Open-source alternative
Replace Doodle with Rallly / Cal.com
The best open-source alternative to Doodle is Rallly or Cal.com, self-hosted on Railway. Find a time you host. Rallly is AGPL-3.0 meeting polls; Cal.com is open-source booking — Doodle without the poll meter.
Estimated save $1,200 a year.
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How Doodle compares
| Doodle | Rallly / Cal.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Hosted subscription | Open-source or fair-code license; you pay the host |
| Hosting | Vendor cloud | Self-hosted on Railway or any VPS |
| Rough monthly cost | Public list price not verified this run | Hosting only — no SaaS seat meter in this repo |
- Rallly
AGPL-3.0 self-hosted meeting polls
- Cal.com
Open-source booking page if the job is Calendly-shaped, not a group poll
FAQ
- Is it free?
- The Rallly / Cal.com licenses are open source or fair-code. You still pay hosting (Railway or any VPS) and any APIs the stack calls. There is no Doodle seat or task bill on this path.
- Can I migrate from Doodle?
- Yes. Start with the workflows or data you actually use, then cut over. The Rallly / Cal.com stack page has the agent prompt and the cost table; most teams rebuild the slice that matters and leave old Doodle links until they expire.
- How do I deploy it?
- Open the Rallly / Cal.com stack, copy the agent prompt, and deploy on Railway (one service, PORT, and a volume when the app needs disk). Placeholder: Rallly + Postgres. Cal.com is optional if you also need a booking page (already on /stacks/mailflare-office and /stacks/meeting-pipeline). No one-click template in this repo yet — Start on Railway.
- What does this replace?
- Doodle. The published small-team estimate on this stack is $1,200 a year.
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