Frequently asked questions

No. Neither the organizer nor the participants need an account, and Accordate works in any browser, on a phone or a computer. The organizer enters a name and an email address, which is used only to send the admin link and notifications. Participants just enter their name.

Give your event a title, add a description and location if you like, then enter your name and email address. Next, pick the possible days in the calendar: tap a date, or drag to select several. You then get a link to share with participants and a private admin link.

Yes. Each selected day can be a whole day or have one or more time slots. For example, the same Tuesday can offer both 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The participant link is for answering: share it by email, text, Messenger, Teams or any other way. The admin link is private: it lets you edit the poll, remove a participant, choose the final date or delete the poll. Keep it to yourself.

Yes. When you create the poll, you can turn off “Maybe.” Participants then have to answer Yes or No, which helps when you need a firm headcount, for example to reach quorum or to book a place that requires a deposit.

Yes. An option lets you hide the results from participants, so everyone answers without seeing what others said. The organizer still sees all the results through the admin link.

Open the poll link again on the same device and in the same browser. A cookie remembers your row and lets you edit it.

Editing only works from the device and browser used to answer the first time. If the person switched devices or cleared their cookies, the organizer can remove their row with the admin link, and they can then answer again.

Yes. There’s a comment section under the answer grid. It’s handy for mentioning a constraint, such as “I can only get there after 7 p.m.,” or for organizing carpools.

Each date gets 2 points for every Yes and 1 point for every Maybe. The date with the highest score is highlighted automatically; if there’s a tie, all the tied dates are highlighted. The organizer then sets the final date.

Open your admin link and choose the date you’ve settled on. The poll then closes, and participants can add the event to their calendar in one click with an .ics file.

Yes. The organizer gets an email each time a participant answers or leaves a comment. These notifications can be turned off, which is handy for a large group.

No. Times are shown exactly as you entered them, with no conversion. If your participants are in different time zones, say so in the description, for example “All times are Eastern Time.”

Only what you type: title, description, location, dates, names, answers and comments, plus the organizer’s email address. That email address is never shown to participants. Accordate doesn’t use tracking analytics.

A poll with no activity for 180 days is deleted automatically. The organizer can also delete it at any time with the admin link.

Yes. Creating a poll and answering one is free, with no limit on the number of polls. The service is funded by unobtrusive ads shown on the site.

Not yet. The Pricing page describes the planned plans and lets you join the waitlist. In the meantime, the free version includes every current feature.

Look for the email you received when you created the poll: it contains the admin link. Check your spam or junk folder too. You can also open the “My polls” page in the browser you used to create the poll.

That page is stored locally in your browser. It only lists polls created on that device and in that browser, and it’s cleared if you delete your browsing data. Your polls are still reachable through their links.

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