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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Calendar

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ACalendar (Calendar.com) is a productivity tool from the company of the same name headquartered in Draper that helps users solve calendar problems by helping to save time, be more productive, and focus on the things that matter most.

    $6

    per month

    CoSchedule Marketing Suite

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACoSchedule provides a content calendar, content optimization, and contentmarketing products, with users among 50,000 marketers worldwide, helping them organize their work, deliver projects on time, and prove marketing team value.N/A

    Google Calendar

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service, from Google, available as part of its productivity tool suite.N/A
    Pricing
    CalendarCoSchedule Marketing SuiteGoogle Calendar
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $8 ($6)
    per month (billed annually)
    Pro
    $10 ($8)
    per month (billed annually)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CalendarCoSchedule Marketing SuiteGoogle Calendar
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    CalendarCoSchedule Marketing SuiteGoogle Calendar
    Considered Multiple Products
    Calendar, Inc
    Chose Calendar
    I think Calendar is inferior to Calendly.
    Incentivized
    Chose Calendar
    Calendar has some very unique and useful features that other apps and software don’t have for scheduling multiple people and teams. Calendar also is easy to share and use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Calendar
    Better User interface.
    Everything you need to manage your appointments is here, on a site with modern design and full support for collaboration.
    You can also connect Calendar to your other favorite apps.
    Incentivized
    Chose Calendar
    The calendar application's user interface is first-rate. It simplifies scheduling, which is a problem that most individuals face on a regular basis. As a result, it challenges the idea that giving a calendar link to someone represents a lack of personalization. You may set up a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Calendar
    Calendar has a fantastic user interface. It makes scheduling simple, which is something that most I people deal with on a daily basis. It also turns the notion that "sending someone a calendar link is impersonal" on its head. You may schedule a meeting in any of a person's …
    Incentivized
    CoSchedule
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    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    31 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    27 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    19 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    21 Answers
    Features
    CalendarCoSchedule Marketing SuiteGoogle Calendar
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Calendar and CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Google Calendar
    Feature
    Calendar
    -
    Ratings
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Google Calendar
    -
    Ratings
    Ideation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Calendar and CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Google Calendar
    Feature
    Calendar
    -
    Ratings
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Google Calendar
    -
    Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Calendar and CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Google Calendar
    Feature
    Calendar
    -
    Ratings
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Google Calendar
    -
    Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    CalendarCoSchedule Marketing SuiteGoogle Calendar
    Small Businesses
    Google Calendar
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Contently
    Score9.9 out of 10
    iCal
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Google Calendar
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Score6.8 out of 10
    iCal
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Calendar
    Score9.2 out of 10
    PathFactory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CalendarCoSchedule Marketing SuiteGoogle Calendar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.3
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    9.7
    (30 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CalendarCoSchedule Marketing SuiteGoogle Calendar
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Calendar, Inc
    I believe Calendar is the de-facto standard for scheduling and meeting these days. If you want to use it in an enterprise environment, it has a cost per user so I consider it to be a professional tool. If you have a very small business or personal matters, Calendar outside of Workspace is a better option, although it's almost the same tool.
    Incentivized
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    CoSchedule
    CoSchedule is great for businesses or agencies who need an overview of all their marketing efforts, and who want to establish collaboration between multiple departments. The calendar view is one of the best we've worked with and makes it easy to see exactly what's happening. There is some slight clunkiness when it comes to admin-related tasks, and a few things aren't easy to find, but there's great support.
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    Google
    I think it's appropriate for everyone that meets with customers, meets with people within their businesses. I even put my personal calendar on my work calendar. I'm just looking at it every day, so I think everyone could use it.
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    Pros
    Calendar, Inc
    • Makes Scheduling Easy and Better
    • Keeps Calendars organized in one place
    • Analytics of how much time we have spent on it
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    CoSchedule
    • Best time to post is great at updating to when we get the most engagement by platform
    • Requeue tool to slate out additional posts for a given piece of content is a huge time saver
    • Aggregate analytics tool shows us a peek across our posts on a given platform that's actually easier to read than the platform itself
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    Google
    • Enables the creation of designated Focus Hours
    • Enables users to set their "working hours" and others can see if they are setting up a meetings a moon symbol next to their name to show it is outside of that invitees working hours
    • Allows you to easily create scheduled tasks directly on your Google Calendar
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    Cons
    Calendar, Inc
    • The user interface may be made better.
    • Integration with other services might be improved.
    • Occasionally puzzling, but nothing a quick internet search can't sort out.
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    CoSchedule
    • The platform seems sluggish as of late, likely as a result of the robust amount of data we are entering and the number of filters we're creating.
    • Social media scheduling exists, but we do run into publishing errors more often then we'd like.
    • Task templates when updated are not retroactive, so when you create projects for an entire year and then change a template, you need to go back and change them manually.
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    Google
    • The booking page is really helpful for external people who want to chat with me, but so few people use it, that it makes it more frustrating. The solution exists but nobody is using it. It needs to be highlighted more
    • You have to switch between email accounts or set up additional calendars to schedule work events vs personal events
    • integrations with other calendars don't update quickly, so sometimes a coworkers vacation doesn't show up in the calendar until much later
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    Usability
    Calendar, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    CoSchedule
    The interface is very intuitive, from setting up social profiles, to posting, to tags, to optimizing for best day/time to post. It's super easy to scan the aggregate analytics. The calendar is very easy to grok at a glance, and the more advanced functionality is intuitive to set up.
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    Google
    The platform itself is pretty user friendly even if you don't have a technical background. You can easily schedule meetings, block out focus time, update your time off, and add meeting notes. The settings are easily mapped out in terms of functionality and if you need help you can easily search for an answer on Google search
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    Support Rating
    Calendar, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    CoSchedule
    I didn't have to use their official support, but I can say that they put out a lot of content online to help users. Their YouTube page has quite an array of tutorial videos explaining how things work and how to get the most out of their tools. If you're struggling, before picking up a phone or blasting off an email, try searching for your problem on YouTube or their forums.
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    Google
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    Alternatives Considered
    Calendar, Inc
    Better User interface. Everything you need to manage your appointments is here, on a site with modern design and full support for collaboration. You can also connect Calendar to your other favorite apps. For both personal as well as professional
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    CoSchedule
    CoSchedule provides collaborative planning of projects. The calendar view is very well designed. Meetings and tasks can be scheduled and tracked easily. Whatever is being done, no matter how big the task/project is, it gives a bird-eye view of everything. Additionally, it also integrated very well with WordPress. Their customer service team is also very helpful.
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    Google
    Most of the other services we would use don't have the same integration with other Google services that Google Calendar has. The ability to view and set things from your email is very convenient. So is the ability to have your notifications automatically show up on an Android phone as a reminder.
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    Return on Investment
    Calendar, Inc
    • Minimized wasted time on arranging meeting schedules back & forth
    • Given structure to the meeting formats and how to distribute them
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    CoSchedule
    • It has saved me about 1 hour per day to keep things organized from Asana to WordPress.
    • By not having a functioning Google Doc import feature, it costs me about 30 minutes for each blog post to copy paste all the content, images, etc.
    • By bundling too many features into their plans, many of which we don't use (e.g. social media scheduling), we lose a little ROI because we are not using the full feature set. We use and prefer Buffer for social media, so when CoSchedule raised their price $40+ per month on features we would not be using, that hurt.
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    Google
    • Very significant improvement in employee productivity (more than 10%), because people spend much less time arranging meetings.
    • Essential tool to develop remote work within the company during Covid.
    • No need to build an email infrastructure (significant cost reduction in IT infrastructure).
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    CoSchedule Marketing Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of Calendar Organizer: Visualizes everything in real time, and shows every project on a unified calendar of record. Helps to keep stakeholders in the know and pivot quickly when priorities change.Screenshot of Content Organizer: Eliminates content bottlenecks from idea to promotion. Optimizes the editorial process, and centralizes publishing and promotion by connecting marketing tools.Screenshot of Work Organizer: Maximizes resources by implementing consistent, defined workflows to speed up production and identify how urgent changes impact proactively planned work.Screenshot of Asset Organizer: Catalogs and maintains control of brand assets with customized taxonomies to find, update, and share files. Folders and files can be shared with stakeholders to make sure work is up-to-date.Screenshot of Idea Board: Used to write down ideas, take in requests, and prioritize the projects that are up-next, before giving them a publish date and putting them on the calendar organizer.Screenshot of An AI-powered Marketing Intelligence Assistant that can be used to write first-draft copy, complete work faster, and generate new ideas.