9 Best PollUnit Alternatives for Group Scheduling (2026)
PollUnit is a broad group-decision tool: scheduling polls to find a date, plus dot voting, image polls, ranked choice, and brainstorming. If your team makes lots of different group decisions, the range is handy.
That breadth is also the trade-off. For the specific job of finding a meeting time, the scheduling poll is one feature among many — there’s no calendar integration to pull in real availability, and the meeting itself is handled off-platform.
Here are 9 PollUnit alternatives worth a look, focused on the scheduling side.
1. Carly
For finding a time specifically, Carly’s group scheduling tool goes a step further than a poll: participants connect Google Calendar or Outlook and the availability grid auto-fills their busy times. Your calendar stays private — everyone else sees free/busy, never your actual events.
Gray cells are auto-filled from connected calendars. Teal intensity shows group overlap.
No account required, works on mobile, and if nobody wants to fill in a grid you can run it over email — Carly’s AI handles the back-and-forth. For 1:1 meetings, Carly also offers free booking pages.
What makes it different from PollUnit: PollUnit polls people from memory across many decision types. For scheduling, Carly pulls availability from the calendar, handles timezones, and can send the invite once a time wins — as part of a full AI agent platform with 70+ integrations.
Pricing: Free
2. Doodle
The best-known meeting poll tool. Vote on candidate times, see the winner, done. Free tier has ads and a one-active-poll limit, but the UX is polished and the name needs no explanation.
Best for: Teams that want a familiar vote-on-times experience.
Pricing: Free with ads; Pro from $8.95/month
3. Rallly
A clean, open-source Doodle alternative. Create a scheduling poll with candidate times in seconds, no login required, and collect yes/no/maybe votes. Ad-free.
Best for: Teams who want a simple, ad-free vote-on-times tool.
Pricing: Free (open source)
4. When2Meet
The bare-bones availability grid. Instead of voting on preset times, everyone paints when they’re free and you read the overlap. Ad-free, no account.
Best for: Groups who’d rather see availability overlap than vote on fixed slots.
Pricing: Free
5. LettuceMeet
A modern availability grid with a mobile-friendly UI and an optional Google Calendar view. Free, no account required for guests.
Best for: Groups who want the grid model with a clean interface.
Pricing: Free
6. Xoyondo
Doodle-style polling with extras closer to PollUnit’s range: anonymous polls, sign-up sheets with slot limits, and a built-in message board. Dozens of languages. No feature limits on free — premium removes branding.
Best for: Groups that want polls plus sign-up sheets in one tool.
Pricing: Free (premium removes branding)
7. Framadate
Privacy-first open-source polling from Framasoft. Date polls or free-text options, no tracking, no cookies, no account, and self-hostable.
Best for: Privacy-conscious groups and teams with data sovereignty needs.
Pricing: Free (open source)
8. Microsoft Outlook Scheduling Poll (FindTime)
Built into Outlook. Insert a poll into an email, recipients vote from the email, and Outlook books the event automatically. Zero links, zero extra 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 a poll — better when group coordination is one of several scheduling problems you’re solving.
Best for: Teams who want self-hosted scheduling with group coordination baked in.
Pricing: Free tier available; Teams from $15/user/month
PollUnit Alternatives Compared
| Tool | Model | Free tier | Account needed | Calendar sync | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carly | Availability grid + email | Yes | No | Yes (auto-fill) | No |
| Doodle | Vote on times | With ads | No | Paid only | No |
| Rallly | Vote on times | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| When2Meet | Availability grid | Yes | No | No | No |
| LettuceMeet | Availability grid | Yes | No | View 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 |
A general poll vs. a scheduling tool
PollUnit is a good fit when scheduling is one of many group decisions you run. When finding a meeting time is the actual job, a general poll leaves value on the table — people vote from memory, and nothing carries the meeting forward once a slot wins.
Carly is built for that specific job: the grid pulls busy times from connected calendars so nobody guesses, and the same tool can send the invite once the group lands on a time.
More on scheduling: Doodle alternatives · Rallly alternatives · When2Meet alternatives · Group scheduling tools · Zencal alternatives · SimplyMeet.me alternatives · ChiliCal alternatives
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