Doodle
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Premium Doodle is the low cost scheduling solution for enterprises on a annual basis. BookMe is a professional booking solution with a monthly fee per connected employee.
Starting price:
$6.95 per year
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Most Helpful Reviews for Doodle
1 - 5 of 1,760 Reviews
Justin
Primary/Secondary Education, 51 - 200 employees
Used unspecified
OVERALL RATING:
4
Reviewed November 2023
Meeting Scheduling Made Easy.
Russell S
Verified reviewer
E-Learning, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed January 2019
Powerful, yet simple!
Quickly deciding meeting times with groups of people - highly satisfied!
PROSIt can be extremely difficult to arrange/schedule meetings, appointments, and events when multiple people are involved. But the brilliant thing about Doodle is that it does the hard work for you! Here's what I love the best: - In a matter of a few moments, you can create a poll of options or available meeting times. I can quickly send a link to teammates, who can quickly and easily access the poll and begin to select times that work. What's more is that they can also see other times that have been selected, so I feel like they are more willing to cooperate (if that makes sense). - This removes text or email chains that go on, and on, and on without end... until we finally come to the conclusion that there's never a good time for everyone to meet up. (After wasting a day.) - It's absolutely free. I can't believe it. I would think they could be making money with user fees off of this fantastic idea/platform, but no - it's free! - It's quite simple and intuitive. There aren't a lot of bells and whistles, but that's great. There doesn't need to be advanced features. - It's easy to use for the first time. It's not overly complex. - You are notified when responses come in, and you ultimately get to control the meeting time. - This is somewhat random, but you can be very specific with meeting points. Want to meet at 12:02? Perfect. Want a meeting to end at 9:07... Doodle will do that, too. - Can link or access your Gmail contacts - fabulous feature!
CONSThere's really nothing to complain about in my opinion. It's a simple designed platform that accomplishes it's goal. Some potential updates to consider would be adding "most commonly used emails," though, that would be helpful. Another idea is build in some sort of Skype, Hangouts, or FaceTime feature if an individual is unable to attend at the appointed time. I realize that gets complicated, though, and is not Doodle's problem to solve!
John
Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed November 2023
A Once Wonderful Product...On The Decline
Doodle used to be the standard for scheduling meetings and for good reason - the tool was easy to use. However, the past few years, Doodle has really gone down hill. Part of this isn't their fault: Calendly and other scheduling tools gained popularity and were more convenient for people to use. Part of this is their fault: - Their redesign was a big step backwards - Their user interface is now worse and harder to use - The free version is virtually pointless With all of that said, if you do pay for Doodle then the product is a decent tool. Is it better than Calendly and other tools? It depends on your use. But, if you are looking to just use the free version, I would steer you in a different direction. Hopefully Doodle will fix their issues and get back to being an extremely useful tool.
PROSSubscription price isn't very expensive
CONSUser interface is lacking Free version is useless
Kristi
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed February 2024
Great free tool
The free version does the job when trying to schedule meetings with people from different organizations. Also love that it converts to a user’s own time zone— no calculating! Don’t you wonder why Microsoft hasn’t figured this out for multiple orgs?? Thanks doodle for stepping in!!
CONSLimited, but useful, functionality with the free version
Whit
Higher Education, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2021
How else do you schedule your meetings?
I use Doodle to schedule meetings with large groups when I do not have access to others' calendars. It is an incredibly simple tool for both the administrator and the user. It allows you to suggest available times and for others to indicate their availability within those selected times. It saves so much time and back-and-forth.
PROSWe have shared calendars within our immediate teams but when we are scheduling across teams or with external vendors, Doodle is the fastest and easiest way to find a consensus time. I go to Doodle before any other system because of the ease of use and everyone's familiarity with the product.
CONSThe system is near perfect. It serves its function about as well as it can and I don't think it needs to be overly complicated. If it were possible to add meeting information (i.e. zoom links, agendas, etc) and when consensus was met, to send the calendar invitation, that would be nice.
Reason for choosing Doodle
We use Google Calendar for our calendars but it does not have a feature that will help identify shared availability the way that Doodle does. Doodle also works when you are working across calendar platforms.