Cadence vs Schedly

Cadence is a web-based interview scheduling tool for small recruiting teams. Candidates use a private link to book, reschedule, or cancel interviews against live interviewer availability in Google Calendar or Microsoft 365, without creating an account. Private status pages show the candidate’s current stage, next step, and expected date. The service sends interview reminders that request confirmation and alerts recruiters when candidates do not reply. It connects to Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, Greenhouse, and Lever, with CSV imports available for teams without an ATS. Candidate emails are checked against recorded contact permission, and interviewers can submit structured or free-text scorecards through private links. Cadence says candidate data and integration credentials are encrypted at rest, access is role-scoped, and retention is automated. One-click erasure covers candidate records, unsent email, calendar artifacts, and synced ATS copies, while keeping an audit entry without personal data.

Schedly is an appointment scheduling platform for individuals, teams, and service businesses. Customers can book through online pages and forms, including a form embedded on a website. The service can send reminders by email, SMS, or WhatsApp, and collect payment when an appointment is booked. For teams, it supports staff calendars, workflows, round-robin meetings, and routing logic. Calendar connections include Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, and Apple Calendar; Google Calendar and Outlook support two-way sync. Other listed integrations include Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier, and Mailchimp. Schedly is available on Android, iOS, web, through an API, and as a Chrome extension. Its mobile app can manage bookings, staff schedules, availability, customer details, and payments. The free plan costs nothing and allows unlimited bookings, but is limited to one seat, service or event type, location, and calendar connection. Pro costs $7.50 a month and adds unlimited services, locations, and calendar connections, plus team management and API access. Enterprise pricing is custom.