Clockwise alternatives: what to use now that it has shut down

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Short answer: Reclaim is the closest replacement, and Clockwise itself recommends it. If you only miss focus time, Microsoft Viva Insights or Google Calendar may already cover it. If you miss scheduling links and team scheduling, Skej (ours) covers that side but not focus time.

What happened to Clockwise

Clockwise no longer works. Its site is now a single notice saying the Clockwise team “is joining Salesforce” and that the product is no longer available from March 27, 2026 (Clockwise notice). The notice says:

• Focus Time, Travel Time, Meeting Breaks and synced personal events (which Clockwise called Smart Holds) are removed from calendars, and “Flexible Meetings will stop moving.”
• “Clockwise Scheduling Links will no longer be available.”
• No data moves to Salesforce. Your data is deleted shortly after March 27, 2026.
• Clockwise recommends Reclaim. It says Reclaim committed to a “100% price match guarantee for migrating team” and to migration help for paid Clockwise customers. Reclaim’s own page says that price match ran “through June 30th” (Reclaim vs Clockwise), so it has ended.

So if you used Clockwise, you have lost up to three things: automatic focus time, meetings that moved themselves to cut fragmentation, and scheduling links. No single replacement on this list covers all three equally well. Pick based on which one you miss most.

Quick picks

The alternatives

The order below is our editorial ranking for a former Clockwise user (Skej is ours and ranks last because it has no focus-time feature), based on how closely each product’s published features match what Clockwise did, considered qualitatively for this use case.

1. Reclaim: the closest match

Best for: teams that want Clockwise’s core features back with the least change.

• Focus time. You set a weekly goal and Reclaim defends it around your meetings. It has proactive and reactive modes, plus optional auto-decline during focus time (Reclaim pricing).
• Movable events. Habits float within a time window and can shorten or skip when you’re busy. Smart Meetings, for up to 5 people, suggest new times when conflicts come up but “never reschedule automatically” (Reclaim 2.0 FAQ). That’s a real difference from Clockwise’s Flexible Meetings, which moved on their own.
• Booking links. Individual, team, round robin and one-off links (Reclaim 2.0 FAQ).
• Calendars. Google Calendar and Outlook. Outlook support is “fully available,” with some listed limits, and on-premise Exchange is not supported (Reclaim Outlook help).
• Price. Free Lite plan. Starter $10, Business $15 and Enterprise $22 per seat per month on annual billing; Starter $12 and Business $18 on monthly (Reclaim pricing). Reclaim publishes a 20% discount for six months for customers switching from Clockwise, Motion or Calendly (Reclaim pricing). Its Clockwise price match ended June 30, so the 20% switching discount is the current offer.
• Security. SOC 2 Type II (Reclaim security). Reclaim is owned by Dropbox (Reclaim about).

Where it falls short of Clockwise: meetings no longer move themselves. You approve the suggested moves.

2. Microsoft Viva Insights focus plan: if you’re on Microsoft 365

Best for: Outlook and Teams shops that only want focus time back.

• Booking. The focus plan books “up to four hours every day to focus” (Microsoft support). Booking runs two weeks ahead and “never creates a calendar conflict” (Microsoft Learn).
• Notifications. Teams mutes chats during focus time (Microsoft support).
• Licensing. It needs “Insights by MyAnalytics,” which Microsoft lists as included with plans such as Microsoft 365 E3 and Business and Office 365 E1 and E3, among others. Shared team focus plans need a Viva Insights subscription as well (Microsoft Learn requirements). Ask your admin what you already have.

Where it falls short: Microsoft’s focus plan pages describe focus time only, not meeting moves or scheduling links.

3. Google Calendar focus time: if you’re on Google Workspace

Best for: people who just need a block that declines meetings.

• What it does. A focus time event can mute chat notifications and automatically decline meetings, either new invitations only or new and existing ones (Google Calendar help).
• Who gets it. Workspace Business Standard and Plus, Enterprise Standard and Plus, Education and Nonprofits. It needs a work or school account, and Business Starter isn’t on the list (Google Calendar help).

Where it falls short: you place the blocks yourself. Google’s help page describes manual focus blocks, not automatic placement around your meetings.

4. Motion: if you also want a task plan

Best for: people who want an AI to plan tasks and meetings together.

• Scheduling. Motion schedules tasks onto your calendar and recalculates when plans change (Motion AI calendar). Booking links can book over tasks marked “free,” and Motion moves them (Motion booking links FAQ).
• Calendars. Google, Outlook and iCloud, with iCloud described as “more basic” (Motion supported providers).
• Price. No free plan. Pro AI is $19 per seat per month on annual billing for teams, or $29 a month for one person on the Individuals tab (annual) (Motion pricing).

Where it falls short: it’s a whole work suite. If you only want focus time back, it’s more tool, and more money, than you need. We compare it with Reclaim in detail in our Reclaim vs Motion head-to-head.

5. Morgen: AI planning you approve

Best for: people with several calendar accounts who want to approve every plan.

• AI Planner. Morgen’s AI Planner time-blocks tasks, and plans are “only scheduled with your approval” (Morgen AI Planner).
• Calendars. Google, Outlook and Microsoft 365, iCloud, Fastmail and CalDAV (Morgen FAQ). Booking pages and scheduling links are included (Morgen pricing).
• Price. Individual is $15 a month on annual billing or $30 monthly. Teams are $10 per seat per month on annual billing (minimum 2 seats) or $25 monthly. There’s a 14-day trial with no card (Morgen pricing). Hosted in Switzerland or the EU.

Where it falls short: no free plan, and planning waits for your approval, so it’s less hands-off than Clockwise was.

6. Sunsama and Akiflow: manual time blocking

Best for: people who want a daily planning habit rather than automation.

• Sunsama. You drag tasks onto your calendar, with Google and Outlook Calendar integrations. $17 a month on annual billing or $22 monthly, with a 14-day trial and no free plan (Sunsama pricing).
• Akiflow. Time blocking plus Google and Outlook calendar sync. Pro is $19 a month on annual billing (marked as a promo) or $34 monthly. There’s no free plan, and the 7-day trial needs a card (Akiflow pricing).

Where they fall short: you do the defending. Neither one rearranges meetings to protect your time.

7. Vimcal: if you lost scheduling links and time zone tools

Best for: people who scheduled across time zones with Clockwise links.

• Features. Multi-time-zone tools, booking links and polls, across Google and Outlook calendars in one view (Vimcal pricing).
• Price. $25 a month on annual billing or $35 monthly for iOS and desktop. The iOS-only version is free (Vimcal pricing).

Where it falls short: it’s a calendar app, not a focus-time defender.

8. Skej (our product): if you lost scheduling links and team scheduling

Best for: replacing the scheduling side of Clockwise, not the focus side.

Be clear on what Skej is: an AI scheduling assistant you cc on email, plus AI booking links. It doesn’t create focus time. It doesn’t move meetings to cut fragmentation. Its own help docs say it doesn’t automatically bump or reshuffle existing meetings (Skej boundaries). If focus time is what you miss, Reclaim, Viva Insights or Google Calendar will serve you better. If email scheduling is what you miss, read on.

Where it can help a former Clockwise team:

• Autobook for teammates. When teammates all use Skej, it books internal meetings from everyone’s availability “without any back and forth,” for any number of people on the team (Skej Autobook help). That only works when every teammate has a Skej account, and Skej bills per user.
• Buffers and daily limits. Buffers run from 5 minutes to 2 hours, and a daily cap on meeting time stops new bookings once you hit it (Skej buffers help). That’s the nearest Skej gets to protecting time.
• Price. The Free plan includes 1 booking link but no assistant. Pro is $15 per user per month on annual billing or $19 monthly. Premium is $23 or $29 (Skej pricing).
• Track record. Skej has processed millions of meetings.

A migration checklist

1. Clean up. Delete any leftover Clockwise holds that didn’t clear. The notice says Smart Holds are removed, but check a few weeks of your calendar.
2. Decide what you miss most: focus time, moving meetings, or links. That picks your tool.
3. Check your existing licenses first. Viva Insights or Workspace focus time may already be paid for.
4. If your team was on paid Clockwise, ask Reclaim whether any migration pricing still applies. Its posted price match ended June 30.
5. Re-share booking links. Every Clockwise link you sent out is dead. Update email signatures and website buttons.

Related reading

• Whether AI schedulers protect your focus time: Reclaim is the only product here that says it creates, defends and rebuilds focus time.
• Reclaim vs Motion: Reclaim for meeting overload, Motion for task overload.
• The best AI scheduling assistants of 2026, ranked: A ranked roundup; OpenAssistant is first, Reclaim is the best free start, Calendly the best booking link and Howie the pick for texting.
• How to delegate your calendar to an AI assistant: Write your rules first, grant the least access that works, roll out in stages and keep the calls only you should make.
• The best AI executive assistants for CEOs: Eight assistants compared for CEOs, with OpenAssistant first and Claude and Microsoft 365 Copilot named for research and for Outlook-based companies.

Frequently asked questions

What happened to Clockwise?

Clockwise’s site now shows a notice that the team is joining Salesforce and that the product stopped working on March 27, 2026. Focus Time, Smart Holds, Flexible Meetings and scheduling links were removed, and the notice says data is deleted shortly after that date.

What is the closest alternative to Clockwise?

Reclaim. It offers focus time, flexible habits, Smart Meetings and booking links, and Clockwise’s own notice recommends it. One difference is that Reclaim suggests new meeting times instead of moving meetings on its own.

Is there a free Clockwise alternative?

Yes. Reclaim has a free Lite plan, and Google Calendar’s focus time feature is built into eligible Workspace plans. Microsoft Viva Insights’ focus plan may already be in your Microsoft 365 license.

Which alternative is best for scheduling links?

Reclaim, Calendly and Cal.com all offer them. Skej adds an assistant you cc on email plus AI booking links, from $15 per user per month on annual billing.

Try Skej

If you lost Clockwise’s scheduling links and want an assistant that books meetings from your email, try Skej. It won’t protect focus time, so pair it with Reclaim or your calendar’s built-in focus feature if you need that too.