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Meeting scheduling

Asked as “meeting scheduling tool for sales teams”, and as “appointment scheduling software”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 49 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

Calendly

Clear leader

59% of first choices, clear leader.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

Small business

Calendly59%Clear leaderStanding →Mid-market

Calendly59%Clear leaderThis page Enterprise

Calendly52%Clear leaderStanding →

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

Calendly13%60endorsed leader

HubSpot Meetings7%44accepted challenger

Chili Piper21%34accepted challenger

04Cal.com0%36accepted challenger

RevenueHero0%12accepted challenger

Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate

Doodle30%20criticized challenger

Microsoft Bookings29%14criticized challenger

Acuity Scheduling21%14accepted challenger

SavvyCal5%20accepted challenger

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.

Head to head

Calendly vs HubSpot Meetings Calendly vs Chili Piper HubSpot Meetings vs Chili Piper

One product takes 59% of first choices here, so the chart would put eight markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Two products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category. Jump to the standing

02What they warned about

Five of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash and Kimi K2 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.

Calendly

13%

8 of 60 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Calendly (Medium-High Concern) ... Extensive data sharing ... Not HIPAA compliant” Kimi K2, negative prompt

Doodle

30%

6 of 20 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 4 hard negative

“High Caution — Privacy & Security Concerns ... one of the most concerning tools from a privacy standpoint” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt

Chili Piper

21%

7 of 34 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Avoid These for Mid-Market - **Chili Piper:** Now starts at $15,000/year minimum ... overkill for most mid-sized companies” Kimi K2, paraphrase prompt

Microsoft Bookings

29%

4 of 14 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“it has notable vulnerabilities: Input validation flaws ... allows HTML injection” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: four of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

18 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 147 links across 65 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 8 models searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition.

calendly.com

vendor site · Calendly7 answers · 11 citations · 3 models

youcanbook.me

7 answers · 8 citations · 2 models

blog.hubspot.com

vendor site · HubSpot6 answers · 20 citations · 3 models

albato.com

vendor site · Albato5 answers · 5 citations · 2 models

cal.com

vendor site · Cal.com4 answers · 5 citations · 1 model

guideflow.com

vendor site · Guideflow4 answers · 5 citations · 2 models

marketbetter.ai

vendor site · MarketBetter4 answers · 4 citations · 2 models

cleverly.co

3 answers · 3 citations · 1 model

doodle.com

vendor site · Doodle3 answers · 3 citations · 1 model

lunacal.ai

vendor site · Lunacal3 answers · 3 citations · 2 models

revenuehero.io

vendor site · RevenueHero3 answers · 3 citations · 1 model

salesquants.com

3 answers · 3 citations · 1 model

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

blog.hubspot.com/sales/b2b-meeting-scheduling-tools

6 answers · 3 models

albato.com/blog/publications/best-appointment-scheduling-software-sales-pip…

5 answers · 2 models

blog.hubspot.com/sales/meeting-management-software-for-sales-teams-our-favo…

4 answers · 2 models

marketbetter.ai/blog/best-meeting-scheduling-software-sales-teams-2026

4 answers · 2 models

blog.hubspot.com/sales/free-scheduling-software-sales-teams

3 answers · 1 model

calendly.com/blog/meeting-scheduling-software

3 answers · 2 models

cleverly.co/blog/appointment-scheduling-software

3 answers · 1 model

doodle.com/en

3 answers · 1 model

revenuehero.io/blog/best-meeting-scheduling-software

3 answers · 1 model

salesquants.com/best-meeting-scheduling-tools

3 answers · 1 model

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.

ModelDirect“What is the best meeting scheduling tool for sales teams for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which appointment scheduling software would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top meeting scheduling tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best meeting scheduling tool for sales teams for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a meeting scheduling tool for sales teams. What should we look at?”Negative“Which meeting scheduling tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5Calendly

Two alternatives

Chili Piper, HubSpot Meetings

CalendlyHeld

Three alternatives

Cal.com, Chili Piper, OnceHub

Calendly

Four alternatives

Assistant.to, HubSpot Meetings, ScheduleOnce, WhenAvailable

Calendly

One alternative

Google Calendar + Gmail

no first choicenothing named

GPT-5.4 miniHubSpot Meetings, HubSpot Sales Hub

Two alternatives

Calendly, Chili Piper

CalendlyChanged

Three alternatives

Chili Piper, HubSpot Meetings, OnceHub

Calendly

Three alternatives

Doodle, Google Calendar appointment booking, Microsoft Bookings

Calendly

Three alternatives

Google Calendar, HubSpot Meetings, Microsoft Bookings

no first choicenothing named

Gemini 3.5 FlashRevenueHero

Four alternatives

Calendly, Chili Piper, HubSpot Meetings, LeanData BookIt

CalendlyChanged

Three alternatives

Cal.com, Chili Piper, HubSpot Meetings

Calendly

Six alternatives

Cal.com, Chili Piper, Doodle, Reclaim.ai, SavvyCal, YouCanBookMe

Cal.com

Three alternatives

Cal ID, HubSpot Meetings, TidyCal

Chili Piper

Four alternatives

Cal.com, Calendly, HubSpot Meetings, LeanData BookIt

against: Calendly, Doodle, HubSpot Meetings, Xembly, x.ai

Perplexity SonarHubSpot Sales Hub

Two alternatives

Calendly, Chili Piper

CalendlyChanged

Three alternatives

CRMOne, Cal.com, Chili Piper

Calendly

Seven alternatives

Chili Piper, ChiliCal, Doodle, Google Calendar, Microsoft Bookings, Reclaim AI, YouCanBookMe

Calendly, HubSpot Meetings

Two alternatives

Cal.com, Setmore

no first choiceagainst: Doodle, LettuceMeet, When2meet

Grok 4.1 FastCalendly

Three alternatives

Cal.com, Chili Piper, HubSpot Meetings

CalendlyHeld

Two alternatives

Acuity Scheduling, HubSpot Meetings

against: Chili PiperCalendly

Five alternatives

Cal.com, Doodle, Reclaim.ai, SavvyCal, YouCanBookMe

HubSpot Meetings

Three alternatives

Cal.com, Setmore, YouCanBookMe

Calendly, Chili Piper

Three alternatives

HubSpot Meetings, Microsoft Bookings, RevenueHero

against: Acuity Scheduling, Calendly, Doodle, Google Calendar, HubSpot Meetings, Microsoft Bookings, Zoho

Mistral SmallCalendly

Three alternatives

Chili Piper, HubSpot Meetings, RevenueHero

CalendlyHeld

Three alternatives

Chili Piper, Setmore, Zeeg

Calendly

Six alternatives

Cal.com, Doodle, Google Calendar Appointment Scheduler, Microsoft Bookings, Reclaim AI, SavvyCal

HubSpot Meetings

Two alternatives

Calendly, Setmore

Chili Piper

Three alternatives

HubSpot Meetings, Kronologic, RevenueHero

against: Calendly, HubSpot Meetings

DeepSeek V4 FlashCalendly, HubSpot Meetings

Two alternatives

Cal.com, RevenueHero

against: Chili PiperCalendlyChanged

Two alternatives

HubSpot Meetings, RevenueHero

against: Chili Piper, Drift/Salesloft schedulingCalendly

Seven alternatives

Acuity Scheduling, Cal.com, Doodle, Google Calendar, Microsoft Bookings, Reclaim.ai, SavvyCal

Calendly

Two alternatives

Cal.com, HubSpot Meetings

Calendly

Three alternatives

Chili Piper, RevenueHero, SavvyCal

against: ChiliCal, Drift, Salesloftagainst: Acuity Scheduling, CalendarHero, Calendly, Clara, Doodle, Microsoft Bookings, Zoom Webinars, x.ai

Llama 4 MaverickHubSpot Sales Hub

One alternative

ZoomInfo GTM Workspace

against: Chili PiperCalendlyChanged

Two alternatives

HubSpot Meetings, Standard and Teams by Lunacal

no first choiceCalendly

One alternative

HubSpot Sales Hub

no first choicenothing named

Qwen 3.7 FlashCalendly, Chili Piper

One alternative

Topmate / Scheduling.link

CalendlyChanged

Four alternatives

Acuity Scheduling, Chili Piper, HubSpot Meetings, Salesforce Events

Calendly

Five alternatives

Acuity Scheduling, Cal.com, Doodle, HubSpot Meetings, Microsoft Bookings

HubSpot Meetings

Three alternatives

Cal.com, Calendly, SavvyCal

Chili Piper

Four alternatives

Calendly, HubSpot Meetings, Prospeo, RevenueHero

against: Microsoft Bookingsagainst: Acuity Scheduling, Calendly, Greenhouse, Lever, Zoho Bookings

Kimi K2Calendly

Four alternatives

Cal.com, Chili Piper, HubSpot Meetings, SavvyCal

Calendly, RevenueHeroChanged

Two alternatives

HubSpot Meetings, OnceHub

against: Chili Piper, DemodeskCalendly, Reclaim.ai

Six alternatives

Acuity Scheduling, Cal.com, Doodle, Microsoft Bookings, SavvyCal, When2meet

Cal.com

Two alternatives

Calendly, Leadmonk

against: Chili Piper, SavvyCalCalendly, Chili Piper

Two alternatives

Cal.com, HubSpot Meetings

against: Calendly, Doodle, Microsoft Bookings, Zoom Webinars

GLM 4.7 FlashXCalendly

Five alternatives

Cal.com, Chili Piper, HubSpot Meetings, SavvyCal, YouCanBookMe

CalendlyHeld

Two alternatives

Cal.com, HubSpot Meetings

Calendly

Five alternatives

Acuity Scheduling, Cal.com, Doodle, Reclaim AI, SavvyCal

against: ClockwiseHubSpot Meetings

Four alternatives

Cal.com, Calendly, RevenueHero, Setmore

no first choiceagainst: Calendly, ChiliPiper, Doodle, OnceHub

MiniMax M2.5Calendly

Four alternatives

Cal.com, Chili Piper, HubSpot Meetings, RevenueHero

CalendlyHeld

Three alternatives

Acuity Scheduling, HubSpot Meetings, YouCanBookMe

Calendly

Eight alternatives

Cal.com, Clockwise, Doodle, Google Calendar Appointment Scheduler, HubSpot Meetings, Reclaim.ai, SavvyCal, Zoho Bookings

Calendly

Two alternatives

HubSpot Meetings, Leadmonk

against: Chili Piperno first choiceagainst: Calendly, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom Webinars

Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record

Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.

Prompt	Model	Version string	Time (UTC)	Searched	Sources	Latency
Direct recommendation	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 03:10	yes	6	7 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-14 23:56	yes	2	5 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-14 23:48	yes	19	22 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-14 23:54	yes	20	6 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 04:42	yes	0	6 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 01:18	yes	0	9 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-15 03:38	yes	0	19 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-15 01:11	yes	0	2 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-14 23:28	yes	0	25 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-15 01:35	yes	0	49 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-15 01:14	yes	0	25 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-14 23:03	yes	0	22 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-14 23:49	yes	8	7 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-15 02:35	yes	4	5 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-15 04:28	yes	9	16 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-14 23:35	yes	20	4 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 00:27	yes	0	7 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 00:49	yes	0	8 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-15 04:22	yes	0	17 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-14 23:38	yes	0	2 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-15 02:13	no	0	37 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-15 03:32	yes	0	30 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-15 04:34	yes	0	60 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-15 04:16	no	0	9 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 00:00	yes	5	15 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-15 01:04	yes	4	6 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-15 01:25	yes	15	25 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-15 00:52	yes	20	6 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 04:20	yes	0	9 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 01:32	yes	0	7 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-14 23:04	yes	0	19 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-15 04:55	yes	0	2 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-15 04:14	no	0	34 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-15 00:53	yes	0	35 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-15 04:53	yes	0	33 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-14 22:55	yes	0	19 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 03:09	no	0	4 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-15 01:52	no	0	2 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-15 04:34	yes	14	21 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-15 03:57	yes	18	5 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 00:13	yes	0	7 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 04:30	yes	0	7 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-14 23:29	yes	0	31 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-14 23:26	yes	0	1 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-15 04:02	yes	0	37 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-15 02:12	yes	0	21 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-14 23:02	yes	0	31 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-15 04:06	yes	0	15 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 02:29	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-15 03:54	no	0	5 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-15 01:12	yes	9	26 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-15 04:59	yes	20	22 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 04:04	yes	0	8 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 02:01	yes	0	16 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-14 23:11	yes	0	40 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-15 00:19	yes	0	1 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-15 01:40	yes	0	24 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-15 01:53	yes	0	30 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-15 03:44	yes	0	101 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-15 03:07	yes	0	14 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-15 04:52	no	0	3 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-15 02:17	no	0	3 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-15 02:47	yes	21	20 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-15 01:21	yes	20	18 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-15 00:55	yes	0	9 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-15 02:17	yes	0	9 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-15 00:09	yes	0	41 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-15 03:07	yes	0	2 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-15 03:48	yes	0	33 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-15 04:44	yes	0	46 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-15 01:11	yes	0	18 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-15 03:37	yes	0	17 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings

HubSpot read as HubSpot Meetings

Unresolved, counted raw

Appointlet

Assistant.to

Bookafy

Bookings/Appointments

Cal Clear

Cal ID

Cal.com with self-hosting

Calendar

CalendarHero

Drift/Salesloft scheduling

Google Calendar + Gmail

Google Calendar / Google Appointment Scheduler

Google Calendar appointment booking

LettuceMeet

Lever

Proton Calendar

Reclaim AI

Salesforce Events

Salesforce native options

ScheduleOnce

Sidekick

Standard and Teams by Lunacal

TimeTap

Topmate / Scheduling.link

Xembly

Zoho

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Meeting scheduling

By buyer segment

01The standing

02What they warned about

03What they cite

Sites the answers cite

Pages the answers cite

04How they answered

05The record

Normalization in this category

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