Doodle to Event Schedule

Replace Doodle for events.

Go from polling dates to publishing events.

For organizers using date polling to coordinate events

Today, in four tabs

Doodle Calendly Google Forms Google Sheets

Not everyone runs all four. Whichever of them you do run, the event details get copied between them by hand, because none of them was built for events.

The swap

After

your-name.eventschedule.com

A public page for every event, and a calendar of all of them Free
Free RSVP with a capacity limit per date Free
Paid tickets, 25 a month, each one scanned at the door Free
Unlimited ticket sales and the live check-in dashboard Pro
Newsletters to the people who follow your schedule Free

The gaps

Where Doodle limits you for events

Doodle was not built for event management. These are the places the event part has to be done somewhere else.

Doodle

Only helps pick dates, not manage or promote events
No event pages, ticketing, or attendee management
No calendar view or public schedule sharing
Requires switching to another tool after date selection

None of that is a fault in Doodle. It is a general-purpose tool being asked to run an event, which is why the rest of the job ends up in other tabs.

Done natively

What Event Schedule gives you over Doodle

The same work, in the tool that already knows what an event is.

Full Event Management

Create events with dates, details, images, and ticket options. No need to switch tools after picking a date.

Public Schedule Page

Share a calendar of all your events with one URL. Attendees see upcoming events, not just a date poll.

Ticketing & RSVPs

Sell tickets or collect free RSVPs with automatic confirmations. Doodle has no registration functionality.

Google Calendar Sync

Two-way sync with Google Calendar. Your events appear on your calendar and your calendar events can sync back.

A Calendar Feed for Your Group

Your group subscribes to your schedule once, and every date you publish or move shows up in their own calendar. It costs them no email address.

Subscriber Signups

Visitors sign up with a name and email and get an automatic digest when you publish new events, instead of a new poll link each time.

The swap sheet

Doodle vs Event Schedule

Line by line, on the event work. A dash in the Doodle column means that job is not built in, so today it is living in another tab. A tick in the Event Schedule column does not mean free: the three cards below say which plan carries what.

From $0/mo (Pro $5/mo)

Doodle compared with Event Schedule on event management features
Feature	Doodle	Event Schedule
Event creation	Date polls only	Full event management
Public event pages	Not built in	Yes
Ticketing & RSVPs	Not built in	Zero platform fees
Calendar sync (Google, Outlook, CalDAV)	One-way	Two-way sync
Newsletters	Not built in	With A/B testing
AI event import	Not built in	Yes
Subscriber signups	Not built in	Yes
Per-user pricing	Per seat	No per-user fees

Free

Unlimited events and schedules. Public event pages and a shareable calendar. Two-way Google, Outlook and CalDAV sync. Free RSVP with a capacity limit, and 25 paid tickets a month, scanned at the door. Event graphics, embeddable calendar, built-in analytics, AI event parsing, and newsletters to 10 recipients a month.

Pro

$5 a month

Unlimited ticket sales and the live check-in dashboard. Custom fields on the form, ticket waitlist, promo codes, sales export. The embeddable ticket widget, the REST API and webhooks. Newsletters to 100 recipients a month.

Enterprise

$15 a month

Your own domain. Up to five team members. Internal and unlisted events. AI flyer and style generation, AI agenda scanning, WhatsApp event creation, and newsletters to 1,000 recipients a month.

Two footnotes worth reading before you switch. Your follower list is never capped, but the monthly newsletter allowance counts recipients rather than sends, so one letter to 40 followers spends 40 of it; the automatic digest of new events that confirmed subscribers get does not count against it. And Free is a single team member; extra members are Enterprise. What does not change with the plan is the fee on ticket sales, which is zero on all three, or the ways to get paid: Stripe, PayPal, Payfast for rand, Invoice Ninja, a payment link or cash. Past the processor's own fee, the money is yours, and a Stripe or PayPal sale can be refunded from the Sales page in full or in part.

Switching

How to switch from Doodle in 3 steps

No migration project. Your next event is the first one you put here.

Step 01

Create your events

Add events with dates, details, and ticket options. Use AI to import event details automatically.

Step 02

Share your schedule

Share one URL that shows all your upcoming events. Attendees see a full calendar, not a date poll, and can subscribe to it in their own calendar app.

Step 03

Sell and manage

Sell tickets or collect RSVPs. Check attendees in with QR codes on event day.

Create your free schedule

No credit card required.

Free forever. Upgrade when you're ready.

Zero platform fees on ticket sales, on every plan. The only deduction is your payment processor's own.

Free

$0 forever, no card

Everything you need to publish a schedule, and enough selling to find out whether you need more.

Unlimited events, sub-schedules and recurring dates
Two-way Google, Outlook and CalDAV sync
25 paid tickets a month, each one scanned at the door

No expiry, and no card asked for.

Pro Most picked

$5 per month

The ceilings come off, and the rest of the selling kit arrives with them.

Unlimited ticket sales and the live check-in dashboard
Promo codes, add-ons, passes and gift cards
The REST API, webhooks, and no Event Schedule branding

7-day free trial, cancel any time.

Enterprise

$15 per month

For a room with a seating chart, a team, and a domain of its own.

Reserved seating, drawn once and reused every date
Your own domain, and up to five team members
Internal and unlisted events, and 1,000 newsletter recipients

Included free on every selfhosted install.

Compare the plans in full Start for free

Both tools

Keep what Doodle is good at. Move the events.

Doodle

About Doodle

Doodle is a scheduling poll tool that helps groups find a common time to meet. Event organizers sometimes use it to pick event dates, but Doodle stops at the poll - it does not help you create, promote, or manage the actual event once a date is chosen.

What it is good at

Simple interface for group date polling
Quick setup with no account required for participants
Effective for finding mutually available times

Event Schedule

Why switch to Event Schedule?

Doodle stops at picking a date. Event Schedule takes you from event creation through promotion, ticketing, and check-in day.

What moves across

Full event management from creation to check-in, not just date polling
Public schedule page with all your events shareable from one URL
Ticketing and RSVPs with automatic confirmations
Two-way sync with Google, Outlook and CalDAV keeps everything updated

Doodle to Event Schedule FAQ

What people ask before they move the event work across.

Is Event Schedule a good Doodle alternative for event management?

Yes. Doodle stops at picking a date. Event Schedule takes you from event creation through promotion and ticketing to check-in day. You get public event pages, ticket sales, Google Calendar sync, and newsletters in one platform.

Is Event Schedule free to use?

Yes. The free plan includes unlimited events, public event pages, Google Calendar sync, newsletters, and fan engagement features. Selling tickets is free too, up to 25 paid ones a month with zero platform fees and the QR on each scanned at the door; Pro at $5/month removes the cap and adds the live check-in dashboard.

Does Event Schedule have scheduling or polling features like Doodle?

Event Schedule includes event polls on the Pro plan for collecting attendee preferences. For date selection, you create events with set dates and share them through your public schedule page. It is designed for publishing events, not polling for availability.

Can attendees see all my upcoming events in one place?

Yes. Your public schedule page shows all upcoming events in a calendar view with full details and ticket links. Attendees can browse your entire event lineup from one URL instead of receiving separate poll links for each event.

Can I collect RSVPs for free events?

Yes. Event Schedule supports free RSVPs with automatic confirmation emails and an optional capacity limit, and the RSVP waitlist is free too once it fills. Attendees register through your event page and you get a real attendee list with check-in tools.

How does my group get the dates into their own calendars?

Two ways, both free. Each event page has an Add to Calendar button for that one date, and your schedule offers a live calendar feed: subscribe to it once and every event you publish appears, with a date you move updating itself. The feed is offered in the sign-up panel on your schedule page, and it asks for no email address.