Compared honestly
A Simply Voting alternative with a public price list
Simply Voting sits upmarket: SOC 2 attestations, telephone and paper voting, managed elections with a project manager. It's a serious product for organizations that need that weight — and its pricing reflects it: no public price list, a quote calculator, and add-on fees for weighted voting, segmentation, and translations.
Fast Elections publishes every price, includes those features on every tier, and is built for the small organizations that don't need a project manager to run a fair vote.
What it costs
The same election, two bills
| Roster size | Simply Voting | Fast Elections |
|---|---|---|
| 10 voters | Free Elections with 10 or fewer voters are complimentary. | Free |
| 25 voters | Quote — no public price list Third-party listings report self-administered pricing starting around $200; Simply Voting itself publishes no figure. | Free |
| 300 voters | Quote — no public price list | $19 flat |
| 1,000 voters | Quote — no public price list Annual plans discount multiple elections by 15% or more. | $49 flat |
Simply Voting details checked on simplyvoting.com in August 2026. They publish no prices for self-administered elections — fees come from an on-page calculator or a quote — so the cost column reflects exactly that. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Feature by feature
How the products differ
| Fast Elections | Simply Voting | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Public flat prices per election: free to 25 voters, $19 to 300, $49 to 1,000, $99 to 5,000. | Sized by eligible voters but quote-based — an on-page calculator, no published list. Free at 10 voters or fewer. Managed elections quoted separately. |
| Priced add-ons | One: AI ballot translation at $5. Weighted voting, segments, and manual translations are included. | Weighted vote support, voter segmentation, professional translations, telephone voting, nominations, and live tabulation are each priced add-ons. |
| Voting methods | Plurality, pick-N, ranked choice (IRV) with visible rounds, approval, and yes/no/abstain motions; write-ins and abstentions included. | Multiple choice, write-ins, and preferential (ranked); weighted votes as an add-on. No approval voting documented. |
| Ballot secrecy | Published data shape: hashed one-time links, ballots stored with no reference to the voter, hour-rounded timestamps. Receipt codes verifiable in published results. | States organizer-side linkage is impossible; results anonymous. Backed by SOC 2 attestation, penetration tests, and a certified-results report. |
| Compliance attestations | None yet — we publish our mechanics instead. We're honest that a young product can't match an audit trail of certifications. | SOC 2 Type 1 (company) and Type 2 (data centers), TRUSTe privacy certification, CyberHunter penetration tests, 100% uptime SLA with credits. |
| Delivery channels | Email, with automatic reminders and per-voter bounce handling, on every paid tier ($5+); free-tier organizers share links themselves. | Email, telephone voting, and managed postal/paper ballots — the widest channel set of any comparison here. |
| Administrators | Up to 10 per organization, included free. | Multiple admin users with customizable permissions, including auditor roles. |
| Languages | Ballots and voter emails in 10 languages; manual translation free, AI translation $5. | Up to 18 interface translations; professional ballot translations are a priced add-on. |
| Setup | Self-serve, minutes to launch. Free tier to try the full ballot experience (you share voting links yourself); pay only at launch. | Self-serve Election Manager for self-administered elections; managed elections go through sales. |
| Scale ceiling | 5,000 voters per election. | No published ceiling; serves large associations, unions, and governments. |
Where Simply Voting is the better fit
- Your board requires SOC 2 or third-party security attestations — they have them, we don't.
- You need telephone voting or managed paper/postal ballots alongside online.
- You want a managed election with a dedicated project manager running it.
- Your election is bigger than 5,000 voters.
- You need SSO against your organization's existing login system.
Where Fast Elections is the better fit
- You want to know the price before talking to anyone: every figure is published, and 300 voters is $19.
- Weighted voting, voter segments, and translations are included — there, each is a priced add-on.
- Your roster is 11–25 voters: still free here, already quoted there.
- You'd rather verify secrecy than take it on faith — our ballot storage design is published, and receipt codes appear in public results.
- You're a volunteer-run club, PTA, HOA, or local union that needs a fair vote, not an enterprise procurement.
Questions
Switching questions, answered
- Is Fast Elections a good Simply Voting alternative?
For small membership organizations — clubs, HOAs, PTAs, local unions, nonprofits — running online elections up to 5,000 voters, yes: you get published flat pricing with weighted voting, segments, ranked choice, approval, and motions all included.
If you need telephone or paper voting, SOC 2 attestations, SSO, managed election services, or more than 5,000 voters, Simply Voting is the stronger choice.
- How does the pricing compare?
Simply Voting doesn't publish prices for self-administered elections — fees are sized by voter count through an on-page calculator, with elections of 10 or fewer voters free, and add-on fees for weighted voting, segmentation, and translations. Third-party listings report starting prices around $200, but Simply Voting itself publishes no figure.
Fast Elections publishes everything: free to 25 voters, $19 to 300, $49 to 1,000, $99 to 5,000 — and the features Simply Voting sells as add-ons are included.
- Does Fast Elections have SOC 2 like Simply Voting?
No. Simply Voting holds SOC 2 attestations, TRUSTe certification, and commissions penetration tests — that audit trail is a real advantage, and we won't pretend otherwise.
What we do instead is publish the mechanics: ballots are stored with no reference to the voter, voting links exist only as hashes, timestamps are rounded to the hour, and every published result carries receipt codes any voter can check. You can evaluate the design itself rather than an auditor's summary of it.
- Can I run a weighted or segmented election without add-on fees?
Yes. Vote weights come in with your voter spreadsheet, and voter groups can limit any question to the right segment of your roster — both included at every price, including the free tier. At Simply Voting, weighted vote support and voter segmentation are each priced add-ons.
- Can I move my voter list over from Simply Voting?
Yes. Export your electors to a spreadsheet and import the CSV or Excel file here — email, name, groups, and vote weights all come through one file, and voters never need accounts.
Try the full ballot experience for free
Build your election on the free tier and send yourself a test ballot. You only pay at launch, and only if your roster is over 25 voters.