What a scheduling poll is for
Asking people one at a time when they are free means that by the time the last reply arrives, the first person's calendar has moved on. A scheduling poll removes the round trip: you propose the candidate times, everyone answers on the same screen, and you read the overlap.
Where people use it
- Meetings with people outside your company — you cannot see their calendar, so proposing times and letting them choose is the shortest path.
- Interviews and panel meetings — with several interviewers you are looking for the overlap, and the grid shows it.
- Parents' meetings, PTA, lessons — one link reaches people whose contact details you do not all have.
- Welcome parties, team dinners, drinks — whoever is organising collects everyone's availability without asking anyone to register.
- Clubs and reunions — the less recently you have spoken to someone, the less likely they are to install anything.
Poll or booking page?
They look similar and suit different jobs.
- A poll (this tool) — when several people have to be in the room and you need the overlap. Meetings, panel interviews, team catch-ups.
- A booking page — when one person should pick from the time you already have free. Consultations, trial lessons, sales calls.
What the free version does, and does not, do
Without an account: create candidate times, share the link, collect answers from up to 5 people, and read the results. The poll is kept for a year.
How the plans differ is set out on the pricing page. With an account you also get email invitations with a personal link each (so you can see who has not answered), bookings created for everyone who answered ○ once you settle the date, and no expiry. The respondent limit rises to 10 on the free plan, and there is no limit at all on any paid plan.
A poll made without an account can be moved into one later. The link does not change, so anything you already shared keeps working and every answer comes with it.
Three things that get answers back faster
Offer fewer times. Dozens of candidates is not generosity — it is work. Propose a realistic few days first and widen only if nothing lands.
Say when you need the answer. A request with no date attached gets postponed.
Fill in your own row first. Otherwise nobody can tell which of your candidates you are actually free for.
