InviziPoll vs Gallup
Competitor facts verified 2026-10-13
Gallup Access and the Q12 engagement survey are the benchmark for large-organization engagement tracking, with confidential reporting and a standard five-respondent threshold on scaled scores. InviziPoll is built for the questions where confidential reporting inside a vendor database isn't enough, and you can run it alongside your annual Q12.
Bottom lineKeep Gallup when you want the Q12 global benchmark and longitudinal manager rollups. Add InviziPoll when the topic is sensitive enough that confidential roster tracking keeps employees from speaking plainly.
At a glance
- Gallup Q12 organizational surveys are confidential and roster-linked so Gallup can track teams over time.
- InviziPoll encrypts every answer in the respondent's browser so neither your admins nor InviziPoll can tie an answer to a person.
- InviziPoll Pro is $49 a month per workspace, making it easy to run alongside an annual Gallup benchmark.
Who it's for
Two products, two buyers
The overlap is real, but the default assumptions are different. Start here before scanning the feature table.
Best for
InviziPoll
HR leaders, executives, and consultants who need verifiable browser-side encryption for sensitive pulses, reorg check-ins, exit pools, and speak-up channels.
Best for
Gallup
Enterprises investing in the standardized Q12 engagement methodology, global industry percentile benchmarks, and manager coaching programs.
Feature snapshot
Side-by-side, dimension by dimension
Competitor facts checked 2026-10-13 against 2 linked sources.
Zero-knowledge encryption in the respondent's browser. Our servers store only ciphertext, with no link between an access code or email invitation and an encrypted response.
Confidential on most organizational deployments. Gallup stores employee roster links on its servers to track participation, reminders, and historical cohorts.
Nothing shows until the poll's minimum group size plus a 3-response reserve pool has answered. While open, new responses release in randomized batches of 3, 4, or 5, and the reserve pool releases together when the poll closes.
Standard minimum of 4 to 5 respondents for scaled scores and 10 respondents for verbatim comments, depending on survey configuration.
Purpose-built for anonymous organizational polls, pulses, exit pools, and two-way anonymous speak-up channels.
Named and identifiable by design so individuals and managers can view personal talent profiles.
Single-dimension breakdowns by department, location, or tenure appear only after close for groups meeting the minimum threshold, and any slice that could be deduced by subtraction is suppressed.
Multi-level hierarchy and demographic rollups tied to the HRIS roster uploaded to Gallup Access.
Open a workspace and launch an encrypted poll in minutes via email list, Slack, single-use access codes, or an open link.
Requires roster preparation, hierarchy mapping, and survey wave scheduling in Gallup Access.
Gallup capabilities vary by plan and configuration - confirm specifics against their current documentation.
Anonymity
Gallup vs InviziPoll on anonymity
Usually confidential rather than anonymous. On organizational Q12 surveys, Gallup links each invitation to an employee roster record so it can send reminders, slice results by manager hierarchy, and compare waves over time, while suppressing scores below a reporting threshold (typically 4 to 5 for scores and 10 for comments). InviziPoll never stores a link between a respondent and an answer.
Choosing well
Which one should you pick?
If both tools could technically run your poll, let the default assumption decide.
Choose InviziPoll when
- Employees hesitate to answer candidly because they know the survey invitation is tied to their HR roster record.
- You want to hear from smaller teams or run rapid sensitive pulses without waiting for an annual survey wave.
- You want flat per-workspace pricing starting at $49 a month rather than per-seat licensing.
Choose Gallup when
- You want the standardized Gallup Q12 benchmark and industry percentile comparisons.
- Longitudinal tracking tied to manager hierarchies and CliftonStrengths coaching is the primary goal.
- Third-party confidential aggregation is sufficient for your workforce's trust level.
Pricing philosophy
How each vendor thinks about cost
InviziPoll
Pro is $49 a month per workspace (up to 2,000 recipients per poll, 5 admins). Business is $199 a month with SSO, SCIM, and SIEM webhooks. 14-day free trial with no credit card.
Gallup
Per-employee or enterprise license pricing for Gallup Access and Q12 waves, typically scoped through sales.
Common questions
- Is a Gallup Q12 survey anonymous?
- Most Gallup Q12 organizational surveys are confidential rather than anonymous. Gallup links each invitation to an employee record so it can track completion, compare teams, and measure longitudinal trends, while hiding group scores below a minimum threshold. See /blog/is-gallup-survey-anonymous.
- Can we run InviziPoll alongside Gallup Q12?
- Yes. Keep Gallup for your annual or biannual Q12 benchmark across the company, and use InviziPoll when you need candid answers on sensitive topics like reorganization feedback, leadership trust, harassment concerns, or small-team friction.
- How do reporting minimums compare between Gallup and InviziPoll?
- Gallup typically requires four to five respondents for scaled Q12 scores and ten respondents before verbatim open-ended comments are shown to a manager. In InviziPoll, nothing unlocks until your minimum group size plus a three-response reserve pool is reached, and written answers are shuffled and undated.
- Can we bring custom survey questions into InviziPoll?
- Copy your custom pulse questions and paste them into InviziPoll. On plans with AI authoring, InviziPoll structures the pasted text into draft questions and options for your review. Only question definitions are imported; historical answers stay behind because we never store plaintext responses. See /docs/docs-importing-questions-from-another-tool.
- How do we prove to employees that InviziPoll is actually anonymous?
- Share /trust/anonymity in your survey invite so employees can verify how browser-side encryption and the reserve pool work before they answer. When the poll closes, you can also share a signed summary of the results.
Sources
Facts last verified 2026-10-13
Test the anonymity model yourself
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