Online surveys people actually finish
A survey is a set of questions that help you understand a topic: satisfaction, feedback, research. PollsLive lets you build one from multiple choice, scales, ranking, and open-ended questions, then run it live on a screen or async over a shared link. No account for respondents, anonymous by default.
Question types that keep people engaged
Multiple choice
Clean, countable answers.
Scale (1-5 / 1-10)
Satisfaction, agreement, and NPS-style questions.
Open-ended
The why: grouped live as a word cloud so themes pop.
Ranking
Priorities, not just picks.
Survey guides
How to Read and Export Your Poll Results in PollsLive
Where to find your poll results, how to read the breakdown by question, and how to export everything to Excel or a PDF report. Step by step, with screenshots.
When to Show Poll Results: Live, Reveal or Survey?
Show poll results as votes arrive, hide them until you reveal, or collect a whole survey on one page. How each option works and when to pick it.
Employee Satisfaction Survey Template (Free, Ready to Run)
A free employee satisfaction survey template: 14 Likert-scale questions on work, leadership and culture, plus open feedback. Copy it and run it in minutes.
How to Build a Poll from Scratch (Step-by-Step Guide)
Build a poll from a blank start: name it, add questions, pick question types, choose when results show, then publish or present. Screenshots for every step.
The 12 PollsLive Question Types, and When to Use Each
What each of the 12 PollsLive question types does, from multiple choice and quiz to word cloud, ranking and Annotate, and the moment to reach for each one.
Recurring Polls: Reuse Them Instead of Rebuilding
Weekly pulse checks, monthly NPS, per-class quizzes: keep recurring polls in folders, reuse them, and watch the trend instead of starting from blank.
Continuous Product Discovery with Live Polls
Run lightweight product discovery in customer calls, community AMAs and roadmap reviews: prioritize features and validate bets with live polls, not guesswork.
50 Employee Engagement Survey Questions (Honest Answers)
Employee engagement survey questions across six themes: culture, managers, growth, wellbeing, pay and remote work, plus tips to raise your response rate.
How to Run an NPS Survey (and Actually Read the Score)
What Net Promoter Score is, the one question behind it, how to calculate it, and how to run an NPS survey live or async, plus the follow-up that makes it count.
Word Cloud Questions: 20 Prompts for a Great Live Cloud
A live word cloud turns open answers into a picture the whole room can read. 20 word cloud questions that work, plus how to run one and the mistakes to avoid.
How to Create a Survey People Actually Finish
How to create a survey people actually finish: how many questions, what order, which question types, and the mistakes that make people quit halfway.
30 Survey Question Examples (and When to Use Each)
Copy-paste survey question examples for satisfaction, NPS, event feedback, employee pulse and product research, with the right question type for each.
Poll vs Survey vs Form: Which One Do You Need?
Polls, surveys and forms get used interchangeably, but they solve different problems. The plain difference, with examples, so you pick the right one first time.
Moving off a form tool?
Forms collect records privately, one at a time. PollsLive surveys are live and engaging, with no respondent login. See how it compares to Google Forms, Typeform, and SurveyMonkey.
Frequently asked questions
What is an online survey?
An online survey is a set of questions people answer over the internet so you can understand a topic: satisfaction, feedback, research. Unlike a single poll, a survey strings several questions together. With PollsLive you can run one live on a screen or async over a shared link, with no account for respondents.
How many questions should a survey have?
For a general survey, aim for 5-8 questions; under 5 for a quick pulse. Length is the number-one reason people quit, so cut anything that doesn't feed a decision you'll actually make.
Is there a free survey maker?
Yes. PollsLive's free plan lets you publish 3 surveys with 500 responses each, with no respondent login. Pro removes the limits, with the developer API and lead capture included.
Can surveys be anonymous?
Yes. Name collection is off by default, so survey responses stay anonymous, which is exactly what you want for honest employee pulses and sensitive feedback.