Calendly and Commonhour are different kinds of tool. Calendly is a booking tool: you publish your availability and people book time with you. Its meeting polls feature covers the group case, where you propose several times and a group votes. Commonhour is only that group step, and it's free, with no account for you or your guests.
| Commonhour | Calendly (meeting polls) | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Finding one time that works for a group | Booking time with you, with meeting polls as one feature |
| Price | Free; Organizer $5/month (coming soon) | Free plan; Standard $10 and Teams $16 per seat per month, shown with yearly billing |
| Account needed to create | No | The host sets up the poll in Calendly |
| Account needed to respond | No | No |
| Respondent limit | 12 without an account, 20 with a free Planner account, 100 with Organizer (coming soon) | 40 participants and 40 time slots per poll |
| How people answer | Tap each time they're free | Vote for the times they prefer; votes can't be changed afterward |
| Finding the best time | Ranked list with the best time on top and who's missing | The host reviews the results and books the best option |
| Calendar invite at the end | Google Calendar, Outlook, or .ics, free | Calendly sends invites when the host books |
| Time zones | Detected and converted for each person, with a manual override | Not described on the polls help page |
| Reminders to people who haven't voted | Organizer (coming soon) | Not supported for polls |
Based on each product's public site as of November 2026. "Not described" means the product's own site doesn't say. Calendly's help center lists meeting polls on all plans, while its pricing comparison lists them under Standard and above, so confirm for your account. Spot something out of date? Let us know.
In both, guests answer from a link without creating an account, and the organizer ends up with a calendar invite once a time is chosen.
Calendly's core is a booking page: people pick an open slot on your calendar. Meeting polls sit alongside that, and its own help page notes that reminders and rescheduling aren't supported for them. Commonhour has no booking pages at all. Every plan is a group trying to find one time.
A Calendly poll is created by a host working in Calendly. With Commonhour you can create and share a plan with no account. An optional free account adds plan history and an email when people respond.
Commonhour ranks every option, with the best one on top and a note of who's missing. In Calendly the host reviews the results and picks a time to book, and can add invitees who didn't vote.
Calendly is built mainly for booking time with you, such as one-on-one calls and team routing. Its meeting polls let a group vote on times you propose, and they work for that. If all you need is one time for a group, a poll built for it is the simpler path.
Yes. Its pricing page shows a free plan with one event type and one calendar connection. Its help center lists meeting polls on all plans, while its pricing comparison lists them under paid plans, so check which applies to your account.
No. Calendly's help center says invitees don't need an account, and anyone with the poll link can vote. The host creates the poll in Calendly.
No, and it isn't trying to be. Commonhour doesn't have booking pages for one-on-one meetings. It finds one time for a group, with no account for the organizer or the guests.