Cal.ai Email Assistant and Making Today both launched in Calendar. Both pulled enough community interest to warrant a comparison. The data below shows how each performed and where they overlap.
Side-by-side comparison of Cal.ai Email Assistant and Making Today based on community engagement data.
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Cal.ai Email Assistant and Making Today both launched in Calendar. Both pulled enough community interest to warrant a comparison. The data below shows how each performed and where they overlap.
| Category | Cal.ai Email Assistant | Making Today |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence | Yes | - |
| Calendar | Yes | Yes |
| Yes | - | |
| Productivity | - | Yes |
| Task Management | - | Yes |
Hey everyone, it's Peer from Cal.com and we're crazy pumped to be launching Cal.ai with all of you today. It's been a wild journey with many ups and downs to get this shipped but we're very proud of the outcome. I'm planning to use cal.ai pretty much ever day, so i'll personally make sure it'll be d...
As someone who greatly values productivity and efficiency, I'm hyped about Cal.com's new AI scheduling tool. It's been cool to see GPT enable so many new use cases. Really excited about what Peer, Bailey, and the team have built here!
Can anything be programmed? for example applications or web design?
Tab fatigue is real. Constantly switching between email, calendar, project management tools, pull requests, CI/CD pipelines, task lists, design files, notes, and team chat apps just to stay on top of everything—all while trying to focus on the actual work we're meant to be doing. It often feels like...
Alhamdulillah!!! Excellent product. Aside from the hassle-free tab switching, the best thing I found was the drag-and-drop function and the ability to see everything related to your work at a glance. It's like having a satellite view of your project with a remote controller in your hand. Congratulat...
Looks dope! Chrome extension doesn't seem to work on Arc browser though
Cal.ai Email Assistant leads on raw interest score. Making Today leads on engagement ratio. That split is worth paying attention to. Cal.ai Email Assistant attracted more initial eyeballs, but Making Today's audience engaged deeper. For most buyers, engagement ratio is the better signal.
These products share 1 categories: Calendar. Moderate overlap suggests they target related but distinct use cases.
Cal.ai Email Assistant is also tagged in Artificial Intelligence, Email, which Making Today isn't. That suggests Cal.ai Email Assistant positions itself more broadly or targets an adjacent audience.
Making Today has unique category tags in Productivity, Task Management. Different positioning can mean a different buyer profile, even within the same space.
Cal.ai Email Assistant launched Oct 2023. Making Today launched Aug 2024. Cal.ai Email Assistant has had more time to iterate and build a user base. Making Today had the advantage of launching into a more defined market with clearer user expectations.
Cal.ai Email Assistant has a 0.11 engagement ratio (below average), based on 97 discussion threads across 899 interest points. Low engagement relative to interest means the launch attracted clicks but not conversation. Could indicate the product appealed to a broad audience without hooking anyone deeply.
Making Today has a 0.23 engagement ratio (average), based on 184 discussions across 810 interest points. Average engagement for the category. Solid but not exceptional.
Within the Calendar category (449 total products), Cal.ai Email Assistant ranks #4 and Making Today ranks #5 by interest score. Cal.ai Email Assistant sits in the top 10 for the category.
Cal.ai Email Assistant is in the top 1% of Calendar by interest. Making Today is in the top 1%.
Pick Cal.ai Email Assistant if you want the product with the larger community behind it; you value stability and a longer track record; you need something that also covers Artificial Intelligence.
Pick Making Today if community size matters less to you than engagement depth; sustained discussion and active users are your priority; you prefer newer tools with fresher tech; you need something that also covers Task Management.
Cal.ai Email Assistant: Think of Cal.ai as your all-in-one AI scheduling assistant. With just a few easy steps, Cal.ai will set you up with your own personal email assistant that will automatically schedule meetings for you.
Making Today: Making Today combines your apps and notifications into one dashboard, making it easy to stay organized. Manage meetings, todos, pull requests, jira/linear tickets, notes, bookmarks and more—all without switching tabs.
These products also compete in the Calendar category:
TimeAlign — Align your time with your goals & optimize your life (Interest: 677, Engagement: 0.18)
Insumo AI — ADHD brain planner (Interest: 533, Engagement: 0.54)
TimeTuna — If Calendly had gorgeous video backgrounds (Interest: 384, Engagement: 0.11)
Outside — Beautiful countdown & shared calendar app (Interest: 330, Engagement: 0.30)
Heydai — Know where your time goes (Interest: 323, Engagement: 0.24)
Nook Calendar — Own your time, reclaim your attention (Interest: 307, Engagement: 0.47)
Each product's data reflects its launch period. The comparison shows both products' engagement metrics from when they launched. The build date at the bottom of the page shows when the index was last refreshed.
Not yet. Current comparisons use launch-period data only. Post-launch tracking is on our roadmap.
Generally, yes. Engagement ratio is hard to fake. A product can generate artificial interest, but sustained discussion threads require people who actually used the product and had something to say about it.
Automatically. We compare products that share at least one category and have similar interest scores. Products too far apart in traction don't make for useful comparisons.
No. Interest is launch-day attention. Engagement ratio is a better quality signal. The product with more discussions per interest point usually has stronger product-market fit.
How directly these products compete. Three or more shared categories means they're going after the same user. One shared category means they approach the space from different angles. Zero overlap and they probably shouldn't be compared.