Problem & Audience

Faculty and committee chairs constantly need to find a meeting slot that works for 5-40 busy academics who live in Outlook or Google Calendar but rarely want to create accounts on a new SaaS. Common pain points they mention on Reddit, HNet and Listhosts:

• “When2Meet works, but then I still have to copy the chosen slot into my calendar and send an invite.” (r/Professors 2024-02)
• “FindTime (Microsoft) doesn’t let external people vote without logging in.” (r/Office365 2023-11)
• “Calendly is great one-to-one, useless for 15-person committee polling.” (HackerNews 2023-09 discussion of group scheduling tools) So the pain is real and recurring.

Existing Solutions & Competition

Heavyweights: Doodle, When2Meet, Calendly ‘Meeting Polls’, Google Calendar ‘Find a Time’, Outlook ‘FindTime’, LettuceMeet, Rally, Vyte, Xoyondo, Framadate, Harmonizely, etc. All rank on first page of Google for generic keywords. Several (Calendly Polls, Microsoft FindTime) already auto-send actual calendar invites.

Strengths of incumbents:

• Brand trust, deep integrations, freemium network effect. Weaknesses (for faculty committees):
• Force login (FindTime), ugly UI (When2Meet),...