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Interview scheduling · September 2026 Edition

GoodTime vs candidate.fyi

Two of twelve models named GoodTime first on the direct prompt; zero named candidate.fyi. GoodTime was named by twelve of the twelve models and candidate.fyi by six and GoodTime carries 45 labels and candidate.fyi 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

GoodTime

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

candidate.fyi

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share9%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate24%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4511A 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.ModernLoop was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Calendly vs GoodTime · Calendly vs candidate.fyi · ModernLoop vs GoodTime

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GoodTimeFirst choices, of twelve modelscandidate.fyi
Direct201 against GoodTime
Paraphrase001 against GoodTime
Comparative50
Budget-constrained004 against GoodTime
Scale-constrained331 against GoodTime
Negative114 against GoodTime
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, GoodTime and candidate.fyi were named in the same answer fifty-three times, of the 135 answers naming GoodTime and the 59 naming candidate.fyi. In those answers candidate.fyi took the first choice ten times and GoodTime twenty-one.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where GoodTime and candidate.fyi 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
GoodTime candidate.fyi first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, GoodTime on the left and candidate.fyi on the right.

The direct prompt

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

GoodTime first, candidate.fyi not the choice

2 of 12 modelscandidate.fyi was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniGoodTime alternatives: Ashby, Calendly
Grok 4.1 FastGoodTime, Lever alternatives: Greenhouse, ModernLoop

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, candidate.fyi
Perplexity SonarModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Lever
Qwen 3.7 FlashGreenhouse alternatives: Calendly, GoodTime, Lever, LimeLight, Lunacal
Kimi K2Lever alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse, ModernLoop
GLM 4.7 FlashXModernLoop alternatives: GoodTime, Lever, candidate.fyi
MiniMax M2.5Cal.com, Lever alternatives: GoodTime, Greenhouse, ModernLoop

Neither was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Cronofy, Greenhouse alternatives: Calendly, Koalendar, ModernLoop
Mistral SmallLever alternatives: Koalendar, ModernLoop
DeepSeek V4 FlashGreenhouse, ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly, Lever
Llama 4 MaverickModernLoop alternatives: 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
Level: the same share of first choices.
GoodTime0%#10 of 11
candidate.fyi0%#– of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
GoodTime leads by four points.
GoodTime9%#5 of 11
candidate.fyi6%#7 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
GoodTime leads by thirty-five points.
GoodTime56%#1 of 9
candidate.fyi21%#2 of 9
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.

“Avoid ATS-style recruiting platforms like Breezy HR, Workable, or GoodTime if budget is tight” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Enterprise, quote-only, often thousands per month — avoid these on a limited budget” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Frequent reports of bugs like missing time slots, crashes, slow performance, calendar sync glitches, and timezone issues.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose GoodTime if you have a dedicated recruiting team and want to automate the administrative side of interviewing” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“GoodTime is the top choice for enterprises whose scheduling challenge extends beyond simple booking” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best overall for mid-market recruiting teams: GoodTime if you run multi-interviewer panels” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about candidate.fyi

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

“Built specifically for companies of your size. Strong zero-click automation, heavy interviewer training logic, and branded portals.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“prioritize tools with panel support like GoodTime alternatives (e.g., candidate.fyi, ModernLoop)” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · first choice
“Best for complex panels/enterprise orchestration: GoodTime, candidate.fyi” Kimi K2 · scale 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.