Doodle vs WhenIsGood
WhenIsGood has everyone paint when they are free on a grid. Doodle is a poll of times the organiser proposes.
Creating an event on Doodle needs an account. On WhenIsGood it does not. Doodle can send a calendar invitation when the time is chosen. WhenIsGood does not, so telling the group is the organiser's job. Doodle carries advertising. WhenIsGood does not.
Side by side
| Doodle | WhenIsGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Account needed to answer | No | NoNote 1 |
| Account needed to create | YesNote 2 | NoNote 3 |
| Paint availability on a grid | No | YesNote 4 |
| Sends a calendar invite | YesNote 5 | NoNote 6 |
| Advertising | Yes | NoNote 7 |
| Price | Free tier with ads; paid from $15/monthNote 8 | Free, with no advertsNote 9 |
Doodle details checked on 2026-09-18 against their own site; WhenIsGood on 2026-10-19 against theirs. If anything here has gone out of date, tell us and it gets fixed.
- WhenIsGood: Someone who was sent a link paints the proposed times, types a name, and presses send response. The FAQ says the system can be used anonymously. An account stores update links on a dashboard; it is not required to answer. ↩
- Doodle: Answering a poll needs no account. Creating one does: Doodle now requires a free account of the organiser. ↩
- WhenIsGood: The FAQ answers "Do I need an account or a password?" with no: everything works without an account. The homepage says there is no sign-up form. An account is optional — an email address and a six-digit code — and the login page also offers a password if you already have one. Without an account you keep a results code. ↩
- WhenIsGood: You click a grid of the times you can do, and invitees paint the ones that work for them. The FAQ says times everyone can make show in green, with markers for the near misses. ↩
- Doodle: Doodle sends a calendar invitation once the organiser has connected a calendar, and a confirmation email otherwise. Its pricing page also lists calendar invites among the Pro features, so the free tier may send only the email. ↩
- WhenIsGood: The FAQ says clicking a time on the results grid gives an iCal (.ics) link you open in a calendar app or attach to an email yourself. WhenIsGood does not send that invitation. The same answer says the organiser is the one who lets everyone know. ↩
- WhenIsGood: The FAQ answers "Does it cost anything?" with: no, everything on WhenIsGood is free, with no adverts. ↩
- Doodle: Pro is $15 a month, or $132 a year. Team is $21 per user per month, or $16 billed annually, with a two-seat minimum. Enterprise starts at $15,000 a year. Figures from Doodle’s help centre, which states them in text; the pricing page renders its amounts in the browser. Third-party listicles still quoting $6.95 are years stale. ↩
- WhenIsGood: Same sentence as the advertising row. There is no paid tier on the FAQ, the homepage, or the account page. ↩
When Doodle is the better choice
You are polling a handful of fixed options rather than open availability, or you want the paid features around branding and reminders that a business account brings.
When WhenIsGood is the better choice
You want email alerts when someone responds, a dashboard for many events, and an .ics file you attach yourself. The account, if you want one, is an emailed code rather than a password you invent.
A third option
We make Overlap, so weigh this accordingly. It is a grid like WhenIsGood, with no account for anyone and no advertising. If the organiser connects Google, Overlap emails a calendar invitation with a Meet link to the people who left an email. Anyone can download an .ics file without signing in. People who left no email are not emailed an invitation.
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