Drop a poll into any Gmail email. Recipients vote in one click — no account, no app, no link to follow. Free to start — your first poll takes about a minute.
See the full flow
Recipients vote with one click — which opens a quick confirmation page. You watch results stream into your dashboard. Close polls when you have the answer.
Hey team — vote whichever resonates.
Click any option. In a real email, this opens a new tab.
Pick an option in Frame 1 to see the confirmation page here.
A simple confirmation page. No login, no app to install.
See every poll, every vote, live. Close when you have your answer.
How it works
No new app to learn. No links to copy. No friction for voters.
Click the Polls for Gmail icon in the Gmail compose sidebar.
Type your question and up to 6 options, then click insert.
Recipients vote in one click — no sign-in needed. Watch results land live in your dashboard.
Everything in the box
The tag on each card shows the plan it needs — most are free, a few unlock with Standard or Pro.
Every poll you've sent, with its question, options, vote count, and timestamp — all searchable from your dashboard. Reopen any poll to see how everyone voted in aggregate.
Compose a poll right inside Gmail's compose sidebar. It renders as a clean, table-based card inside the email body — no iframe, no external page, no broken images.
Recipients click an option, land on a confirmation page, done. No signup, no Google login, no app to install. Works for anyone you can email.
Watch votes land in real time. Per-option counts, percentages, totals, and a one-click "close poll" toggle. Bookmark-friendly URL per poll.
Ask each voter for their name or email — with a clear notice, so there are no surprises. Your dashboard then shows exactly who picked which option, with timestamps. Per poll, make it required, recommended, or off for anonymous voting.
Flip on multi-select when you create a poll and each recipient can choose more than one answer — perfect for "which of these work for you?" or "pick your top three." Single-choice stays the default; turn it on per poll. Results show each option's share of voters.
Go beyond a plain choice: star ratings (with an average score), ranked choice (voters order their preferences, scored by rank), quick Yes / No approvals, and open-ended written responses. Pick the type when you create the poll — the vote page and your dashboard adapt automatically.
Pick from three header palettes — Classic black, Mint, or Lavender — so the poll card matches your brand or the tone of the email. Set once per poll at compose time.
Set a deadline when you create a poll. Voting closes automatically when time's up. No more reminders to your future self to wrap things up manually.
Choose whether voters see live percentages after voting, or just a thank-you. Keeps polls neutral when you're after honest signal — no bandwagon effect.
Strip the "Made with Polls for Gmail" footer from the inserted card. Useful when the poll sits inside a heavily-branded newsletter or formal team email.
Ask the right way
Start with a simple choice, or reach for a richer format when the question calls for it. The tag on each card shows the plan it needs.
The classic poll — voters pick one option out of two to six. Results show as a live percentage bar so you see the winner at a glance.
Let voters pick more than one option — "select all that apply." Results show each option's share of voters, so totals can add past 100%.
Voters tap a 1–N star scale you set. Your dashboard shows the average score plus the full distribution — great for feedback and satisfaction checks.
Voters put the options in their preferred order. Options are scored by rank, so you surface the true favorite — not just the most-first-picks.
A fast one-tap approval. Perfect for sign-offs, RSVPs, and quick go / no-go decisions where two answers are all you need.
Collect written responses instead of fixed options. Every reply lands in your dashboard — no tallies or percentages, just answers in people's own words.
Explore
Five role-specific guides, three use-case playbooks, and head-to-head comparisons against the tools you already know.
Tailored guides for real estate agents, sales, coaches, marketing, and education.
Browse personasMeeting times, anonymous feedback, event RSVPs — pre-built poll patterns with examples.
See use casesHonest head-to-heads against Google Forms, Doodle, and Strawpoll.
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Everything you might want to know before installing.
Polls for Gmail is a Google Workspace add-on that lets you create polls inside Gmail and embed them in any email. Recipients vote in one click directly from their inbox — no account, no app, no link to follow.
Install the add-on from the Google Workspace Marketplace. A poll icon appears in Gmail's compose sidebar. Click it, type your question and up to 6 options, then insert the poll into your email. Recipients see vote buttons inside the email and click to vote — their selection lands in your live results dashboard.
No. Recipients vote directly from the email in their inbox with a single click. No account, no install, no friction. It works for anyone you can email, in any email client (Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, etc.).
Yes — with a 3-poll lifetime cap. Standard ($50/year) lifts that to 5 polls per calendar month and unlocks multiple-choice polls (let voters pick more than one option). Pro ($100/year) goes unlimited and adds extra poll types (star rating, ranked choice, yes/no, open-ended), color themes, voting deadlines, hide-results, and removing the "Made with Polls for Gmail" footer. Voter identification (see who voted) is included on every plan.
Standard gives you 5 polls per calendar month — a quota that resets on the 1st — plus multiple-choice polls that let voters pick more than one option. Pro is unlimited polls plus extra poll types (star rating, ranked choice, yes/no, and open-ended written responses) and the advanced controls: color themes (Classic / Mint / Lavender), a voting deadline that auto-closes the poll, hiding results from voters until you choose to share them, removing the "Made with…" footer, CSV export, and priority email support. Multiple-choice voting is included on both paid plans; seeing who voted is available on every plan, including Free. Pick Standard if 5 polls per month covers you; pick Pro for unlimited + the advanced toolkit.
Every plan can create single-choice polls (pick one). Standard and Pro add multiple-choice (pick several). Pro adds four more: star rating (voters tap 1–N stars; your dashboard shows the average), ranked choice (voters order their preferences, scored by rank), Yes / No (a fast approval), and open-ended (voters type a written response you collect in your dashboard). You pick the type when you create the poll and the vote page adapts automatically.
Yes — on any plan. When voter identification is set to Required, you choose exactly what a voter must supply before voting: their name, their email, or both. Recommended asks but lets voters stay anonymous, and Off keeps every vote anonymous.
Yes — on every plan, free included. When you create a poll you choose the voter identification mode: Required (each voter enters their name and email before voting), Recommended (they're asked but can stay anonymous), or Off (fully anonymous). Voters always see a clear notice, so there are no surprises. Your dashboard then shows a Who voted panel under each poll: each voter's name and email next to the option they picked, with a timestamp.
Pro is $100 per year — billed once annually, cancel anytime. It includes unlimited polls plus multiple-choice polls, color themes, voting deadlines, hide-results, remove branding, CSV export, and priority email support. Seeing who voted is included on every plan, free too. If 5 polls per calendar month is enough for you, Standard is $50/year — and it includes multiple-choice polls too.
The quota resets at the start of every calendar month (UTC). If you've used your 5 polls in June, the meter goes back to zero on July 1st. There's nothing to click — the next poll you create after midnight UTC counts against the new month.
Yes. As recipients vote, results update live in your Polls for Gmail dashboard. You can close a poll at any time to lock in the final results.
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