A poll tallies the group. A button asks for the reply.
Polls for Gmail puts a poll card in a Gmail email so people can vote. Easy Reply puts answer buttons on an email you are sending so one person can reply. Both are one click, and neither asks the recipient for an account.
What Polls for Gmail is
Polls for Gmail inserts a poll card into a Gmail email. You add it with their Google Workspace add-on or their Chrome extension. The recipient votes in one click and does not need an account. Votes show in a live results dashboard. The product is for polls and surveys: team polls, scheduling polls, and ratings. Free is 3 polls to start, then 1 poll a month. Standard is $100 a year for 5 polls a month. Pro is $150 a year for unlimited polls. A free poll carries Made with… branding. Removing that branding is a paid feature.
What Easy Reply is
Easy Reply is a Chrome extension that adds one question and two to four answers to a Gmail you are already writing. It is for cold emails, follow-ups, yes or no questions, and meeting confirmations: the notes sales, recruiting, founders, and freelancers send when they need an answer. The recipient does not install anything and does not need an account. They click. The answer comes back on the thread, as the reply or the confirmation, and it shows in Insights. Free for 50 sends a month, no email footer.
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Who it is for
Easy Reply. Someone sending outreach or a follow-up who needs one person to answer.
Polls for Gmail. A team poll, a scheduling poll, a rating, or a survey, where the point is the tally.
How you add it
Easy Reply. In the Gmail you are composing, with the Chrome extension.
Polls for Gmail. A poll card in the email, from their Google Workspace add-on or their Chrome extension.
What the recipient does
Easy Reply. Clicks an answer. No account, and no install on their side.
Polls for Gmail. Votes in one click. No account.
Where it shows up
Easy Reply. On the email thread, as the reply or the confirmation, and in Insights.
Polls for Gmail. In a live results dashboard.
Free plan
Easy Reply. Free for 50 sends a month, no email footer.
Polls for Gmail. 3 polls to start, then 1 poll a month. Free polls carry Made with… branding. Removing it is paid.
When to use Polls for Gmail
Use Polls for Gmail when the email is a group decision: a team poll, a multi-question survey, a scheduling poll, or a rating, and you want the votes in a dashboard. Easy Reply will not run that poll.
When to use Easy Reply
Use Easy Reply when you are writing to one person and you need a reply. A cold email, a follow-up, a yes or no, or a meeting confirmation. They click an answer. It comes back on the thread. Free for 50 sends a month, no email footer.
FAQ
Is Easy Reply a Polls for Gmail alternative?
For a yes or no button in a Gmail email, yes. You add the answers on the message you are sending. They click, and the answer comes back on the thread. Keep Polls for Gmail for a team poll, a multi-question survey, a scheduling poll, or a rating.
What does a Gmail poll extension do?
Polls for Gmail is a Gmail poll extension, and a Google Workspace add-on. It inserts a poll card. People vote in one click, without an account, and you read the votes in a live results dashboard. Easy Reply is a Chrome extension for answer buttons on an email, and the click comes back on the thread.
Does the free plan add branding to the email?
A free Polls for Gmail poll carries Made with… branding. Removing that branding is a paid feature. Easy Reply does not add that line. Free for 50 sends a month, no email footer.
Free for 50 sends a month. The other person does not install anything.