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Alternatives to Doodle
21 scheduling tools sit alongside Doodle in this directory. Below is what separates each from Doodle on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 13
- Cheaper to start
- 11
- Doodle starts at
- Free, then $15/month
Why people look past Doodle
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Doodle has a free tier, and starts at $15/month against a category median of $19/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Scheduling automation platform for eliminating back-and-forth
- Starts $5 a month cheaper, at $10/month.
Scheduling infrastructure for everyone
- Starts $15 a month cheaper, at Free.
Find the best time to meet
- Starts $15 a month cheaper, at Free.
German-hosted scheduling with GDPR positioning and CRM features built into the upper tiers
- Starts $5 a month cheaper, at €10/month.
Appointment scheduling priced per calendar rather than per business
- Starts $4 a month dearer, at $19/month.
Scheduling with an unusually large free tier and heavy branding control
- Starts $15 a month cheaper, at Free.
Every Doodle alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doodle (this page) | Free, then $15/month | - | - | |
| CalendlyAutomated scheduling and booking with calendar sync and customizable booking links | Free, then $10/month | - | 4 | vs Doodle |
| Cal.comOpen-source scheduling platform with self-hosting option and calendar integration | Free | Freemium | 4 | vs Doodle |
| When2meetFree group scheduling tool for finding common available meeting times | Free | Free | 1 | vs Doodle |
| Zeeg | Free, then €10/month | Per user per month | 5 | vs Doodle |
| Bookedin | Free, then $19/month | Per calendar per month | 4 | vs Doodle |
| Zcal | Free | Per user per month | 3 | vs Doodle |
| Picktime | Free, then $3/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Doodle |
| Setmore | Free, then $5/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Doodle |
| SimplyBook.me | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Doodle |
| Schedulicity | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Doodle |
| Appointlet | Free, then $10/month | - | - | vs Doodle |
| Acuity Scheduling | Free, then $16/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Doodle |
| Appointy | Free, then $19.99/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Doodle |
| Sawyer | $189/month | Per business per month, plus marketplace commission | 4 | vs Doodle |
| iClassPro | $139/month | Per location per month | 4 | vs Doodle |
| Amilia SmartRec | $99/month | Per month plus 1% of invoiced items | 3 | vs Doodle |
| Planday | £2.99/user per month | Subscription | 3 | vs Doodle |
| Motion | $19/month | - | 2 | vs Doodle |
| Boulevard | $140/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Doodle |
| Chili Piper | $1250/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Doodle |
| Booker by Mindbody | $129/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Doodle |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Doodle badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (13)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
Cheaper than Doodle (11)
Entry price under Doodle's $15/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Doodle is most often brought in for scheduling, appointment booking, time tracking, resource management, team coordination. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Doodle is broadly right and the question is cost, the Doodle pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Scheduling category lists everything the directory holds, and best scheduling tools ranks them.
Doodle runs on web, mobile (ios, android). Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Doodle alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Doodle?
- 21 other scheduling tools are listed in this directory, led by Calendly, Cal.com, When2meet, Zeeg. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Doodle?
- 13 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Calendly, Cal.com, When2meet, Zeeg, Bookedin.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Doodle?
- Yes. 11 of the alternatives below start under Doodle's $15/month: Calendly at Free, then $10/month, Cal.com at Free, When2meet at Free, Zeeg at Free, then €10/month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Doodle?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Doodle has a free tier, and starts at $15/month against a category median of $19/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Doodle?
- Doodle is most often brought in for scheduling, appointment booking, time tracking, resource management, team coordination. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Doodle?
- None of the scheduling tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Doodle alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Scheduling, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Doodle against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Doodle covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every scheduling tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Scheduling category, 21 tools beside Doodle. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.