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Interview scheduling · October 2026 Edition

Koalendar vs Ashby

Zero of fourteen models named Koalendar first on the direct prompt; one named Ashby. Koalendar was named by seven of the fourteen models and Ashby by eleven and Koalendar carries 10 labels and Ashby 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Koalendar

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Ashby

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels1018A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Koalendar 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 Koalendar · Calendly vs Ashby · GoodTime vs Koalendar

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.
KoalendarFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAshby
Direct01
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained40
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Koalendar and Ashby 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
Koalendar Ashby first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Koalendar on the left and Ashby on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Koalendar and Ashby stood in it.

Ashby first, Koalendar not the choice

1 of 14 modelsKoalendar was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniAshby alternatives: Calendly Sales, GoodTime, Prelude

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 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
Gemini 3.5 FlashModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly’s Prelude, GoodTime
Qwen 3.7 FlashGoodTime alternatives: Ashby, Lever
Kimi K2ModernLoop alternatives: Ashby, Calendly, GoodTime, Greenhouse, Lever

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarGoodTime alternatives: Calendly Sales, Greenhouse, ModernLoop
Grok 4.1 FastCalendly alternatives: Chili Piper, Greenhouse, Lever
Mistral SmallGreenhouse, Lever alternatives: Cal.com
DeepSeek V4 FlashCal.com, Calendly alternatives: Greenhouse, Lever
Llama 4 MaverickLever alternatives: Cal.com, Greenhouse, Joveo, Workforce Now
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

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
Koalendar leads by eight points.
Koalendar14%#2 of 15
Ashby5%#5 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Koalendar leads by five points.
Koalendar6%#7 of 12
Ashby2%#8 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Koalendar0%#– of 13
Ashby0%#11 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Koalendar

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

“It's the top pick for simple automated interview scheduling, especially for small and mid-sized recruiting teams” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with Koalendar or Calendly's free plan to get basic functionality without cost.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Cal.com free tier or Koalendar free forever give the most features without cost” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Ashby

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.