PollQR

Overview

PollQR is a QR-based service for live polls, audience Q&A, business surveys, and judged competitions; participants can respond without installing an app. It is best suited to presenters who want interaction during a session and businesses gathering customer feedback. Its breadth is useful, but the free tier supports just one live poll and paid plans impose distinct response and activity limits.

Key features

Live polls offer seven question types, including multiple choice, word clouds, and ranking, with results appearing as votes arrive. That makes PollQR a sensible choice for presenters who want visible, immediate audience input rather than a survey that is only reviewed later. Moderation tools and Q&A can help manage contributions, and slide integration supports presentation use.

Business surveys add downloadable responses, email alerts, AI sentiment analysis, and optional review nudges for happy customers. These tools suit teams that want to analyze feedback and prompt follow-up, though the Pro plan’s 5,000-response limit per poll may constrain a high-volume survey. Pro includes CSV exports and webhooks; PollQR says responses can also be downloaded in CSV or JSON.

Browser-based workflows cover PowerPoint, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Slides without a presentation add-in. PollQR says it protects information with encryption, secure hosting, and access controls. Customers own their survey data, while customers are responsible for privacy compliance with respondents. Its PowerPoint add-in reads and writes only the open presentation to insert selected content and connects to PollQR over HTTPS.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing and includes one live poll, with no credit card required. It is a low-commitment way to try a single poll, but it is not a broad ongoing allowance.

Pay-As-You-Go costs $2.99 a month, with no subscription required. It allows 500 responses per poll and retains data for 90 days, making it the more contained option for occasional teachers, trainers, speakers, or short events. The response cap and retention period matter for anyone collecting more answers or needing records longer.

Pro costs $19 a month after a 14-day free trial. It includes 20 surveys with unlimited responses, 25 custom QR codes, 100 live polls per month, up to 5,000 responses per poll, and 100 Q&A sessions per month, each with up to 1,000 questions. It is aimed at businesses and presenters running recurring activities, but the monthly poll, survey, and Q&A allocations still shape heavier use.

Enterprise Starter starts at $299 a month for 5–25 locations, a fit for multi-location operations rather than a single presenter or small event. A Competition pass costs $249 per competition, or 149.00 USD with Pro. It covers one event, one QR code per entry, up to five scoring criteria, and a private live jury board for up to 10 contestants; larger fields are quoted individually. That focused event purchase makes more sense than Pro for an isolated competition, but its price is substantial for a one-off event.

Platforms

PollQR supports Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Participants can join by QR code without an app installation, and browser-based presentation workflows cover PowerPoint, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Slides.

Who it's for

PollQR is strongest for presenters who need live polls, Q&A, or judging alongside a presentation, and for businesses that want survey analysis and follow-up tools. Occasional speakers and educators can use the no-subscription per-poll option; regular business and presentation work is better aligned with Pro. It is less compelling for a large audience or survey when the 500-response per-poll allowance or Pro’s 5,000-response ceiling is insufficient.

Pros and cons

• Pro: Participants can respond without installing an app, lowering the setup burden for event audiences.
• Pro: Live polls, business surveys, Q&A, and judged competitions cover several audience-interaction needs in one service.
• Pro: Pro combines CSV exports and webhooks with sentiment analysis and email alerts, useful for teams that need both response handling and follow-up.
• Con: Free is limited to one live poll, so sustained use requires a paid option.
• Con: The response caps on Pay-As-You-Go and Pro can rule out larger surveys, while Pay-As-You-Go retains data for only 90 days.
• Con: A competition pass costs $249 per event unless discounted for Pro, and covers no more than 10 contestants.

Alternatives

Poll Everywhere is another freemium option across Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows; its free plan caps audiences at 40, or 700 for 30 days.

Particify may suit organizers who value room-based sessions: its free plan allows 200 participants per room, unlimited rooms and question series, and one room creator.

AhaSlides is an alternative for slide-led presentations, with a free plan for up to 50 participants, five quiz questions, and three poll questions.

Votinova offers a free plan for 50 participants per session, six question types, and one simultaneous session.

Crowdpurr is worth considering for a smaller free event: its Basic plan allows 20 participants, 15 questions, and three simultaneous experiences.

Mentimeter is another freemium presentation option, with a free plan capped at 50 participants per month and 23 slide types.

Opinion Stage offers a free plan for 25 responses per month and two users, which may suit a small quiz or survey workload.

Pigeonhole Live has a free Starter plan for 100 participants and one user, with unlimited Q&As, polls, chats, and surveys.

Browse more options in Polling Software or Audience Response Systems.

Verdict

PollQR is a good fit for presenters and businesses that want QR participation across live sessions and feedback surveys, especially when its no-app access and Pro workflow match recurring use. Choose it for that combination; look elsewhere if your work depends on response volumes beyond its per-poll caps or if a paid competition pass is hard to justify.