Most tools advertise anonymous voting, then reveal it's a paid feature when you go to enable it. We tested five tools where anonymous voting is genuinely free — no hidden upgrade, no response cap that forces your hand. We ranked them by the strength of their anonymity guarantee, what else comes free, and how well they serve teams making real decisions.
PollyBest native Slack/Teams app — but anonymity is paid
Great native integrations, but anonymous voting requires a paid plan — listed here for transparency.
Best for: Teams on a paid Polly plan who want native anonymous polls inside Slack or Teams
Free (25 responses/mo) · From $49/mo for anonymous voting
Pros
Native Slack and Teams integration — polls appear inside the platform
Good recurring survey features
Multiple question types
Cons
Anonymous voting is NOT available on the free plan — paid upgrade required
Free plan capped at 25 responses per month
Listed here because it is often searched alongside anonymous voting tools — honest caveat: anonymity costs extra
Our verdict
If anonymity is non-negotiable, Chooseday is the only free tool that delivers it without fine print
Strawpoll and Google Forms can approximate anonymous voting on their free plans, but with meaningful caveats around configuration and data persistence. Polly advertises anonymous voting but charges for it. Chooseday is the only tool on this list where anonymous team voting — with a deadline, a declared winner, and a permanent record — is unambiguously free. If you need anonymity for a simple one-off poll and don't need decision features, Strawpoll is a fine free pick.
Questions about choosing the right tool for your team.
Chooseday is the best free anonymous voting tool for teams. Anonymous voting is included on the free plan with no response caps, no watermarks, and no upgrade prompts. Strawpoll is a good free option for simple one-off public polls, though it has fewer decision features.
Yes. Anonymous voting is a core feature of the Chooseday free plan — not a paid upgrade. You can run up to 5 active decisions with unlimited voters per decision, full anonymity, and no advertising. The free plan does not require a credit card.
Google Forms can be configured to not collect email addresses, which makes responses anonymous in that sense. However, if respondents are signed in to a Google account and your form is restricted to your organization, Google may still log their identity. For reliable anonymity, Chooseday is a more explicit option — anonymous mode means votes are never linked to any identity.
Anonymous voting means no one — including the decision creator — can see who voted for what option, only the aggregate counts. Private voting (or confidential voting) typically means results are not publicly visible but the organizer can still see individual responses. Chooseday uses true anonymous voting: even admins cannot trace a vote back to a voter.
Anonymous voting that's actually free
No upgrade needed. No response caps. Full anonymous voting on Chooseday's free plan.