Doodle vs Motion
Doodle and Motion are both scheduling & calendar tools. Doodle is aimed at small businesses and freelancers, while Motion is aimed at freelancers and small businesses. Doodle costs less, from $15/mo versus $29/mo for Motion. Only Doodle has a free plan.
Group meeting polls, booking pages and sign-up sheets
AI calendar that schedules your tasks
| Pricing | Freemium · $15 | Paid · $29 |
| Starting price | $15/mo | $29/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Built for | Small businesses, Freelancers, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small businesses |
| Platforms | web, ios, android | web, macos, windows, ios, android |
| Country | CH | US · 2019 |
| Rating | — | — |
Choose Doodle if
Organizers who regularly coordinate meetings with many external people who should not need an account.
- Simplest group polling on the market
- Participants do not need an account
- SOC 2, GDPR and HIPAA options from a Swiss company
Look elsewhere if: Sales teams that need routing and CRM workflows, or budget teams wanting open source (Calendly, Cal.com).
Choose Motion if
Busy professionals and small teams overloaded with tasks and meetings.
- Removes daily planning overhead
- Adapts to schedule changes
- Combines calendar, tasks and projects
Look elsewhere if: People who enjoy manual planning (Sunsama, Todoist).
Doodle vs Motion pricing
Doodle
- Free$01 group poll, 1 booking page, 1 1:1, 3 sign-up sheets; ads
- Pro$15/mo$11/mo billed annually; unlimited polls and pages, no ads
- Team$21/seat/mo$16/seat billed annually; min 2 seats; admin console, Stripe
- EnterpriseFrom $15,000/yrSSO, 99.9% SLA, analytics; for 50+ employees
Motion
- Pro AI$29/seat/mo$19/mo billed annually; 7,500 AI credits/seat/mo
- Business AI$49/seat/mo$29/mo billed annually; 15,000 credits, Gantt, time tracking
Doodle · Key features
- Group polls where invitees vote on time slots without an account
- Booking pages synced with Google and Microsoft calendars
- 1:1 links that offer a shortlist of times to one person
- Sign-up sheets for workshops, sessions and volunteer shifts
- Deadlines, automatic reminders and hidden participant lists on Pro
- Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Webex links added automatically
Cons
- Free plan limited to one poll, one booking page and one 1:1
- Ads on the free tier
- Fewer routing and workflow features than Calendly
Motion · Key features
- Automatic task scheduling into calendar
- Projects with dependencies and workloads
- Booking pages and meeting scheduling
- AI docs and meeting notes
- Priority and deadline management
- Team workload view
Cons
- Expensive versus to-do apps
- Requires accurate estimates
- Can feel controlling
Doodle vs Motion: FAQ
Which is cheaper, Doodle or Motion?
Doodle starts at $15/mo and Motion at $29/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.
Do Doodle and Motion have a free plan?
Doodle has a free plan. Motion has no free plan.