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Polis (pol.is) vs Loomio

Polis (pol.is) and Loomio both land on Depends.

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Confidence: Medium

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Polis (pol.is) versus Loomio
ComparePolis (pol.is)Loomio
VerdictDependsDepends
Best forGovernments and civic groupsCo-ops and collectives
Who it's not forSmall teams needing a quick poll . use Google FormsTeams that only need a quick poll . Slack or Forms suffice
PrivacyNo known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁵One public RCE vulnerability (CVE-2024-1297, 2024); fixes tracked publicly; hosted option offloads patching.10
Support qualityNo public evidenceNo support data in evidence
Public sentimentPublic user reviews of itself are scarce; coverage is mostly press and academic literature.¹Public feedback is sparse; available sources show a strong 4.8/5 aggregate rating and a user base skewed toward co-ops and movement organizations.12
Biggest gotchaNo security page; audit before hosting sensitive civic discussions⁵Self-hosting via Docker/VPS means you own patching . CVE-2024-1297 shows why that matters

Pick Polis (pol.is) when

  • Governments and civic groups
  • Researchers studying deliberation
  • Large communities seeking consensus

When Polis (pol.is) is not a fit

  • Small teams needing a quick poll . use Google Forms
  • Buyers wanting vendor SLAs and support
  • Companies doing customer feedback or NPS . wrong tool
  • Anyone unwilling to self-host and maintain software

Pick Loomio when

  • Co-ops and collectives
  • Async boards and committees
  • Member-led organizations
  • Distributed teams with genuine consensus needs

When Loomio is not a fit

  • Teams that only need a quick poll . Slack or Forms suffice
  • Buyers wanting published, transparent prices
  • Orgs needing enterprise SSO and compliance certifications
  • Managers who decide top-down anyway

Sources

  1. Pol.is - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
    news
  2. Polis: Open-source platform for large-scale civic deliberationreddit.com
    review
  3. Polis 2.0: The Open-Source Platform Scaling Deliberative Democracy to Millionsnews.lavx.hu
    news
  4. Opportunities and Risks of LLMs for Scalable Deliberation with Polisresearchgate.net
    review
  5. Security pagepol.is
    security
  6. Identity Federation & SAML-to-OIDC Bridge | Ory Polisory.com
    official
  7. Loomio pricing pageloomio.com
    official
  8. Private Loomio hostingloomio.com
    official
  9. Loomio GitHub Sponsorsgithub.com
    official
  10. CVE-2024-1297: Loomio RCEsentinelone.com
    security
  11. Loomio SECURITY.mdgithub.com
    security
  12. FeaturedCustomers testimonials (4.8/5)featuredcustomers.com
    review
  13. G2 reviewsg2.com
    review
  14. Capterra (Italy) reviewscapterra.it
    review
  15. Senedd committee report using Loomiosenedd.wales
    news
  16. Wikipedia: Loomioen.wikipedia.org
    news