# Interview scheduling for small business buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "interview scheduling software" and as "recruiting coordination tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a small B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/interview-scheduling/smb

**Standing:** Calendly leads with 50% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 54 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Calendly](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/calendly/index.md) | 50% | 9% | 66 |
| 2 | [Koalendar](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/koalendar/index.md) | 15% | 0% | 26 |
| 3 | [Cal.com](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/cal-com/index.md) | 11% | 0% | 34 |
| 4 | [Breezy HR](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/breezy-hr/index.md) | 7% | 9% | 23 |
| 5 | [Zoho Recruit](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/zoho-recruit/index.md) | 6% | 0% | 15 |
| 6 | [JazzHR](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/jazzhr/index.md) | 6% | 8% | 13 |
| 9 | [GoodTime](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/goodtime/index.md) | 2% | 69% | 39 |
| 10 | [YouCanBookMe](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/youcanbookme/index.md) | 0% | 6% | 18 |
| 11 | [Setmore](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/setmore/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 14 |
| 12 | [Workable](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workable/index.md) | 0% | 17% | 18 |
| 13 | [Ashby](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/ashby/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 12 |
| 18 | [Google Calendar](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/google-calendar/index.md) | 0% | 27% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 82 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Calendly; alternatives Breezy HR, Koalendar, Zoho Recruit
- GPT-5.4 mini: Calendly; alternatives Ashby, GoodTime, Prelude
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Calendly; alternatives Ashby, Cal.com, ModernLoop, candidate.fyi
- Perplexity Sonar: Calendly; alternatives Cal.com, Lever
- Grok 4.20: Calendly; alternatives Breezy HR, Cal.com, Recruit CRM, Workable
- Mistral Small: Calendly; alternatives Cal.com, GoodTime, ModernLoop, Paradox
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Cal.com; alternatives Ashby, Calendly, Zoho Bookings
- Llama 4 Maverick: Cal.com; alternatives Breezy HR, Calendly, GoodTime, ModernLoop
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Calendly; alternatives Cal.com
- Kimi K2: Cal.com, Calendly; alternatives Koalendar
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Calendly; alternatives Cal.com, Koalendar, YouCanBookMe
- MiniMax M2.5: Cal.com, Calendly; alternatives 100Hires, Breezy HR
- GPT-6 Luna: Calendly; alternatives Prelude
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Calendly; alternatives Cal.com, FluentBooking, Koalendar

## Sources the answers cite

69 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- cal.com: 38 answers, 71 citations
- fluentbooking.com: 30 answers, 30 citations
- firsthr.app: 29 answers, 29 citations
- g2.com: 27 answers, 41 citations
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 22 answers, 24 citations
- lever.co: 22 answers, 22 citations
- koalendar.com: 21 answers, 34 citations
- makeautomation.co: 20 answers, 21 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://cal.com/blog/best-recruiting-scheduling-software (31 answers)
- https://fluentbooking.com/articles/best-interview-scheduling-software (30 answers)
- https://firsthr.app/compare/time-tracking/interview-scheduling-software (29 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/interview-scheduling/small-business (24 answers)
- https://cal.com/blog/best-interview-scheduling-software (21 answers)
- https://lever.co/insights/best-interview-scheduling-software (21 answers)
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/interview-scheduling-software (21 answers)
- https://koalendar.com/blog/best-interview-scheduling-software (20 answers)
- https://makeautomation.co/best-interview-scheduling-software (17 answers)
- https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/5099/best-scheduling-software-for-in-person-and-virtual-interviews (15 answers)

## Warned against

- GoodTime: 27 of 39 labels negative. "GoodTime has non-transparent pricing that is expensive for smaller teams, and ATS and calendar synchronization are often quoted as "unreliable"" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- VidCruiter: 6 of 11 labels negative. "Full interview lifecycle platform priced for mid-size to enterprise... Starting Price: US$5,000.00" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Greenhouse: 7 of 15 labels negative. "Why avoid: These are full ATS platforms, not just scheduling tools." (Kimi K2, negative prompt)
- Calendly: 6 of 66 labels negative. "Free tier Calendly ... Why to be cautious: Simple booking tools are great for initial 15-minute phone screens, but using them beyond their limits for multi-stage hiring causes major operational headaches." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Calendly at 50%.

- Calendly: 41% to 50%, +9. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 1 of 82, unchanged.
- Cal.com: 3% to 11%, +8. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 6 → 3 of 82.
- Workable: 7% to 0%, −7. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 3 → 12 of 82.
- Ashby: 5% to 0%, −5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 5 → 13 of 82.
- Zoho Recruit: 2% to 6%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 10 → 5 of 82.
- JazzHR: 2% to 6%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 12 → 6 of 82.
- Greenhouse: 3% to 0%, −3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 7 → 74 of 82.
- Breezy HR: 5% to 7%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 of 82, unchanged.
- YouCanBookMe: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 8 → 10 of 82.
- Setmore: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 11 of 82.
- Lever: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 16 → 35 of 82.
- Koalendar: 14% to 15%, +1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 2 of 82, unchanged.

## Record

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