Is Doodle still free? What the free plan includes in 2026
Yes, there is still a free plan, but it is narrower than many people remember: one group poll, ads for you and the people you invite, and the useful extras behind a subscription. Here is what Doodle's own pages list, as of October 2026.
The short answer
Doodle still lets you make a group poll without paying. Doodle's pricing page lists the free plan as one group poll, one booking page and one 1:1 per account, and you need a free Doodle account to finish creating a poll. The people who vote do not need one.
The free plan shows ads, both to you and to everyone who opens your poll. Removing them is one of the things the paid plan is for.
Doodle changes its plans from time to time and does not always announce it, so check doodle.com before you rely on any of this. The figures below are what Doodle's own pricing and help pages said in October 2026.
What costs money
Most of what makes a poll easier to run sits on the paid plans: reminders for people who have not answered, a deadline that closes the poll, hiding participants' answers from each other, limiting how many people can pick one slot, calendar sync with automatic invitations, your own branding, and no ads for you or your participants.
The free plan covers the basic job, proposing times and collecting votes, and leaves the follow-up to you.
Settle the time without the thread
Propose a few slots, share one link, and let the group vote. Guests never sign up.
What Doodle costs
According to Doodle's help centre, the Professional plan is $15 a month, or $132 a year if you pay annually, which works out at about $11 a month. In the eurozone it is €15 a month or €132 a year.
The Team plan is $21 per user per month on monthly billing, or $16 per user per month billed annually, with a minimum of two users. Older reviews quoting $6.95 or $8.95 a month are out of date.
Where Doodle's own pages disagree
Some details depend on which Doodle page you read. One help article puts the limit at 10 time slots per free poll, another at 20, while paid plans allow up to 1,000. The help centre gives the participant limit as up to 1,000, and an older version of one article said 100. Doodle's own blog has described the free plan as including unlimited group polls, which its pricing pages do not.
None of this matters if you are scheduling one dinner. It matters if you are planning a semester of sessions or a 40-person event on the free plan, so test with a throwaway poll first.
If you only need one free date poll
Most people asking whether Doodle is free want one thing: a poll for a party, a team lunch or a club meeting that nobody has to sign up for. For that, the free plan is enough, provided you are happy for your guests to see ads.
If you are not, Decider is built for exactly that job and is free without a polls limit. You propose times, share one link, and everyone votes Yes, Maybe or No in their own time zone, with no ads and no account for the people you invite. The organiser signs in once, and the chosen time goes into everyone's calendar in one tap.