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Doodle vs Calendly vs SavvyCal vs YouCanBookMe

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 SavvyCal · 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

SavvyCal

From $10/user/mo

YouCanBookMe

Free plan · from $8.10/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 emailScheduling links that invitees can overlay with their own calendar, priced per host with an MCP server includedCustomisable booking pages with Stripe payments on every plan, priced by calendars and booking pages
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 paymentsNo1 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$11/seat/mo billed annually (Pro)Doodle pricing$10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard)Calendly pricing$10/user/mo billed annually (Basic)SavvyCal pricing$8.10/mo billed annually (Individual)YouCanBookMe 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.$120 per user a year on yearly billing. Every host needs a seat, including each host in a round-robin pool. Students, educators and nonprofits get 25% off, on top of yearly savings.2 calendar connections and 2 booking pages; $7.20 a month on two-year billing; also priced in GBP and EUR.
Free trialNone stated14-day free trial; the account then moves to the Free planNone stated2-week free trial of the paid plans
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, APIWeb, Chrome extension, APIWeb, 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 ZapierCalendars, video conferencing, CRMs, Stripe and Zapier, plus webhooks, an API and an MCP serverGoogle, Microsoft and Apple calendars, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Stripe and HubSpot, plus 6,000+ apps through Zapier
Open sourceNoNoNoNo
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
  • Booking meetings with people who want to compare times against their own calendar
  • Small teams sharing round-robin and collective links without paying for add-ons
  • Scheduling from an AI assistant through the MCP server
  • 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: 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
  • No free plan for bookings: people can only book from your links on Basic or Premium
  • No self-serve free trial; a 30-day money-back guarantee instead
  • Stripe payments, custom domains and removing SavvyCal branding need Premium
  • 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 byDoodle AGCalendly LLCSavvyCal, 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.

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