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Interview scheduling · October 2026 Edition

Calendly vs ModernLoop

Three of fourteen models named Calendly first on the direct prompt; four named ModernLoop. Calendly was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and ModernLoop by thirteen and Calendly carries 55 labels and ModernLoop 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Calendly

criticized challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

ModernLoop

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share20%9%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate33%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels5526A 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.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Calendly vs GoodTime · Calendly vs Lever · Calendly vs Greenhouse

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 modelsModernLoop
Direct342 against Calendly
Paraphrase101 against Calendly
Comparative34
Budget-constrained902 against ModernLoop
Scale-constrained025 against Calendly
Negative0010 against Calendly
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 ModernLoop were named in the same answer seventy-two times, of the 249 answers naming Calendly and the 88 naming ModernLoop. In those answers ModernLoop took the first choice fifteen times and Calendly seventeen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Calendly and ModernLoop 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 ModernLoop first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Calendly on the left and ModernLoop on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Calendly first, ModernLoop not the choice

3 of 14 modelsModernLoop 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

ModernLoop first, Calendly an alternative

4 of 14 modelsCalendly was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, GoodTime, Greenhouse
Gemini 3.5 FlashModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly’s Prelude, GoodTime
Kimi K2ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly, GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever
GPT-6 LunaModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarGoodTime alternatives: Calendly Sales, Greenhouse, ModernLoop

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniAshby alternatives: Calendly Sales, GoodTime, Prelude
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Lever alternatives: Cal.com
Llama 4 MaverickLever alternatives: Cal.com, Greenhouse, Joveo, Workforce Now
Qwen 3.7 FlashGoodTime alternatives: Ashby, Lever
MiniMax M2.5Lever alternatives: Cal.com, Chili Piper, Greenhouse
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Jobvite alternatives: GoodTime, candidate.fyi

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 forty-one points.
Calendly41%#1 of 15
ModernLoop0%#14 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Calendly leads by eleven points.
Calendly20%#1 of 12
ModernLoop9%#4 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Calendly leads by five points.
Calendly9%#2 of 13
ModernLoop4%#5 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 ModernLoop

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

“they're overkill for a budget-conscious small company” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“you don't need to spend thousands of dollars on enterprise-grade recruiting software like GoodTime or ModernLoop” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“My default pick: ModernLoop—if you’re a mid-market B2B company with a dedicated recruiting team and regular multi-person interview panels.” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
“Platforms like candidate.fyi, GoodTime, and ModernLoop are specifically designed to handle complex, multi-stage panel loops” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Top Pick: ModernLoop ... widely considered the gold standard for mid-market recruiting teams” Gemini 3.5 Flash · 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.