Calendly vs Cal.com vs YouCanBookMe

Written head to head: Calendly vs Cal.com, 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	YouCanBookMe Free plan · from $8.10/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	Customisable booking pages with Stripe payments on every plan, priced by calendars and booking pages
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	1 calendar connection and 1 booking page; up to 7 booking form questions; Stripe payments; customizable confirmation emails and SMS; meeting polls; single-use links; Chrome extension
Cheapest paid plan	$10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard)Calendly pricing	$12/user/mo billed annually (Teams)Cal.com pricing	$8.10/mo billed annually (Individual)YouCanBookMe 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.	2 calendar connections and 2 booking pages; $7.20 a month on two-year billing; also priced in GBP and EUR.
Free trial	14-day free trial; the account then moves to the Free plan	14-day free trial of Teams and Organizations	2-week free trial of the paid plans
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, Browser extension, API	Web, Chrome 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	Google, Microsoft and Apple calendars, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Stripe and HubSpot, plus 6,000+ apps through Zapier
Open source	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	Taking paid bookings on a free plan Small businesses that want a booking page styled to their brand Teams sharing bookings with round robin
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	Free: 1 calendar connection and 1 booking page, with up to 7 booking form questions Workflows, HubSpot and Zapier need Professional; round robin needs Team Removing YouCanBookMe branding is not available on Free or Individual
Made by	Calendly LLC	Cal.com, Inc.	AI Software (Capacity) UK Ltd

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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