Clockwise vs. Google Calendar

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Clockwise
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Clockwise, from the company of the same name in San Francisco, is calendar optimization software, which uses AI to create uninterrupted blocks of time, enhance Slack, take the stress out of complex scheduling, resolve double bookings, and balance appointments while allowing users to meet their Focus Time goals. June 16, 2020 Bain Capital Ventures announced leading an $18M Series B funding round in Clockwise.
$81
per year per user
Google Calendar
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service, from Google, available as part of its productivity tool suite.N/A
Pricing
ClockwiseGoogle Calendar
Editions & Modules
Teams
$81
per year per user
Business
$138
per year per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
per year per user
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Offerings
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ClockwiseGoogle Calendar
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Clockwise
Chose Clockwise
Clockwise has additional features/bells and whistles that the others do not. For example, the travel time feature if you are booking meetings that you need to drive to and from. Also booking across teams, rather than having to enter each individual manually.
Google Calendar
Chose Google Calendar
I've used Apple Calendar before, and it's ok for my phone, but for doing things on my computer, I trust google calendar much more.
Chose Google Calendar
I have used iCal for apple. I like this better because I don’t always have to put in the dates when things are due. It die that for me.
Chose Google Calendar
Google Calendar is a close competitor and I think wins in certain categories like general appearance and enabling focus hours & working hours. However, Microsft 365's calendar just seems like it has been built out more with a focus on business use case (despite still having …
Chose Google Calendar
I haven't extensively used any other products similar to Google Calendar, but I do prefer the interface more than Calendly
Chose Google Calendar
Aside from being easier to use, Google Calendar appears to be more organized. To avoid having to move between daily, weekly, and monthly views, I prefer that numerous views are available at a time. Because it syncs with Google Meet, it's really simple not just to schedule …
Chose Google Calendar
Google Calendar is better than Microsoft 365 in pretty much every aspect of the product. Microsoft Outlook's user interface is slow, non-intuitive, and even stressful to use in the long term, while Google Calendar is fast, responsive, and intuitive.
Chose Google Calendar
Google Calendar is more user-friendly. ClickUp is more for professionals and those who have the computer knowledge to add detailed information. Google Calendar is more versatile and more commonly used among individuals and businesses. Easily connect with other applications.
Chose Google Calendar
There are a lot of overlapping similarities between iCal and Google Calendar, which made it difficult to land on one at first. Ultimately, since we have some folks in Apple environments and some in Microsoft environments, Google was the best option to bridge those workspaces. …
Chose Google Calendar
Compared to Microsoft 365 Outlook calendar, Google Calendar is much fresher and vibrant and easy on the eye.
It feels much less cumbersome than 365 products.
It is easier to add & schedule events and invite colleagues and clients.
Chose Google Calendar
Notion is great for organizing personal tasks, which Google Calendar isn't the best for. However, Google Calendar is the best for co-working due to its direct Google Meets links, simplicity, and ability to view other people's schedules. Google Calendar is also better to access …
Chose Google Calendar
Google Calendar is much easier to use than iCal in my experience simply because it is more reliable. It particularly seems to work better with the Microsoft suite of products as some of my coworkers who lean on iCal occasionally miss meeting invites as they don't sync correctly …
Chose Google Calendar
Most of the other services we would use don't have the same integration with other Google services that Google Calendar has. The ability to view and set things from your email is very convenient. So is the ability to have your notifications automatically show up on an Android …
Chose Google Calendar
outlook is more cumbersome and kind of sucks on mobile in my experience
Chose Google Calendar
Google Calendar is easy to use & so convenient. I find other calendars clunky.
Chose Google Calendar
Google Calendar seems much cleaner and easily syncs to multiple devices. I like that there are multiple views available at a time so as to not have to switch back and forth between daily/weekly/monthly views. The fact that it syncs with Google Meet makes it very easy to not …
Chose Google Calendar
As mentioned, Google Calendar is connected with other Google products. It is a great environment (workspace) which makes our work easier. It is available on desktop and mobile phones. Other time management tools might be outstanding in terms of feature or design but no one beat …
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Enterprises
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Google Calendar
Score 9.5 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
ClockwiseGoogle Calendar
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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9.4
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
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9.0
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User Testimonials
ClockwiseGoogle Calendar
Likelihood to Recommend
This is great for Operations people who need to parse through many calendars at once when scheduling meetings, even if the rest of the organization isn't using it. Clockwise does not allow you to put meetings on other people's calendars, though, or find times for meetings that you aren't in, so keep that in mind. It has still been a life-saver for me. Clockwise isn't great for scheduling client meetings due to the fact that it automatically places emojis in the names of the meetings, and there are other little branding things that are impossible to remove even on paid plans. I tended to just find time for the meetings in Clockwise and then move back to Google Calendar to schedule them
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For small businesses or personal use, it works out well. The whole idea of a free platform on a free service is very alluring, especially if you don't have high end or high tech services for such a program already. Calendar would work in most business, school, and personal situations to keep track of where you're headed.
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Pros
  • Dedicates travel time for any offsite meetings.
  • Dedicates personal "breather" time built into your schedule.
  • Allows for collaboration meetings across departments.
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  • Makes it easy to schedule meetings and block off time
  • I can see everyone in my org's calendar's as well which makes it convenient when scheduling calls with multiple people so I can see when they have overlapping availabilities.
  • Integration with Zoom and Microsoft Teams for video calls that can be added from the calendar invite itself
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Cons
  • Sometimes I am unable to remove the "travel time" slot booked on my calendar for offsite meetings. It's a bit glitchy and reappears after deleting.
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  • Being able to group a team much easier so I don't have to add the same people over and over again without having to have access right to create a Google group
  • Room or space management, because of repeating events the rooms of the office tend to be always "occupied" but not everyone is there due to how the new hybrid way of working is
  • Better way of working together in the calendar events where it's easier for the team to prepare if I give a clearer better UI of all the documents/presentations they might need to look over
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Usability
It doesn't have a dark mode, which is not fun. There is no Month or Year view which isn't great, only day or week. It's hard to get used to and the flexible meetings aren't as intuitive as they claim to be/should be. This is great for scheduling, but in terms of functioning as a calendar, it's not my go-to choice. The JOIN button for the upcoming virtual meeting is nice, though. Clockwise would have gotten a nine if I could schedule meetings on other people's calendars or remove my availability from the equation when scheduling meetings that I won't be in
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It's a bit outdated on how things should be working, the UI per say hasn't changed much and I believe there is still a lot more room for improvement in how the calendar shows, the creating process, the parameters on setting up an event and it could be better integrated with the g-suite and other tools
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Alternatives Considered
Clockwise has additional features/bells and whistles that the others do not. For example, the travel time feature if you are booking meetings that you need to drive to and from. Also booking across teams, rather than having to enter each individual manually
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Google Calendar is a close competitor and I think wins in certain categories like general appearance and enabling focus hours & working hours. However, Microsft 365's calendar just seems like it has been built out more with a focus on business use case (despite still having many grievances with Microsoft 365).
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Return on Investment
  • Time savings.
  • Time management.
  • Lower stress levels - preventing burn out.
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  • Very significant improvement in employee productivity (more than 10%), because people spend much less time arranging meetings.
  • Essential tool to develop remote work within the company during Covid.
  • No need to build an email infrastructure (significant cost reduction in IT infrastructure).
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