# TidyCal: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/tidycal

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Meeting scheduling](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/meeting-scheduling/index.md) | 0% | 43 | 33% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "TidyCal wins on lifetime value - pay $29 once and never think about scheduling costs again." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Scheduling)
- "Best for Zero Recurring Costs: TidyCal" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Scheduling)

## And against it

- "public scores are highly inconsistent (4.7/5 on G2 vs. 3.3/5 on Trustpilot), suggesting potential quality or support issues" (Kimi K2, Scheduling)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named TidyCal, from 5 of the 9 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- calendly.com: 4
- cal.com: 3
- albato.com: 2
- blog.hubspot.com: 2
- koalendar.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- schedly.io: 2
- schedulingkit.com: 2
- techradar.com: 2
- tomba.io: 2

### Pages cited

- https://albato.com/blog/publications/best-appointment-scheduling-software-sales-pipeline: 2
- https://reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1hlwr2e/do_you_use_calendly: 2
- https://tomba.io/blog/calendly-alternatives: 2
- https://ai-agentsplus.com/blog/calcom-vs-calendly-real-cost-for-a-growing-team: 1
- https://altstack.ai/blog/appointment-scheduling-software-security-requirements: 1
- https://appsumo.com/products/tidycal: 1
- https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/free-scheduling-software-sales-teams: 1
- https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/group-scheduling: 1

## In its own words

What TidyCal's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Simple calendar management and booking solution (https://tidycal.com/)
- For: businesses (https://tidycal.com/)
- Price stated: Free plan, lifetime plans with a one-time payment, and a Pro subscription. (https://tidycal.com/)
- Starting price: 0 (https://tidycal.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Free plan (https://tidycal.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 6 (https://tidycal.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page tidycal.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1196 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-05-19
- conference or event: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-02-23
- report or ebook: 25 pages, 6 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-16
- comparison: 12 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-17
- news or press: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-16 report or ebook: Package booking for same day event SOyM10 https://roadmap.tidycal.com/p/package-booking-for-same-day-event-SOyM10
- Recent: 2026-09-15 report or ebook: Make more booking types visible on website VftNfW https://roadmap.tidycal.com/p/make-more-booking-types-visible-on-website-VftNfW
- Recent: 2026-09-14 report or ebook: Multiple bookings on same day 64SC88 https://roadmap.tidycal.com/p/multiple-bookings-on-same-day-64SC88
- Recent: 2026-09-09 report or ebook: Customise booking time 72narO https://roadmap.tidycal.com/p/customise-booking-time-72narO
- Recent: 2026-09-04 report or ebook: Bulk rescheduling for multiple bookings MNSVkv https://roadmap.tidycal.com/p/bulk-rescheduling-for-multiple-bookings-MNSVkv
- Recent: 2026-07-29 report or ebook: Ability to customize fields displayed on the booking cards i jNAzQx https://roadmap.tidycal.com/p/ability-to-customize-fields-displayed-on-the-booking-cards-i-jNAzQx

## 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.