FREE · NOT FOR LIVE ELECTIONS
Evaluation Sandbox
$0
200 voters1 election1 branch
Core voting, receipts, sealed tally. Android app and station tablet. Practice only.
Open a sandboxLive Read from the pricing service, 27 Oct 2026
Pay for the election you run.
Every bill has three parts, all visible before you sign. Start free in the Evaluation Sandbox; when the vote is real, it runs on a licence.
- 01 · ANNUALThe licenceSized by eligible voters, elections a year and branches. Billed in USD, once a year.
- 02 · PER ELECTION OR MONTHThe modulesSwitched on when you need them. Some come inside a licence; the rest are priced below.
- 03 · PER ELECTIONThe engagement feeQuoted in writing after a briefing, once the roll, stations and dates are known.
Five licences
Annual, in USD · each includes the one before itONE ORGANISATION
Institutional
$48,000 / yr
250,000 voters5 elections3 branches
Everything in the sandbox, plus analytics and reports.
Book a briefingMANY MEMBER BODIES
Federation
$180,000 / yr
2,000,000 voters12 elections10 branches
Plus the Ballot Design Studio and Campaign & Nominations.
Book a briefingNATIONAL SCALE
Sovereign
from $1.2M / yr
Unlimited votersUnlimited elections100 branches
Plus the command centre, observer portal, multi-branch, disputes and the API.
Talk to usPUBLIC BODIES
Government
Custom
Unlimited votersUnlimited elections1,000 branches
County and national bodies holding their own internal votes.
Talk to usVerification, SMS and the per-election engagement fee are billed on top of every licence. Prices exclude VAT.
Modules · in KES
Every module, every price
Switch a module on for one election, or by the month. Verification checks the member's own document against a live selfie; it does not look anyone up in a government register.
| Module | Price | Per |
|---|---|---|
| Identity verificationDocument, live selfie, liveness prompts, face match | KES 25 | voter, per election · min. 200 |
| Live command centre | KES 15,000 | election |
| Campaign & nominations | KES 5,000 | election |
| Ballot design studio | KES 5,000 | election |
| Polling centres & SmartBoxes | KES 5,000 | election, + KES 2,000 a branch |
| Analytics & reports | KES 8,000 | election |
| Dispute resolution | KES 3,000 | election |
| Observer portal | KES 10,000 | month |
| SMS notificationsReminders and codes. Not a voting channel. | KES 1.50 | message · min. 100 |
| Campaign management | USD 1,999 | month |
| Your name, your systemsWhite-label · API & webhooks · languages · branches | from KES 2,000 | month |
| Managed election serviceOur people alongside your board | Quoted | engagement |
Source: pollguard.africa/api/public/pricing, read 27 Oct 2026, 15:45 EAT. If the service does not answer, this page shows no prices rather than old ones.
A worked example
A 30,000-member
county primary
A party branch runs one county primary. Every member verifies before voting, the electoral board watches from the command centre, and aspirants are handled through the nominations module.
LICENCE
MODULES SWITCHED ON
MODULE FEES · ONE ELECTIONESTIMATE · NOT A QUOTE
Verification30,000 members × KES 25 per voterKES 750,000
Live command centre1 election × KES 15,000KES 15,000
Campaign & nominations1 election × KES 5,000KES 5,000
Core voting · Analytics & reportsinside the Institutional licenceKES 0
MODULE TOTAL750,000 + 15,000 + 5,000 + 0KES 770,000
That is KES 25.67 per member in module fees for this primary.
PLUS THE LICENCE
Institutional, USD 48,000 a year. Covers five elections, so this primary uses one of them.
PLUS THE ENGAGEMENT FEE
Per election, billed separately and quoted in writing after a briefing.
IF YOU ADD SMS
2 reminders × 30,000 members = 60,000 messages × KES 1.50: KES 90,000, not in the total above.
Core voting · Analytics & reports come inside the licence, so they add 0 here. Estimate uses the module prices read from the pricing service on 27 Oct 2026, before VAT.
Straight answers
Can we run a live election on the sandbox?
No. It is for practice: 200 voters and one election.
Can members vote by SMS?
No. Ballots are cast on the Android app or at a station tablet.
Is there an iPhone app?
No. Android only, installed directly from pollguard.africa.
Does a licence make us IEBC-approved?
No. PollGuard is independent of the IEBC.