AssociationVoting vs OpaVote

AssociationVoting is an online voting platform for member associations and organizations. It handles board elections, bylaw votes, member approvals, polls, referendums, nominations and proxy voting. Ballots can include candidates, propositions, slate approval, write-ins, or items tailored to districts and other groups. Voting options include First Past the Post and weighted score elections; secret ballots allow anonymous voting, with reports that omit voter identification. Election managers can see ballot counts, ongoing ballots, quorum reports, real-time tallies and an audit summary. Results remain accessible for 30 days after an election, while certified results and audit history are kept for one year from certification. It runs on web, Android and iOS. Single-election pricing is free for 1–25 eligible voters, $99, paid once for 26–125, $199, paid once for 126–500, and $299, paid once for 501–5,000. A free demo is available without a credit card.

OpaVote runs online elections and public polls, and can count ranked ballots gathered elsewhere. Election ballots use secret, single-use voter links, while supported methods include checkbox, ranked-choice, STV, Condorcet, Borda and approval voting. It also supports weighted voting based on factors such as shares or property surface. Managers can track email and ballot opens, submissions and delivery problems, then remind people who have not voted. Results can include charts, text, CSV and JSON, along with downloadable ballots and a recount link. Its API lets customers manage elections from their own servers and returns JSON. Interfaces and notifications support English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Slovenian and Finnish; voters can use phones, tablets, laptops or desktops. The service supports up to one million voters per election. The free plan allows three simultaneous elections, each with up to 25 voters and 10 candidates. Pay as you go costs $10, paid once for every 125 voters or 20 candidates. Polls rely on low-security cookie controls to discourage repeat voting, so the service recommends an election where higher security is needed.