The 4 best Slack poll apps in 2026 (and when you need none)

Slack still has no poll button, so a poll app is the standard fix: one vote per person, a live tally in the message, an option to close the vote, and anonymity when the question needs it. The category looks crowded but in practice four apps cover almost every team, and they differ far less in features than in one thing their marketing pages bury: who gets billed when your team actually starts voting.

Full disclosure: we make asyncmate, one of the four. We compared published pricing and features, checked against each vendor's own pages in August 2026, and we say plainly where a competitor is the better pick, including the very common case where the honest recommendation is no app at all.

The one question to ask first

Poll apps charge four different ways, and the same team can land on wildly different bills:

1. Capped responses, then a workspace price. Simple Poll's free tier counts responses per month; past it, the whole workspace pays a flat price that rises with workspace size.
2. Capped responses, then creator licences. Polly's free tier also counts responses; paid plans bill the people who create polls, not the people who answer.
3. Per respondent. Geekbot bills every person who answers a poll, every month, on top of its standup pricing.
4. Free. asyncmate does not bill polls at all, on any plan, because polls are not the thing we sell.

None of these is wrong, but each punishes a different team shape. Response caps punish frequent polling. Creator licences punish having many people who ask questions. Per-respondent pricing punishes exactly the engagement you were hoping for. Work out which shape your team is before comparing feature lists.

The comparison in one table

Numbers are from each vendor's own pricing page, last checked August 19, 2026.

Simple Poll

Simple Poll is the classic dedicated poll app, and for many teams still the default: type /poll "Question" "Option 1" "Option 2" and it posts. It stays deliberately close to that core. Anonymity is included free, there is a ranked-choice mode for contested decisions, and there is nothing else to learn.

Pricing: the free tier covers 100 responses per month, which a small team polling occasionally may never exhaust. Past the cap, the paid plan is $49 per month for the whole workspace, rising with workspace size.

The catch is that workspace price. A 200-person workspace where one team of eight runs a weekly poll pays for the whole workspace, and $49 a month is real money for what reactions almost do. Under the cap, though, it is hard to argue with.

• Best for: teams that want the classic poll app and fit inside 100 responses a month.
• Main drawback: past the free cap, the whole workspace pays, whether the whole workspace polls or not.
• Pricing source: simplepoll.rocks

Polly

Polly is the heavyweight: nine question types, surveys, recurring pulses, delivery by DM, an API with webhooks, and standups bolted on. If your real need is a feedback program, with polls as one instrument in it, Polly is built for exactly that, and we compare it in detail on the Polly alternative page.

Pricing: the free tier covers 25 responses per month with 45 days of history. Paid plans start at $19 per month billed annually, per creator licence, and anonymity starts on the $29 tier. Respondents are never billed; the people who create pollys are.

The catch is where the costs land. Twenty-five responses is one poll in a mid-sized channel, so the free tier is a demo, not a plan. And creator licences mean the bill grows with the number of people allowed to ask questions, which on a team where everyone runs the occasional retro poll adds up fast.

• Best for: teams buying a survey and feedback suite, not just a poll button.
• Main drawback: the free tier is effectively a trial, and anonymity starts at $29 a month.
• Pricing source: polly.ai/pricing

asyncmate

Our own tool, so read this section knowing that. asyncmate is a standup bot that includes free Slack polls on every plan: /asyncmate poll Question | Option 1 | Option 2 posts in about a second, votes are one per person, tapping a different option moves your vote, and closing the poll renders the final count. The dashboard form adds scheduling for recurring polls, an auto-close window, and a live preview of the Slack message.

Pricing: there is none, for polls. No response cap, no creator licence, and voters never appear on any bill. That is not a promotional tier, it is the model: we sell async standups, and polls ride along free at any team size. The one poll feature that lives on the paid Pro plan is anonymity, and it stores no voter identity at all: each vote carries a per-poll-run code, and the key that produced the codes is discarded when the poll closes. During the beta, until November 1, 2026, Pro features are free too, so in practice everything on this page is currently free.

The honest catch: asyncmate is a standup product with polls attached, not a poll specialist. If you want ranked choice today, Simple Poll has it and we do not. And if literally all you want is polls, free forever, with no interest in standups or surveys, Simple Poll under its free cap costs the same as we do.

• Best for: teams that poll enough to hit other apps' caps, or that also want standups and surveys on one bill.
• Main drawback: the newest app on this list, and anonymity requires Pro.
• Pricing source: asyncmate.com/pricing

Geekbot

Geekbot is the category's standup incumbent, and its polls are a paid add-on to that: scheduled or one-off polls, anonymous options included, run through the same bot that runs the standups. For a team already on Geekbot standups, it is the zero-new-tools option.

Pricing: $1 per poll respondent per month, on top of the standup pricing of $3 per participant. The free plan covers 10 users, and standup participants and poll respondents share that one pool.

The catch is the meter. Per-respondent billing means a monthly all-hands poll with 30 voters adds $30 a month, every month, and the bill grows precisely when participation does. We compare the whole product on the Geekbot alternative page.

• Best for: teams already paying for Geekbot standups that want polls without a second app.
• Main drawback: $1 per respondent per month is the most expensive way to count votes on this list.
• Pricing source: geekbot.com/pricing

When you need no app at all

Two native routes cover a real share of polling needs, and any honest roundup says so.

Emoji reactions are Slack's own suggestion: post the options, seed one reaction per option, people tap to vote. Free on every plan, no admin approval, perfect for lunch votes and lopsided decisions. The limits: votes are public, nothing enforces one vote per person, and your seed reactions skew the count.

Workflow Builder, on paid Slack plans, can post a recurring form and collect structured answers. No tally and no anonymity, but for "which day suits the release review" with answers landing in a sheet, it is enough.

We walk through both, with templates, in how to create a poll in Slack. The short rule: if the vote is low-stakes and public, reactions are the correct amount of technology, and installing an app for them is overhead.

Polls or surveys?

Half the searches for poll apps are really survey needs: workload, morale, honest feedback about how the quarter went. A public tally is the wrong instrument for those no matter which app renders it. What you want is an anonymous survey with a response threshold, so no single answer can be picked out; anonymity across three respondents is not anonymity. Polly sells surveys on its paid tiers, and asyncmate runs anonymous surveys with results withheld until at least five people answer. The full playbook is in our guide to anonymous employee surveys in Slack.

Which one should you pick

You poll occasionally and want zero decisions: Simple Poll, inside its free 100 responses a month. It is the path of least resistance.

You are building a feedback program, with surveys, pulses and an API: Polly. Price the creator licences honestly against how many people will run polls.

You poll a lot, or also want standups: asyncmate. Unlimited polls with nobody billed is the whole pitch, and the standups share the bot.

You are already on Geekbot: its poll add-on, if the per-respondent math works for your poll sizes. Run the numbers first; a big monthly poll can cost more than the standups.

The vote is lunch: reactions. Close the tab, post the emoji.

FAQ

What is the best poll app for Slack? For most teams the shortlist is two: Simple Poll if you want a dedicated poll app and fit in its free tier, Polly if you are buying a full survey suite. asyncmate is the pick when polling is frequent, because polls are free at any volume, and Geekbot's add-on only makes sense if you already run its standups.

Is there a free Slack poll app? Several, with very different definitions of free. Simple Poll gives 100 responses a month, Polly 25. asyncmate's polls are free without a cap on any plan, including voters and creators. Emoji reactions are free everywhere and need no app at all.

Which Slack poll apps support anonymous polls? Simple Poll includes anonymity free. Polly gates it behind its $29/mo tier. asyncmate has anonymous polls on Pro, storing no voter identity, and Geekbot's polls include anonymous options. For sensitive topics, prefer a survey with a response threshold over an anonymous poll; the tally itself can deanonymize a small team.

Does Slack have a built-in poll feature? No. Slack's own help article points to emoji reactions or an app. Workflow Builder on paid plans collects form answers but renders no tally. Everything that counts votes in Slack is an installed app.

What about Slack survey apps? Same market, different depth. Polly is the survey specialist of the four here. asyncmate covers eNPS, weekly pulse and custom surveys with anonymity thresholds. If surveys are the main need and polls the side dish, start from our anonymous surveys guide rather than a poll comparison.