Chili Piper vs Calendly vs Cal.com

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

Compared on	Chili Piper From $1,250/mo VisitRemove	Calendly Free plan · from $10/seat/mo VisitRemove	Cal.com Free plan · from $12/user/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Inbound lead routing and instant meeting booking for B2B sales teams, on annual contracts from $15,000 a year	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
Free plan	No	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
Cheapest paid plan	$1,250/mo billed annually (Routing & Scheduling)Chili Piper pricing	$10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard)Calendly pricing	$12/user/mo billed annually (Teams)Cal.com pricing
What it covers	$15,000 a year, billed annually; 15 seats included, then $45 per seat a month; 45,000 AI credits a year. Multi-year contracts get 15% (2 years), 25% (3 years) or 40% (4 years) off.	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.
Free trial	None stated	14-day free trial; the account then moves to the Free plan	14-day free trial of Teams and Organizations
Platforms	Web, API	Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, Browser extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Salesforce, HubSpot, Google and Outlook calendars, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Marketo, 6sense, Bombora, Gong Engage, Salesloft, Outreach, Clay, Apollo and ZoomInfo	100+ integrations, including Zoom, Google Calendar, Outlook, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Stripe, PayPal and Zapier	100+ apps, including Zapier, Make, Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe and PayPal
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Booking demo requests the moment a web form is submitted Routing inbound leads to the right rep in Salesforce Handing meetings from SDRs to account executives	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
Watch out for	No free plan or self-serve trial; plans are sold after a demo Annual billing only; the pricing FAQ says monthly billing is not available The entry plan costs $15,000 a year, and ChiliCal on its own needs at least 200 seats	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
Made by	Chili Piper, Inc.	Calendly LLC	Cal.com, Inc.

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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