Looking for an alternative to Doodle?

What is Doodle used for?

Doodle is mainly used to let a group vote on which proposed times work. Doodle offers Group Poll and Booking Page, participants can answer a Group Poll without a Doodle account, and the organiser picks a final time after the poll.

What are people looking for in a Doodle alternative?

The most common needs behind the search are:

• the poll should take the participants' real calendars into account
• several internal colleagues must be able to attend, not only the organiser
• customers and other external participants should be invited without an account
• the same tool should also provide a regular booking link
• the meeting should be created in the calendar with invitation, video link and reminders
• the booking should be followed up in CRM

Doodle and MeetSync® – the workflow difference

In Doodle the flow starts from the times the organiser proposes manually. In MeetSync® internal availability is read from Google Calendar, Microsoft 365 or Apple Calendar, the proposals are combined with external participants' answers, and a shared time can be confirmed according to the organisation's rules. The meeting is then created in the calendar.

External participants without an account

External participants can answer a MeetSync® meeting poll without creating a regular MeetSync® account. That makes the flow work towards customers, suppliers and partners just like a simple poll, but with calendar sync on the internal side.

When is Doodle still the right choice?

Doodle is a rational choice when you need a standalone poll in an ad hoc group, when no calendar integration is required and when the meeting is booked manually afterwards anyway.

When does MeetSync® fit better?

MeetSync® fits better when the organisation books meetings with internal and external participants repeatedly, when participants use different calendar systems, when both booking links and meeting polls are needed, and when the booking should connect to calendar, video meeting and CRM.