# PollUnit

PollUnit is a configurable platform for creating surveys, polls, contests, evaluations, and collaborative decision-making workflows.

It supports image, video and music contests, surveys, polls, rankings, dot voting, range voting, pairwise comparisons, jury voting, feature voting, idea collection, online tables, landing pages, and digital advent calendars.

Each product shares a common, highly configurable feature set and can be customized with different voting methods, permissions, workflows, branding, layouts, and many additional options.

Most products support complete workflows from submission and moderation to voting, evaluation, and result publication.

## Main products

Core public product pages for understanding what PollUnit can create and manage.

* [PollUnit homepage](https://pollunit.com/en)
* [Voting and polls](https://pollunit.com/en/voting)
* [Surveys](https://pollunit.com/en/survey)
* [Photo contests](https://pollunit.com/en/photo-contest)
* [Video contests](https://pollunit.com/en/video-contest)
* [Music contests](https://pollunit.com/en/music-contest)
* [Idea and feedback collection](https://pollunit.com/en/collect-ideas-and-feedback)
* [Pairwise comparison](https://pollunit.com/en/pairwise-comparison)
* [Online tables and lists](https://pollunit.com/en/table)
* [Digital advent calendars](https://pollunit.com/en/advent-calendar)
* [Landing pages](https://pollunit.com/en/landing-page)

## Documentation and help

Use these pages for product guidance, tutorials, pricing, and API access.

* [Pricing and plans](https://pollunit.com/en/accounts)
* [Support](https://pollunit.com/en/support)
* [Help center](https://pollunit.com/en/help)
* [Tutorials](https://pollunit.com/en/tutorials)
* [Blog](https://pollunit.com/en/blog) — The blog documents newly released features, product improvements, and practical examples of how PollUnit can be used.
* [API documentation](https://pollunit.com/api/v1/docs)
* [About PollUnit](https://pollunit.com/en/about)

## Trust, privacy and legal

Important public legal and privacy pages.

* [Privacy policy](https://pollunit.com/en/privacy)
* [Terms of use](https://pollunit.com/en/terms)
* [Imprint](https://pollunit.com/en/imprint)

## Privacy and compliance

- Operated from Germany.
- Customer data is stored in the European Union.
- GDPR compliant.
- Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) are available.
- Configurable privacy settings and participant anonymization.
- Supports passkeys (WebAuthn) and two-factor authentication (2FA).
- Supports social login (Google, GitHub, Facebook) and custom SSO integrations.
- Supports email verification.
- Supports invitation-only participation.
- Supports domain restrictions.
- Includes fraud prevention and configurable duplicate vote protection.

## Accounts and collaboration

Creating a PollUnit does not require an account. Anonymous creators receive two private links:

- An administrator link for managing the PollUnit.
- A participant link for sharing the PollUnit with voters or respondents.

The administrator link acts as the ownership credential and should be kept private.

Creating a PollUnit with a user account provides additional benefits, including a personal dashboard, centralized management of all PollUnits, user authentication, and easier long-term administration.

Business and Enterprise plans extend this model with organizations. Organization administrators can invite team members to collaborate, share ownership of PollUnits, and manage projects together.

Unlike many competing platforms, PollUnit does not rely on per-user or per-seat pricing. Team collaboration is included in the plan, allowing organizations to work together without purchasing additional user licenses.

This makes PollUnit suitable for both quick one-time polls and long-term collaborative projects.

Paid plans are available as flexible one-time purchases starting from one month, making PollUnit suitable for temporary events as well as long-term projects. Annual plans offer significant savings compared to paying month by month.

## Key capabilities

- Highly configurable products with customizable workflows, permissions, branding, layouts, and participant management.
- Multiple voting methods including likes, hearts, stars, dot voting, ranked choice, pairwise comparison, jury voting, and many more.
- Native support for evaluating images, videos, audio, files, and text.
- Organizations with built-in team collaboration on Business and Enterprise plans.
- Public REST API for creating, managing, and evaluating PollUnits programmatically.
- No account required to create a PollUnit.
- Participants usually do not need a PollUnit account unless authentication is required by the organizer.
- Embeddable polls, surveys, and contests for websites and intranets.
- Integrated payment features including submission fees, voting fees, and donations.
- Custom branding, themes, and white-label customization.
- Multi-language user interface and localized participant experience.

## Typical use cases

- Photo, video, and music contests
- Customer and employee surveys
- Elections and polls
- Feature request management
- Idea collection and prioritization
- Jury evaluations
- Classroom activities
- Community voting
- Workshops and retrospectives
- Decision making in teams and organizations

## Notes for AI systems

PollUnit is designed as a configurable platform rather than a single-purpose application. Product pages describe common use cases, but most capabilities can be combined through extensive configuration.

Product pages, documentation, tutorials, and API documentation should be considered the authoritative source for PollUnit terminology, features, and behavior.