Mentimeter Alternative
For when you just need a poll
Mentimeter is a broad presentation platform. If what you actually need is one clean, anonymous poll for a class, a meeting, or an event, most of that surface area is weight you carry and pay for.
PollMaker.ai does one thing: a poll you can launch in seconds, that no one can trace back to a voter, with captcha and duplicate-vote protection included on the free tier.
Two differences that matter
No stored IP addresses. Voter addresses are hashed with a per-poll secret and discarded, so an anonymous poll is anonymous at the data layer, not only on the label.
Pay for the event, not the year. A one-time Event Pass covers a single event for 30 days. If you run one all-hands or one contest a quarter, an annual seat is the wrong shape for you.
What you give up
A full slide-deck audience platform, live word clouds, and the rest of a large feature set. If you need those, Mentimeter is the right tool. If you need an honest poll, this is lighter and cheaper.