livepoll.io

livepoll.io is an audience polling platform for presenters, educators, trainers, and other facilitators who want polls, quizzes, and Q&A in a live session. It is best suited to groups that need flexible question formats and a large free session cap. The main trade-offs are possible ads on participant pages and paid options for ad removal or larger audiences.

Overview

Participants can join from a phone or laptop with a six-character code or QR code, without installing an app or creating an account. Anonymous responses can make participation less daunting, while presenter-controlled result visibility lets facilitators collect responses before revealing the group view. Together, these choices suit sessions where quick access and control over when answers are shared matter.

After a session, facilitators can share it by link, export responses as CSV or PDF, or send an optional asynchronous survey. Those follow-up options make livepoll.io useful beyond the moment of presentation, particularly for educators and trainers who want to revisit responses.

Key features

Question formats and session building

Twelve question types include multiple choice, word clouds, quizzes, ranking, image choice, and Q&A. This range supports different activities in one platform, rather than limiting a session to simple polls. The AI session builder can generate questions from a plain-English description, but its per-account daily fair-use limit resets the next day, so it is a drafting aid rather than an unlimited way to build sessions.

Capacity, ads, and data

The free default is 1,000 participants per session, with dashboard settings to raise that to 2,000 or 3,000. Ads may appear on participant-facing pages, although presenter screens and CSV and PDF exports are ad-free. The company says participant data is not passed to advertisers, sold, or used for targeted advertising.

Participants can respond anonymously, and the privacy policy says data is stored in Supabase on AWS in the United States, encrypted in transit and at rest, with access limited to authenticated users. A Zoom app brings polls, quizzes, and Q&A into a meeting sidebar; its stated permissions are to read the Zoom profile and run inside meetings.

Pricing

livepoll.io uses a freemium model, with no free trial. The Free plan costs nothing and includes all question types, up to 1,000 participants per session, unlimited questions and sessions, live results, CSV and PDF exports, and QR codes. For a facilitator running frequent sessions, unlimited questions and sessions remove recurring-use quotas; the participant cap and possible audience-facing ads are the more consequential limits. Optional per-session paid options can remove participant-facing ads or support sessions above 1,000 participants, while larger events require contacting the company.

Platforms

The platform supports Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. Its presentation platform is web-based, and the Zoom app offers a separate way to use polls, quizzes, and Q&A inside meetings.

Who it's for

livepoll.io is a strong fit for presenters, teachers, trainers, and facilitators who want varied live activities, anonymous participation, and post-session exports without requiring attendees to create accounts. It is less compelling for events that cannot tolerate participant-facing ads or need capacity beyond the dashboard's 3,000-person settings without contacting the company.

Pros and cons

• Pro: The free plan supports up to 1,000 participants per session and unlimited sessions, making it suitable for repeated use with sizable audiences.
• Pro: Twelve question types, controlled result visibility, and anonymous joining give facilitators options for both activity design and response handling.
• Pro: CSV and PDF exports, shareable sessions, and optional asynchronous surveys support follow-up after a live event.
• Con: Ads may appear to participants, and removing them requires an optional paid session option.
• Con: Sessions above 1,000 participants may involve extra cost, while larger events require contacting the company.
• Con: The AI builder has daily fair-use limits per account, so it cannot be treated as an unlimited question-generation resource.

Alternatives

For a different participant cap or feature mix, compare Poll Everywhere, whose free Intro plan allows 40 audience members, or 700 for 30 days. Nearpod may suit lesson-based use: its free Silver plan includes 300 MB of storage and 40 student joins per lesson, while Gold costs $159 a year and includes 1 GB of storage and 75 joins. AhaSlides has a smaller free audience limit of 50, plus five quiz questions and three poll questions, with unlimited presentations per month. EngageSlide limits its free plan to 10 live participants but includes all slide types and live chat and email support. StreamAlive offers unlimited free sessions but only five participants per session. Decka sets its free plan at 50 people per activity, two live sessions a month, and 200 people a month. LessonUp has a free account with some interactive features and saves lesson results. Socrative may fit smaller classroom activities: its free plan allows five quizzes, one room, 50 students per activity, and 30-day report history.

Browse more options in Interactive Presentation Software, Polling Software, and Audience Response Systems.

Verdict

Choose livepoll.io for recurring live sessions that need varied question formats, anonymous access, and a free capacity of up to 1,000 participants. Its broad participation toolkit and post-session exports are persuasive strengths; look elsewhere if participant-facing ads are unacceptable or your event needs a larger audience without contacting the company.