When asked for the best appointment scheduling software, 6 AI assistants named 6 brands between them this month. Calendly was named most often, followed by Acuity Scheduling and Setmore. One brand was named by every assistant that answered: Calendly.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calendly | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Acuity Scheduling | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| Setmore | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| Square Appointments | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | 4 of 6 |
| Booksy | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | · | · | 2 of 6 |
| SimplyBook.me | ✓ | · | · | · | ✓ | · | 2 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 5 brands, in this order: Acuity Scheduling, Calendly, Setmore, Booksy, SimplyBook.me.
Choosing the best appointment scheduling software for a small business depends on specific needs, but several options are renowned for their features, affordability, and ease of use.
Perplexity
Named 3 brands, in this order: Setmore, Calendly, Square Appointments.
The best appointment scheduling software for a small business depends on your use case, but the strongest all-around picks are Setmore, Calendly, and Square Appointments.
Claude
Named 4 brands, in this order: Calendly, Acuity Scheduling, Square Appointments, Booksy.
Here are some top options depending on your needs:
Grok
Named 4 brands, in this order: Calendly, Acuity Scheduling, Setmore, Square Appointments.
DeepSeek
Named 5 brands, in this order: Calendly, Acuity Scheduling, Square Appointments, Setmore, SimplyBook.me.
There's no single "best" option — it depends on your budget, team size, and what you need (client bookings, internal team scheduling, payments, integrations).
Cohere
Named 3 brands, in this order: Acuity Scheduling, Calendly, Setmore.
Choosing the best appointment scheduling software for a small business depends on your specific needs, budget, and the features you prioritize.
The questions asked
- What is the best appointment scheduling software for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
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