# Calendly: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 81 judge labels across 3 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/calendly

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Meeting scheduling](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/meeting-scheduling/index.md) | 56% | 1 | 11% | 79 |
| [Client onboarding platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/client-onboarding/index.md) | 0% | 109 | 100% | 1 |
| [Value selling tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/value-selling-tools/index.md) | 0% | 46 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "The best meeting scheduling tool for sales teams on a limited budget is Calendly, which offers a free plan and paid plans starting at $10/seat/mo." (Llama 4 Maverick, Scheduling)
- "Calendly is arguably the most popular standalone scheduling tool... Best balance of features, price, and ease of use for most people." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Scheduling)
- "Calendly is the best overall pick for most sales teams because it balances CRM integration, round robin routing, and ease of setup." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Scheduling)
- "Use well-established tools like Calendly, Chili Piper, or HubSpot Meetings, which are widely adopted and continuously updated" (Mistral Small, Scheduling)

## And against it

- "specifically avoid putting PHI or highly confidential information into tools like Calendly that explicitly prohibit it" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Scheduling)
- "Frequently flagged in privacy lists (e.g., Awesome Privacy recommends avoiding it)" (Grok 4.20, Scheduling)
- "A 2025 study of Zoom apps flagged the *Calendly for Zoom* integration as requesting access to meeting content that appeared unnecessary for its scheduling function." (GPT-6 Luna, Scheduling)
- "Sharing Calendly links publicly creates risks including making your scheduling patterns visible to competitors or bad actors" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Scheduling)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Calendly, from 201 of the 232 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- calendly.com: 102 (its own site)
- cal.com: 87
- blog.hubspot.com: 85
- albato.com: 80
- usemotion.com: 52
- youcanbook.me: 46
- guideflow.com: 42
- capterra.com: 39
- default.com: 39
- chilipiper.com: 37

### Pages cited

- https://albato.com/blog/publications/best-appointment-scheduling-software-sales-pipeline: 80
- https://default.com/post/best-sales-scheduling-software: 32
- https://calendly.com/pricing: 31
- https://cal.com/blog/best-ai-scheduling-tools: 29
- https://usemotion.com/blog/sales-scheduling: 28
- https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/meeting-productivity-software: 26
- https://usemotion.com/blog/scheduling-tools: 24
- https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/group-scheduling: 23

## The company

Calendly; https://calendly.com/; United States; founded 2013. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Calendly's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Meeting Scheduling Software and AI Meeting Tools (https://calendly.com/)
- For: Individuals, small business, large companies, sales, marketing, customer success, recruiting, education, technology, financial services, professional services (https://calendly.com/)
- Price stated: Pricing (https://calendly.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://calendly.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Get started for free; No credit card required (https://calendly.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 150 (https://calendly.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, CSA STAR, PCI DSS, ISO 27001
- Customers named: Pua Pakele, Alation, Inc., Virtru, AgriWebb

## What it publishes

Every page calendly.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 5836 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 276 pages, 14 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-18
- case study: 60 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-29
- webinar or virtual event: 69 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-11-21
- conference or event: 20 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-06-01
- report or ebook: 126 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-03-29
- comparison: 28 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-09
- template or tool: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-11-25
- glossary or explainer: 28 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-18
- news or press: 32 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Company and product https://calendly.com/blog/company-and-product
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Typeform integration https://calendly.com/blog/typeform-integration
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Integrations https://calendly.com/blog/integrations
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Sales and marketing https://calendly.com/blog/sales-and-marketing
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: Growth and productivity https://calendly.com/blog/growth-and-productivity
- Recent: 2026-09-17 blog: Social media integrations https://calendly.com/blog/social-media-integrations

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.