Doodle alternatives
Scheduling · doodle.com
Doodle is a scheduling tool offering group polls, sign-up sheets, 1:1 time slots and booking pages for individuals and teams.
Switching to Koalendar, which covers 63% of the compared capabilities.
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Way less money.
Top Doodle alternatives
We compared 11 products and found 6 cheaper options (5 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Doodle Pro at $55/mo for 5 seats ($11/seat) · scenario: 5 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Doodle costs $55/mo on the Pro plan at 5 seats, monthly billing. We found 6 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 8 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK TidyCal Pro plan · missing: Meeting polls, SSO (SAML/SCIM), Team roles & permissions, Custom branding | 50% | $12/mo how? ⓘ | $516 / year 78% cheaper | |
SimplyBook.me Basic plan · missing: Meeting polls, Unlimited event types, SSO (SAML/SCIM) | 63% | $16.21/mo how? ⓘ | $465.48 / year 71% cheaper | |
Acuity Scheduling Standard plan · missing: Meeting polls, SSO (SAML/SCIM), Group events, Team roles & permissions, AI assistant | 38% | $34/mo how? ⓘ | $252 / year 38% cheaper | |
Koalendar Pro plan · missing: SSO (SAML/SCIM), AI assistant | 75% | $49.95/mo how? ⓘ | $60.60 / year 9% cheaper | |
Calendly Standard plan · missing: Group events, Team roles & permissions | 75% | $50/mo how? ⓘ | $60 / year 9% cheaper | |
SavvyCal Basic plan · missing: SSO (SAML/SCIM), Group events, Custom branding | 63% | $50/mo how? ⓘ | $60 / year 9% cheaper |
Which Doodle alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Koalendar — $0/mo (Free forever plan) · covers 63%
- Best paid drop-in
- SimplyBook.me — $16.21/mo (Basic plan) · covers 63%
- Need meeting polls, unlimited event types, group events, team roles & permissions or custom branding?
- Koalendar — from $0/mo (Free forever plan)
- Need automated reminders & follow-ups?
- TidyCal — from $12/mo (Pro plan)
- Need SSO (SAML/SCIM) or AI assistant?
- Calendly — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Doodle has that the top alternatives lack.
- Meeting polls — Poll attendees to find a meeting time that works for everyone.Missing from TidyCal, SimplyBook.me.
- Unlimited event types — Create as many booking event types as you need.Missing from Calendly, SimplyBook.me.
- Automated reminders & follow-ups — Automatically send reminder and follow-up messages before a booking.Missing from Koalendar, Calendly.
- SSO (SAML/SCIM) — Sign in through your company's SSO (SAML/SCIM).Missing from Koalendar, TidyCal, SimplyBook.me.
- Group events — Let multiple people book into the same time slot.Missing from Calendly.
- Team roles & permissions — Assign roles and permissions to team members.Missing from Calendly, TidyCal.
- AI assistant — Get AI help managing scheduling tasks.Missing from Koalendar.
- Custom branding — Apply your own branding to booking pages.Missing from TidyCal.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Doodle vs the top alternatives, on the 8 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Doodle | Koalendar | Calendly | TidyCal | SimplyBook.me |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting polls from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Unlimited event types from Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Automated reminders & follow-ups from Pro | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO (SAML/SCIM) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Group events | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team roles & permissions | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| AI assistant | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom branding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $55/mo Pro | $0/mo Free forever | $0/mo Free | $12/mo Pro | $16.21/mo Basic |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Doodle covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Meeting polls — from Free
- ✓ Unlimited event types — from Pro
- ✓ Automated reminders & follow-ups — from Pro
- ✓ SSO (SAML/SCIM)
- ✓ Group events
- ✓ Team roles & permissions
- ✓ AI assistant
- ✓ Custom branding
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://doodle.com/en/premium (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Doodle cost?
Doodle's Pro plan costs $55/mo in our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Doodle alternative?
Yes. Koalendar has a free plan that covers 63% of the 8 capabilities we compared against Doodle.
What is the cheapest Doodle alternative?
In our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing), Koalendar is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free forever plan).
What is the cheapest Doodle alternative with SSO (SAML/SCIM)?
Calendly covers SSO (SAML/SCIM) and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does Doodle have a free plan?
Yes. Doodle's free plan is limited to 1 seat.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-28, on the vendors' official pricing pages.