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YouCanBookMe vs Calendly vs Acuity Scheduling vs SavvyCal

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 Acuity Scheduling · Calendly vs SavvyCal, with when to choose each side.

Compared on
YouCanBookMe

Free plan · from $8.10/mo

Calendly

Free plan · from $10/seat/mo

Acuity Scheduling

Free trial · from $16/mo

SavvyCal

From $10/user/mo

What it isCustomisable booking pages with Stripe payments on every plan, priced by calendars and booking pagesBooking-link scheduler with routing forms, Stripe and PayPal payments, and AI add-ons for notes and emailClient booking for service businesses with intake forms, packages and payments, priced by number of calendarsScheduling links that invitees can overlay with their own calendar, priced per host with an MCP server included
Free plan1 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 extension1 event type and 1 calendar connection; one-on-one scheduling, a customizable booking page and the browser extension; no paymentsNoNo
Cheapest paid plan$8.10/mo billed annually (Individual)YouCanBookMe pricing$10/seat/mo billed annually (Standard)Calendly pricing$16/mo billed annually (Starter)Acuity Scheduling pricing$10/user/mo billed annually (Basic)SavvyCal pricing
What it covers2 calendar connections and 2 booking pages; $7.20 a month on two-year billing; also priced in GBP and EUR.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.1 calendar; payments, email reminders, intake forms and automatic time zone conversion. Prices exclude taxes; yearly billing saves 20%.$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.
Free trial2-week free trial of the paid plans14-day free trial; the account then moves to the Free plan7-day free trial, no credit card neededNone stated
PlatformsWeb, Chrome extension, APIWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, APIWeb, iOS, Android, APIWeb, Chrome extension, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Google, Microsoft and Apple calendars, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Stripe and HubSpot, plus 6,000+ apps through Zapier100+ integrations, including Zoom, Google Calendar, Outlook, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Stripe, PayPal and ZapierCalendars, payment processors, marketing, accounting (QuickBooks, FreshBooks) and video apps, plus 500+ apps through ZapierCalendars, video conferencing, CRMs, Stripe and Zapier, plus webhooks, an API and an MCP server
Open sourceNoNoNoNo
Good for
  • Taking paid bookings on a free plan
  • Small businesses that want a booking page styled to their brand
  • Teams sharing bookings with round robin
  • 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
  • Service businesses that take deposits or prepayment at booking
  • Selling session packages, memberships and gift certificates
  • Small multi-staff or multi-location businesses sharing one account
  • 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
Watch out for
  • 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
  • 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; the free trial lasts 7 days
  • Starter has 1 calendar and Standard up to 6; more staff or locations need Premium (36 calendars) or Enterprise
  • Text reminders, waitlists and packages need Standard; the HIPAA BAA, AI Booking Assistant and removing Acuity branding need Premium
  • 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
Made byAI Software (Capacity) UK LtdCalendly LLCSquarespaceSavvyCal, 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.

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