VoteGenerator Blog — Poll and Survey Guides

Practical guides on running polls and surveys, writing questions that get honest answers, and making group decisions that stick. Everything here is free to read, and every tool we describe works without an account.

Original research

• We simulated 660,000 group votes — single-choice picked a different winner 43% of the time. With five options the winner holds no outright majority 84.3% of the time. Methodology and code published.

Comparisons

• VoteGenerator vs StrawPoll — StrawPoll wins on free response volume; VoteGenerator on poll types and no ads.
• VoteGenerator vs SurveyMonkey — SurveyMonkey's Basic plan lets you view 25 responses per survey; VoteGenerator shows all 100.
• VoteGenerator vs Poll Everywhere — Poll Everywhere is built for live presentations, VoteGenerator for async polls.
• VoteGenerator vs Poll Everywhere vs Mentimeter — three tools, and why their free plans are not comparable like for like.
• VoteGenerator vs Doodle — Doodle has calendar sync and booking pages; VoteGenerator needs no account and shows no ads.
• VoteGenerator vs Doodle vs When2Meet — grid or poll, discovery or validation.
• Best free group scheduling tools in 2026 — four compared including Rallly.
• Best free poll makers compared
• Free Mentimeter alternatives
• Best free survey maker tools
• Best free employee survey tools

Polls and voting

• Ranked choice voting: how it works and when to use it
• All 8 poll types explained
• How to create a poll online in under 60 seconds
• How to run a poll for team meetings
• Visual polls: how to use images in your polls
• RSVP polls: the easiest way to collect event responses
• 100+ this or that questions for polls and icebreakers
• 30 free poll templates, no signup

Surveys

• How to create a survey online, step by step
• How to write survey questions that get honest answers
• How to create a quick survey
• Rating scale surveys: types, mistakes, and templates
• Anonymous survey guide: how anonymity works, and when it doesn't
• Customer satisfaction survey: 25 questions and templates
• NPS survey guide
• How to survey customers: channels, timing, and questions

Employee surveys

• Employee engagement survey: complete guide
• Employee satisfaction survey: questions and best practices
• How to survey employees
• 50 employee survey questions that get honest answers
• 10 employee survey templates ready to launch
• Is your work survey actually anonymous?

Platform guides

• How to run a poll on Twitch
• Reddit poll alternative for communities