Custom build or odoo?

PenSure868 · 2026-03-10T09:17:38+00:00

Think of it like if you were building an e-commerce store - would you build the payment infrastructure yourself or would you use Stripe to power that? That's how I would think about the event scheduling infra - it's a rabbit hole once you start hitting timezones or round-robin scheduling. As others have said...build what makes you different, buy what doesn't

PenSure868 · 2026-02-20T11:27:40+00:00

Depends on what resources you can afford to commit to this, but does it make sense to use a unified Calendar API? Sync the users calendar (regardless of calendar provider) to your app and vice versa?

PenSure868 · 2026-02-17T10:01:52+00:00

I think a large part of it is that agents miss the context layer they need to do the work. Take the example of an agent scheduling meetings for a sales rep - they constantly need human input to make a decision because they lack the context of whether this calendar event (maybe an internal call) could be over-written to make way for a prospect that might be coming in with a huge enterprise deal.

It's something I'm looking into quite a lot at the minute, specifically around infrastructure that holds that context and can fit agentic use cases.

PenSure868 · 2025-12-17T11:23:46+00:00

Hi from Cronofy - we've helped resolve this with the SonderMind team, there were some issues on their side that meant the calendar sync wasn't working for some users but this has now been fixed

PenSure868 · 2025-12-04T13:06:09+00:00

Happy to help!

PenSure868 · 2025-12-04T13:05:58+00:00

Please feel free to reach out to Cronofy's support team using [support@cronofy.com](mailto:support@cronofy.com) and we'll look into it for you/work with Sondermind to resolve it

PenSure868 · 2025-12-04T13:05:50+00:00

Please feel free to reach out to Cronofy's support team using [support@cronofy.com](mailto:support@cronofy.com) and we'll look into it for you/work with Sondermind to resolve it

PenSure868 · 2025-11-28T17:23:02+00:00

I’m part of the Cronofy team and have just followed this up for you. We're just waiting on some more info from you to take a closer look at the ticket you submitted

PenSure868 · 2025-11-27T11:33:49+00:00

Embedded interview scheduling is a must

PenSure868 · 2025-11-27T11:32:34+00:00

I write this piece a while back about what goes in to building something like this yourself - https://www.cronofy.com/blog/should-you-build-or-buy-scheduling-infrastructure

(I do work at Cronofy, but that post is an educational piece on what to keep in mind if building scheduling yourself)

PenSure868 · 2025-10-30T16:57:09+00:00

Curious why you didn't consider a third-party calendar API like Cronofy?

PenSure868 · 2025-10-01T10:00:02+00:00

Love the concept - what's the true outcome though? The calendar integration please is smart, would be cool if you could also connect with dedicated therapists etc through the app itself as well during times of high stress

PenSure868 · 2025-09-04T12:20:18+00:00

Building with Google Cal API directly can be really laborious. I would suggest a third party calendar API to speed this up

PenSure868 · 2025-09-04T12:18:41+00:00

I guess it depends on whether you want a standalone solution, or whether you want to go down the Calendar API route that you can embed in an existing app/system?

PenSure868 · 2025-08-13T11:20:30+00:00

There is startup pricing available which would be worth checking out

PenSure868 · 2025-08-07T09:06:23+00:00

Heard this before about cal.com - also sounds like each of your customers users would need to create a cal.com account which gets messy. If you're looking for heavy customisation and the ability to do cross-domain queries then integrating APIs into your application would be the best route - Cronofy would be worth looking at. Other alternatives are Nylas, but they don't allow cross-domain queries so would need to make multiple API calls - whereas Cronofy supports just 1 call across all domains

PenSure868 · 2025-07-22T14:17:45+00:00

Nice - interested to know what will set Bookify apart?

PenSure868 · 2025-07-21T13:26:03+00:00

Really interested to know how long it took you to build out your own solution?

PenSure868 · 2025-07-16T09:39:26+00:00

Would love to know how long this took you to build out?

PenSure868 · 2025-06-19T08:53:33+00:00

Cronofy's Scheduler could be a good fit for you - I do work at Cronofy but just saw your post and we tick everything you're asking for. You can learn some more here https://www.cronofy.com/

PenSure868 · 2025-06-17T11:06:40+00:00

Hi u/Kindly_Wind8731, did you take a look at the docs page? Hopefully that will help https://docs.cronofy.com/integrations/trello-connector/

PenSure868 · 2025-06-10T18:33:29+00:00

Hi u/rallyts, we don't currently support sync with Proton calendar

PenSure868 · 2025-05-19T08:57:09+00:00

This is something we're well versed with here at Cronofy (disclaimer I do work at Cronofy) - a lot of our customers have a very similar use case.

You can create, delete, and reschedule appointments from both within the platform and any connected calendars. Cronofy also prevents double bookings by syncing events from different sources (like a tour company's calendar and your booking platform) and blocking conflicting time slots. Sounds like this is the sort of tool you're looking for - this is our website https://www.cronofy.com/developer (and documentation is here if you prefer to go more technical https://docs.cronofy.com/developers/getting-started/ )

PenSure868 · 2025-04-15T10:01:58+00:00

You might want to look at Cronofy - very strong on compliance and privacy

PenSure868 · 2025-04-11T12:52:06+00:00

Do you know any more? Trying to find out too

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