What people use Votepit for
Votepit started as a feedback board for software. The same board fits anywhere a group has more ideas than it can act on: collect suggestions, everyone votes for or against, and you see what has majority support and what splits the group. Here is what that looks like in practice.
Collect product feedback
Feature requests arrive by email, in chat, in support tickets and as GitHub issues. Whoever asks loudest seems most important, and nobody sees how many people don’t want something at all.
How it works
- Create a public board and link it from your app, website or help centre.
- Users submit requests. Votepit shows similar ideas while they type, so the same request doesn’t show up five times.
- Up- and down-votes show what many people want and what would annoy more people than it pleases.
- Set statuses like “Planned” or “In progress”. They become your public roadmap.
What helps
- Share of agreement instead of a bare upvote count
- Roadmap as columns, plus a Gantt view from Lite
- Slack and Discord notifications, embeddable widget (from Lite)
- Linear and GitHub sync, Agent API and MCP (Pro)
Sample ideas: Dark mode for the dashboard · Export to CSV · Offline mode for the app
Plan events together
A summer fete, street festival or conference brings plenty of wishes but one budget and one date. A survey form rarely shows what actually has majority support.
How it works
- Create a board and set deadlines: until when ideas can be submitted and until when people can vote.
- Put up the poster with its QR code or send the link in your newsletter.
- Guests vote on their phones, and without an account if you switch that on.
- When voting closes, export the result as CSV and give each idea a status like “Decided” or “Not this year”.
What helps
- Deadlines for submitting and voting
- Printable poster with QR code
- Voting without an account, switched on by the board owner
- Result export as CSV
Sample ideas: Live band instead of a DJ · Kids’ corner with a bouncy castle · Reusable cups instead of plastic
Decide as a club
In many clubs, whoever talks longest at the general meeting gets their way. Members who can’t make it go unheard.
How it works
- The committee creates a board, for example “What makes the perfect club festival?”.
- Members submit suggestions. If you like, the committee approves each new idea before it goes public.
- Everyone votes. The share of agreement shows what has broad support and what divides the club.
- Your own statuses like “Committee reviewing” or “Decided” show what happens to each idea. Decided ideas can be closed to further votes.
What helps
- Approval of new ideas before they are published
- Your own status names, with voting and comments switchable per status
- Your club’s legal notice appears on public boards on every plan; Lite adds your own intro and logo
Sample ideas: New kit for the first team · Open training once a month · Move the AGM to spring
Votepit gives you an opinion poll, not an election. It is not meant for binding resolutions or electing a committee.
Open the sample “Vereinsfest” boardGather ideas as a team
Retro items, offsite topics and internal improvements end up in chat threads and are forgotten a week later.
How it works
- Create a private or unlisted board (from Lite).
- Everyone submits topics and votes, spread over several days if needed.
- Before the meeting, you see what most people want to talk about.
What helps
- Private and unlisted boards (from Lite)
- Deadlines, so voting is done before the meeting
- Slack and Discord notifications (from Lite)
Sample ideas: Focus time on Wednesdays · A better onboarding checklist · A team day every quarter
Try it yourself
The demo resets every hour. Your own board is free on the Free plan, no credit card.
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