Best scheduling software (buyer asking for advice)

We asked 10 models: I waste too much time going back and forth to book meetings and appointments. Which scheduling software would you recommend? Each named its own top 10.

Asked 4 ways: List request · Buyer asking for advice · Search query · Worth paying for?. Share of voice pools every wording.

Agreement between models: 60%
Same model, run twice: 75%
Different picks: 23

When agreement between models is well below a model's agreement with itself, the split reflects real differences in taste rather than randomness.

The consensus

Each cell is the position that model gave the pick; blank means it left the pick off. Click a row for each model's reasoning.

#	Pick	Listed by	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
1	Calendly	10/10	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Claude Haiku 5.5 (#1) Best-known scheduling tool; simple links, strong calendar sync, minimal setup. GPT-6 Luna (#1) Best overall for effortless sharing, availability rules, reminders, and broad integrations. Gemini 4 Argon (#1) The gold standard for frictionless meeting links and deep integrations across business tools. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#1) Best-known, simplest round-robin and one-on-one booking. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#1) Gold standard for simplicity; dead-simple one-link booking with insane adoption. GLM-5.3 (#1) Simplest setup, broadest integrations, the de facto standard for hassle-free scheduling. Kimi K3 (#1) Best pure scheduling tool; link-based booking eliminates back-and-forth entirely. MiniMax M3 (#1) Best overall for solo scheduling with polished UX. Mistral Large 4 (#1) Eliminates all back-and-forth emails with shareable booking links and smart scheduling rules. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#1) Clean UI, smart time-zone handling, vast integrations.
2	Acuity Scheduling	9/10	3	6	2	2	4	2	2		5	4
Gemini 4 Argon (#2) Best for service businesses needing client intake forms, packages, and upfront payments. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#2) Great for appointments with payments and client intake. GLM-5.3 (#2) Great for service businesses needing payments, intake forms, and appointment types. Kimi K3 (#2) Strong for client appointments, intake forms, and payment collection. Claude Haiku 5.5 (#3) Flexible booking pages, intake forms, and payments for appointment-based businesses. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#4) Robust for client-paid bookings with intake forms and payment collection. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#4) Powerful forms & payments, Squarespace-owned. Mistral Large 4 (#5) Extremely flexible booking forms and payment collection for client-facing appointments. GPT-6 Luna (#6) Great for service businesses needing intake forms, payments, and appointment management.
3	Microsoft Bookings	9/10	2	3		9	5	5	5	10	6	2
Claude Haiku 5.5 (#2) Solid for Microsoft 365 teams; handles appointments and staff availability well. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#2) Native to M365, no extra cost for most users. GPT-6 Luna (#3) Strong choice for Microsoft 365 users managing appointments and staff calendars. GLM-5.3 (#5) Native for Microsoft 365 shops with Outlook and Teams integration. Kimi K3 (#5) Natural choice for Microsoft 365 shops needing staff scheduling. Mistral Large 4 (#6) Deep Outlook and Teams integration makes scheduling feel native for Microsoft-heavy teams. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#9) Natural pick for Teams and Outlook-centric organizations.
4	Doodle	8/10	10	5	6		2	6	4	3		3
DeepSeek V4 Pro (#2) Simplest group polling; no accounts needed, everyone knows how to use it. MiniMax M3 (#3) Simplest group scheduling and polling on the market. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#3) Best for group polls, free tier generous. Kimi K3 (#4) Still best for group polls when coordinating many attendees. GPT-6 Luna (#5) Particularly effective for finding a time that works across many attendees. Gemini 4 Argon (#6) Remains the easiest polling tool for finding consensus among large, external groups.
5	SavvyCal	7/10	4	7	4	6	3		3		4
DeepSeek V4 Pro (#3) Best for warm intros; lets recipients overlay their own availability on yours. Kimi K3 (#3) Elegant overlay interface lets recipients pick times against their own calendar. Claude Haiku 5.5 (#4) Lets invitees overlay their calendars, cutting back-and-forth on time choices. Gemini 4 Argon (#4) Lets recipients overlay their own calendar on yours to find mutual time instantly. Mistral Large 4 (#4) Lets invitees pick times without seeing your full calendar—polished and privacy-respecting. GPT-6 Luna (#7) Polished scheduling experience that makes proposing times easy for both sides.
6	Google Calendar	8/10	8	2		3	10	3	6	2	9
GPT-6 Luna (#2) Excellent free, familiar option with appointment schedules and seamless Google integration. MiniMax M3 (#2) Free, universal, and the default for most meetings. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#3) Free find-a-time built into most workplaces already. GLM-5.3 (#3) Free, already integrated with Gmail and Workspace—zero friction for Google users. Kimi K3 (#6) Free appointment schedules built in; zero friction if you use Gmail. Claude Haiku 5.5 (#8) Free booking pages via appointment schedules; ideal if you already live in Google. Mistral Large 4 (#9) Free, ubiquitous scheduling slots and appointment pages with zero setup or cost.
7	Cal.com	7/10		4	3	5		7	7	5		8
Gemini 4 Argon (#3) Powerful open-source alternative offering extreme customization and generous free features. GPT-6 Luna (#4) Flexible, open-source-friendly scheduling with robust customization and integrations. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#5) Open-source, highly customizable, generous free tier. MiniMax M3 (#5) Open-source Calendly alternative with strong customization. GLM-5.3 (#7) Open-source Calendly alternative with full API control and generous free tier. Kimi K3 (#7) Open-source, generous free tier, highly customizable for power users. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#8) Open-source, self-hostable, developer-friendly.
8	YouCanBook.me	7/10		8	7	7	6	10		7		9
DeepSeek V4 Pro (#6) Clean embeddable booking pages linked directly to your calendar. Gemini 4 Argon (#7) Highly customizable booking pages with straightforward pricing and reliable team routing. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#7) Cheap, flexible branded booking pages for small teams. MiniMax M3 (#7) Strong branding controls and payment-collection features. GPT-6 Luna (#8) Straightforward booking pages with useful calendar controls and automated notifications. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#9) Deep calendar customization, per-link settings.
9	HubSpot Meetings	5/10	6			8		9		4		6
MiniMax M3 (#4) Tied to CRM, great for sales-driven scheduling workflows. Claude Haiku 5.5 (#6) Free meeting links that log into HubSpot CRM; good for sales outreach. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#6) Free CRM link, round-robin team routing. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#8) Free booking pages tied to CRM contact records.
10	Reclaim.ai	3/10			8			4			3
Mistral Large 4 (#3) AI automatically defends focus time and flexes meetings around real calendar priorities. GLM-5.3 (#4) AI auto-scheduling habits, tasks, and breaks—best for reclaiming wasted calendar time. Gemini 4 Argon (#8) Smart scheduling links that dynamically adapt to your habits, tasks, and focus time.
11	Motion	5/10			5		7	8	10		7
Gemini 4 Argon (#5) Uses AI to automatically schedule meetings alongside your daily tasks and priorities. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#7) AI-powered auto-scheduler that fiercely protects deep work blocks. Mistral Large 4 (#7) AI daily planner that schedules meetings automatically around your actual task priorities. GLM-5.3 (#8) Combines calendar, tasks, and meetings into AI-optimized scheduling for busy professionals. Kimi K3 (#10) Combines scheduling links with AI-powered calendar and task management.
12	Clockwise	2/10					8				2
Mistral Large 4 (#2) Intelligently rearranges existing meetings to create focus blocks and slash scheduling chaos. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#8) Optimizes your calendar dynamically, carving focus time around meetings.
13	Setmore	3/10		9					8			5
Nemotron 3 Ultra (#5) Free plan includes SMS reminders & staff logins. GPT-6 Luna (#9) Accessible option for small businesses needing online booking and basic appointment tools.
14	SimplyBook.me	4/10		10			9		9			7
No reasons recorded.
15	Chili Piper	2/10	5		9
Claude Haiku 5.5 (#5) Strong for inbound lead routing and instant booking on sales pages. Gemini 4 Argon (#9) Unbeatable for sales teams needing instant lead routing and qualification upon form submission.

8 lower-scoring picks are not shown; every ballot below lists them in full.

Most divisive

Picks most models listed, at very different positions

Microsoft Bookings#2 for Claude Haiku 5.5 #10 for MiniMax M3
Doodle#2 for DeepSeek V4 Pro #10 for Claude Haiku 5.5
Google Calendar#2 for GPT-6 Luna #10 for DeepSeek V4 Pro

Hot takes

Picks that appear on only one ballot

Microsoft Teams at #4, only Qwen 3.8 Flash
Zoom Scheduler at #8, only MiniMax M3
Zoom Meetings at #10, only Qwen 3.8 Flash
Cron at #10, only Mistral Large 4
Appointlet at #10, only Nemotron 3 Ultra

Every ballot

Hover a pick to find it on the other ballots. Marked picks appear on no other ballot.

Claude Haiku 5.5

Calendly
Microsoft Bookings
Acuity Scheduling
SavvyCal
Chili Piper
HubSpot Meetings
TidyCal
Google Calendar
Zoho Bookings
Doodle

75% with consensus · 90% self-consistent

GPT-6 Luna

Calendly
Google Calendar
Microsoft Bookings
Cal.com
Doodle
Acuity Scheduling
SavvyCal
YouCanBook.me
Setmore
SimplyBook.me

76% with consensus · 91% self-consistent

Gemini 4 Argon

Calendly
Acuity Scheduling
Cal.com
SavvyCal
Motion
Doodle
YouCanBook.me
Reclaim.ai
Chili Piper
TidyCal

75% with consensus · 81% self-consistent

Qwen 3.8 Flash

Calendly
Acuity Scheduling
Google Calendar
Microsoft Teams
Cal.com
SavvyCal
YouCanBook.me
HubSpot Meetings
Microsoft Bookings
Zoom Meetings

75% with consensus · 68% self-consistent

DeepSeek V4 Pro

Calendly
Doodle
SavvyCal
Acuity Scheduling
Microsoft Bookings
YouCanBook.me
Motion
Clockwise
SimplyBook.me
Google Calendar

72% with consensus · 71% self-consistent

GLM-5.3

Calendly
Acuity Scheduling
Google Calendar
Reclaim.ai
Microsoft Bookings
Doodle
Cal.com
Motion
HubSpot Meetings
YouCanBook.me

80% with consensus · 71% self-consistent

Kimi K3

Calendly
Acuity Scheduling
SavvyCal
Doodle
Microsoft Bookings
Google Calendar
Cal.com
Setmore
SimplyBook.me
Motion

89% with consensus · 59% self-consistent

MiniMax M3

Calendly
Google Calendar
Doodle
HubSpot Meetings
Cal.com
Microsoft Outlook
YouCanBook.me
Zoom Scheduler
Zoho Bookings
Microsoft Bookings

58% with consensus · 72% self-consistent

Mistral Large 4

Calendly
Clockwise
Reclaim.ai
SavvyCal
Acuity Scheduling
Microsoft Bookings
Motion
Microsoft Outlook
Google Calendar
Cron

57% with consensus · 68% self-consistent

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Calendly
Microsoft Bookings
Doodle
Acuity Scheduling
Setmore
HubSpot Meetings
SimplyBook.me
Cal.com
YouCanBook.me
Appointlet

74% with consensus · 79% self-consistent

Who agrees with whom

Overlap between two models' lists, weighted toward the top · 100 means identical · Color runs from 40 (lightest) to 79 (darkest)

	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Claude Haiku 5.5		61	62	61	64	61	70	46	59	72
GPT-6 Luna	61		61	69	62	71	69	74	51	67
Gemini 4 Argon	62	61		72	67	70	76	51	59	54
Qwen 3.8 Flash	61	69	72		56	78	72	63	51	53
DeepSeek V4 Pro	64	62	67	56		61	79	55	64	69
GLM-5.3	61	71	70	78	61		78	61	61	62
Kimi K3	70	69	76	72	79	78		55	60	68
MiniMax M3	46	74	51	63	55	61	55		40	59
Mistral Large 4	59	51	59	51	64	61	60	40		48
Nemotron 3 Ultra	72	67	54	53	69	62	68	59	48