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Polls by OpenApps is a free Slido alternative. Free. No cap on participants, polls or votes.
Free live polls and Q&A for meetings, classes and talks. No caps. Make polls, word clouds, ratings and rankings, share a 6-digit code, and watch results come in live on a full-screen view. Run audience Q&A with upvotes and moderation. No limit on participants, polls or votes.
Instead of Slido, Mentimeter, Kahoot
What you get, free
- Multiple choice, word cloud, rating scale, open text and ranking
- Audience joins with a code or QR code, no app and no account
- Full-screen present mode with live results and clicker keys
- Audience Q&A with upvotes, approval, hide and answered
- One vote per device per poll; drafts stay hidden until opened
- CSV export of results and questions
- API: an assistant can create a whole event in one call
A vote is one tiny write, so Polls costs almost nothing to run.
For AI assistants
An assistant can create an event with all its polls in one call and get the join code, audience link, admin link and present link back.
The app's guide for assistants is at polls-free.openapps.xyz/llms.txt, and its API at https://functions.bounded.sh/apps/334801de44cb0fe911d5a88b/api.
How it compares
| App | Free plan | Paid plans |
|---|---|---|
| Polls | Free. No cap on participants, polls or votes. | None |
| Slido | Up to 100 participants and 3 polls per event. | The free plan allows up to 100 participants and 3 polls per event (2026, per Slido staff). Paid plans are annual and reported at roughly $150 to $1,800 a year. |
| Mentimeter | Up to 50 participants a month. | The free plan allows about 50 participants a month. Basic is listed at $11.99 a month and Pro at $24.99 a month, per presenter, billed yearly (2026). |
| Kahoot | Up to 10 players per session. | The free plan allows about 10 players per session. Presenter plans are listed from $19 a month billed yearly (2026). |
Free plans checked October 2026 on each company's own page: Slido, Mentimeter, Kahoot. Paid prices are approximate and change often.
Questions
Is Polls really free?
Do people need an app?
Can someone vote twice?
Can I moderate questions?
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No account. Free for as long as it exists, and it is an OpenApp, so its source is public.