Motion vs Chili Piper

Motion is a project management tool that has a pretty awesome scheduling feature. If you're just looking for a standalone scheduler, skip Motion. But if you're looking for a way to organize your tasks, projects, and time and you only basic scheduling needs then Motion could be a great fit. We use it ourselves and have so for 4+ years.

The meeting scheduler itself gives you the ability to share availability or create simple booking pages (you can even ask participants a few questions prior to scheduling).

That said, if your business has heavy workflows around scheduling (e.g. you need round robin for leads routing, or want to take payments before a call), then Motion isn't for you.

• Seamlessly integrated with Motion’s task and project management system
• Fully synced with your calendar and real availability
• Customize templates (e.g., solo meetings or team meetings)

• Not built for complex scheduling workflows (taking payments, etc)
• No lead routing and automation compared to dedicated tools

We use it to create general or one-time links to share our availability. You can define your working hours and control exactly when people can book with you, so it does offer some flexibility.

You have the ability to avoid back-to-back meetings and the option to set daily meeting limits. You can also create separate scheduling templates, which gives you an added layer of organization (e.g. if you work two jobs, and want one scheduling link for weekdays vs weeknights).

You can set up booking pages for multiple team members. For example, we have a booking page that checks my calendar along with my co-founders so that someone can book in with both of us.

Motions prices range from $19 to $34 per month (Individual to Team plans), and the meeting scheduler is included within that broader system.

Chili Piper has made their mark in the enterprise scheduling and lead routing space.

We were actually using them back in our search to find the best calendar scheduler on the market, and actually replaced Calendly with Chili Piper.

Since we were quite early on in using it though, we didn't realize that they were building every product decision for that of enterprise companies. So never would they integrate with a non-enterprise CRM like Copper, they focused only on Salesforce.

The long and short of it is that if you're looking for a deeply integrated Salesforce meeting scheduler, and terms like "round robin" come up regularly for your team, Chili Piper is probably the solution for you.

If you're instead looking for deeper integration with your CRM and you're using something like Copper or Pipedrive or HubSpot, you might consider Cal or Calendly instead.

If you're just looking for the best calendar scheduler on the market, and thinks like speed of scheduling, spinning up a new scheduling link, and priority/focus time blocking are important to you, Motion is definitely the winner in this category.

If you are an enterprise company, using Salesforce, and robust lead routing + your company is sales-heavy, you might consider Chili Piper.

That said, when I was first using Chili Piper, I was really just looking for a low-friction scheduler that was super flexible. It wasn't until finally stumbling upon Motion, that I could finally end the hunt.

If you're a smaller team, or not using an enterprise CRM like Salesforce, we'd highly recommend you taking a look at Motion vs Chili Piper, as Motion is likely to check more boxes, as it also has a baked in tasks right inside of your calendar.