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Interview scheduling · October 2026 Edition

GoodTime vs Cal.com

Two of fourteen models named GoodTime first on the direct prompt; one named Cal.com. GoodTime was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Cal.com by ten and GoodTime carries 49 labels and Cal.com 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

GoodTime

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Cal.com

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share16%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4921A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, GoodTime reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Greenhouse was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Calendly vs GoodTime · Calendly vs Cal.com · GoodTime vs Lever

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the interview scheduling page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GoodTimeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCal.com
Direct211 against GoodTime
Paraphrase101 against GoodTime
Comparative73
Budget-constrained042 against GoodTime
Scale-constrained70
Negative005 against GoodTime
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, GoodTime and Cal.com were named in the same answer thirty-nine times, of the 155 answers naming GoodTime and the 83 naming Cal.com. In those answers Cal.com took the first choice thirteen times and GoodTime fifteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where GoodTime and Cal.com stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
GoodTime Cal.com first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, GoodTime on the left and Cal.com on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where GoodTime and Cal.com stood in it.

GoodTime first, Cal.com not the choice

2 of 14 modelsCal.com was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarGoodTime alternatives: Calendly Sales, Greenhouse, ModernLoop
Qwen 3.7 FlashGoodTime alternatives: Ashby, Lever

Cal.com first, GoodTime not the choice

1 of 14 modelsGoodTime was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashCal.com, Calendly alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever

Neither was the first choice, one was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, GoodTime, Greenhouse
GPT-5.4 miniAshby alternatives: Calendly Sales, GoodTime, Prelude
Gemini 3.5 FlashModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly’s Prelude, GoodTime
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Lever alternatives: Cal.com
Llama 4 MaverickLever alternatives: Cal.com, Greenhouse, Joveo, Workforce Now
Kimi K2ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly, GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever
GLM 4.7 FlashXCalendly alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever
MiniMax M2.5Lever alternatives: Cal.com, Chili Piper, Greenhouse
GPT-6 LunaModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse
Muse Glimmer 30BGreenhouse, Jobvite alternatives: GoodTime, candidate.fyi

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.1 FastCalendly alternatives: Chili Piper, Greenhouse, Lever

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Cal.com leads by two points.
Cal.com3%#6 of 15
GoodTime2%#11 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: GoodTime leads at mid-market.
GoodTime16%#2 of 12
Cal.com8%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
GoodTime leads by fifty-three points.
GoodTime55%#1 of 13
Cal.com2%#7 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about GoodTime

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“What to avoid if on a tight budget: Enterprise-level tools like GoodTime or ModernLoop” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Users report technical issues, including frequent crashes, missing time slots, and incorrect calendar availability display.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Caveat: It has a steeper price tag (often starting around $15,000 to $40,000/year) and a longer implementation curve” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“look toward standalone partners like Goodtime or Gem as they are designed specifically for the volume and complexity typical of 500-person companies” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Platforms like candidate.fyi, GoodTime, and ModernLoop are specifically designed to handle complex, multi-stage panel loops” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“For complex panels, frequent rescheduling, or lots of recruiting coordination, compare GoodTime and ModernLoop.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Cal.com

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“If you want a modern standalone tool for $0: Go with Cal.com (to create multiple interview types for free)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Calendly’s free plan or Cal.com’s free/low-cost tier, because both cover basic scheduling” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Calendly (free) or Cal.com (free tier) | Instant set‑up, embeddable links, zero cost” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.