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Doodle

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What is Doodle?

Doodle is appointment scheduling software from the Swiss company of the same name.

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Simplest and most efficient scheduler!

Incentivized
Smeetha SinghView profile
Project Coordinator in Social Media at University of Pretoria (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I mainly use Doodle to schedule a meeting time that works best for all team members; I send out a Doodle link which takes members to a few meeting options. Upon voting for their preferred times/dates, I can easily select the most suitable option. Currently, I am conducting interviews with over 200 fellows across Africa. I use Doodle to schedule interview times with each of them, across time zones.

Pros

  • Scheduling meetings
  • Sign up on available slots
  • Link to my calendar
  • Polls

Cons

  • As a free account user, I am more than impressed with the functions available

Return on Investment

  • Time saving on communications around scheduling
  • Efficiency and professionalism regarding booking a time/date
  • Cost-saving, the free version is incredibly helpful - scheduling on a budget

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Google Calendar, Zoom Events & Webinars and SurveyMonkey

Other Software Used

Google Meet, Joomla!, Divi, Canva, Pexels

What once was the best is now the worst

Bob BurleighView profile
President in Corporate at Brandywine Healthcare Services (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I've been a Doodle user for a decade, for my company, and as a Volunteer in a number of philanthropic/non-profit organizations. Until April 2022. Never. Again. The "improvements" for the most recent survey were SO awful I am gone forever. Pop-ups every 5 seconds, 2/3 of the screen was ads on both sides of the dates. The new layout is VERY difficult to see/navigate and even more difficult to see who else has selected particular date. The original grid format and options (maybe, why not, etc.) have vanished - or have become so obscure that they're "gone." I'm not alone. Many of my colleagues reacted in disgust and horror and our CFO is actively looking for a user-friendly (as Doodle once was) alternative. This shows that, once again, a wholly new format was launched without any feedback or input from regular, long-time users.

Pros

  • Annoy users

Cons

  • Go back

Most Important Features

  • Simplicity
  • Ease of use
  • Browser agnostic

Return on Investment

  • Originally good
  • Now horrible

I need help with LOGIN - Doodle will not allow me to login to my account.

Lisa Simon
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Corporate at International Inbound Travel Association (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Doodle to schedule meetings of the association's Board and committees. It saves on a lot of emails and phone calls to determine when the majority of people will be available for a meeting.

Pros

  • Polls groups for availability.

Cons

  • The only problem I'm having is with the log-in. It will not allow me to log in and I have current polls collecting availability that I need access to for scheduling.

Most Important Features

  • The only thing we use it for is to poll availability for meeting scheduling.

Return on Investment

  • None

Doodle is so user-friendly

Incentivized
Edie IngramView profile
Manager of Training and Organizational Development in Human Resources at Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Provides opportunity for quick e-learning videos to be uploaded for easy access.
  • Provides you with great selection of backgrounds, characters and props.
  • Ease of use is truly an asset of this program

Cons

  • I wish that it offered more options in backgrounds, characters and props without having an additional cost, but that is to be expected.
  • I would like an easier way to add my own fonts, characters , props etc, because I am a new learner this may not be an issue as I get more familiar with the software.
  • I don't like all the sales emails I received trying to upgrade or add to my purchase.

Return on Investment

  • I am new to using this tool so I do not believe I can accurately comment on this with good data yet.

Alternatives Considered

Camtasia, Animoto, Powtoon and Kahoot!

Other Software Used

Camtasia, Animoto, Kahoot!

Simple, fast, polling we use within Slack

Incentivized
Matthew GardnerView profile
Director of Customer Success at RouteThis (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Easy to use
  • Gathers information
  • Quick
  • Shareable

Cons

  • Too simple, doesn't do enough to warrant a premium version.

Return on Investment

  • Saves time
  • Lets employees be heard

Alternatives Considered

Typeform and Google Forms

Other Software Used

Typeform, Google Forms