Best scheduling software (worth paying for?)

We asked 10 models: Which scheduling tools are actually worth paying for? 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: 49%
Same model, run twice: 72%
Different picks: 33

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	5	1
Claude Haiku 5.5 (#1) Best-in-class for simple booking links; polished, reliable, and widely adopted by buyers. GPT-6 Luna (#1) Polished, dependable booking with broad integrations; the clearest paid upgrade for most teams. Gemini 4 Argon (#1) Industry standard with unmatched reliability, deep integrations, and frictionless booking for external guests. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#1) Industry-standard scheduling links; smoothest client-facing booking experience. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#1) The gold standard for simple one-off scheduling; eliminates back-and-forth entirely. GLM-5.3 (#1) Industry standard; intuitive, reliable, and fairly priced for solo to enterprise use. Kimi K3 (#1) Simple, reliable, and the link recipients already know how to use. MiniMax M3 (#1) Best-in-class scheduling UX and integrations for the price. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#1) Best all-around scheduler; free tier plus affordable paid plans with robust integrations. Mistral Large 4 (#5) Solid scheduling links, though bloated and overpriced now.
2	Acuity Scheduling	7/10	2	4	4	2	2	2				2
Claude Haiku 5.5 (#2) Strong customization and payments for appointment-based businesses at a fair price. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#2) Best-in-class self-booking for small service businesses; worth every dollar. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#2) Best for service-based businesses needing client intake forms and payments built-in. GLM-5.3 (#2) Best for service businesses; payments, intake forms, and deep customization included. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#2) Powerful for service businesses; built-in payments, packages, and memberships. GPT-6 Luna (#4) Strong service-business booking with payments, intake forms, and useful client management. Gemini 4 Argon (#4) Essential for service businesses needing client intake forms, packages, and upfront payment processing.
3	Motion	9/10	8	9	3	3	6	5	2	4	4
Kimi K3 (#2) Best AI auto-scheduling that actually reshuffles your day intelligently. Gemini 4 Argon (#3) Justifies its price by automatically scheduling and reprioritizing tasks directly around your meetings. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#3) AI auto-scheduling actually saves time on busy calendars. Mistral Large 4 (#4) Ambitious AI scheduling and task management, buggy but powerful. GLM-5.3 (#5) AI auto-scheduling genuinely saves time for busy individuals juggling meetings and tasks. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#6) AI auto-scheduler that dynamically protects deep work and reshuffles tasks. Claude Haiku 5.5 (#8) Automatically plans tasks and meetings; powerful for busy people, though pricey. GPT-6 Luna (#9) Automatically plans tasks around meetings, valuable for people who need calendar-driven time management.
4	SavvyCal	8/10	6	6	2	5	3		4	3	7
Gemini 4 Argon (#2) Best recipient experience through interactive calendar overlays that eliminate back-and-forth guessing. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#3) Calendly competitor with superior overlapping availability views and ranked options. MiniMax M3 (#3) Polished overlay scheduling that converts better than peers. Kimi K3 (#4) Thoughtful scheduling links that let guests overlay their own calendar. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#5) Thoughtful features Calendly lacks at a friendlier price point. Claude Haiku 5.5 (#6) Thoughtful overlay scheduling with a good experience, though narrower audience. GPT-6 Luna (#6) Thoughtful, polished scheduling links make coordinating with clients and collaborators less awkward. Mistral Large 4 (#7) Thoughtful scheduling links with exceptional UX for client meetings.
5	Reclaim.ai	8/10	7	10	6	4		7	3	5	2
Mistral Large 4 (#2) Smart calendar automation that actually defends your focus time. Kimi K3 (#3) Smart habit and task scheduling that defends focus time automatically. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#4) Smart habit-based calendar defense is genuinely useful. MiniMax M3 (#5) AI-driven calendar automation for busy professionals. Gemini 4 Argon (#6) Smartest automated time-blocking tool for protecting focus time and balancing internal team calendars. Claude Haiku 5.5 (#7) Smart calendar defense and habit scheduling that genuinely saves focused hours. GLM-5.3 (#7) Smart calendar defense habits and focus time automation at a modest price. GPT-6 Luna (#10) Smart task scheduling and focus-time protection deliver meaningful gains for busy calendar users.
6	Cal.com	6/10		5	5	9		3	6	2
MiniMax M3 (#2) Open-source Calendly alternative with strong free tier. GPT-6 Luna (#5) Flexible workflows, routing, and self-hosting make paid plans compelling for technical teams. Gemini 4 Argon (#5) Superior customization, routing forms, and workflow automation for teams wanting total control. Kimi K3 (#6) Open-source Calendly alternative with generous free tier and customization. Qwen 3.8 Flash (#9) Open-source flexibility and self-hosting make it uniquely valuable.
7	Doodle	6/10	5	8	9		4	9				3
Nemotron 3 Ultra (#3) Top for group polls; simple, free for participants, great for team coordination. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#4) Still the simplest group-poll tool when you need consensus across many people. Claude Haiku 5.5 (#5) Easy group polling for finding meeting times; useful but less essential now. GPT-6 Luna (#8) Still useful for group polls and finding a time across many participants. GLM-5.3 (#9) Group polling still useful, though pricing now outweighs its narrow feature set.
8	Google Calendar	5/10	4	2					7	8	10
GPT-6 Luna (#2) Excellent everyday scheduling, especially for Workspace users; paid value comes bundled with collaboration. Claude Haiku 5.5 (#4) Free-tier scheduling is hard to beat; paid Workspace adds solid team booking features. MiniMax M3 (#8) Free with Google account, surprisingly capable for simple needs. Mistral Large 4 (#10) Free, ubiquitous, surprisingly competent scheduling built in.
9	Microsoft Bookings	4/10	3	3					9			5
Claude Haiku 5.5 (#3) Good value for Microsoft 365 shops needing simple appointment scheduling. GPT-6 Luna (#3) A practical choice for Microsoft 365 organizations needing staff and customer appointment scheduling. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#5) Solid if already on Microsoft 365; included, integrates with Teams/Outlook.
10	YouCanBook.me	4/10		7			5	6				6
DeepSeek V4 Pro (#5) Affordable Calendly alternative with strong calendar sync and custom booking pages. GLM-5.3 (#6) Simple, transparent pricing; reliable core scheduling without upsells. Nemotron 3 Ultra (#6) Flexible, embeddable booking pages; strong timezone handling and customization. GPT-6 Luna (#7) Highly configurable booking pages and notifications suit organizations with specific scheduling processes.
11	Chili Piper	3/10	9		7			4
GLM-5.3 (#4) Ruthlessly efficient inbound meeting routing for sales teams; measurably boosts conversion. Gemini 4 Argon (#7) Worth every penny for revenue teams needing instant lead routing and CRM-driven handoffs. Claude Haiku 5.5 (#9) Excellent for sales teams routing inbound leads to reps instantly.
12	Clockwise	2/10					9				1
Mistral Large 4 (#1) Best-in-class calendar AI for focus time and meeting optimization. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#9) Best for teams wanting AI-optimized calendars that carve out focus time automatically.
13	Setmore	2/10					7					4
Nemotron 3 Ultra (#4) Generous free plan; good for solo pros and small teams needing POS and reminders. DeepSeek V4 Pro (#7) Solid free tier plus paid plans; includes video calls, payments, and a clean UI.
14	Cron	1/10									3
Mistral Large 4 (#3) Reliable team calendar with clean async scheduling built for startups.
15	Fantastical	2/10			10				5
Kimi K3 (#5) Premium calendar experience with excellent natural language input. Gemini 4 Argon (#10) Best native experience for Apple users, combining natural language parsing with built-in scheduling links.

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

Most divisive

Picks most models listed, at very different positions

Reclaim.ai#2 for Mistral Large 4 #10 for GPT-6 Luna
Google Calendar#2 for GPT-6 Luna #10 for Mistral Large 4
Motion#2 for Kimi K3 #9 for GPT-6 Luna

Hot takes

Picks that appear on only one ballot

Cron at #3, only Mistral Large 4
Superhuman at #6, only Qwen 3.8 Flash
Notion at #6, only MiniMax M3
Skedulo at #7, only Qwen 3.8 Flash
ClickUp at #7, only MiniMax M3
When I Work at #8, only Qwen 3.8 Flash
OnceHub at #8, only GLM-5.3
When2meet at #8, only Kimi K3
Notion Calendar at #8, only Mistral Large 4
Calendbook at #8, only Nemotron 3 Ultra
Asana at #9, only MiniMax M3
Akiflow at #9, only Mistral Large 4

Every ballot

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

Claude Haiku 5.5

Calendly
Acuity Scheduling
Microsoft Bookings
Google Calendar
Doodle
SavvyCal
Reclaim.ai
Motion
Chili Piper
Cronofy

75% with consensus · 84% self-consistent

GPT-6 Luna

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

64% with consensus · 86% self-consistent

Gemini 4 Argon

Calendly
SavvyCal
Motion
Acuity Scheduling
Cal.com
Reclaim.ai
Chili Piper
Cronofy
Doodle
Fantastical

81% with consensus · 85% self-consistent

Qwen 3.8 Flash

Calendly
Acuity Scheduling
Motion
Reclaim.ai
SavvyCal
Superhuman
Skedulo
When I Work
Cal.com
Deputy

86% with consensus · 62% self-consistent

DeepSeek V4 Pro

Calendly
Acuity Scheduling
SavvyCal
Doodle
YouCanBook.me
Motion
Setmore
SimplyBook.me
Clockwise
HubSpot Meetings

76% with consensus · 81% self-consistent

GLM-5.3

Calendly
Acuity Scheduling
Cal.com
Chili Piper
Motion
YouCanBook.me
Reclaim.ai
OnceHub
Doodle
GoodTime

74% with consensus · 73% self-consistent

Kimi K3

Calendly
Motion
Reclaim.ai
SavvyCal
Fantastical
Cal.com
Google Calendar
When2meet
Microsoft Bookings
Sunsama

75% with consensus · 84% self-consistent

MiniMax M3

Calendly
Cal.com
SavvyCal
Motion
Reclaim.ai
Notion
ClickUp
Google Calendar
Asana
HubSpot Meetings

70% with consensus · 36% self-consistent

Mistral Large 4

Clockwise
Reclaim.ai
Cron
Motion
Calendly
Sunsama
SavvyCal
Notion Calendar
Akiflow
Google Calendar

28% with consensus · 46% self-consistent

Nemotron 3 Ultra

Calendly
Acuity Scheduling
Doodle
Setmore
Microsoft Bookings
YouCanBook.me
SimplyBook.me
Calendbook
HubSpot Meetings
Square Appointments

62% with consensus · 79% self-consistent

Who agrees with whom

Overlap between two models' lists, weighted toward the top · 100 means identical · Color runs from 7 (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		79	60	68	71	65	52	49	17	71
GPT-6 Luna	79		61	54	58	60	53	52	13	59
Gemini 4 Argon	60	61		73	66	68	70	72	25	47
Qwen 3.8 Flash	68	54	73		69	69	68	61	30	57
DeepSeek V4 Pro	71	58	66	69		68	51	56	17	78
GLM-5.3	65	60	68	69	68		51	60	17	63
Kimi K3	52	53	70	68	51	51		70	35	38
MiniMax M3	49	52	72	61	56	60	70		28	37
Mistral Large 4	17	13	25	30	17	17	35	28		7
Nemotron 3 Ultra	71	59	47	57	78	63	38	37	7