Doodle is the category's biggest name for a reason — but its free tier makes you create an account before you can even start a poll, and shows ads the whole way through.
Doodle's free tier caps polls at 10 time slots, requires an account just to create a poll, and shows ads to both the organizer and everyone they invite. Calendar-invite generation — along with reminders, deadlines, and removing Doodle's own branding — sits behind Doodle Pro (around $11–15/mo) or Doodle Team (around $9–20/user/mo).
Commonhour requires no account to create or join a plan, shows no ads on any tier, and keeps calendar-invite generation free, always.
| Commonhour | Doodle | |
|---|---|---|
| Account required to create a plan | No | Yes |
| Ads shown | No | Yes, to organizer and invitees (free tier) |
| Slot/date cap on free tier | No fixed cap | 10-slot cap |
| Calendar invite generation | Free | Paid plans only |
| Email invitations with click/response tracking | Free, for signed-in organizers | Comparable features on Doodle Team ($9–20/user/mo) |
Pricing and paywall details reflect Doodle's publicly listed plans and may change — check Doodle's own pricing page for the current terms.
Doodle is the established name in this category, with deeper enterprise features — calendar sync across more providers, SSO, and broader integrations — that make sense if your organization is already paying for Doodle Team or Enterprise and needs that level of admin control. If branding removal or enterprise-grade calendar integrations matter more to you than avoiding an account or ads, Doodle's paid tiers are built for that.
Can I import a Doodle poll into Commonhour?
Not directly — Commonhour doesn't import polls from other tools. You'd recreate the same candidate dates as a new Commonhour plan and share the new link with your group.
Does Commonhour have Doodle's calendar integrations?
Commonhour generates a Google Calendar link, an Outlook link, or a downloadable .ics file once a time is picked, but it doesn't currently offer two-way calendar sync (reading your existing calendar) the way some of Doodle's paid tiers do.
More questions? See the full Commonhour FAQ.