9 Best LettuceMeet Alternatives in 2026 (Free Availability Grids That Don't Suck)
LettuceMeet took the When2Meet formula — drag to paint your availability, see overlap — and gave it a mobile-friendly UI. For most groups, it’s a meaningful upgrade from the 2005-era When2Meet interface.
But LettuceMeet is still a manual tool. Everyone has to remember their schedule and paint it in. There’s no calendar integration, no way to pull in busy times automatically, and coordination around the final pick happens off-platform.
Here are 9 LettuceMeet alternatives worth a look.
1. Carly
Carly offers the same drag-select availability grid as LettuceMeet, with one big addition: participants can connect their Google Calendar or Outlook and the grid auto-fills their busy times. Your actual calendar stays private — other participants only see which slots you’re free or busy, not what’s on your schedule.
Gray cells are auto-filled from connected calendars. Teal intensity shows group overlap.
No account required. Works on mobile. If nobody wants to paint a grid, you can also coordinate entirely over email — Carly’s AI handles the back-and-forth. For 1:1 meetings, Carly offers free booking pages as well.
What makes it different from LettuceMeet: LettuceMeet asks every participant to remember and paint their schedule. Carly lets the calendar do the work. It’s also part of a full AI agent platform — 70+ integrations across calendars, CRM, messaging, and project management, usable entirely over email.
Pricing: Free
2. When2Meet
The original. Ugly, ad-free, unchanged since the mid-2000s. Enter dates, paint availability, share a link. No email, no account, no tracking. If you want the LettuceMeet experience without the modern polish, the original is still running.
Best for: Groups who don’t care how it looks and want something that just works.
Pricing: Free
3. Crab.fit
Open-source When2Meet replacement with a live-updating heat map, automatic timezone handling, and a modern UI. Source is on GitHub. Has a native Android app. Anonymous by default.
Best for: Groups who want LettuceMeet’s polish plus open-source transparency and timezone handling.
Pricing: Free (open source)
4. Rallly
A clean, open-source Doodle alternative. Rallly is the “vote on preset times” model, not an availability grid — better when you already have a few candidate slots and want a quick yes/no/maybe from the group.
Best for: Teams who want a simple vote-on-times tool without ads.
Pricing: Free (open source)
5. Doodle
The incumbent in the “vote on times” camp. Free tier has ads and a one-active-poll limit, but the voting UX is polished and the name recognition means you can drop a Doodle link without explanation.
Best for: Teams that want brand-name familiarity.
Pricing: Free with ads; Pro from $8.95/month
6. Xoyondo
Doodle-style polling with extras: anonymous polls, sign-up sheets with slot limits, and a built-in message board. Dozens of languages supported. No feature limits on free — premium just removes branding.
Best for: International groups or events needing sign-up sheets alongside scheduling.
Pricing: Free (premium removes branding)
7. Framadate
Privacy-first open-source polling from Framasoft. No tracking, no cookies, no account. Candidate dates or free-text options. Self-hostable.
Best for: Privacy-conscious groups and teams with data sovereignty requirements.
Pricing: Free (open source)
8. Microsoft Outlook Scheduling Poll (FindTime)
Built into Outlook. Insert a poll into an email, recipients vote from the email itself, Outlook books the event automatically. Zero links, zero apps.
Best for: Microsoft 365 teams who live in Outlook.
Pricing: Included with Microsoft 365
9. Cal.com
Open-source scheduling platform with collective event types, round-robin routing, and embeddable booking pages. More infrastructure than poll tool — better when group coordination is one of several scheduling problems you need to solve.
Best for: Developer teams who want self-hosted scheduling with group coordination baked in.
Pricing: Free tier available; Teams from $15/user/month
LettuceMeet Alternatives Compared
| Tool | Model | Free tier | Account needed | Calendar sync | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carly | Availability grid + email | Yes | No | Yes (auto-fill) | No |
| When2Meet | Availability grid | Yes | No | No | No |
| Crab.fit | Availability grid | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Rallly | Vote on times | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Doodle | Vote on times | With ads | No | Paid only | No |
| Xoyondo | Vote on times | Yes | No | No | No |
| Framadate | Vote on times | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Outlook Poll | Vote on times | With M365 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Cal.com | Team availability | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Availability Grids vs. Calendar-Connected Polls
LettuceMeet and When2Meet work well for small, infrequent groups — a book club, a weekend trip, a one-off team event. Everyone remembers their schedule well enough to paint a rough picture.
The friction shows up when the group is larger or when people book meetings frequently. Asking eight people to manually paint availability for a Tuesday-Friday window produces gaps and errors — someone forgets the standup, someone blocks the wrong day.
Calendar-connected tools like Carly solve this by pulling busy times directly from Google Calendar or Outlook. The grid starts pre-filled. Participants only paint their preferences on top of known conflicts, not their whole schedule from memory. For any group that actually lives inside a calendar, this is the version of LettuceMeet that should exist.
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