Rallly
Rallly is a lightweight group scheduling app that creates shareable availability polls so groups can quickly pick meeting or event times. It makes scheduling fast and simple with short, vote-based polls that reveal the best time.
It targets privacy-conscious individuals, small teams, communities, and side-projects that need low-cost, low-friction scheduling. Rallly reduces long email and DM threads, supports anonymous or accountless participation for external guests, and offers an official self-hosting path for organisations that require data residency or GDPR control. Most basic features are free; Pro and Spaces add persistence, team management, and paid workflow controls.
Use Cases
- Scheduling family gatherings or friend meet-ups without sign-ups
- Organising local community events and volunteer meetups
- Quick availability checks for side-projects and ad-hoc calls
- Internal team meeting scheduling across multiple time zones
- Cross-team polls where external stakeholders join by link
- Lightweight coordination for demos, checkpoints, and small projects
Strengths
- Create availability polls in seconds for fast scheduling decisions
- Calendar-style date and time selection with aggregated vote signals
- Shareable links and simple UI for external guest participation
- Optional accounts and Spaces for team management and billing
- Pro features add persistence, locks, retention, and workflow controls
- Official Docker image and documented self-hosting path available
- Privacy and data-residency control when self-hosting or hosting locally
- Low barrier to entry: create a poll with no account
Limitations
- Scheduling-only scope; not a full calendar or project-management platform
- Advanced features gated behind Pro or Spaces billing tiers
- Multi-user self-hosting requires a license and operational overhead
- Hosted service places data where the vendor operates (residency concern)
- Long-term reliance on Pro-hosted features may create vendor lock-in risk
Final Thoughts
Try Rallly now if you need fast, low-friction group scheduling and either can self-host or accept the hosted service residency model.
Choose the managed cloud when you prefer not to operate infrastructure and want immediate Spaces, paid persistence, and team billing without running a self-hosted instance.