Cal.com vs Calendly

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Written head to head: Calendly vs Cal.com, with when to choose each side.

Compared on	Cal.com Free plan · from $12/user/mo Visit Remove	Calendly Free plan · from $10/seat/mo Visit Remove
What it is	Scheduling with unlimited event types free for one user; its open-source edition now continues as Cal.diy	Booking-link scheduler with routing forms, Stripe and PayPal payments, and AI add-ons for notes and email
Free plan	1 user; unlimited event types, calendars and bookings; email and SMS notifications; 100+ app integrations; Stripe and PayPal payments; two-way Salesforce and HubSpot sync; no team features	1 event type and 1 calendar connection; one-on-one scheduling, a customizable booking page and the browser extension; no payments
Cheapest paid plan	$12/user/mo billed annually (Teams)Cal.com pricing	$10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard)Calendly pricing
What it covers	Shown as $12 per user a month on yearly billing ('Save 25%'); the pricing page does not show the monthly-billed price. Includes 750 Cal.ai credits per member a month.	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.
Free trial	14-day free trial of Teams and Organizations	14-day free trial; the account then moves to the Free plan
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, Browser extension, API	Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	100+ apps, including Zapier, Make, Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe and PayPal	100+ integrations, including Zoom, Google Calendar, Outlook, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Stripe, PayPal and Zapier
Open source	No	No
Good for	Getting unlimited booking links free as a solo user Distributing team meetings with round robin and routing forms Adding scheduling to your own product through the API and embeds	Sharing a booking link so clients and prospects pick a free time Taking payment when someone books a session Routing inbound leads to the right sales rep with round robin
Watch out for	Round robin, routing forms and removing Cal.com branding need a paid plan, from $12 per user a month billed yearly The pricing page shows only yearly-billed prices Cal.com's own code is no longer open source; the self-hosted Cal.diy edition drops teams, round robin, routing forms and workflows and is recommended for personal, non-production use	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
Made by	Cal.com, Inc.	Calendly LLC

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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