UNRELIABLE Today I got a message that my booking system was down. Instead of informing me that my live link was down calendly has just been letting the URL bounce for who knows how long because they wanted me to upgrade my plan. I have no idea how much money this cost me but I'll never recommend this service to anyone. Incredibly poor handling and I'll be sure to mention this at every Miami tech event I find myself at.

Did not add value, caused much pain. I signed up for a free trial at the request of our recruiters. First ding: it required a connection to my Google Calendar to start the trial. Despite requiring this, it didn't actually use *any* of the information in the calendar to actually help - it didn't apply my timezone - it didn't pick up any current meetings to block out time Second ding: Changing the timezone of the meeting I set up was *deeply* non-obvious. Third ding: I have had *incessant* spam emails from them ever since signing up for the trial. Would not use in the future, even if you paid me - literally a completely useless tool.

I don’t understand all the positive… I don’t understand all the positive reviews? It’s a pain in the ass. It is slower than just sending someone an email with your availability, it adds work and complexity to an otherwise simple task. It is anti-productive - why are people using it? People giving it positive reviews, why? Is it actually saving you any time?

Waste of time and money Calendly worked fine until they started 'upgrading' the software. Now it's WAY to messy and complicated and nothing works. Classic case of software engineers adding new features and making 'improvements' just for the sake of it. Now I can't even generate a simple one-off invite with specific dates and times. Won't sync with iCal either. Spent hours with various agents on the Chat trying to fix it – to no avail. I'm out. Never again.

Inefficient support team - issue to pay for EMEA banks Hi, I am attempting to subscribe to a paid plan for my company for months, and I'm facing some difficulties with the support team. They are insisting that my bank is declining the payment, but I can't even proceed with the validation process on my bank app because I immediately receive an error message. Also, I've checked with my banker (and lost a lot of time) and everything is ok. I've encountered similar issues with American tools like Webflow and Notion, as we don't have credit cards in Europe, and they've always been able to find a solution. This situation is quite frustrating, and I have to consider exploring other software options.