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Interview scheduling · October 2026 Edition

Calendly vs Greenhouse

Three of fourteen models named Calendly first on the direct prompt; two named Greenhouse. Both were named by all fourteen models and Calendly carries 55 labels and Greenhouse 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Calendly

criticized challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Greenhouse

accepted challenger

Named in thirteen categories this edition.

First-choice share20%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate33%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels5542A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Calendly reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.GoodTime was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Calendly vs GoodTime · Calendly vs Lever · Calendly vs ModernLoop

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.
CalendlyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGreenhouse
Direct322 against Calendly · 2 against Greenhouse
Paraphrase131 against Calendly
Comparative301 against Greenhouse
Budget-constrained901 against Greenhouse
Scale-constrained005 against Calendly
Negative0010 against Calendly · 2 against Greenhouse
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 October 2026 Edition, Calendly and Greenhouse were named in the same answer sixty-five times, of the 249 answers naming Calendly and the 454 naming Greenhouse. In those answers Greenhouse took the first choice one time and Calendly nineteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Calendly and Greenhouse stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
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
Calendly Greenhouse first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Calendly on the left and Greenhouse on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Calendly and Greenhouse stood in it.

Calendly first, Greenhouse an alternative

3 of 14 modelsGreenhouse was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastCalendly alternatives: Chili Piper, Greenhouse, Lever
DeepSeek V4 FlashCal.com, Calendly alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever
GLM 4.7 FlashXCalendly alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever

Greenhouse first, Calendly not the choice

2 of 14 modelsCalendly was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Lever alternatives: Cal.com
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Jobvite alternatives: GoodTime, candidate.fyi

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, GoodTime, Greenhouse
Perplexity SonarGoodTime alternatives: Calendly Sales, Greenhouse, ModernLoop
Llama 4 MaverickLever alternatives: Cal.com, Greenhouse, Joveo, Workforce Now
Kimi K2ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly, GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever
MiniMax M2.5Lever alternatives: Cal.com, Chili Piper, Greenhouse
GPT-6 LunaModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniAshby alternatives: Calendly Sales, GoodTime, Prelude
Gemini 3.5 FlashModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly’s Prelude, GoodTime
Qwen 3.7 FlashGoodTime alternatives: Ashby, 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
Calendly leads by thirty-seven points.
Calendly41%#1 of 15
Greenhouse3%#7 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Calendly leads by twelve points.
Calendly20%#1 of 12
Greenhouse8%#5 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Calendly leads by two points.
Calendly9%#2 of 13
Greenhouse7%#3 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Calendly

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

“Avoid using general-purpose tools (like Doodle or basic free tiers of Calendly) for serious hiring workflows” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Calendly (Specifically for large Enterprise/Tech sectors): ... it is notably banned by Amazon for employee use. This is due to concerns over data leakage” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Calendly - Very popular and widely used. Has a free tier for basic use... For very small teams (1-5 people): Calendly's free plan or BizBot's free tier should suffice” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Most companies with limited budgets start with Calendly's free plan and upgrade only when they need team scheduling features” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“1. Calendly - Best for: Sales teams, recruiters, consultants, and anyone needing to schedule 1:1 or team meetings.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Greenhouse

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

“Avoid full ATS suites like Lever/Greenhouse unless free tiers suffice, as they're pricier for scale.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“Greenhouse and Lever are the top recommendations due to their scalability, integration capabilities, and fit for structured recruiting processes” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.