WhenNOT is the group scheduler that asks the easier question. Make a poll in 10 seconds — no sign-ups, not even for you.
Drag over the days or time slots you'd consider. A week, a month, four evenings — whatever the group might realistically do.
Paste it in the group chat. Responders tap the slots that don't work and hit send — no account, no email, no app, about four taps on a phone.
WhenNOT ranks the slots nobody objected to, you lock one in, and it sends calendar invites to everyone who answered.
People never remember when they're free. They absolutely remember Tuesday is soccer night. Crossing out defaults everyone to “probably fine” — so polls converge instead of finding zero overlap.
37 clicks per person, zero overlap found
✦ 4 clicks, done
Share one scheduling link — whennot.com/m/you — and let people pick a slot. WhenNOT checks your real calendar, hides anything you're already busy for, and writes the meeting straight back with an invite. It's the free Calendly alternative for your booking page.
Connect Google Calendar or Outlook and your own conflicts cross themselves out before you even open the poll. Guests still answer with zero sign-up.
Every poll can become a free RSVP website: a pretty event page with the locked-in time, who's coming, what to bring, and a guest limit that closes the list when it's full.
Here's the whole picture, including a Doodle alternative that stays free and a Calendly alternative for people who need one group decision, not a personal booking link.
| WhenNOT | When2meet | Doodle | Calendly / Cal.com | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group polls, no sign-up to respond | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Personal booking links | ✓ free & unlimited | ✗ | ✗ | paid tiers |
| Unlimited event types | ✓ | — | — | paid |
| RSVP tracking + event page | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Sends calendar invites | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Doesn't look like 2009 | ✓ | ✗ | — | — |
Doodle, Calendly and Cal.com all have free tiers — they cap what a free account can do. Ours doesn't have a cap because it doesn't have accounts.
Full head-to-heads: WhenNOT vs When2meet · WhenNOT vs Calendly · WhenNOT vs Cal.com
“Eleven engineers, three time zones. The old poll came back with no overlap every single time. This one had a winner in nine minutes.”
“I sent the link, four people crossed out a Tuesday, done. Nobody asked me what a WhenNOT was.”
“I was paying monthly just to have three event types. Moved the booking link over, kept all three, pay nothing.”
Yes — creating polls, collecting responses, RSVPs and calendar invites are all free, with no group-size paywall or trial clock. There's no paid tier to upgrade to, because there are no accounts to bill.
The booking page is free with unlimited event types and bookings, on Google Calendar or Microsoft 365. The catch is scope: no routing forms, round-robin, payments or CRM workflows — if you need those, buy the paid tool.
No. Responders open the link, cross out the slots that don't work, and type a first name — that's the entire flow, on any phone browser. You don't need an account to create the poll either.
Both ask you to paint in every hour you're available; WhenNOT asks you to cross out the few you can't, which is faster and rarely ends in zero overlap. You also get an event page and RSVP tracking, which neither offers.
Yes. Once you lock a slot, everyone who answered gets a proper calendar invite, and organizers can connect Google Calendar or Outlook so their own conflicts are crossed out automatically.
That's half the product. Any availability poll can turn into a free RSVP website — an event page with the time, location, guest list, a bring-list and an optional guest limit.
The next “when works for everyone?” text you send can be your last.
No account needed · Free · Nothing to install