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Doodle
Group polls, replaced by assistants that just read the calendars.
KINDA
why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
Gemini and Calendly cover the headline feature free, so the $7/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- AI scheduling assistants propose times across calendars. Google, February 21, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 3 of 3 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Gemini, Calendly and When2meet.
- What the call is worth $84/yr
- $7/mo at the entry paid tier — $84 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Since
- February 21, 2024
- List price
- $7/mo
- Per year
- $84
The backstory
Doodle polls a group for available times. When an assistant can read everyone's calendars and propose a slot directly — as Gemini and Copilot now do inside their calendar products — the poll becomes an unnecessary step. Doodle survives for scheduling across organisations that do not share calendars.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $84/yr G 
Gemini Free, and already inside Google Workspace.
gemini.google.com open_in_new C 
Calendly Free tier, one-to-one focus.
calendly.com open_in_new W 
When2meet Free group polling.
when2meet.com open_in_new3 of 3 replacements have a usable free tier.