Skej vs. Doodle: Which Is Better for Group Scheduling in 2025?

When you’re trying to get a group of people in the same (virtual) room, scheduling becomes a nightmare — fast. Maybe you've used Doodle to send around a poll and collect everyone's availability, but you're looking for a Doodle alternative. Or maybe you're exploring more automated, intelligent solutions like Skej, where scheduling happens automatically inside your email or a Slack thread without lifting a finger. Both tools solve the same problem — but with radically different approaches. Let’s break it down.

🤖 What is Skej?

Skej is an AI scheduling assistant that works directly in email, Slack, SMS, and WhatsApp. It handles scheduling conversations for you — proposing times, coordinating calendars, managing time zones, and sending invites — all in natural language. Skej truly shines when everyone in a group meeting is using it. When everyone is a Skej user, there is no back-and-forth at all, meetings and events just instantly get booked at times that work for everyone. Here's how it works: 1. Tell Skej about the event you're trying to book 2. Skej scans everyone's availability and preferences through their connected calendars 3. Skej books an event time that works for everyone within seconds! Skej always: • Suggests smart, workday-friendly times (unless you tell it otherwise) • Handles time zones automatically • Coordinates with participants conversationally • Books the meeting and sends out the invite • Handles the inevitable rescheduling, cancelling, adding new people, removing people, etc etc. You don’t need to send a link or run a poll. You really don't have to do anything. You just include Skej in the conversation — and it takes care of the rest. You can get started in seconds for free 👉 Sign Up for Skej

📊 What is Doodle?

Doodle is one of the original group scheduling tools. It’s best known for letting you send out a poll with several date/time options and having each participant vote on what works. Once the poll closes, you manually select the best option and confirm the meeting. It’s helpful when:

• You don’t know everyone’s availability
• You’re scheduling with people outside your organization
• You want input from a large group
• You’re planning an informal event or large meeting

🧠 Key Differences

🙋 So which one should you use?

Choose Skej if:

• You regularly schedule meetings with clients, candidates, partners, or execs
• You’re coordinating between teammates + externals
• You want something that just does it for you
• You care about speed, polish, and responsiveness
• You want to skip sending links or managing polls altogether

Choose Doodle if:

• You’re scheduling a group event with people outside your org
• You don’t have calendar access or insight into participant availability
• You’re okay with some manual steps and delayed booking
• You want everyone to weigh in before finalizing a time

🧩 Bottom Line

Doodle is great when you want consensus. Skej is better when you want action and you just want to get it done quickly. If you’re spending time scheduling meetings that could be automated — or worse, losing momentum due to delays — Skej gives you an assistant that handles everything, right where the conversation is happening.

👉 Try Skej for free and let it handle your next group meeting automatically.