Alignlee vs PointingPoker.com
Comparison as of October 2026, based on PointingPoker.com's public website. Plans and features change; check www.pointingpoker.com before you decide.
PointingPoker.com and Alignlee are close cousins: both are free, both need no account, and both let observers watch without voting. PointingPoker supports more scales, including powers of 2 and custom values, has built-in email invitations, and offers a separate retrospective session. It is free because it runs ads. Alignlee adds a confidence slider to every vote, a confidence-weighted result, and an exportable Markdown record of the meeting.
Choose PointingPoker if you need a scale Alignlee doesn't have. Choose Alignlee if you want to know how sure people are, or you need a written record of the session.
Who should pick which
Pick Alignlee if
- You want voters to say how confident they are, and want low-confidence votes to count less.
- You need a record of the session afterwards (Markdown meeting minutes).
- You want automatic reveal once half the voters are in, and automatic move to the next round.
- You'd like a sprint-level Confidence Pulse check or an icebreaker in the same room.
Pick PointingPoker.com if
- You need powers of 2 or your own custom values.
- You want to invite people by email from inside the tool.
- You want a lightweight retrospective session from the same site.
- You want per-story elapsed-time statistics.
Alignlee vs PointingPoker.com: feature comparison
| Feature | Alignlee | PointingPoker.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. No paid tiers, no trial, no feature limits. | Free, supported by ads. |
| Signup required | No. Enter a name; others join with a link or 6-character room code. | No. No download, subscription or account. |
| Participant limits | No cap. | No limit stated on their site. Check their site. |
| Decks | Fibonacci, modified Fibonacci, T-shirt (each with ?). No custom decks. | Fibonacci, modified Fibonacci, T-shirt sizes, powers of 2, and custom values. |
| Spectator mode | Yes. Spectators can't vote and are excluded from the vote math. | Yes. Observers see votes and join discussion but don't vote. |
| Integrations | None. No Jira sync, no Slack app. Paste issue keys in, type points back. | None. Share the link via Slack, Teams, email or SMS; built-in email invitations. |
| Export | Meeting minutes as a Markdown (.md) file. No CSV. | None described. Session data is deleted once all participants leave. |
| Confidence voting | Yes. 0-100% slider on every vote; confidence-weighted estimate. | Not advertised. |
| Timing | No round timer; auto-advance 2 minutes after reveal (cancellable). | No countdown; statistics track how long each story takes. |
| Other tools | Confidence Pulse, icebreaker, sales deal-qualification mode. | Retrospective sessions. |
What PointingPoker.com does better
More scales
Powers of 2 and fully custom values, plus a reset-to-defaults option. Alignlee offers three fixed decks.
Email invitations
Send invites from inside the tool; their site says the addresses aren't stored. In Alignlee you copy the link or code yourself.
Retrospectives
PointingPoker also runs retrospective sessions. Alignlee doesn't.
Time per story
Their statistics panel tracks how long each story takes from clearing votes to consensus. Alignlee reports average time per round only in the end-of-session summary.
What confidence voting changes in practice
In both tools you'll see the same spread of cards. In Alignlee, each voter also sets a 0 to 100% confidence. Suppose four people vote 5 with high confidence and one votes 13 at 20%. A plain average says 6.6; Alignlee's weighted estimate lands closer to 5, because the low-confidence vote counts for less. More usefully, a story where everyone agrees on 8 but nobody is confident is flagged as a refinement candidate rather than slipping into the sprint.
If your team doesn't care about confidence, this difference won't matter, and PointingPoker's extra scales may be the deciding factor.
Records after the meeting
PointingPoker deletes a session's data once everyone leaves and doesn't describe an export, so record the agreed points in your tracker as you go. Alignlee lets anyone export the meeting minutes as a .md file before leaving, which is handy for the sprint planning notes or for pasting into an AI assistant to summarize.
What you get with Alignlee
Alignlee is free planning poker with no accounts and no participant cap. Votes stay hidden until half the voters are in, then reveal automatically with names. Every vote has a confidence slider, and the result is a confidence-weighted estimate. Spectators can watch without voting. Rooms last 24 hours, and you can export meeting minutes as Markdown. It does not integrate with Jira or Slack and has no custom decks. The full feature list is in our planning poker guide.
FAQ
Is PointingPoker.com free?
Yes. Its site says it is free to use and supported by unobtrusive ads. Alignlee is also free, with no paid tiers.
Does PointingPoker require an account?
No. Neither tool needs an account; you share a link and people join with a name.
Which tool has more card options?
PointingPoker: Fibonacci, modified Fibonacci, T-shirt sizes, powers of 2 and custom values. Alignlee has Fibonacci, modified Fibonacci and T-shirt sizes only.
Can I export results from either tool?
Alignlee exports meeting minutes as a Markdown file. PointingPoker's site doesn't describe an export, and session data is deleted once everyone leaves.
What we couldn't confirm
We didn't want to guess. These points weren't clear from PointingPoker.com's public pages:
- Whether PointingPoker has a participant limit per session.