Automate Basics

SavvyCal 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 SavvyCal, with when to choose each side.

Compared on
SavvyCal

From $10/user/mo

Calendly

Free plan · from $10/seat/mo

What it isScheduling links that invitees can overlay with their own calendar, priced per host with an MCP server includedBooking-link scheduler with routing forms, Stripe and PayPal payments, and AI add-ons for notes and email
Free planNo1 event type and 1 calendar connection; one-on-one scheduling, a customizable booking page and the browser extension; no payments
Cheapest paid plan$10/user/mo billed annually (Basic)SavvyCal pricing$10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard)Calendly pricing
What it covers$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.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
PlatformsWeb, Chrome extension, APIWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Calendars, video conferencing, CRMs, Stripe and Zapier, plus webhooks, an API and an MCP server100+ integrations, including Zoom, Google Calendar, Outlook, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Stripe, PayPal and Zapier
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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 bySavvyCal, Inc.Calendly 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.