# Doodle: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 20 judge labels across 1 category by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/doodle

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Meeting scheduling](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/meeting-scheduling/index.md) | 0% | 10 | 20% | 20 |

## What the models said for it

- "Doodle specializes in coordinating schedules across multiple people who don't share a calendar system." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Scheduling)
- "Doodle is widely recognized as the best option for scheduling group meetings" (MiniMax M2.5, Scheduling)
- "Swiss-based (strong privacy jurisdiction), SOC 2 and GDPR compliant" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Scheduling)
- "Trying to coordinate one meeting among many people: Doodle." (GPT-6 Luna, Scheduling)

## And against it

- "its free tier now features heavy banner ads, pop-ups, and aggressive third-party ad tracking scripts on the voting page" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Scheduling)
- "You should avoid legacy "poll-style" schedulers (older iterations of Doodle or manual email threads)" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Scheduling)
- "Often listed for avoidance in self-hosted/privacy guides" (Grok 4.20, Scheduling)
- "Be cautious with Doodle if: Data residency matters to you." (Kimi K2, Scheduling)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Doodle, from 51 of the 57 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- calendly.com: 28
- cal.com: 24
- usemotion.com: 19
- blog.hubspot.com: 18
- youcanbook.me: 17
- doodle.com: 12 (its own site)
- capterra.com: 11
- koalendar.com: 11
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 9
- zapier.com: 9

### Pages cited

- https://usemotion.com/blog/scheduling-tools: 16
- https://cal.com/blog/calendly-alternatives: 10
- https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/group-scheduling: 9
- https://koalendar.com/blog/best-meeting-scheduling-software: 9
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-meeting-scheduling-software: 9
- https://youcanbook.me/blog/best-meeting-schedulers: 9
- https://calendly.com/help/calendly-platform-security-and-compliance: 8
- https://zapier.com/blog/best-meeting-scheduler-apps: 8

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Free online meeting scheduling tool (https://doodle.com/)
- For: teams, groups, individuals (https://doodle.com/)
- Price stated: Unser Sales-Team unterstützt Käufe ab 25 Nutzern. (https://doodle.com/de/case-studies)
- Free plan or trial: Free online meeting scheduling tool (https://doodle.com/)
- Certifications: HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, Cyber Verify Level 3, GDPR, CCPA
- Hosting: Republik Irland, gesamte EU
- Customers named: Geological Society of America Foundation, SRG Inc., Wood Manufacturing Council, University of Redlands, University of North Texas, Crain Communications, Cisco

## What it publishes

Every page doodle.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 10003 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 460 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 32 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 32 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 33 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-11-11
- comparison: 46 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-03-20
- podcast or video: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-03-20 glossary or explainer: 10190775 best practices for interacting with doodle s ai assistant https://help.doodle.com/en/articles/10190775-best-practices-for-interacting-with-doodle-s-ai-assistant
- Recent: 2024-11-11 report or ebook: 9457375 how to use booking intervals and buffer times with booking page https://help.doodle.com/en/articles/9457375-how-to-use-booking-intervals-and-buffer-times-with-booking-page

## 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.