Calendly vs SavvyCal
Calendly or SavvyCal? Here is how they compare on price, free plan, platforms and the jobs each does best, from each vendor's own pages.
| Compared on | Visit | Visit |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Booking-link scheduler with routing forms, Stripe and PayPal payments, and AI add-ons for notes and email | Scheduling links that invitees can overlay with their own calendar, priced per host with an MCP server included |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard)Calendly pricing | $10/user/mo billed annually (Basic)SavvyCal pricing |
| What it covers | Unlimited event types, multiple calendar connections, automations and reminders, HubSpot and Mailchimp, Stripe and PayPal payments. Seats are needed only for people who connect calendars and host meetings, not for invitees. | $120 per user a year on yearly billing. Every host needs a seat, including each host in a round-robin pool. Students, educators and nonprofits get 25% off, on top of yearly savings. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial; the account then moves to the Free plan | None stated |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API | Web, Chrome extension, API |
| Integrations (vendor's figure) | 100+ integrations, including Zoom, Google Calendar, Outlook, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Stripe, PayPal and Zapier | Calendars, video conferencing, CRMs, Stripe and Zapier, plus webhooks, an API and an MCP server |
| Open source | No | No |
| Made by | Calendly LLC | SavvyCal, Inc. |
Choose Calendly if…
- You want a free plan: SavvyCal does not have one.
- You want a mobile app (iOS and Android).
- The job is sharing a booking link so clients and prospects pick a free time.
- The job is taking payment when someone books a session.
Choose SavvyCal if…
- The job is booking meetings with people who want to compare times against their own calendar.
- The job is small teams sharing round-robin and collective links without paying for add-ons.
Still weighing it up?
If neither is quite right, Calendly and SavvyCal are also compared with their other rivals: Calendly vs Cal.com, Calendly vs Acuity Scheduling and Calendly vs Microsoft Bookings.
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What Calendly does
- Booking links and pages with event types, buffers, daily limits and custom availability
- Connects Google, Outlook and Microsoft calendars to avoid double bookings
- Automated email and text reminders, and follow-ups
- Payment at booking through Stripe or PayPal, on Standard and above
- Round-robin and team scheduling, with routing forms that qualify and route leads, on Teams
- Notetaker: recordings, transcripts, meeting recaps and draft follow-up emails (Plus plans)
Watch out for
- Free plan: 1 event type and 1 calendar connection, with no payments
- Round robin, team scheduling and routing forms need Teams, from $16 per seat a month billed yearly
- Notetaker and Callie come only with the Plus plans, are available only in English, and Callie is in beta
What SavvyCal does
- Booking pages with a week view that invitees can overlay with their own calendar
- Unlimited scheduling links, meeting polls and calendar connections (Google, Microsoft, iCloud, Fastmail)
- Round robin, collective and group scheduling links for teams
- Buffers, daily, weekly and monthly limits, preferred times and time blocking
- Reminders and workflows for confirmations and follow-ups
- MCP server so Claude, ChatGPT or other assistants can find times and book or cancel meetings, on every plan
Watch out for
- No free plan for bookings: people can only book from your links on Basic or Premium
- No self-serve free trial; a 30-day money-back guarantee instead
- Stripe payments, custom domains and removing SavvyCal branding need Premium
Questions
Is Calendly or SavvyCal cheaper?
Their entry prices are the same: $10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard).
Do Calendly and SavvyCal have free plans?
Calendly does; SavvyCal does not.