Calendly vs Cal.com vs Acuity Scheduling vs Zoho Bookings

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

Compared on	Calendly Free plan · from $10/seat/mo VisitRemove	Cal.com Free plan · from $12/user/mo VisitRemove	Acuity Scheduling Free trial · from $16/mo VisitRemove	Zoho Bookings Free plan · from $6/user/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Booking-link scheduler with routing forms, Stripe and PayPal payments, and AI add-ons for notes and email	Scheduling with unlimited event types free for one user; its open-source edition now continues as Cal.diy	Client booking for service businesses with intake forms, packages and payments, priced by number of calendars	Zoho's appointment scheduler with a free one-user plan, round-robin algorithms and resource booking
Free plan	1 event type and 1 calendar connection; one-on-one scheduling, a customizable booking page and the browser extension; no payments	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	No	1 user; online meetings; email notifications and reminders; two-way calendar sync with Zoho, Google and Microsoft 365/Outlook.com
Cheapest paid plan	$10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard)Calendly pricing	$12/user/mo billed annually (Teams)Cal.com pricing	$16/mo billed annually (Starter)Acuity Scheduling pricing	$6/user/mo billed annually (Basic)Zoho Bookings 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.	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.	1 calendar; payments, email reminders, intake forms and automatic time zone conversion. Prices exclude taxes; yearly billing saves 20%.	1 workspace; round robin, collective bookings and email workflows. Payments, routing forms and SMS workflows need Premium.
Free trial	14-day free trial; the account then moves to the Free plan	14-day free trial of Teams and Organizations	7-day free trial, no credit card needed	15-day Premium trial, no credit card needed; the account can then continue on the Free plan
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, Browser extension, API	Web, iOS, Android, API	Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	100+ integrations, including Zoom, Google Calendar, Outlook, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Stripe, PayPal and Zapier	100+ apps, including Zapier, Make, Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe and PayPal	Calendars, payment processors, marketing, accounting (QuickBooks, FreshBooks) and video apps, plus 500+ apps through Zapier	75+ Zoho and third-party apps, and 850+ apps through Zapier or Zoho Flow
Open source	No	No	No	No
Good for	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	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	Service businesses that take deposits or prepayment at booking Selling session packages, memberships and gift certificates Small multi-staff or multi-location businesses sharing one account	Teams already using Zoho CRM or Zoho One Booking rooms and equipment alongside staff Distributing appointments across staff by workload or priority
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	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	No free plan; the free trial lasts 7 days Starter has 1 calendar and Standard up to 6; more staff or locations need Premium (36 calendars) or Enterprise Text reminders, waitlists and packages need Standard; the HIPAA BAA, AI Booking Assistant and removing Acuity branding need Premium	The free plan is limited to 1 user Payments, routing forms, group and resource bookings, SMS workflows and white labelling need Premium Basic includes 1 workspace and Premium 3; extra workspaces and resources are paid add-ons
Made by	Calendly LLC	Cal.com, Inc.	Squarespace	Zoho Corporation

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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