Google Calendar vs. TidyCal

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Calendar
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service, from Google, available as part of its productivity tool suite.N/A
TidyCal
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
A tool to make scheduling the next meeting easier with calendar integrations, booking pages, and customization. Trying to schedule a meeting can lead to the hassle of back-and-forth emailing to find a time that works. (“Next month is a no-go, too. Should we try for 3 p.m. CT after the next solar eclipse?”) Also coordinating between time zones and tracking availability across personal and work calendars can be a challenge. TidyCal is presented as an…
$39
one-time fee per user
Pricing
Google CalendarTidyCal
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
TidyCal
$39
one-time fee per user
TidyCal Agency Plan
$79
one-time fee per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google CalendarTidyCal
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Google CalendarTidyCal
Considered Both Products
Google Calendar

No answer on this topic

TidyCal
Chose TidyCal
I can use the free plan, which includes unlimited monthly meetings and appointments. However, I can only link one calendar. The free plan calendar supports Google Calendar and Office 365
Chose TidyCal
In Google Calendar, we can't do advance booking. First, we have to collaborate on confirming a time suitable for everyone before scheduling a meeting this may lead to time waste for all the parties, this problem can be solved with the help of TidyCal resulting in better time …
Chose TidyCal
I did not select TidyCal. Ultimately I selected Appointlet because I found the interface easier to work with. They also had a very generous free program and allowed you to take payments. From what I've seen it doesn't seem like you can easily take payments directly through …
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Google CalendarTidyCal
Small Businesses
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Score 8.6 out of 10
Google Calendar
Google Calendar
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google CalendarTidyCal
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(26 ratings)
9.9
(10 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google CalendarTidyCal
Likelihood to Recommend
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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AppSumo Originals
Maybe if you are needing a large enterprise solution you may need something else but we have found that it fits all of needs as a 32 people team. It has worked flawlessly since we installed it. I keep focusing on this but it is a 30 min set up and that’s it.
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Pros
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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AppSumo Originals
  • Meetings can be planned automatically without my intervention.
  • TidyCal is a very user-friendly and simple program.
  • Seamlessly combines all of my calendars.
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Cons
Google
  • Being able to group a team much easier so I don't have to add the same people over and over again without having to have access right to create a Google group
  • Room or space management, because of repeating events the rooms of the office tend to be always "occupied" but not everyone is there due to how the new hybrid way of working is
  • Better way of working together in the calendar events where it's easier for the team to prepare if I give a clearer better UI of all the documents/presentations they might need to look over
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AppSumo Originals
  • One of my clients wanted to set up membership subscriptions that can be billed through the app. As far as I can tell it doesn't have that capability yet.
  • It would be great if Square was one of the integrations.
  • Maybe being able to set travel time to in-person meetings by integration with Google Maps?
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Usability
Google
It's a bit outdated on how things should be working, the UI per say hasn't changed much and I believe there is still a lot more room for improvement in how the calendar shows, the creating process, the parameters on setting up an event and it could be better integrated with the g-suite and other tools
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AppSumo Originals
Usability is ridiculously easy.
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Alternatives Considered
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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AppSumo Originals
In Google Calendar, we can't do advance booking. First, we have to collaborate on confirming a time suitable for everyone before scheduling a meeting this may lead to time waste for all the parties, this problem can be solved with the help of TidyCal resulting in better time management.
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Return on Investment
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).
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AppSumo Originals
  • For the price it is the best invest that the company made (29$)
  • We improve aor relations with the customers
  • Consultants (SOC) can make better support to the customers
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