Calendly is a scheduling software that is used to automate the scheduling of appointments. Typically used for businesses to help reduce no-shows, Calendly’s customizable appointment types, automated email notification features, as well as convenient integrations with useful business applications.
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Deployment | Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone |
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Languages | English |
easyness about use and sharing, not complex for anyone
it can become expensive with a lot of users
Scheduling agents with customers and it became easier
I love how simple Calendly is to use. You can easily set your schedule, connect it to outlook, and it is easy or customers to click your link and schedule a call.
I wish Calendly would work with zoom instead of teams.
Calendly helps us at WHILL easily connect to our leads and customers. We have Calendly set up for a round robin so not one person is over loaded with too many calls. We also set up certain events during a time range for different things like customer surveys.
It is so easy to get things scheduled. I have multiple people reaching out each week to schedule meetings for our upcoming weeks and being able to send them a link is quick, easy, & effortless.
One thing I've noticed is there isn't a way to keep someone from keep signing up for meetings within a certain time period (we like to have product updates from sales reps every 6 months or so, but since we don't have a way to stop people from frequently signing up, I have to let them know individually that we would like to wait another 3 months or so till we see them again to give time for others to showcase their products).
It checks my own calendar and my coworker's calendars to show where the outside sales rep could create an appointment when it best suits them. The problem it solves is that it greatly reduces the time necessary to set up a meeting where all parties can attend.
Takes the hassle and over-thinking out of scheduling--I just send the link and Calendly does the rest :)
I haven't found anything I dislike about Calendly.
Saving time scheduling and sending reminders for meetings.
It's easy to use and customizable. It doesn't take long to learn the features and setup. Once you do, you can easily customize the types of meetings, length, locations, including buffer times, when appointments can be made. Calendly saves me time and energy.
If you have links to your schedule shared publicly, such as on your website or email signature, anyone at any time can schedule a meeting. So, be aware of the accessability, and set up your settings to make sure you don't have meetings scheduled without some notice (for example, you can have the setting for scheduling a meeting no sooner than a certain number of hours or days in advance). Also, if you have Calendly synced to Outlook, make sure you block off time on Outlook (such as lunch) so appointments don't get scheduled when you don't want them.
Calendly helps save time! Without Calendly, we'd be communicating with clients by phone or email, back and forth to schedule/confirm/update meetings. Calednly does that for us. And, if the recipient needs to change/update/cancel their scheduled meeting, they can so it on their own without contacting us.
Calendly is very easy to implement, which is helpful when working with a remote sales team. It's smooth integration with our work calendars and emails allowed for zero hiccups. There are several features that make it personal enough for each team member to use for their roles.
Nothing comes to mind- it's been a great tool for our entire team that we enjoy using.
Calendly is helping us improve lead generation and best match with sales team members. It's saved us a lot of time and energy in coordinating extra emails or calls.
In my field, in higher education, Calendly has saved me so much time, in regards to making student advisement appointments for me. Before using Calendly, the student and I were emailing back and forth, at a minimum of 5 emails, prior to being able to manually schedule the appointment and provide them with the Zoom link. Now, I do not have any back and forth emails, students schedule their appointments via the link found on their admission letter and my website. The fact that they recive reminder emails is amazing, too! I no longer need to send reminders, manually. The reminders do come from my email; however, I did not physically have to send the emails. The system is super easy to use and can constantly be updated to reflect changes instantly.
I, honestly, do not have a dislike! I have not been dissapointed.
Time and ease! Our students feel more comfortable on making their appointments when they are ready and able to view the availability. Plus, if they need to make a change, they can do so without having to reach out to me.
The best part about Calendly is the flexibility in scheduling and the ease in time that it takes to coordinate meetings---a true game changer. Anyone who hasn't tried this service yet is working harder, not smarter,
So far, nothing! Everything has worked well for me.
Time mabagement and follow up tasks have been cut down by Calendly tremendously.
The efficiency: it allows me to set up meetings with students in many formats. I love that it integrates with calendar and automatically populates the meeting times they choose, complete with their name. If it's a Zoom meeting, the link is included for them in their email confirmation. Love it.
Sometimes I struggle with figuring out how to set up custom availability, but that's gets easier the more I use it.
I sometimes need to schedule a lot of student meetings in a short amount of time, and Calendly completely eliminates going back and forth with them on email. It even handles cancellations and reminders.
This tool saves so much time. I use it often to facilitate business development/prospect meeting scheduling because it's so easy for people to use. I believe it gets me more of those meetings.
Everything about it is great. I have no problems.
Eliminates the back-and-forth time with people to schedule a meeting.
Using calendly to schedule calls with prospects has been amazing. Even when I am asleep, our CRM is sending out texts and emails with my Calendly link so that in the morning I have calls scheduled! Integrates easily with my Outlook account so my availability is always accurate.
The only downside I see is the user interface when adjusting appointment reminders is not too user friendly.
When prospecting, the liklihood of someone picking up a random number calling in the middle of the day is very unlikely. With Calendly, it saves me tons of time and allows me to cold call far less and instead spend my time on calls with prospects at a time that is mutually open.
I love how easy it is to use! It makes scheduling fun
Its hard to partner with another colleague to combine calendars
Scheulidng with many clients at once
This tool makes my job so much easier. Starting with not having to search my own calendar for availability to set meetings, giving control to my clients on their scheduling, and the ability to have them answer a few questions to help me be better prepared for my meetings. I love it!
I wish that I could have different calendar connections for different meeting types. There are certain meetings where other teammates need to be included, so this tool isn't as helpful for that use case since the calendar connections are all or nothing.
I no longer have to send an email with several meeting options and then put holds all over my calendars and then follow up with call information after the fact. It creates a unique zoom meeting for each meeting scheduled. It allows me to give my clients more flexibility for when they want to meet, while still allowing me to put parameters about when I can meet, how many times I have a certain meeting type in my day, and what kind of buffers I require.
Calendly is so user-friendly, provides seamless scheduling, and time-saving features that make coordinating meetings and appointments more efficient.
I don't dislike anything about it. The features are absolutely amazing!
I love being able to coordinate across multiple platforms.
The fact that I can send people to it and it shows up on my calendar. Very easy to use. People who have used it to make appointments have not complained either.
I haven't found anything as of yet that I dislike about it
For me, it helps weed out non serious people when they take the time to go to Calendly and make an appointment
It works with Google WorkSpace and Linq app which is all it needs to do really.
Wish it had multiple people round robin events.
Booking time to have onboarding calls, the big thing is solves is that it lets me manage in person meetings at events.
It sets our availability and syncs with our calendar to ensure we're never double-booked.
Nothing that I can think of at the moment.
We find it very easy. We can select a time that suits us, and appointments are scheduled automatically. It personalises availability for different types of appointments, from our team check-ins to our 'Strategy Calls' for prospect bookings.
Being in sales, I need not send a mail asking for time slots to the customer; all I have to do is just send a link, and I get my sales meeting with the customer.
Nothing, everything works and looks perfect with the tool
In order to pick a time that aligns with my clients availability, I had to maintain a thread of at least six emails, and duration is also a fact that will affect the process. Sometimes I even lose the client. With the help of Calendly, it is pretty easy for my clients to schedule a meeting, so the number of meetings I attend increases, which actually helps me to connect with more people and achieve my sales target.
I am head over heels in love with the new changes that Calendly has implimented recently. I love how its intergration with my other apps works so well. I have it linked with all my email scheduling, business card and QR codes. Calendly makes life alot easier!!!
I used to not like how I had to go all the way back to the main menu just to adjust my availability. I love how everything is clearly labeled and marked on the vertical menu. GREAT JOB TEAM!!!
My schedule used to be all over the place and then someone suggested I use the free calendly. The workarounds are my favorite part of the entire site. I can set it and forget it and it works all on its own. It makes followups so much easier
I have been using the free version to book user interviews for my school projects, but would consider the paid version to share team avail abilities. It's a very valuable tool for booking with people outside the organisation.
The ui is a little complicated and I find myself forgetting where certain settings are.
Sharing my availability and saving time that would be spent going back and forth to find a time that works.