admin password enables answer moderation, including deleting unwanted answers and approving answers in Moderator Mode. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- Notable limits
- The site says AnswerGarden is not designed for quizzes with many questions or for long, in-depth answers. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- Quiz mode
- No · www2.answergarden.ch, 22 Sept 2026
- Response modes
- Classroom, Brainstorm, Locked, and Moderator modes control repeat submissions, whether answers are accepted, and whether answers require approval. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The about page says stored admin passwords are encrypted and that a reminder email address is not stored in the database. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- Sharing and embedding
- Gardens can be shared by link or embedded on a website, blog, or social network page. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- Slide integrations
- Yes · www2.answergarden.ch, 22 Sept 2026
- Support
- The about page directs users with problems, bug reports, or feature requests to its support forum. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- The site describes use in classrooms, conferences, workshops, creative team brainstorming, and website or blog polls. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
- What it does
- AnswerGarden gathers short group responses and displays them as a growing word cloud. · answergarden.ch, 11 Oct 2026
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