Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Microsoft Pulse

Free audience polling and voting

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Microsoft Pulse launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Participoll▲78

   Free audience polling for Powerpoint.

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   One Click Battle▲204

   Simple realtime voting system

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TurboVote▲98

   Making voting easy with text and email reminders

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Vote!▲123

   Predict news outcomes

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Pulse▲90

   Lightweight real-time polls - open source & self-hosted

   Mar 2026 · demo.pulse.kartikeybhardwaj.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Vote.org▲114

   Everything you need to vote

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Votebox▲125

   Secure internet voting

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Votecastr▲108

   Unprecedented real-time US election voting data

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Openvote▲131

   Crowd-voting platform, running a test for SF Election

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ClickPoll▲73

    A community polling platform

    2022 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    U.S. #ElectionStats▲92

    Track who’s winning the Primaries, social sentiment + more

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Simple Poll▲224

    The easiest way to create polls in Slack

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Openvote Public Beta▲134

    Crowd-voting for elections. Turn your one vote into many

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Tally▲316

    Create tiny polls. No bullshit.

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    BallotView▲79

    Last minute cramming for voters before Election Day

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Wedgies▲143

    Realtime polling over social media

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Live Reacting▲264

    Create live stream voting or poll on your Facebook page

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Global Voting▲78

    Join the US Elections from all over the world!

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Twitch Pulse▲82

    An easier way to engage with each other on Twitch

    2017 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Voten▲73

    Social bookmarking for the 21st Century

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Votechimp▲61

    Understand society and yourself in numbers

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    FlashSurvey▲75

    Free polling and survey

    2021 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Electoral.io▲58

    IO games meet Elections

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Polls.io▲91

    Create simple polls in seconds

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →