Comparison · Live polling
InviziPoll vs Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere is widely used for live audience participation during presentations and classes. InviziPoll targets anonymous workplace feedback where cryptographic separation between respondents and operators is the default - not an optional mode.
Just checking whether Poll Everywhere is anonymous? Read the short answer
Choose InviziPoll for anonymous employee polling with ciphertext-only storage; keep Poll Everywhere for live classroom and presentation engagement.
- InviziPoll for ciphertext-only, anonymous workplace polling.
- Poll Everywhere for live, in-room audience engagement.
- Poll Everywhere runs live in the room; InviziPoll polls go out by email, Slack, single-use access codes or an open link and stay open for days.
Two products, two buyers
The overlap is real, but the default assumptions are different. Start here before scanning the feature table.
Best for
InviziPoll
People & compliance teams running sensitive employee polls, ethics checkpoints, or leadership Q&A where respondents should assume operators cannot read individual answers.
Best for
Poll Everywhere
Educators, presenters, and event hosts optimizing real-time engagement slides, competition modes, and LMS integrations - often with identifiable participant flows depending on configuration.
Side-by-side, dimension by dimension
Competitor facts checked 2026-10-13 against 1 linked source.
InviziPollBest for AnonymityAnonymous workplace / HR polling with ciphertext-only storage.
Live audience activities (polls, quizzes, Q&A) tied to meetings and slides.
Individual poll responses are encrypted in the respondent's browser before upload, and we can't read them. They're opened only in your workspace admins' browsers, where written answers show word for word, shuffled and undated, with no name attached. Anyone who'd rather not be read can send just the topics they pick instead.
Depends on activity type and settings - many flows prioritize participation and moderation visibility. Verify their privacy docs for your deployment.
Post-quantum-capable hybrid designs documented on /security.
Enterprise-focused controls exist - compare cryptographic guarantees to your threat model.
Aggregate results, plus written answers word for word, shuffled and undated. Where the poll allows it, anyone who'd rather not be read can send just the topics they pick instead. No per-response timelines for admins.
Moderation and participation analytics oriented around live sessions.
Respondents can assume operators cannot read individual answers; decryption happens only in authorized admin clients, not on our servers.
Configurable - anonymity depends on activity type and host settings. Identifiable flows are common when engagement is the goal.
SAML/OIDC SSO and native SIEM event webhooks on Business+; SCIM 2.0 as a Pro add-on (bundled at Business) - without exposing respondent plaintext through those channels.
SAML SSO and SCIM (via WorkOS) on Enterprise and Campus-wide tiers - no documented native SIEM event webhook; audit trails typically via IdP logs.
Slack notifications for organizers; SAML/OIDC SSO and native SIEM event webhooks on Business+, SCIM 2.0 as a Pro add-on (bundled at Business) - without exposing respondent plaintext through those channels.
Broad presentation and LMS ecosystem (PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides, Canvas, and more) for live delivery.
Poll Everywhere capabilities vary by plan and configuration. Confirm specifics against their current documentation.
Is Poll Everywhere anonymous?
No for most employee survey use cases. Poll Everywhere is built for live audience participation; anonymity depends on activity type and host settings, and identifiable flows are common when engagement is the goal. InviziPoll encrypts individual responses in the respondent browser and stores ciphertext only.
Which one should you pick?
If both tools could technically run your poll, let the default assumption decide.
Choose InviziPoll when
- Respondents must trust that operators can't read individual answers.
- Risk reviewers require ciphertext-only storage and a documented crypto posture.
- The topic is sensitive: ethics, leadership feedback, HR sentiment.
Keep Poll Everywhere when
- You're driving live, in-room engagement during a talk or class.
- You want competition modes and slide-embedded activities inside a live presentation.
- Deep LMS and presentation-tool integrations matter more than anonymity.
How each vendor thinks about cost
Often yes when your priority is ciphertext-only storage for individual responses - encrypted in the respondent browser before upload - and results with no name, timestamp or submission order attached. Poll Everywhere remains stronger for slide-embedded classroom and presentation workflows; validate fit against your run-of-show.
Keep Poll Everywhere when live audience participation, LMS integrations, competition modes, or presenter moderation views are core. InviziPoll targets anonymous organizational polling - not every classroom or event engagement pattern.
No. If your primary need is slide-embedded classroom competitions with LMS grades, Poll Everywhere may remain the better fit. InviziPoll focuses on anonymous organizational polling.
InviziPoll encrypts individual responses in the respondent browser before upload; our servers store ciphertext only. Poll Everywhere confidentiality depends on activity type and settings, and its anonymous toggle cannot be undone without resetting responses. See /blog/is-poll-everywhere-anonymous.
Yes. Poll Everywhere documents SAML SSO and SCIM on Enterprise and Campus-wide tiers (via WorkOS). InviziPoll also offers SAML/OIDC SSO and SCIM (Pro add-on, bundled at Business), with native SIEM event webhooks on Business+. The sharper differentiator is ciphertext-only response storage plus those webhooks - not having SSO or SCIM alone.
Not in the same way. InviziPoll polls go out by email, Slack, single-use access codes or an open link and usually stay open for days; Poll Everywhere is built for synchronous, in-room presentation workflows. Compare delivery models against your run-of-show.
On /pricing: published USD prices for Pro and Business, a 14-day free trial for new workspaces with no credit card, and Enterprise by quote.
Test the anonymity model yourself
Spin up a workspace and run an anonymous poll against your own threat model: ciphertext-only, no sales call required.