A fully-hosted Rallly alternative
Rallly is a well-loved open-source date poll: propose a few date/time options, collaborators vote, you pick the winner. Its open-source, self-hostable nature is a genuine strength for the privacy-minded.
Converge takes a different approach to the same problem — everyone marks continuous availability and the best slot is computed automatically — and comes fully hosted with iOS and Android apps and an AI drafter, so there's nothing to deploy or maintain.
SIDE BY SIDE
Converge vs Rallly
SWITCHING OVER
Coming from a self-hosted Rallly
Skip the deployment
There is no server to stand up and nothing to keep patched. Create a meeting and you are running.
Set a window, not options
Instead of proposing a handful of date options, give Converge the range — everyone marks the hours they are free inside it.
Share the link
Participants respond as guests, the same as your Rallly polls, and the best overlap is computed for you.
PICK CONVERGE WHEN
You would rather not run infrastructure for a scheduling poll, and you want the best time computed from real availability instead of tallied from options you had to guess at up front.
STICK WITH RALLLY WHEN
If self-hosting matters to you — full control of your data on your own server, and an open-source codebase you can audit — Rallly is a great choice and Converge doesn't try to be that.
QUESTIONS
Is Converge open-source like Rallly?
No — Converge is a hosted product, not self-hostable. The trade-off is that there's nothing to deploy, update or maintain, plus native mobile apps and AI drafting out of the box. If auditing the code or hosting it yourself is a requirement, Rallly is the better pick.
How does the scheduling model differ?
Rallly asks people to vote on a set of proposed date/time options. Converge asks people to paint their real availability across a window and computes the best overlap — so you're not limited to the options you proposed up front.