DirectPoll review
A focused free polling tool with quizzes, QR access, and presentation integrations.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
DirectPoll is a browser-based audience response system for presenters, educators, webinar hosts, and event organizers. It supports single-choice and multiple-choice polls, with incoming answers displayed in real time. Voters can join through a link or QR code without creating an account, while presenters manage the active question from a cockpit. The product is suited to live sessions that need quick audience input, formative assessment, or participation during a presentation.
The service is free, and its core workflow covers poll creation, audience access, live result display, and result downloads. Presenters can start, pause, stop, and navigate questions, hide answer popularity while voting is open, and use token-based restrictions to control access. Correct-answer marking adds a quiz-oriented option for teaching and assessment. DirectPoll also supports anonymous responses, which can make it suitable for audience feedback where participants should not be identified. The published service supports up to 500 concurrent voters per poll.
Presentation fit is a notable part of the offering. DirectPoll can connect with the Microsoft PowerPoint Web Viewer Add-In, Live Slides, Apple Keynote, and PowerPoint workflows, helping presenters incorporate polls into slide-based sessions. Its focus remains live polling rather than a broad audience interaction suite: live Q&A is not included, and the platform is web-based. Choose DirectPoll for free, straightforward polls, quiz questions, and controlled participation in presentations or events. Choose an alternative when moderated audience questions or capabilities beyond polling are central to the session.
DirectPoll pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free access to real-time single- and multiple-choice polls
- QR codes, voting links, and anonymous responses simplify audience access
- Presenter controls, quiz marking, restrictions, and result downloads
- Where it doesn't
- No live Q&A feature
- Web-based platform only
- Polls support up to 500 concurrent voters
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