Ballotis vs the rest.
Comparison — we mark ourselves "no" on rows where competitors are stronger. Competitor cells were checked on 5 Oct 2026 against each vendor's own site. A dash means we could not confirm that cell there.
| Feature | Ballotis | ElectionBuddy | SimplyVoting | OpaVote | Helios |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single / multi / approval / yes-no | — | — | |||
| Ranked-choice (single-winner IRV) | — | — | |||
| Star rating | — | — | — | — | |
| Multi-winner STV (proportional) | — | — | |||
| Schulze / Condorcet | — | — | — | ||
| Borda count | — | — | — | ||
| Score / range voting | — | — | — | ||
| Cumulative voting | — | — | — | ||
| Weighted member classes | — | — | |||
| Proxy voting | — | — | — | — | |
| Multi-round / multi-question | — | — | — | — | |
| Per-voter receipts (optional) | — | — | — | — | |
| Public verification page (re-walkable) | — | — | — | — | |
| Tamper-evident hash chain (optional) | — | — | — | — | |
| Threshold-encrypted ballots (Helios-style) | — | — | — | — | |
| Rule-based fraud checks | — | — | — | — | |
| Cloud-IP block, user-agent screening, honeypot | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 anti-fraud presets (one-click config) | — | — | — | — | |
| AI features for voting (any) | — | — | — | — | |
| Custom domain (white-label) | — | — | — | — | |
| Embeddable live presenter view | — | — | — | — | |
| Email magic-link auth | — | — | — | — | |
| SMS OTP auth | — | — | — | — | |
| SAML SSO | — | — | — | — | |
| IVR / phone voting fallback | — | — | — | ||
| Observer / auditor accounts | — | — | — | — | |
| Signed PDF official report | — | — | — | — | |
| Read-only REST API + OpenAPI 3.1 spec | — | — | — | — | |
| AMS connectors (Salesforce / iMIS / etc.) | — | — | — | — | |
| Multi-region active deployments | — | — | — | — | |
| On-prem option | — | — | — | — | |
| Open-source counting code | — | — | — | — | |
| Free tier (ElectionBuddy 20; Simply Voting 10; OpaVote 25). Ballotis has a 14-day trial instead; launching a vote needs an election license or a plan | — | ||||
| Transparent published pricing | — | ||||
| Built-in awards / nominations (via Aclamos) | — | — | — | — |
Ballotis Live vs Slido, Mentimeter, Kahoot!
The Jackbox-style room-code layer competes with the live-polling SaaS players directly. Same QR-and-code join they ship, on the same platform as Ballotis voting.
| Feature | Ballotis Live | Slido | Mentimeter | Kahoot! |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-digit room code + QR join | — | — | — | |
| No-signup audience entry | — | — | — | |
| Big-screen presenter view | — | — | — | |
| Quiz mode with speed bonus | — | — | — | |
| Live leaderboard between questions | — | — | — | |
| OBS browser-source / iframe embed | — | — | — | |
| Audience-choice cue inside an awards ceremony | — | — | — | |
| Free tier (Ballotis has a 14-day trial instead; launching a vote needs an election license or a plan) | — |
ElectionBuddy
Online elections and meeting votes.
Free up to 20 voters; ElectionVote from $29 (350 voters) to from $299 (up to 100,000). Lists FPTP, cumulative, preferential, STV, scored, rating and approval methods.
Ballotis offers an optional tamper-evident audit chain with per-voter receipts and a public verification page. ElectionBuddy lists more counting methods (including STV and cumulative) and is cheaper at the 350- and 1,000-voter tiers.
SimplyVoting
Online elections.
Free up to 10 electors; larger elections priced by quote. Telephone voting and weighted votes are premium features.
Ballotis publishes every price; Simply Voting quotes elections above 10 electors. If you need telephone voting or weighted votes today, Simply Voting lists them and we don't.
OpaVote
Online elections with many counting methods.
Free up to 25 voters; $10 (125), $80 (1,000), $800 (10,000). Lists FPTP, approval, IRV, STV, Borda, Condorcet and weighted voting.
OpaVote lists more counting methods (STV, Borda, Condorcet). Ballotis adds email voter verification, anti-fraud presets and an optional audit chain with per-voter receipts.
Helios Voting
Verifiable voting.
Not checked against an official source yet.
Ballotis offers an optional hash-chain audit trail with per-voter receipts, anti-fraud presets and a read-only REST API.
Slido
Live audience polling.
Free Basic plan up to 100 participants. Engage $210 a year (up to 200), Professional $900 (up to 1,000), Enterprise $2,400 (up to 5,000); Engage can also be bought one-time for a single event.
Ballotis Live offers a 4-digit-code join, a big-screen presenter view and quiz mode in the same product as Ballotis voting.
Mentimeter
Live audience polling.
Free plan: 50 participants a month. Basic $11.99 and Pro $24.99 per presenter a month, billed yearly.
Ballotis Live runs quiz scoring and a big-screen presenter view on the same platform as your Ballotis votes. We don't offer word cloud, scale or open-text questions.
Kahoot!
Quiz-based audience engagement.
Pro Start $19 (50 participants) to Pro Max $79 (2,000), annual only; customer-facing use needs Pro Max or higher.
Ballotis Live ships speed-bonus quiz scoring (100 base + up to 100 bonus points) inside a voting platform.
Read the detail on any one of them
Each page covers pricing, fees and where that product is the better choice than ours.
- Ballotis vs ElectionBuddy
- Ballotis vs Simply Voting
- Ballotis vs OpaVote
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- ElectionBuddy vs OpaVoteneither is ours
- Simply Voting vs OpaVoteneither is ours
Try a Ballotis ballot.
14-day trial: set up polls free, no card needed. Launching a vote needs an election license or a plan. Optional per-voter receipts and a public verification page.
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