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Interview scheduling · November 2026 Edition

ModernLoop vs Cal.com

Eleven of fourteen models named ModernLoop first on the direct prompt; zero named Cal.com. ModernLoop was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Cal.com by nine and ModernLoop carries 42 labels and Cal.com 23, so the shares are not directly comparable.

ModernLoop

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Cal.com

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share28%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%13%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels4223A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ModernLoop reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.GoodTime was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. ModernLoop vs Calendly · ModernLoop vs GoodTime · ModernLoop vs Koalendar

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the interview scheduling page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ModernLoopFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCal.com
Direct1101 against Cal.com
Paraphrase21
Comparative14
Budget-constrained034 against ModernLoop
Scale-constrained10
Negative102 against Cal.com
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, ModernLoop and Cal.com were named in the same answer forty-five times, of the 117 answers naming ModernLoop and the 95 naming Cal.com. In those answers Cal.com took the first choice thirteen times and ModernLoop seven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ModernLoop and Cal.com stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
ModernLoop Cal.com first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ModernLoop on the left and Cal.com on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ModernLoop and Cal.com stood in it.

ModernLoop first, Cal.com an alternative

11 of 14 modelsCal.com was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, GoodTime, Prelude
Gemini 3.5 FlashModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, GoodTime, candidate.fyi
Grok 4.20ModernLoop alternatives: Grayscale, Prelude
DeepSeek V4 FlashModernLoop alternatives: Calendly
Llama 4 MaverickModernLoop alternatives: Calendly, GoodTime
Qwen 3.7 FlashCalendly, ModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever
Kimi K2ModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime
GLM 4.7 FlashXModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Grayscale
MiniMax M2.5ModernLoop alternatives: Cal.com, GoodTime, VidCruiter
GPT-6 LunaModernLoop alternatives: Ashby's native scheduling, GoodTime
Muse Glimmer 30BModernLoop alternatives: Grayscale, Prelude

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarGoodTime alternatives: Ashby, Cal.com, Lever, ModernLoop
Mistral SmallGoodTime alternatives: Calendly, ModernLoop, Paradox

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniGoodTime alternatives: Ashby, Calendly, Greenhouse, Lever

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Cal.com leads by eleven points.
Cal.com11%#3 of 16
ModernLoop0%#14 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: ModernLoop leads at mid-market.
ModernLoop28%#1 of 15
Cal.com8%#5 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
ModernLoop leads by seven points.
ModernLoop9%#3 of 13
Cal.com2%#7 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about ModernLoop

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid these for budgets: Tools like GoodTime, Ashby, Paradox, or ModernLoop” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“recruiting-specific schedulers like GoodTime and ModernLoop are quote-only and usually mid-market to enterprise territory” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“instead of high-cost enterprise schedulers like GoodTime or ModernLoop” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend starting with a demo of ModernLoop. It offers the best balance of features, pricing flexibility, and mid-market focus.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose ModernLoop for structured hiring, interviewer utilization and technical recruiting workflows.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“ModernLoop offers the best balance of ATS integration depth, panel coordination, and automation” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Cal.com

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“General-purpose schedulers such as Calendly, Cal.com, Koalendar, or YouCanBookMe: ... verify panel coordination, candidate routing, ATS write-back” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Cal.com - Recent Concerns ... Production code went private; public repo became "Cal.diy"” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“less proven for pure recruiting at mid-market scale” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · soft negative
“Cal.com is positioned as the best overall interview scheduling software for flexibility, customization, routing, and transparent pricing.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Cal.com – best overall free & open source ... 1 user, zero budget, want unlimited event types: Cal.com free.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“For most teams, start with Cal.com (balanced and flexible) or Calendly (if simplicity is key).” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.