ZeitFinder collects available and preferred periods instead of requiring a separate option for every possible start time. Use them to find shared meetings or create individual timetables. The direct solver is free; optional AI adds free-text requests and file contents.
Choose days and time windows, such as Monday to Friday from 2 to 8 pm. Participants mark their actual availability within them, dragging with a mouse on a computer or swiping over time cells on a phone. Joining through the shared participant link requires no account.
Available and preferred times remain distinct. This shows both when someone is free and which windows suit them best. Use weekdays for recurring planning or specific dates for one-off events.
PROCESS
Name your poll and define possible days and time windows.
Share the participant link and keep the private admin link for managing the poll. Let participants enter available and preferred times.
Compare overlaps, plan with the solver or use optional AI analysis.
For a group meeting, compare overlapping availability. For individual lessons or consultations, each person needs a separate appointment of the right length. Connecting an availability poll with individual planning is a focus of ZeitFinder.
Direct solver planning needs no AI credits. The solver assigns appointments using availability, durations and planning settings. Depending on the settings, it considers compact days and additional gaps between appointments.
Optional AI can process new planning requests, use the solver or make targeted edits to an existing plan. Free-text requests and details such as instrument or lesson level are considered in AI analysis. A targeted edit is not automatically a new overall optimisation.
VIDEO GUIDE
From the scheduling poll and timetable planning to AI analysis and PDF export.
The following overview compares the workflows of ZeitFinder, Doodle’s group poll and Nuudel’s scheduling poll. It is based on the linked official product information.
ZeitFinder combines availability windows, automatic timetabling and AI analysis. Turn availability, free-text requests and additional documents into concrete planning proposals, including an individually styled timetable.
| Planning approach | ZeitFinder | Doodle | Nuudel |
|---|---|---|---|
| What do you collect? | Available and preferred times within full time windows. | Votes on proposed meeting options in a Group Poll. | Votes on proposed dates and times; text polls are also available. |
| How is the result produced? | Create suitable appointments or individual timetables with the ZeitFinder solver without AI, or directly with AI analysis instead. | Compare responses and confirm a meeting; calendar invitations are sent automatically. | Compare poll responses and select a date and time. |
| Especially suited to | Flexible start times, different durations and assigning multiple individual appointments. | Group meetings with proposed options, plus booking and calendar features. | Free, data-minimising scheduling and opinion polls provided by Digitalcourage. |
| Free-text requests and custom details | AI can include enabled participant comments and custom details in planning, analysing requests alongside availability. | Not described within the scope of the poll compared here. | Not described within the scope of the poll compared here. |
| Planning in your own words | Tell the AI what you need, such as “Finish by 5 pm on Wednesday”. It can derive planning settings and use the solver. | Not described within the scope of the poll compared here. | Not described within the scope of the poll compared here. |
| Include PDFs and images | Upload existing timetables or other documents as PDF, JPG or PNG files. AI can use readable information from them as context for your request. | Not described within the scope of the poll compared here. | Not described within the scope of the poll compared here. |
| Automatically create individual timetables | The free solver assigns individual appointments with different durations. Depending on settings, it considers preferred times, breaks, compact days and as few additional gaps as possible. | Not described within the scope of the poll compared here. | Not described within the scope of the poll compared here. |
| Refine existing timetables | Ask AI to swap or move appointments in an existing timetable. Colours, titles and highlights can also be adjusted within the existing grid. | Not described within the scope of the poll compared here. | Not described within the scope of the poll compared here. |
Doodle also offers other products and automatic calendar coordination. Reviewed: 26 October 2026.
This comparison covers Doodle Group Poll and Nuudel scheduling polls. Entries refer to these poll types and the linked product information; other products and integrations may offer different features.
Yes. Creating polls and planning directly with the solver are free. Optional AI analysis requires AI credits.
No. They enter availability through the participant link. Use the private admin link to manage and analyse the poll.
Your group marks available periods within your time windows. You do not have to create a separate option for every possible start time.
Yes. If you enable comments, participants can add requests in their own words. AI analysis can consider these alongside your instructions and recorded availability.
Set the days and time ranges, then invite your group to enter their availability.
Create an availability poll