# Zoho Bookings: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 2 categories by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/zoho-bookings

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Interview scheduling](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/interview-scheduling/index.md) | 2% | 12 | 0% | 2 |
| [Workforce scheduling](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/core/workforce-scheduling/index.md) | 0% | 62 | 0% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best budget pick: Zoho Bookings Basic for a small team that needs candidates to book interviews" (GPT-6 Luna, Interview scheduling)
- "Zoho offers some of the lowest prices in the HR software market while including automated interview scheduling natively" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Interview 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 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Zoho Bookings, from 11 of the 12 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 5
- cal.com: 4
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 4
- capterra.com: 3
- cogniver.com: 3
- firsthr.app: 3
- fluentbooking.com: 3
- leadchangegroup.com: 3
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 3
- softwareadvice.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://g2.com/categories/interview-scheduling/small-business: 5
- https://selectsoftwarereviews.com/buyer-guide/interview-scheduling-software: 4
- https://cal.com/blog/best-recruiting-scheduling-software: 3
- https://cogniver.com/insights/interview-scheduling-software-small-business: 3
- https://firsthr.app/compare/time-tracking/interview-scheduling-software: 3
- https://fluentbooking.com/articles/best-interview-scheduling-software: 3
- https://leadchangegroup.com/interview-scheduling-software: 3
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-interview-scheduling-software: 3

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: free online AI-powered appointment scheduling software (https://www.zoho.com/bookings)
- For: businesses of all sizes (https://www.zoho.com/bookings)
- Price stated: user-based pricing (https://www.zoho.com/bookings)
- Starting price: 0 (https://www.zoho.com/bookings)
- Free plan or trial: 15-day trial period (https://www.zoho.com/bookings)
- Integrations claimed: 75 (https://www.zoho.com/bookings); 16 (https://www.zoho.com.cn/bookings) (pages disagree)
- Hosting: US, US data center, USデータセンター
- Customers named: Zillow, Maximus, iStore, American Health Connection, Rockley Family Foundation, Jeremiah Hartmann Live Event Hosts & MCs, Spaghetti Agency, Artifex Marketing Studio

## 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.