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Surveys vs Simple Poll
Flat respondent pricing, not member-tiered
Simple Poll prices by total workspace members and climbs as your Slack grows ($49 at 24 members, $299 at 500, $499 at 1,000). Surveys is $29 or $59 flat, based on actual respondents.
Free tier covers 10 forever
Our free tier holds 10 respondents with every feature on. Not three polls, not a count-down. When you cross 10 respondents, you move to the paid plan, and we tell you the moment it happens.
Built for the question that matters
Quarterly health-checks, manager 360s, offsite planning, ship-next priorities. Surveys is the tool when the answer needs structure, not emoji reactions.
Pricing
Workspace-member pricing vs flat respondent pricing.
Simple Poll
Scales with workspace members
Simple Poll charges by total workspace members, not just people who actually respond. A 500-member workspace pays $299 even if only 20 people ever answer a survey.
Surveys
$29 / month, flat
We charge by active respondents, not total members. $29 up to 24 respondents, $59 once you cross 25. The price stays the same whether your Slack has 50 members or 5,000.
The math
What it costs at scale.
| Workspace members | Simple Poll | Surveys |
|---|---|---|
| 24 members | $49 | $29 |
| 100 members | $99 | $59 |
| 500 members | $299 | $59 |
| 1,000 members | $499 | $59 |
| 5,000+ members | Custom | $59 |
Simple Poll bills by total workspace members; Surveys bills by active respondents. Real-world savings widen further when fewer than half your Slack actually answer surveys.
Feature by feature
Side by side, honestly.
Where we win, where Simple Poll wins, and where it depends on what your team needs.
Side by side
| Feature | Surveys | Simple Poll |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Slack | Slack |
| Multi-question surveys | ||
| Unlimited senders per workspace | ||
| Recurring schedules | Weekly, monthly, quarterly | Weekly, monthly |
| Anonymous mode | ||
| CSV export | Every plan | Paid tiers |
| Free option | 30-day trial + 10 respondents free | 100 responses / month |
| Pricing model | Flat, by respondent | Tiered, by member count |
Why teams move to Surveys
Both tools run in Slack. The differences are where the buyer feels them.
Price. Simple Poll bills by total workspace members, not just the people who respond. A 24-member Slack pays them $49 a month. A 100- member Slack pays $99. A 500-member Slack pays $299. A 1,000-member Slack pays $499. The number keeps climbing.
Surveys bills by active respondents. A 1,000-member Slack where only 20 people answer surveys pays $29. The same Slack with 30 respondents pays $59. Past the small tier, the price stops climbing entirely. At any team size beyond a handful of people, the gap is dramatic.
Tiers. Simple Poll splits features across Free, Premium, and Enterprise. Surveys does not. Every plan, including Free, ships the same product; the only variable is the respondent cap.
Recurring cadence. Surveys runs weekly, monthly, or quarterly with a reminder schedule for non-responders. Simple Poll covers weekly and monthly but not quarterly.
When Simple Poll might still fit you better
Simple Poll is the right shape for some teams, and it is fine to say so.
If your team uses Slack polls mostly for lunch orders, ”🍕 or 🌮” reactions, and Friday-afternoon trivia, Simple Poll is the lighter tool and that lightness is the feature. Surveys is heavier than the question deserves in those cases.
If you already use Simple Poll and your team is wired into it, the switching cost is real. Add Surveys alongside if you have decisions that need a survey shape, and keep Simple Poll for the rest. Most teams that pick up Surveys end up running both.
If you need their reactions-driven poll style or their specific brand voice, we do not match that. Our register is more direct.
The final word
A poll and a survey are not the same shape of question. Most teams that need structured answers, schedules, anonymity, and a dashboard end up with a survey tool. The choice usually comes down to price and how many features sit behind the paywall. On both, Surveys is the cleaner pick.
See if Surveys fits your team.
Free for 30 days. No card. About a minute to your first survey.