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Cal.com

Scheduling with unlimited event types free for one user; its open-source edition now continues as Cal.diy

Scheduling and bookingFree plan · from $12/user/mo

What is Cal.com?

Cal.com is a scheduling platform for individuals, teams and developers. The Free plan for one user includes unlimited event types and calendars, email and SMS notifications, Stripe and PayPal payments and two-way Salesforce and HubSpot sync. Teams, billed per user, adds round-robin, collective and managed event types, routing forms, analytics and removal of Cal.com branding; Organizations adds sub-teams, SAML SSO, SCIM and HIPAA compliance. Cal.ai, an AI phone agent, is billed in credits. Cal.com moved its code to a private repository in April 2026, and the open-source community edition continues separately as Cal.diy.

Good for

  • 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

Key features

  • Unlimited event types, calendar connections and bookings on the free plan
  • Round-robin, collective, managed and recurring event types on Teams
  • Routing forms, with routing by custom member attributes on Organizations
  • Stripe and PayPal payments for bookings on every plan
  • Workflows for email and SMS reminders and follow-ups, plus webhooks and APIs
  • Cal Video, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and 20+ other conferencing tools
  • Cal.ai: an AI phone agent that makes reminder, confirmation and follow-up calls, billed per minute
  • Website embeds, a mobile app, browser extensions and a desktop app

Limitations to know about

  • 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
  • Cal.ai calls cost $0.29 a minute, and the free plan includes no credits

Cal.com pricing

Cal.com has a free plan. Teams and Organizations cost $12 and $28 per user a month billed annually. Enterprise is priced on request.

PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$01 user, unlimited event types and calendars, email and SMS notifications, 100+ apps, mobile app, browser extension, Stripe and PayPal payments
Teams$12/user/mo billed yearly1 team with shared availability, round-robin, managed and collective event types, recurring events, routing forms, booking analytics, remove Cal.com branding; 750 Cal.ai credits per member a month
Organizations$28/user/mo billed yearlyUnlimited sub-teams, routing by custom attributes, company subdomain, SAML SSO and SCIM, SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001, domain-wide delegation; 1,000 Cal.ai credits per member a month
EnterpriseCustom, annual pricingDedicated onboarding and engineering support, SLA and uptime guarantees, HRIS and directory integrations, dedicated database

Free plan limits: 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

What a team pays: For a team of five on Teams: $60 a month billed annually ($720 a year).

Costs on top of a plan

  • Cal.ai phone calls: $0.29 per minute (29 credits) (Individuals get no credits included; Teams include 750 and Organizations 1,000 credits per member a month; extra credits can be bought)
  • Premium username: $29 a month (Short usernames rented on a paid subscription, per the FAQ)

Prices in US dollars as published on Cal.com's pricing page on 21 October 2026. Vendors change prices often; check theirs before you buy. Current prices

Cal.com alternatives

Calendly

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SavvyCal

Scheduling links that invitees can overlay with their own calendar, priced per host with an MCP server included

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TidyCal

Booking pages with paid bookings on the free plan, and one-time lifetime plans from $29 sold through AppSumo

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YouCanBookMe

Customisable booking pages with Stripe payments on every plan, priced by calendars and booking pages

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Zoho Bookings

Zoho's appointment scheduler with a free one-user plan, round-robin algorithms and resource booking

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Microsoft Bookings

Booking pages inside Microsoft 365 with Teams meeting links; included in business plans, not sold on its own

Scheduling and bookingFree trial · from $5.40/user/mo

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Frequently asked questions

Is Cal.com free?

Cal.com has a free plan. 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. Paid plans start at $12/user/mo billed annually.

How much does Cal.com cost?

Teams and Organizations cost $12 and $28 per user a month billed annually. Enterprise is priced on request. There is also a free plan. On Teams: 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. Prices as published on Cal.com's pricing page on 21 October 2026.

Is Cal.com still open source?

No. On 14 April 2026 Cal.com announced it was going closed source, citing AI-driven security threats, and moved its production code to a private repository. It said Cal.diy will continue as an open option for hobbyists.

What is Cal.com used for?

Cal.com is a scheduling platform for individuals, teams and developers. People use it for getting unlimited booking links free as a solo user, distributing team meetings with round robin and routing forms and adding scheduling to your own product through the API and embeds.

What are the alternatives to Cal.com?

Tools that do a similar job include Calendly, SavvyCal, TidyCal, YouCanBookMe and Zoho Bookings. Each has its own page here with its plans, limits and prices.

Who makes Cal.com?

Cal.com is made by Cal.com, Inc.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from the pages below, read on the dates shown: Cal.com, Inc.'s own pages first, and a named public reference where they are silent.

  1. cal.com/pricing (plan prices (yearly per-user), free plan features, 14-day trial, feature comparison, integrations, platforms) read 21 October 2026
  2. cal.com/ (product description, Stripe payments, Cal Video, 65+ languages, embeds, reminders) read 21 October 2026
  3. cal.com/faq (team account price per member ($15 a month, conflicting), premium usernames ($29 a month), enterprise licence for self-hosting, downloads list) read 21 October 2026
  4. cal.com/ai (Cal.ai AI phone agent, $0.29 per minute pricing, credits included per plan) read 21 October 2026
  5. cal.com/blog/cal-com-goes-closed-source-why (status: Cal.com going closed source on 14 April 2026; Cal.diy continues as the open option) read 21 October 2026
  6. cal.com/about (company: Cal.com, Inc.; fully distributed team with no physical headquarters) read 21 October 2026
  7. cal.com/terms (legal name (Cal.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation) and San Francisco mailing address) read 21 October 2026
  8. cal.diy/ (Cal.diy self-hosting docs : community edition, non-production use, feature differences from Cal.com) read 21 October 2026
  9. github.com/calcom/cal.diy (Cal.diy repository : MIT licence, enterprise features removed, no hosted version) read 21 October 2026

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