Why Izivote is the best platform for online voting
Form builders collect answers. App builders start with a sales call. Election software is built for formal ballots. Izivote is built for votes your audience takes part in, with live results, embeddable voting and setup you can finish yourself in minutes.
Purpose-built voting vs. generic form builders
Google Forms, Typeform and Jotform are built to collect survey responses into a spreadsheet. Izivote is built to run a vote as an event: every nominee gets a photo profile, voters can watch the standings update live, and paid voting turns support into funding, while the full leaderboard stays on your dashboard. If you need a free online voting tool, the Izivote free plan includes 1,000 votes.
| What you need | Izivote | Google Forms | Typeform | Jotform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built first for | Running a vote or awards event | Collecting form responses | Branded forms and surveys | Forms, apps and workflows |
| Entry price | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Free plan ceiling | 1,000 votes, no card | No published response cap | 100 responses a month | 5 forms, 100 submissions a month |
| Charge per vote | Yes, each payment is a vote | No payment field, add-ons only | Payment question from Plus ($56/mo) | Payment submissions, 10 a month on free |
| Live public results | Yes, ranked, with nominee cards | Opt-in summary of answers | Not published | Not published |
| Embed on site | Yes on Pro and Premium, one snippet | Yes, Embed HTML | Yes, on every plan | Yes |
Where Izivote wins
Izivote is better than Google Forms at running public awards with nominee profiles, live results and paid voting, where Google Forms collects responses into a spreadsheet.
Izivote is better than Typeform at running a vote as a public competition, with 1,000 free votes against 100 free responses a month.
Izivote is better than Jotform at multi-category awards with per-vote payments built in, and no workflow to configure.
Self-serve in minutes vs. custom app builders
Choicely builds native iOS and Android apps, where voting is one feature alongside news and media feeds, and quotes its pricing on request. Izivote is a web platform you set up yourself in minutes, so voters open your link or your embedded vote and take part straight away, with nothing to install.
| What you need | Izivote | Choicely |
|---|---|---|
| Built first for | Running a vote on the web | Native iOS and Android apps |
| Time to a live vote | Minutes, self-serve | Web voting in days, app in weeks |
| What voting costs | Published: free, then paid plans from $6/mo | Fixed fee or revenue share, quoted on request |
| Charge per vote | Yes, 10% platform fee | Free and paid voting offered, fee not published |
| Voters have to install | No, a link or your embed | Optional tailor-made mobile voting app |
| Embed on site | Yes on Pro and Premium, one snippet | Not published |
Where Izivote wins
Izivote is better than Choicely at getting a campaign live the same day, with published pricing, nothing for voters to install and no sales call.
Public voting vs. formal election and judging software
ElectionBuddy is built for formal elections and member votes. CrownVote is aimed at developers building on its APIs. Judgify is designed for judging panels that score entries against criteria. Izivote is built for votes the public decides, with social sharing, live results and paid voting, ready in minutes.
| What you need | Izivote | ElectionBuddy | CrownVote | Judgify |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built first for | Fan choice and audience choice awards | Formal elections and member votes | Awards and elections, developer APIs | Judged awards and entry management |
| Who casts the votes | Your audience, at any scale | Members and named voters | Voters and API clients | Judges and panels |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Per election | Not published | Per event |
| Entry price | Free | From $29 per election | Not published | From $699 per event |
| Free forever plan | Yes, 1,000 votes, no card | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Charge per vote | Yes, 10% platform fee | Not published | Yes | Not published |
| Embed on site | Yes on Pro and Premium, one snippet | Not published | API integration, no published widget | Not published |
| Voting modes | Open, Paid, Login, Identity | Not published | Paid and API-driven | Not published |
Where Izivote wins
Izivote is better than ElectionBuddy at public votes built to be shared, with live results your audience can follow as they happen.
Izivote is better than CrownVote at giving you a complete, ready-to-use voting page, with no API work required.
Izivote is better than Judgify at letting the public choose the winners, rather than a judging panel.
Competitor details are taken from their own public pages as of September 2026. Anything a platform does not publish is listed as "Not published". Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.