FreeBusy

Using FreeBusy in the Professional Services world

Vorteile:

Using FreeBusy is essential when scheduling meetings with vendors, partners, or anyone outside our organization. It makes it super easy for external users to see my availability and add to an existing meeting or schedule a new one. it's integrated right into our Zoom and Microsoft 365 accounts for easy plug-and-play.

Nachteile:

I don't have any constructive feedback at this time.

Great service, customers are wow'd by the functionality

Kommentare: Takes a ton of time away from the process of scheduling a meeting. For someone to be able to click a link and pick a time that works for them saves tons of back-and-forth negotiating a meeting time.

Vorteile:

My favorite feature is I can link all of my calendars and it's able to find time slots for my customers to set meetings--incorporating personal, business, and other calendars. It's easy to use. You can add the ability to use a calendar to block out time so you don't have to access a special interface to do this (a lot of time I'm blocking out time with my phone). It doesn't get in my way at all, which is a huge win because a lot of these types of services cause lots of problems. Once you set it up, you don't need to constantly administer Freebusy.

Nachteile:

Some confusing interface interactions. When you log in from one of their emailed links to confirm an email, the workflow is a bit confusing to me.

Very helpful.

Vorteile:

Convenience to allow others to schedule my time. Very flexible and works well with multiple calendars.

Nachteile:

Still has minor kinks to work out. Could do much more with IOS so you can enjoy the functionality on all devices.

I could not do my job without this!

Kommentare: The ease of setting up meetings is something you cannot do without once you start using it.

Vorteile:

I was first introduced to this through a co-worker, and it has become such a staple of my day to day work life I would not know what to do without it. It's in my signature line and every email I send

Nachteile:

I wish it would have an API with GoToMeeting since the only downside is having to update the call in information each time I set up a meeting

it is easy, saves me hours

Vorteile:

The setup was super easy, I was able to configure everything as I desired without paying, the payment was for a quality service

Nachteile:

I would like this software to integrate tighter with gmail. I want the interfaces to become one. ..

FreeBusy integrates seamlessly with all my calendars

Kommentare: It makes scheduling appointments a lot more convenient for everyone involved.

Vorteile:

I love that it works with my ownCloud instance, unlike many other services. That was a critical deciding factor.

Nachteile:

Embedding in an iframe on my website stopped working. While it disrupts the seamless use experience, it's not a showstopper for me.

Love the product. Makes scheduling sooo much easier.

Kommentare: Easy to setup meetings with people. Saves a lot of time.

Vorteile:

Easy to use and to setup. Love how easy it is for people to schedule a call or meeting on my calendar.

Nachteile:

Needs a phone application that makes it easy for me to manage everything, besides that there is nothing I can really think about not liking.

Best option on the market today, well-designed to do exactly what it should

Kommentare: Ease of scheduling with clients, connections, friends

Vorteile:

Accommodates scheduling complexities of having multiple calendars. No other service (and I've tried many) handles this without very painful workarounds, and this takes it up a notch with easy URL-based calendar switches.

Nachteile:

Some of the UX is a bit over-complicated, but I understand there are various competing needs and they're trying to thread the needle. My calendaring experience has been largely impeccable, though I have had business partners with issues of occasional double-scheduling (though again not sure where the fault lies).

Fix meetings of any kind through your favorite email account

Kommentare: Excellent tool to manage your time.

Vorteile:

I can link the information of my G Suite or my Outlook direct to Freebusy, and through the app I can manage all the detail of my calendar and the app specific me when I can set a meeting, the kind of meeting and who is going to meeting with, for that the most importan thing of this app is the possibility be linked to your email account.

Nachteile:

It the beginning is a little difficult to get used to use it, because you have to manage your calendar with big detail and precision, but once you have, the app helps a lot to manage your time.

Excellent tool to manage time and meetings

Vorteile:

It is directly associated with my Gmail account, so I can set my meetings through this app and my Google Calendar and for me that is great, because the app automatically set for me the spaces free and that is a big help for people who works in so many business at the same time.

Nachteile:

You have to have your calendar always updated for the app to work well, because it works managing your time so if your calendar is not set, the app will think that you have a lot of time free when that is not the true.

Basic Calendaring

Kommentare: It solved an issue with calendaring with customers - the time consuming task of the back and forth to schedule. Put the customer at the wheel with scheduling when it works for them. It integrates with meetin tools (such as RingCentral) thus creating/populating the meeting bridge information seamlessly.

Vorteile:

I like the ability to create teams of people - we want to show availability of more than one person and only allow selection of an appt time if all people are available. It make it easier to put the scheduling in the customers hands than the back and forth and checking multiple calendars.

Nachteile:

Unless you set up more than one calendar link, you can't specify an agenda for meetings. Or have an option to allow the customer to select preset agendas.

Easy meeting scheduler.

Kommentare: Freebusy is a simple and powerful system which needs a little configuration and you are done. Shared my link and saw listed meetings popping up on my dashboard very nice.

Vorteile:

I shared the link with the client and my client able to create a meeting without my supervision, nice. It is really simple and doesn't need any type of registration on the client side, very useful. It is relatively simple to set up for the first time. I just shared the link with the client and they are able to make their own appointment if not I can do for them. Rescheduling is also very easy. There also an option to cancel the schedule. All the basic features of a scheduler are present and very much easy and usable.

Nachteile:

All the web conferencing services are revised for the premium user, which is not that of an issue for me. But having one free web conferencing will better for my business.

A useful and sleek tool for appointment scheduling.

Kommentare: I have used some appointment scheduling software and this is one of the simples to use. Basic UI and very comfortable workflow.

Vorteile:

I like the simplicity of this application, it is very fast and easy for the customer to make an appointment. Integration with google account and google calendar is really important so I don't have to install another test app on my phone. It just gets the image from my Gmail account and shows on the registration form which is really good as I don't have to upload it. Creating a meeting on behalf of a client is also very simple, just add my email address and fill some basic info and all is done, very simple.

Nachteile:

I can not update the URL which my client use and uses my email as an endpoint. I am not very confident to share with unknown people.

Excellent bit of software. Saves tons of time.

Kommentare: Saves time. Avoids confusion over when a meeting is.

Vorteile:

Set it and forget it. Versatile digital scheduling assistant. Updated frequently; good support. Workflow has been very thoroughly thought out and designed. The ability to put into one free-busy feed calendars from different services (Google, Apple, Microsoft) is nothing short of amazing.

Nachteile:

Group scheduling with a bunch of people not in your organization is slightly better than just doing it old-school by email, but this is a somewhat new feature for FreeBusy and I have all confidence that the developers will fine-tune and improve it.

It was an ok piece of software. Not different than others.

Vorteile:

Ease of use. I felt that the interaction was placed in the right spot next to the areas in the calendar where I needed them. I saw that there were times available ready for to work with.

Nachteile:

Lack of features and automation. I would have really appreciated that the system was more automated. It was hard getting to a known answer through the software.

I've been utilizing Freebusy as a scheduling tool for recruiter phone screens.

Kommentare: Time savings.

Vorteile:

I LOVE THE TIME I GET BACK! It's incredible how much time I've saved by simply creating a link and providing it to candidates for them to self-schedule phone screens with me. The amount of time spent back and forth trying to nail down a time that works for both of us, they have immediate access to my availability (at my discretion) for them to book a time that works for the both of us. I can't speak more highly about it. I've only recently learned about the group scheduling functionality between enterprises which is even more exciting from an intra-company scheduling perspective. I highly recommend it to anyone trying to get their time back from the administrative task of scheduling coordination to do what you do best. In this case, sourcing and recruiting awesome talent. Excited to learn more about the scheduling functionality for large multi-part, multi-interviewer, in person interviews.

Convenient and customizable

Kommentare: Much easier to schedule a meeting where its the other party's responsibility to select a time versus me offer several options

Vorteile:

Easy to use and share link with others outside my organization-- Like how it sends both of us an email, then puts the event right on my calendar. Much easier than back and forth in em email

Nachteile:

People receiving link can get easily confused when FB asks them to link their own calendar. Then, they can't figure out what they're looking at or why it appears I'm not available, when I am. Users would like ability to cancel and reschedule a meeting within free busy

Online scheduling and simple workflow.

Kommentare: I am very impressed with freebusy.

Vorteile:

I need powerful online scheduling for my company and found freebusy. This is simple to set up and the template helps me to get online very fast. It really doesn't need any customisation, just plug and play. I just send my partner and him able to create a test schedule and it workes out of the box. Creating an appointment on behalf of a client who can't use their smartphone is a really big plus point. I can customize my page with my logo and backgrounds which is a personal touch.

Nachteile:

The programmer work flawlessly. Nothing to dislike sorry.

This is great software and makes my days much easier.

Kommentare: More efficient scheduling. The link to the video meeting was in HTML before and now it is in clear text. I love it!

Vorteile:

My peers are amazed at the ease of use. Often people are surprised that scheduling is complete with just one step.

So far the best scheduling assistant I've found

Kommentare: It helped a lot with ease of scheduling meetings: i let people choose the time from my agenda whenever I have it free without letting them know what I am doing exactly. Handy.

Vorteile:

I use a lot of calendars from different sources - icloud, google, exchange etc. and my agenda does look like hell. When it comes to scheduling a meeting with someone, I could just give a link to my freebusy profile and the counterpart can just find what time suits them best. The biggest plus is the variety of calendars that can be attached to freebusy profile.

Efficient, flexible scheduling for meeting and user research

Kommentare: Asynchronous scheduling across time zones.

Vorteile:

I LOVE that I can connect multiple calendars and share out my calendar availability without disclosing my personal information. I use this for scheduling meetings across timezones and even for user interviews.

Nachteile:

The group calendar is hard to figure out. I'd like to use it, but it takes a bit to understand. I would like to create custom pages that have preset titles and description for specific scheduling uses.

OK overall; visual design needs some work

Vorteile:

Ability to link many calendars; very useful for managing work and personal calendars. Ability to give out specific links based on email handles.

Nachteile:

UI feels clunky, slow. Support takes days sometimes to respond; they have to be reminded to follow up on support requests.

Manage your calendar through your email easily

Vorteile:

This app is wonderful because I do not have to worry about the meetings anymore, every time that I have a free space and I have an appointment the app set the meeting and the event for me automatically, it is just great.

Nachteile:

You need to have your calendar always updated because if you have a free space the app automatically will fill up with a meeting, so you need to be careful with your calendar all the time.

easiest way to let other people schedule an appt with you but YOU remain in final control.

Kommentare: Ability to coordinate meetings with outside parties, but remain in complete control issuing the calendar invitation.

Vorteile:

That I am in control of approving the proposed times and I issue the calendar invitation. With other systems if the other party cancelled it did not come off of my calendar.

Nachteile:

That you sometimes have to do a multistep login even though you stay on the same computer. It should just combine into one step.

So simple its silly

Vorteile:

The amount of time i spend trying to schedule time to meet with others is crazy. This simple plugin handles it in a matter of a few clicks!

Nachteile:

It does take everyone signing up initially to make it happen but once done, wow time saver!