Alignlee exists to make reaching team consensus quick, honest, and a bit more enjoyable than it usually is. It's a free planning poker tool with no signup, built for teams who want to estimate, see where they disagree, and get back to work.
The problem we're trying to fix
Estimation meetings have a reputation problem. They drag, people disengage between votes, and the loudest or most senior voice tends to set the number. Two things make that worse with remote teams: it's easier to drift off when you're one tile on a video grid, and it's harder to notice when someone quietly disagrees.
We think most of that is fixable with a few design choices rather than more process.
What we believe
- Removing friction matters more than adding features. If joining a session takes an account, a download, or a procurement ticket, teams go back to shouting numbers in a call.
- Disagreement is the useful part. The value of planning poker is the conversation that happens when estimates differ. A tool should make that disagreement visible, not smooth it over.
- Confidence is information. A confident 5 and an unsure 5 are different estimates. Capturing that difference helps teams spot work that needs more refinement.
- A little fun is fine. Short, bounded bits of play during natural waiting moments keep people present without taking over the meeting.
How that shows up in the product
These are the things Alignlee actually does today:
- Free, no signup. Enter a name, create a room, and share the 6-character code or link. There are no paid tiers and no participant cap.
- Hidden votes, revealed together. Votes stay hidden until reveal, which triggers automatically once half the voters have voted. That keeps early votes from anchoring everyone else.
- Confidence on every vote. Each vote carries a 0–100% confidence slider, and the result is a confidence-weighted estimate, so low-confidence votes count less. See the confidence voting guide for how teams use it.
- Standard decks. Fibonacci, Modified Fibonacci, and T-shirt sizes.
- Confidence Pulse. A quick 1–5 sprint confidence vote, similar to fist-of-five.
- Spectator mode for people who want to watch without voting.
- Light gamification. An optional "would you rather" icebreaker, achievements, and a slot machine on the waiting screen.
- A clean ending. An end-of-session summary (rounds, consensus rounds, average time per round) and meeting minutes you can export as a Markdown file.
- Sales mode for deal-qualification voting with BANT, MEDDIC, CHAMP, GPCT, or a custom framework.
Alongside the planning poker room there are a few free standalone tools: a random icebreaker generator, a meeting cost calculator, a check-in question generator, and a sprint velocity calculator.
What Alignlee isn't
Being clear about limits is part of being useful. Alignlee doesn't integrate with Jira or Slack (you copy issue keys in and type story points back), there's no anonymous voting mode (votes are shown with names after reveal), rooms expire after 24 hours, and it's English only. If you need those things, our planning poker alternatives page is an honest place to start comparing.
Who it's for
Mostly Scrum and Kanban teams estimating backlog items, but also anyone who needs a group to converge on a number or a judgment quickly: product teams sizing roadmap items, sales teams qualifying deals, and non-software teams trying agile for the first time.
If you want to try it, start a free planning poker room. If you're newer to the practice, the sprint planning best practices guide is a good next read.
FAQ
What is Alignlee?
Alignlee is a free, browser-based planning poker tool. You enter a name, create or join a room with a 6-character code, and vote using Fibonacci, Modified Fibonacci, or T-shirt decks. Each vote includes a confidence level, and the result is confidence-weighted.
Is Alignlee really free?
Yes. There are no paid tiers, no accounts, and no participant cap. The standalone tools, like the icebreaker generator and meeting cost calculator, are free too.
Does Alignlee integrate with Jira?
No. There's no Jira integration or API sync. Teams copy issue keys into the session and type the agreed story points back into Jira themselves.
Can I export results from a planning poker session?
You can export the meeting minutes as a Markdown (.md) file. There's no CSV export. If you want an AI summary, you can paste the Markdown into an assistant yourself; Alignlee doesn't call any AI service.