Calendly for Outlook

I have used Calendly for following up and scheduling meetings with our prospects to view the property

There is nothing to dislike but sometimes facing issues with re-scheduling the meetings

I used calendly to schedule meeting with our client/prospects just tap the date to book and scheduling the meetings, its benefits me because its reminds me my daily tasks

that the leads can schedule appointments without needing to ask me for my availability

what I like least about Calendly are the limitations in the free version

problems with calendar synchronization, which causes available times to appear when they are already occupied

1. UI is clean and simple. 2. It automatically detects the time zone, making it best for worldwide meetings. 3. Works smoothly in integration with Slack, Google Calendar, Outlook, and many other apps. 4. We can add buffer time so we are not packed with back-to-back meetings for the entire day.

The platform is simple and effective. I haven't faced any such cons in this till today.

We usually share the calendly link with our clients so they can schedule an appointment at their best convenience. Once we are on call with the client, we discuss the issue and resolve it in real time.

UX is great, ease of implementation is fine but...

Their tool and support are totally unreliable. We've been using it for years, but now a lot of clients are reporting that they cannot book a meeting through calendly link. Their support is totally unresponsive, they are not giving any reasonable timeline for fixing this and we're simply loosing money because Calendly is not doing what it was supposed to do. We are currently in the evaluation phase of competitors.

Booking meetings with clients

Calendly has seriously streamlined our scheduling process. It's awesome for letting users, clients, and prospects book calls with us for everything from software demos to tech support, training, and quick catch-ups. The fact that we can use the API with our CRM is a huge plus, and being able to sync it with our individual calendars is a major time-saver. Plus, the multilingual event pages are a feature we really appreciate!

The event type setup can be a bit of a headache – it's not always super intuitive. And sometimes, it feels like settings change without any heads-up, which can be pretty confusing when we suddenly run into unexpected changes.

Basically, Calendly stops us from playing email tag all day trying to set up meetings. It just makes scheduling way easier. We save a ton of time, look more organized to clients, and don't accidentally double-book ourselves anymore. Plus, hooking it up to our CRM means less manual data entry, which is always a win.

Scheduling calls with candidates, creating different types of events, sharing my availability, workflows integrated

on The emails of the workflows I can't put tables, only plain text

Is helping me to coordinate calls with candidates in different time zones, and doing follow up

It's so easy to use and operate. It's also easy for individuals you are sending it to (to schedule an interview) to use and respond to.

That the FREE version only allows you to have ONE type of invite. I would prefer to have more templates so I can toggle between my different clients.

The ease of getting individuals to schedule a time to speak on your calendar QUICKLY. And without hand-holding.

The customer can freely choose the appointment time from my availability and set it directly on the calendar, perfect for sales event

Anything in particular, I use calendar everyday for fix the meetings with customers

With calendly I can fix more business appointments with clients.

As a recruiter, I like that I can share a Calendly link with candidates via Gmail, LinkedIn and that it also integrates seamlessly with my ATS. It allows me to set times that I want to be available and also syncs to my Google calendar. I also like that it gives candidates the ability to schedule and reschedule, saving me time going back coordinating times with them and avoiding last minute rescheduling requests. I also love that this is a free solution!

Depending on how you set your availability and the volume of people you're scheduling with, you may get a lot of back to back bookings. There also may be cases where someone doesn't understand how to reschedule or accept the invite on their end creating some confusion, but this is more an exception than a rule and wouldn't deter me from using Calendly. You do lose a bit of scheduling control when you use this tool, but the time saved is worth it to me.

I use calendly to schdule interviews both within my ATS (Greenhouse) and also when passively sourcing candidates via LinkedIn. I benefit by saving time going back and forth sharing my availability and requesting candidates availability, requesting contact information, and also can avoid last minute reschduling requests if they pop up.