Doodle alternatives
People leave Doodle for three reasons: creating a poll now needs an account, the free tier carries advertising, and a poll of fixed options cannot say “any evening except Thursday”. These are the tools people try instead, limited to what each says about itself.
Quick answer
No account to create an event: Overlap, When2meet, Rallly, LettuceMeet, Crab Fit, WhenIsGood. No advertising: Overlap, Rallly, Crab Fit, WhenIsGood. A calendar invitation, where the site says so: Rallly. Overlap emails one only in the case below.
Overlap — a grid that can book the meeting
Best for: a group that wants the agreed time emailed to the people who left an address, without anyone signing up to answer.
Share one link, everyone paints when they are free. No account for the organiser or for anyone answering, 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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When2meet
Best for: You want the absolute minimum and nothing else: no calendar step, no invitations, no account anywhere, and a page that has worked the same way for years.
No account to create. A grid you paint. Carries advertising. Price: Free.
Rallly
Best for: You want to poll a shortlist of specific times rather than collect open availability, or you want self-hosting (Rallly is open-source).
No account to create. A poll of times the organiser proposes. No advertising. Price: Free (up to 3 open polls). Pro available for unlimited polls..
LettuceMeet
Best for: You want your Google or Outlook calendar drawn underneath the grid while you fill availability, and you want an account so you can edit the meeting later and hear when someone responds.
No account to create. A grid you paint. Carries advertising. Price: Free.
Crab Fit
Best for: You want an open-source heat-map, a password that exists only for one person's availability on one event, and you are happy copying the winning time out yourself. The homepage says the code is open source.
No account to create. A grid you paint. No advertising. Price: Free. Donations optional..
WhenIsGood
Best for: 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.
No account to create. A grid you paint. No advertising. Price: Free, with no adverts.
Where Doodle is still the better answer
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.
Head-to-head pages
Doodle vs When2meet · Doodle vs WhenIsGood · Doodle vs Rallly · Doodle vs LettuceMeet
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