TidyCal vs Cal.com

Compared on	TidyCal Free plan · from $29 once VisitRemove	Cal.com Free plan · from $12/user/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Booking pages with paid bookings on the free plan, and one-time lifetime plans from $29 sold through AppSumo	Scheduling with unlimited event types free for one user; its open-source edition now continues as Cal.diy
Free plan	Unlimited bookings and booking types; paid bookings through Stripe and PayPal (1% platform fee on Stripe payments); recurring and package bookings; date polls; 1 calendar connection; TidyCal branding shown	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	$29 once (Individual Lifetime)TidyCal pricing	$12/user/mo billed annually (Teams)Cal.com pricing
What it covers	One payment with no renewal, bought on AppSumo and activated on your TidyCal account; shown against a crossed-out $144. 10 calendar connections; the 1% platform fee on Stripe payments still applies.	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 of Teams and Organizations
Platforms	Web, API	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, Browser extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	Google Calendar, Office 365 and Apple Calendar on every plan; Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Zapier on paid plans	100+ apps, including Zapier, Make, Salesforce, HubSpot, Stripe and PayPal
Open source	No	No
Good for	Solo coaches and consultants who want to charge for sessions without a monthly fee Selling session packages and recurring coaching Small teams that want round robin for a one-time price	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	Free and Lifetime plans charge a 1% platform fee on Stripe payments; only Pro removes it Free connects 1 calendar; Lifetime plans connect 10 Round robin, collective meetings and SMS reminders need Agency Lifetime or Pro; Agency Lifetime includes 10 SMS reminders a month, US and Canada only	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	Sumo Group, Inc.	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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