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Doodle Reviews

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4.6

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  • Likelihood to recommend8.84/10

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My favorite thing about Doodle is the ease with which you are able to design something. I also like having the ability to find out when everybody is available.
I love the ability to send out a link and get a large group of people scheduled. The simplicity of the software makes it accessible even to our non-tech friendly staff.
I enjoyed it because it allowed me to be creative and I was able to save all of the work in which I did.
The only negative I can think of is that occasionally a recipient's email will block a Doodle poll.
I did encounter trouble when trying to set my availability. When I tried to give my schedule, I found it hard to pull down to occupy the whole time slot.
I hate when it misses an event on my calendar.
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Greg G.

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Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees

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I wish there was a better solution, but this one is pretty good

Reviewed 2 years ago

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Greg G.: Hey, I'm Greg. I'm a software developer at a pretty big financial tech company and I give Doodle...

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Heather T.

Director of Learning and Development

Insurance, 10,001+ employees

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Fairly Basic But Easy to Navigate

Reviewed 2 years ago

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Heather: Hi, my name is Heather. I'm a department leader in the health insurance industry. I give Doodle...

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Darien C.

Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees

Used other for 2+ years

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Doodle offers a simple, quality solution to finding the best time to hold a meeting

Reviewed 2 years ago

Overall, Doodle has helped me numerous times to figure out when to hold a team meeting. I work with a lot of volunteer teams - so all too often you can't simply say "This day at this time" and expect everyone to show up. Doodle helps alleviate that, find the date(s) that work best for your team, and make the correct choice - which really saves a ton of time in the long run

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If I'm being honest, I've only used Doodle for one thing - that is to send out surveys to different teams to figure out the best time to host a meeting. I'm sure Doodle offers other things past that, but I haven't ever used anything else. That being said, Doodle is incredibly good at sending out surveys to figure out meeting times. They offer a simple interface that allows for quick & easy setup;...

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Honestly, I have not encountered anything specific about Doodle that I do not love. Their UI is simple & clean, their survey application works great and is easy to use - I have no complaints

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Londeka R.

Retail, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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Great product with great service

Reviewed a month ago
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It is like having a whole community come together for good. Everyone is in high spirits, which rubs off on you and motivates you to want better for yourself. Everyone has the same mindset to elevate the company as a whole.

Cons

It gets a bit stressful and when I need to get ahold of customer service, it is quite a struggle.

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Michael S.

Automotive, 10,001+ employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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Confusing interface, weird limitations - not recommended

Reviewed 2 months ago

I thought the process of scheduling should be quite simple and straightforward, but whenever I used it I got frustrated after some time as I could not see other users' responses or due to weird limitations (as in only 1 option per day ...). I switched over to MS Outlook

Pros

The initial setup is very quick for a simple multi-user scheduling

Cons

Terrible interface. It sometimes is impossible to see other users' replies during the voting process and there are many restrictions in the free version that really make it cumbersome to use.

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Retail, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for 1-2 years

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"Streamline Your Scheduling with Doodle: The Ultimate Meeting and Event Planner"

Reviewed 3 months ago

Doodle is a user-friendly scheduling tool that offers impactful features like poll creation, calendar sync, and automatic reminders. Its seamless integration with popular apps makes it convenient for scheduling meetings and events. While it could improve in areas such as customization and advanced features, overall, Doodle is reliable and efficient for individuals and organizations. Its intuitive design makes it easy to use with varying levels of technical expertise.

Pros

The most impactful features in Doodle include poll creation, calendar sync, automatic reminders, and mobile access. Doodle's user-friendly interface makes it easy to navigate and use these features without prior experience or training. Its intuitive design, coupled with its seamless integration with popular calendar and messaging apps, makes it a convenient and efficient tool for scheduling meetings and events. Overall, Doodle's features are impactful and user-friendly, making it a reliable tool for individuals and organizations alike.

Cons

While Doodle is generally considered to be a user-friendly and reliable scheduling tool, there are a few areas that could be improved. For example, the design and layout of the poll creation page could be more intuitive and customizable. Additionally, while Doodle offers a range of features and integrations, it lacks in more advanced features like custom branding or advanced reporting.Overall, Doodle is not difficult to use, and its intuitive interface makes it easy to navigate with varying levels of technical expertise.

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Tracey Lynn C.

Hospitality, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Great product easy to use

Reviewed a month ago

its easy and you get notifications for everyone who responds its great

Pros

Have been using Doodle to schedule meetings for years and love it!

Cons

There isnt anything I dont like about doodle

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Derek T.

Information Technology and Services, 501-1,000 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Have you tried Doodle? The simple way to schedule across multiple companies

Reviewed 2 months ago

I've used Doodle for years to schedule meetings outside of my company and I love it.

Pros

Doodle is a free online scheduling application that allows multiple organizations to identify available times for a meeting

Cons

No cons to speak about and I have not used the full capabilities of Doodle's subscription program

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Stephanie A.

Import and Export, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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An effective way to plan meetings

Reviewed a month ago
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Doodle is extremely user-friendly and simplifies the task of scheduling events based on user availablity

Cons

Great application but too many ads on the free version during trial.

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Melissa S.

Import and Export, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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Easy and effective means of planning meetings

Reviewed a month ago
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An amazing tool to organise any number of people for a single meeting. Great interface and user friendly

Cons

There are no clear disadvantages but the price point can be better

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Sean S.

E-Learning, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Easy Scheduler

Reviewed 2 months ago
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I love how easy it is to plot out options and visualize a teams availability.

Cons

I think the UI could look a little cleaner and inviting, maybe with a calendar option for viewing potential dates.

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Stacey B.

E-Learning, 501-1,000 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Great Product

Reviewed a month ago
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I like how you can find a time that works for most people with this product

Cons

I don't like having to manually enter the available times when you set it up.

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mera m.

Consumer Services, self-employed

Used daily for 6-12 months

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my review about Doodle

Reviewed 9 months ago

A cloud-based application for booking appointments called Doodle assists small to large businesses with meeting and appointment scheduling. Finding the ideal time and day for a group of people to get together may be a nuisance. Doodle offers solutions that make organizing almost painless. The core offering of www.doodle.com is the most popular online scheduling tool in the world, with more than three...

Pros

People, on the other hand, are a different story. Doodle lets you choose times that will work for you, and then everyone else votes on the times that will work for them. This is super simple to use, totally effective. I adore being able to share a link and schedule a big number of people. Even our less tech-savvy personnel can use the program because to its simplicity.

Cons

I detest it when an event on my calendar is missed. The only drawback, in my opinion, is the sporadic blocking of a Doodle poll by a recipient's email. It might get tiresome to repeatedly enter the same dates and times. Viewing the calendar might be confusing.I detest it when an event on my calendar is missed. The only drawback, in my opinion, is the sporadic blocking of a Doodle poll by a recipient's email. It might get tiresome to repeatedly enter the same dates and times. Viewing the calendar might be confusing.

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Medical Practice, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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Essential for choosing the best dates & times to meet as a group

Reviewed 4 years ago

I love Doodle. Choosing the best dates and times to meet has never been easier. Next time you need to schedule a meeting or a group dinner, Doodle it.

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We've all been in a group text or email chain trying to figure out what date and times work best for everyone. It's impossible to keep track of who can meet when! That's where doodle comes in as your group's best option. Doodle allows you to create a poll with dates and/or times of your choosing. You then send that Doodle link via email or text message to your group of friends. They simply click the...

Cons

One of the cons is that if you want to put a deadline on your poll, you're going to have to pay for it by being a premium doodle user. This is not such a big deal because you can just tell your friends to vote by a certain date... but we all have those slackers in our groups who decide not to vote until it is already too late. Another con is that Doodle's homepage has become increasingly cluttered as it attempts to add features to its premium users (for organizers and for businesses over 1,000 people). It's simple enough to filter through to create your poll though.

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Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

Used other for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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So much better than confusing and never ending e-mail chains

Reviewed 5 years ago

My Ph.D. dissertation meetings are required every 6-12 months and it is really hard to get my entire dissertation committee together on a whim. Since professors are extremely busy people and don't really have time for a bunch of e-mails, Doodle software makes my and their lives so much easier.

Pros

Have you ever tried to get a bunch of science professors to meet in the same room at the same time for a few hours? It's like herding cats, but luckily there is Doodle. The best part about Doodle is that I don't have to e-mail people back and forth to try to coordinate an event from multiple perspectives. Doodle eliminates ambiguity and allows everyone to see everyone else's exact availability for multiple weeks at a time which saves time and effort. It is so interesting to me that meetings can be scheduled really without any words from any of the participants, and I think that is beautiful. Bonus points for not having to try to sound really smart in multiple e-mails to people who are way smarter than you.

Cons

The calendar syncing function seems like it could be a really good idea, but I have had some trouble syncing up all of my calendars in the past and I usually can't see any of my events on there. I'm not quite sure what the function is supposed to do but there is no explanation and I felt like it was not super intuitive.

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Internet, 51-200 employees

Used monthly for 2+ years

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Easy and Organized

Reviewed 4 years ago

Overall it is a simple tool that serves one purpose, to make it easier for everyone involved to find a convenient date for parties, meetings, appointments, trips etc. Instead of going back and forth in an endless email thread we simply need to simply fill the time that works for best for us. It saves time, it is less hassle and improves communication. Also great to sync schedules with people you do not see very often but need to work with.

Pros

I enjoy how easy it is to use the tool to collaborate with others in order to find their availability for example. We are a lot of young people in the company I work at and Doodle is always the first step when it comes to organizing events and out of the office parties. Considering we are all busy with friends, exams and nights out Doodle makes it super easy and fast to find out a time and day that best works for all of us. The tool is very user friends and simple, there is almost no way to get confused about what you need to do even if you are not tech savvy.

Cons

My main dislike is that there is no option to change the dates with text, it would be great if I can select if we want to vote for date or venue or activity. Also, it would be better if dates on the checklist were shown at once. Of course there is the expand button, but I think it should be expanded by default when there are lot of options to choose from. Would be nice if the calendar view is improved as well, similar UI to the monthly/weekly Google Calendar type of view would be a great improvement and will also make it easier to use, and it will make the tool look less messy and unorganized.

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India O.

Higher Education, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Happy When Colleagues use Doodle

Reviewed 4 years ago
Pros

Doodle is a great tool to easily evaluate availability and schedule meetings for large, busy groups. The ability to customize times and the intuition built into Doodle-if I schedule a request for three hours then three hours translates to every subsequent date I select, makes this a great tool. Each invitee can see the response of others which can lend to being more flexible in your choices, and enhances getting a group to consensus on a date and time to meet. You can be proficient at using Doodle in a matter or minutes, both as a user and as an administrator. I love this product so much that I use it in business and also in setting up family events. There are three plans available, and if you are a casual user the free version should serve you well.

Cons

Plans are priced well, and the ability to remove ads and enhance communication with the premier version is very nice. A con of the free version is the weird ads you see running in the back ground as you are using the tool. However, not bothersome enough to change my favorable opinion of this great scheduling tool.

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Bruno A.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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My opininon on Doodle

Reviewed 6 months ago
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What I like about Doodle is how simple it is to use it, while you have many functionalities. Of course there are simpler and useful software products as When2meet that don't require an app or an account, however, they don't have as many features as doodle has. With doodle, you can arrange meetings with a large group of people and after the app decided which one is the best slot to meet, if it is sync...

Cons

It does not have many cons, the only thing I could find is that when you want to schedule an informal thing with few people, having to have the app and a Google account is maybe inconvenient for some people. In those situations a more basic tool could be more useful, however, I don't know if that's a drawback at all.

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Balazs C.

Media Production, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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From meeting with friends to booking massages - Doodle review

Reviewed a year ago

I use Doodle to schedule meetings with everyone, both privately and professionally. Whenever it needs coordinations between many people, I send a doodle. So far it was working great - except the 12-24 hour mode which I find disturbing -, and I really liked it and used it a lot, but there is something with the new UI. However, I don't plan to change.

Pros

Easy-to-use Intuitive UI I like that it's free No limitations to add people by anyone Great for organising events, meetings and even appointments

Cons

I don't like the new UI, probably I need to get used to it No 12-24 hour switch, as a European, I find the am-pm very counter-intuitive

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Eric A.

Accounting, self-employed

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Effectively Plan your Meeting Events with Doodle!

Reviewed a year ago

Doodle is a good scheduling program in general. It's useful if you're trying to schedule a meeting with people who are in various time zones. It has completely transformed the way we organize our meetings and programming. It's quite simple to use, and I would strongly recommend it to others.

Pros

Doodle is a very user-friendly program. Simply add the event's name, location, and times, and invite people to register. . I appreciate being able to send out a link and schedule a large group of individuals. Even our non-technical employees can use the software because of its simplicity. The option to collaborate with others to find their availability is a wonderful aspect of Doodle. Doodle makes it very easy and fast to select a time and day that works best for everyone, especially given the busy schedules of the participants.

Cons

The system is nearly flawless. It performs its role admirably, and I don't believe it needs to be unduly convoluted. It would be wonderful if meeting information such as zoom links could be added, and the calendar invitation could be sent whenever consensus was reached. One thing I've seen (and think should be improved) is that when individuals without a doodle account vote on something, it's easy for others to edit it.

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Jovana V.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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All present!

Reviewed 4 years ago

Most of my out-of-work activities are set up with Doodle. Both my friends and family are using it and we all find it the most convenient tool to agree upon the time and to get together.

Pros

I enjoy the simplicity of Doodle and the fact that it is super easy to use. I never heard that anyone had any problem with it figuring their way around. Since I am not using it that often, the free version works for me perfectly.

Cons

There is nothing to dislike if you are looking for a simple, intuitive tool. Sure, there are not a great many features, but this is why it is so appealing.

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Aquline S.

E-Learning, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Best software out there for group projects

Reviewed 4 years ago

Great experience.

Pros

Easy to use, best software for group work, polls, projects etc. I used it most days when I was at university and I still use it for tutoring. It helps my students to choose the time they want, add anything or edit while I am having a look at it too. Easier to edit in real time when you are working with a large group that isn't in the same place.

Cons

Nothing. The software is amazing and doesnt have a limit of documents you can share or people who can access it. Makes projects very easy to do

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Health, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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Super user friendly

Reviewed 3 years ago

Frendly for administrator, friendly for users, and very unexpansive tool if you use it on basic level and for limmited number of users (admins).

Pros

You don't need a lot of instruction to share with external guests when you invited them to use doodle. When someone is invited to join your poll and vote for one of the option, email that is sent by doodle is self explanatory, so you do not need to educate your guests on how to use the voting system.

Cons

Design of the poll could be more creative. Also, if you like to upgrade to be user of one of the featured versions, it could be bit pricey. If you stick with the basic version, you can use it whole year for very cheap.

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Fabrice I.

Arts and Crafts, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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My opinion on doodle

Reviewed a year ago

I had seen this application with one of its partners and I said to myself "why not try it", immediately say immediately do. I tried the free version and it was a real surprise but a little disappointed because ads but otherwise it's really good.

Pros

Advantages: The software is free, ergonomic and functional Registration is not compulsory One can easily choose a meeting date that suits all participants. Possibility to see the answers of other participants Possibility to carry out polls and the poll can be exported in Excel or saved in PDF. Does not require online registration There is no limit to the number of participants to invite.

Cons

Its disadvantages: Creating the form is tedious and not easy for a beginner. Cannot attach a file. And there is too much advertising.

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Wojciech S.

Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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Great tool for meeting scheduling

Reviewed 4 years ago
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We have all been there, right? Group of 4, or maybe 14 people, and you are trying to find the one perfect unicorn-time for all of them to be able to meet at once. It can be really hard! But doodle is just AWESOME at solving this issue. Insert dates, insert times, send invites over. Simple as that! I am using is just as often for professional purposes, scheduling meetings and calls between various people (sometimes cross-organisational), as for private meetings with friends and colleagues.

Cons

Integrated groups feature would be nice - I'd like to create several groups of emails to easily share them among those groups. It's not really a big issue anyway - I can do that by sharing link to groups via gmail, but nonetheless, it would be nice to have it built in.

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Sebahattin G.

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Meeting planning has never been this fun and easy!

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

Doodle is easy and fast to use. I think doodle is a great tool for large and busy groups to easily assess availability and schedule meetings. Group work, surveys, projects etc. The best option for you. Too many meetings thanks to doodle and created an event. It is a great software that makes my job enjoyable.

Cons

There are no issues I don't like. The software is great. It makes projects very easy to do.

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Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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About Doodle

Reviewed 3 years ago

I am generally happy with product but it should be show the content as priority .

Pros

Easy usage is my favorite part of this software. result representations and customization options are good.

Cons

In long questions it is covered by other content and user have to click show all. It lowers my result ratios generally.