Item: Clockwise
Rating: 10
Author: Eliza Quaglino

Overall Satisfaction with Clockwise

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Clockwise as a "personal" solution at my organization, as in it's just me who uses it instead of the whole organization. Clockwise has been an absolute lifesaver when managing 20 calendars when scheduling bulk meetings by allowing me to see a list of all conflicts when scheduling, instead of like on Google calendar where you have to look at each meeting that is conflicting and determine if it's something that can be scheduled over or not. Using Clockwise for my own time management with time blocks for focus has improved my output and the automatic 15 minute breaks after long meetings has been an absolute LIFESAVER.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Breaks
Bulk Scheduling
Time Management
Color Coding

Cons

Putting meetings on calendars other than my own
The Flexible meetings tend to be more trouble than they're worth, it's easier to just move them around by hand after the fact.
The constant branding everywhere, even on paid plans, makes it impossible to use for client meetings.

Return on Investment

Took a meeting scheduling process from over an hour to about thirty minutes

Usability

It doesn't have a dark mode, which is not fun. There is no Month or Year view which isn't great, only day or week. It's hard to get used to and the flexible meetings aren't as intuitive as they claim to be/should be. This is great for scheduling, but in terms of functioning as a calendar, it's not my go-to choice. The JOIN button for the upcoming virtual meeting is nice, though. Clockwise would have gotten a nine if I could schedule meetings on other people's calendars or remove my availability from the equation when scheduling meetings that I won't be in.

Key Insights

Do you think Clockwise delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Clockwise's feature set?

Yes

Did Clockwise live up to sales and marketing promises?

Did implementation of Clockwise go as expected?

Would you buy Clockwise again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

This is great for Operations people who need to parse through many calendars at once when scheduling meetings, even if the rest of the organization isn't using it. Clockwise does not allow you to put meetings on other people's calendars, though, or find times for meetings that you aren't in, so keep that in mind. It has still been a life-saver for me.

Clockwise isn't great for scheduling client meetings due to the fact that it automatically places emojis in the names of the meetings, and there are other little branding things that are impossible to remove even on paid plans. I tended to just find time for the meetings in Clockwise and then move back to Google Calendar to schedule them.

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Clockwise Great for One but Maybe Not for All