Calendly vs Doodle
Calendly or Doodle? Here is how they compare on price, free plan, platforms and the jobs each does best, from each vendor's own pages.
| Compared on | Visit | Visit |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Booking-link scheduler with routing forms, Stripe and PayPal payments, and AI add-ons for notes and email | Group polls for finding a meeting time, plus booking pages, 1:1s and sign-up sheets |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | $10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard)Calendly pricing | $11/seat/mo billed annually (Pro)Doodle pricing |
| What it covers | Unlimited event types, multiple calendar connections, automations and reminders, HubSpot and Mailchimp, Stripe and PayPal payments. Seats are needed only for people who connect calendars and host meetings, not for invitees. | Single licence: $15 a month, or $132 a year. Taken from Doodle's help centre; the live pricing page did not display the Pro price when read. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial; the account then moves to the Free plan | None stated |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API | Web |
| Integrations (vendor's figure) | 100+ integrations, including Zoom, Google Calendar, Outlook, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Stripe, PayPal and Zapier | Google Calendar, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex and Stripe, plus 3,000+ apps through Zapier |
| Open source | No | No |
| Made by | Calendly LLC | Doodle AG |
Choose Calendly if…
- Price matters: its cheapest paid plan is $10/seat/mo against $11/seat/mo.
- You want a mobile app (iOS and Android).
- You need an API to build on.
- The job is sharing a booking link so clients and prospects pick a free time.
- The job is taking payment when someone books a session.
Choose Doodle if…
- The job is finding a meeting time that suits a whole group.
- The job is running sign-ups for workshops, webinars or events.
Still weighing it up?
If neither is quite right, Calendly and Doodle are also compared with their other rivals: Calendly vs Cal.com, Calendly vs Acuity Scheduling and Calendly vs Microsoft Bookings.
To see one of them doing real work, read Send a Feedback Survey After a Calendly Meeting Ends.
What Calendly does
- Booking links and pages with event types, buffers, daily limits and custom availability
- Connects Google, Outlook and Microsoft calendars to avoid double bookings
- Automated email and text reminders, and follow-ups
- Payment at booking through Stripe or PayPal, on Standard and above
- Round-robin and team scheduling, with routing forms that qualify and route leads, on Teams
- Notetaker: recordings, transcripts, meeting recaps and draft follow-up emails (Plus plans)
Watch out for
- Free plan: 1 event type and 1 calendar connection, with no payments
- Round robin, team scheduling and routing forms need Teams, from $16 per seat a month billed yearly
- Notetaker and Callie come only with the Plus plans, are available only in English, and Callie is in beta
What Doodle does
- Group polls where participants vote on proposed meeting times
- Booking pages with their own hours, buffers and daily booking limits
- 1:1s that offer a list of your available times to one person
- Sign-up sheets for workshops, webinars and events
- Calendar sync and automatic Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and Webex links
- Stripe payments so people pay when they book a booking page or 1:1
Watch out for
- Free plan: one group poll, one booking page and one 1:1, with ads
- Stripe payments, the admin console and booking on behalf are listed under Team, which needs at least 2 users
- Its pages do not describe round-robin distribution across a team
Questions
Is Calendly or Doodle cheaper?
On published entry prices, Calendly is cheaper: $10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard) for Calendly against $11/seat/mo billed annually (Pro) for Doodle. What each plan includes differs, so compare the limits too.
Do Calendly and Doodle have free plans?
Both do. Calendly: 1 event type and 1 calendar connection; one-on-one scheduling, a customizable booking page and the browser extension; no payments. Doodle: One group poll, one booking page, one 1:1 and 3 basic sign-up sheets; ads shown; no card needed.