Blockit vs Clara

Blockit

• Executives and investors with many external meetings to arrange
• Teams that coordinate in Slack and want scheduling handled in the thread
• Trying an AI scheduling agent on a free plan of 15 meetings a month

Clara

• Executives and founders who want meetings arranged without sending a link
• Recruiters coordinating many interview threads at once
• Law and finance firms on Outlook and Exchange with confidentiality needs

Blockit

• Free covers 15 scheduled meetings a month and Lite 40; unlimited meetings need Infinity at $395 a month billed yearly.
• The proactive agent that watches for conflicts and trips is left out of the Free plan.
• SSO, the admin dashboard, delegate access for EAs and a custom domain are Enterprise only, which starts at $20k a year.
• Blockit works through email and Slack threads; no mobile or desktop apps are listed.

Clara

• There is one self-serve paid plan, Standard at $80 per month, which includes 30 meetings; the page does not state a per-user basis.
• The plan named Free is described as a 14-day trial with 5 meetings; Clara stops scheduling at the limit until you upgrade.
• Unlimited meetings, the admin dashboard and a custom email domain for the assistant need an Enterprise plan sold through sales.
• Clara works through email threads; no booking pages, mobile apps or desktop apps are listed.

Blockit

Email and Slack agents

Add Blockit to an email thread, message it in Slack or @mention it in a channel. It works out a time with the other side and sends the invite with a video link.

Group scheduling

For colleagues it reads shared calendars directly, and for outside guests it proposes times. Required and optional attendees are weighed differently.

Preferences and memory

It applies saved meeting templates, rules you have stated once, the blocks you hold and which meetings are allowed to move.

Adjustable autonomy

You pick how much it does alone, from reviewing every invite before it sends to full autopilot, and can set this per person or per meeting type.

Reschedules and follow-ups

It reworks a meeting when someone declines or asks to push it, follows up with people who have not replied, and hands the decision back when it is yours to make.

Autoblocking

When the other person also uses Blockit, the agent can see both calendars and books the meeting without an exchange of emails.

Clara

Scheduling by CC

Copy Clara on an email thread and it reads the whole conversation, proposes times, answers every reply and confirms the meeting with a calendar invite.

Follow-ups and reschedules

Clara checks in when someone does not respond and offers new times when the first ones fail. To move a meeting, loop it back in and it reissues the invite.

Group and internal meetings

For meetings with several participants, Clara contacts everyone, tracks their answers and confirms once a time works for all, including across time zones.

Scheduling preferences

You set scheduling windows, buffer times, meeting types, priority contacts and communication preferences, and Clara applies them to each thread.

Google and Outlook support

Works with Google Workspace and with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, and the homepage lists Zoom and Teams for meeting links.

No human review of email

Clara AI says scheduling threads are handled entirely by the AI, with no reviewer or contractor reading them, and that it does not train models on customer data.

Blockit

• Free$0

  15 meetings scheduled per month, with the email and Slack agents, instant reply and 24/7 service.

• Lite$83

  per month, billed yearly at $999 ($145 billed monthly)

  40 meetings a month, plus the proactive agent that watches for conflicts, trips and similar changes.

• Infinity$395

  per month, billed yearly at $4,740 ($495 billed monthly)

  Unlimited meetings, aimed at people whose calendars are booked back to back.

• EnterpriseFrom $20k

  per year, on an annual agreement

  Adds SSO, role-based access, admin dashboards, a custom domain, delegate access for EAs, centralized billing and a dedicated CSM.

Clara

• Free$0

  Described as what you need to try Clara in 14 days: 5 meetings, multiple calendars and customizable preferences.

• Standard$80

  per month

  For individuals: 30 meetings, multiple calendars, customizable preferences, delegate access and advanced integrations.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For teams: unlimited meetings, company-wide preferences, an admin dashboard, a custom domain name, tenant-wide access and data retention.

Blockit

• Annual discount

  Save up to 43% with yearly billing

  Lite is $999 a year, shown as $83 a month, against $145 billed monthly, a 43% saving. Infinity is $4,740 a year against $495 a month, a 20% saving.

Clara

No public discounts listed.