Automate Basics

Doodle vs Calendly

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 21 October 2026.

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

Compared on
Doodle

Free plan · from $11/seat/mo

Calendly

Free plan · from $10/seat/mo

What it isGroup polls for finding a meeting time, plus booking pages, 1:1s and sign-up sheetsBooking-link scheduler with routing forms, Stripe and PayPal payments, and AI add-ons for notes and email
Free planOne group poll, one booking page, one 1:1 and 3 basic sign-up sheets; ads shown; no card needed1 event type and 1 calendar connection; one-on-one scheduling, a customizable booking page and the browser extension; no payments
Cheapest paid plan$11/seat/mo billed annually (Pro)Doodle pricing$10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard)Calendly pricing
What it coversSingle licence: $15 a month, or $132 a year. Taken from Doodle's help centre; the live pricing page did not display the Pro price when read.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 trialNone stated14-day free trial; the account then moves to the Free plan
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Google Calendar, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Webex and Stripe, plus 3,000+ apps through Zapier100+ integrations, including Zoom, Google Calendar, Outlook, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Stripe, PayPal and Zapier
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Finding a meeting time that suits a whole group
  • Running sign-ups for workshops, webinars or events
  • Sharing a booking page with clients
  • 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
  • Free plan: one group poll, one booking page and one 1:1, with ads
  • Stripe payments, the admin console and booking on behalf are listed under Team, which needs at least 2 users
  • Its pages do not describe round-robin distribution across a team
  • 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 byDoodle AGCalendly 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.

Every tool in scheduling and booking tools is on its category page, with the written head-to-heads on Compare.