Calendly vs. Paradox Conversational ATS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Calendly
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Calendly helps organizations globally automate the meeting lifecycle by removing the scheduling back and forth, with the goal of enabling companies to close deals, hire candidates faster, and build relationships.
$12
per month per seat
Paradox Conversational ATS
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Paradox (Paradox.ai) in Scottsdale, offers Olivia, an AI recruiting assistant focused on improving and reinventing the candidate experience. Olivia helps companies capture and screen candidates, improve conversions, and answer all candidate questions. She delivers one-to-one candidate experience at scale, and even handles interview scheduling.N/A
Pricing
CalendlyParadox Conversational ATS
Editions & Modules
Standard
$10
per month (billed annually) per seat
Teams
$16
per month (billed annually) per seat
Enterprise
Starts at $15k
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CalendlyParadox Conversational ATS
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMonthly billing also available.
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User Ratings
CalendlyParadox Conversational ATS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(89 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.7
(32 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Calendly
It's well suited for music students' lessons. It's well suited for online coaching, primarily through places like Zoom and more. It helps simplify things for your clients, lets you program your schedule, and allows it all to go automatically! If you are working with a senior population, it may be a little tricky for them to sign up and then really hard for them to cancel lessons. There isn't a way to go to the site and cancel. You have to pull up the confirmed email and cancel from there, but people can lose emails.
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Paradox
While my company is not in the high volume hiring space, it appears to be built very effectively to support high volume hiring positions and companies, reducing recruiting efforts around the initial stages of the screening process. The paradox is good at quickly integrating into your Mail Server System (like Outlook) to get their scheduling product up quickly as a baseline.
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Pros
Calendly
  • Sync with multiple calendar types so my schedule is always current.
  • Integration with Zoom to schedule meetings, send invites, and populate my Zoom app accordingly.
  • Automatic email communication to all parties with all relevant details in a clear format.
  • Allowing team members to do the same in a way that I'm also notified of what meetings are taking place saves a lot of time in terms of coordinating to find out what other people are doing.
  • Well-designed interface that simplifies everything down to its clearest expression. Language instruction and interaction are wonderfully simple and clear.
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Paradox
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Cons
Calendly
  • After a meeting is booked, having the ability to change the location without canceling the entire booking.
  • Being able to offer 2 different locked in locations for certain time periods of the day within the same event. So you're not having to create 2 events for the same thing, only different locations.
  • Giving users permission to create their own routing forms. We run an independent business model where our users like to have control over their subscriptions.
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Paradox
  • UI - Their UI is very mobile-focused; we are not a mobile-first company when it comes to our candidate's experience. It would be great if the experience was just as seamless and welcoming for the desktop as it was for mobile.
  • Adding interviewers is not intuitive; it usually is a pain point for new users.
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Likelihood to Renew
Calendly
For all reasons like workflows, UI, and the way Calendly keeps all of us engaged through the Collective forum. It's indeed undeniable that no other product covers all business needs like Calendly does. On the other side, this has also reduced the workload by enabling us to focus more on other tasks for the day
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Paradox
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Usability
Calendly
I gave Calendly an 8 because overall I think it is very much user friendly even for someone who has never used anything similar. The only issue I have had with usability is what I already stated about how the settings are in sub categories making some things difficult to find at first.
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Paradox
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Support Rating
Calendly
I only reached out to Support once but they were very prompt and easy to work with. I had some questions about setting up the follow-up emails for after people would do the interview. They were very helpful and gave assistance and we solved the issue very fast. I would definitely recommend.
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Paradox
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Alternatives Considered
Calendly
When I started using it, there were not many competitors in this space. I've seen some like Mixmax that seem to work well for solopreneurs or where free version might be better than Calendly's free version. I use the paid version of Calendly and it's just kept serving us well so why change?
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Paradox
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Return on Investment
Calendly
  • Positive: When people want to meet, I can simply send my Calendly link and it takes less than 5 seconds to do.
  • Positive: It integrates well with Zoom, which means that by default all my appointments include Zoom information for a remote call.
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Paradox
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ScreenShots

Paradox Conversational ATS Screenshots

Screenshot of A mobile-first, end-to-end conversational applicant tracking system (ATS) designed with managers in mind. The Conversational ATS is powered by intelligent automation to attract, screen, offer, and onboard talent, automating up to 95% of manual hiring tasks. Once turned on, the recruiting assistant Olivia gets to work supporting employers and candidates through a hiring experience that begins with a simple text message.Screenshot of A conversational chat and text-to-apply solution.

A top-of-funnel solution that meets candidates where they are, that allows job seekers to begin the application process right from their phone anytime, 24/7. Text to apply enables employers to capture applicant data while providing an engaging experience that increases candidate conversion.Screenshot of Paradox’s conversational assistant Olivia automates interview scheduling — from simple 1:1 pre-screens to multi-person, multi-location panel or sequential interviews. Olivia will also send automated reminders and handle rescheduling — allowing candidates, recruiters, and hiring managers to reschedule in seconds.Screenshot of An intelligent, conversational automation that creates a high-touch candidate experience designed to feel like it was built for each individual. It provides personalized job recommendations, answers questions, sends reminders, and shares content — through web chat, SMS texting, or WhatsApp — to drive increases in candidate satisfaction/NPS.Screenshot of Paradox’s Conversational Career Site is built from branded, templated pages, with zero maintenance for internal teams, with a custom conversational experience.Screenshot of Scales hiring events strategy with automated registrations, conversational-based FAQs, and supports quick candidate engagement. Whether in-person or virtual, Paradox makes every step as simple as chat or text, from registration and reminders to real-time interviews and event follow-up.