Alchemer vs livepolls

Compare Alchemer and livepolls on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both Surveys tools, Subscription vs Freemium pricing to decide which fits your…

At a Glance

 Alchemerlivepolls
Primary categorySurveysSurveys
RatingNot documentedNot documented
Pricing modelSubscriptionFreemium
Starting price$55/month per user$0
Free planNot documentedYes
Free trialYesNot documented
PlatformsWebNot documented
Team collaborationNot documentedNot documented
AI featuresYesNot documented
Public APIYesYes

Pricing Compared

Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.

Alchemer

Collaborator — $55/month per user (or ~$26.25/month billed annually) monthly or annual
Professional — $165/month per user (max 3 users) monthly or annual
Full Access — $275/month per user (max 3 users) monthly or annual
Business Platform — Custom custom

livepolls

No individual plan breakdown documented yet.

Pros & Cons

Alchemer

Pros

  • Deep survey logic and customization options
  • Large integration ecosystem (400+ pre-built connectors)
  • Recognized as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Voice of Customer platforms for multiple years
  • Scales from small teams to enterprise use cases

Cons

  • Per-user pricing becomes expensive as team size or response volume grows
  • Professional and Full Access plans are capped at 3 users before requiring custom Business Platform pricing
  • Annual response volumes are limited by plan tier

livepolls

Pros

  • Create a live poll in about 10 seconds with no account required for creators or voters
  • Real-time animated results that update for everyone watching simultaneously
  • Flexible distribution: shareable link, one-line website embed, WordPress shortcode/Gutenberg block, or newsletter poll card
  • Generous free tier with unlimited polls and votes plus REST API access
  • Simple, single-tier pricing at $9/month — no per-poll upgrades or confusing plan ladder
  • Developer-friendly with a REST API, agent/MCP tokens, and webhooks for poll and vote events

Cons

  • Free tier displays a "Powered by LivePolls" badge that only the paid plan removes
  • Free plan is capped at 100 API requests per day, which is limiting for programmatic use
  • Focused narrowly on live polling — not a full survey or forms platform with complex question types
  • Branding customization (theme presets, custom accent color) and vote protection are gated behind Pro

Use Cases

Alchemer

  • Customer experience feedback programs — Collect and analyze feedback across surveys, reviews, and social channels in one platform.
  • Complex market research surveys — Build branching, logic-driven surveys with advanced statistical analysis.
  • Feedback-driven workflow automation — Trigger automated actions in CRMs and other tools based on survey responses.

livepolls

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