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POLYAS
LinkedIn lists the headquarters at Marie-Calm-Straße 1-5, Kassel, Germany.
What it is
POLYAS provides online and live voting for elections, meetings, and organizational decisions. Its Online Voting Manager supports ballot creation, electoral roll management, election scheduling, and real-time turnout viewing. Organizers can run a free test election with up to five test voters before an actual election. Live Voting supports remote participation, with results shown after voting closes. Self-service customization includes logos, voter groups, ballot weighting, email reminders, and iFrame embedding for Live Voting or CORE 3 online voting. The free Standard online voting plan covers up to 50 voters with CORE 3 Base, but excludes features and service. Listed paid plans have a €50 base price, with voter-count pricing applying; the online voting calculator excludes features and service. Projects involving more than 20,000 people should contact POLYAS service. The company says voting data is processed and stored within the European Union, and describes an architecture that separates identifying information from ballots and anonymizes vote counting. It also offers self-service support through a Help Center, free video recordings, and email, while larger or complex projects can use a personal Election Manager.
For and against
For
- Free test election supports up to five test voters.
- Standard online voting is free for up to 50 voters.
- Turnout can be viewed in real time.
- Live Voting supports remote participation.
- Self-service support includes a Help Center and video recordings.
Against
- The free Standard plan excludes features and service.
- Paid plans start at a €50 base price plus voter-count pricing.
- Projects over 20,000 people must contact service.
The verdict
POLYAS covers online elections and live meeting votes, with a free test option and a free tier for smaller voter counts. Review which features and services are included when estimating a paid project.
Who it suits
POLYAS suits organizations running elections or meeting votes, including those with remote participants. Self-service organizers can use the listed tools, while large or complex projects can seek a personal Election Manager.
Plans and prices
Standard (Online Voting)
up to 50 voters · candidate and standard voting
Read 15 Oct 2026 · support.polyas.com
Certified (Online Voting)
for elections requiring certification · CORE certified system
Read 15 Oct 2026 · support.polyas.com
Live Voting
meeting and event voting · price calculated through project pricing
Read 15 Oct 2026 · polyas.com
Verifiable (Online Voting)
for security-critical elections · individually verifiable system
Read 15 Oct 2026 · support.polyas.com
On the record
- Automatic counting
- POLYAS automatically counts votes and provides election results after voting ends.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Ballot creation
- Administrators can create candidate, list and other ballot types online and configure vote rules.support.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Ballot secrecy
- POLYAS separates voter eligibility data from the ballot box and anonymizes the voter before vote submission.support.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- The company was spun out from Micromata and POLYAS GmbH was created in 2012.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company history
- POLYAS says its first online election took place in Finland in 1996 and that POLYAS GmbH was created as a corporate spin-off in 2012.polyas.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists POLYAS Software für Online-Wahlen as having 11–50 employees.de.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Customization
- Listed self-service features include custom logos, voter groups, ballot weighting, email reminders, and iFrame integration.polyas.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Data residency
- POLYAS says voting data is stored and processed within the European Union.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The Help Center contains guides for setup, features, authentication, communication, customization, design, rights management and results.support.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Election privacy
- POLYAS describes its voting architecture as separating personal identifying information from electronic ballots and anonymizing vote counting.support.polyas.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Election scheduling
- Organizers set the voting period and send personalized invitations when the election starts.support.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Electoral roll
- Eligible voters can be entered manually or uploaded from an Excel spreadsheet.support.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- External authentication
- Independent documentation reports support for LDAP and single sign-on authentication integrations.en.wikipedia.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- iFrame integration
- Live Voting and CORE 3 elections can be embedded in another website or event portal with a domain restriction.support.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Integration
- The iFrame feature can embed Live Voting or CORE 3 online voting in a website, event portal, or other system.support.polyas.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- ISO certification
- POLYAS GmbH holds ISO/IEC 27001:2017 certification for development, operation and support of online-election platforms, valid through 11 October 2026.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: hosted infrastructure
- Critics cited by Wikipedia object that elections run on company-managed servers instead of infrastructure controlled by organizers.en.wikipedia.org · read 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: maintenance access
- During monthly Online Voting Manager maintenance, administrators cannot log in, edit projects or view or download results, although voting remains available.support.polyas.com · read 15 Oct 2026
