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Calendly
Booking-link scheduler with routing forms, Stripe and PayPal payments, and AI add-ons for notes and email
What is Calendly?
Calendly lets people book time with you from a link that only shows the free times in your connected calendars. The Free plan covers one event type and one calendar. Paid plans are priced per seat: Standard adds unlimited event types, multiple calendars, reminders and automations, and Stripe and PayPal payments; Teams adds round-robin and team scheduling, routing forms and Salesforce sync. The Plus version of each plan adds Notetaker, which records and summarises meetings, and Callie, a beta AI assistant that schedules over email. Enterprise starts at $15,000 a year.
Good for
- 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
Key features
- Booking links and pages with event types, buffers, daily limits and custom availability
- Connects Google, Outlook and Microsoft calendars to avoid double bookings
- Automated email and text reminders, and follow-ups
- Payment at booking through Stripe or PayPal, on Standard and above
- Round-robin and team scheduling, with routing forms that qualify and route leads, on Teams
- Notetaker: recordings, transcripts, meeting recaps and draft follow-up emails (Plus plans)
- Callie (beta): an AI assistant that schedules meetings when added to an email thread (Plus plans)
- Website embeds, a mobile app and a browser extension
Limitations to know about
- 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
- Enterprise starts at $15,000 a year and 50 seats
Calendly pricing
Calendly has a free plan. Standard, Standard Plus, Teams and Teams Plus cost $10 to $24 per seat a month billed annually, or $12 to $32 billed monthly. Enterprise is priced on request.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 event type, 1 calendar connection, one-on-one scheduling, customizable booking page, browser extension |
| Standard | $12/seat/mo billed monthly, or $10/seat/mo billed yearly | Unlimited event types, multiple calendars, automations and reminders, HubSpot and Mailchimp, Stripe and PayPal payments |
| Standard Plus | $24/seat/mo billed monthly, or $18/seat/mo billed yearly | Standard plus Notetaker (recordings, transcripts, shareable recaps; joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams) and Callie, the AI email scheduling assistant (beta) |
| Teams | $20/seat/mo billed monthly, or $16/seat/mo billed yearly | Round-robin and team scheduling, routing forms to qualify and route leads, centrally managed event types, Marketo and Pardot, Salesforce sync, optional SSO add-on |
| Teams Plus | $32/seat/mo billed monthly, or $24/seat/mo billed yearly | Teams plus Notetaker and Callie, and advanced admin controls |
| Enterprise | Starts at $15,000 a year, from 50 seats, USD only | Salesforce lookup routing, Microsoft Dynamics, SSO and SAML, domain control, audit logs, data deletion API, onboarding and dedicated support |
Free plan limits: 1 event type and 1 calendar connection; one-on-one scheduling, a customizable booking page and the browser extension; no payments
What a team pays: For a team of five on Standard: $50 a month billed annually ($600 a year), or $60 billed monthly.
Calendly alternatives
Cal.com
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SavvyCal
Scheduling links that invitees can overlay with their own calendar, priced per host with an MCP server included
YouCanBookMe
Customisable booking pages with Stripe payments on every plan, priced by calendars and booking pages
Acuity Scheduling
Client booking for service businesses with intake forms, packages and payments, priced by number of calendars
Chili Piper
Inbound lead routing and instant meeting booking for B2B sales teams, on annual contracts from $15,000 a year
Microsoft Bookings
Booking pages inside Microsoft 365 with Teams meeting links; included in business plans, not sold on its own
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Frequently asked questions
Is Calendly free?
Calendly has a free plan. 1 event type and 1 calendar connection; one-on-one scheduling, a customizable booking page and the browser extension; no payments. Paid plans start at $10/seat/mo billed annually.
How much does Calendly cost?
Standard, Standard Plus, Teams and Teams Plus cost $10 to $24 per seat a month billed annually, or $12 to $32 billed monthly. Enterprise is priced on request. There is also a free plan. On Standard: 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. Prices as published on Calendly's pricing page on 21 October 2026.
What happens when the Calendly trial ends?
The trial lasts 14 days. At the end the account is moved to the Free plan, along with any team members invited to the trial, and you can keep using it or upgrade from the billing page.
What is Calendly used for?
Calendly lets people book time with you from a link that only shows the free times in your connected calendars. People use it for sharing a booking link so clients and prospects pick a free time, taking payment when someone books a session and routing inbound leads to the right sales rep with round robin.
What are the alternatives to Calendly?
Tools that do a similar job include Cal.com, SavvyCal, YouCanBookMe, Acuity Scheduling and Chili Piper. Each has its own page here with its plans, limits and prices.
Who makes Calendly?
Calendly is made by Calendly LLC. The company was founded in 2013.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from Calendly LLC's own pages, read on the dates shown.
- calendly.com/pricing (plan prices (monthly and yearly, USD), Plus plans with Notetaker and Callie, free plan limits, Enterprise minimum, 14-day trial FAQ, payment methods) read 21 October 2026
- calendly.com/ (product description, payments, Callie and Notetaker, integration claim (150+), mobile app and browser extension) read 21 October 2026
- calendly.com/features (scheduling features: calendar connections, buffers, daily limits, event types, routing forms, 100+ integrations) read 21 October 2026
- calendly.com/about (company: founded 2013 by Tope Awotona; legal name Calendly LLC) read 21 October 2026
- calendly.com/legal/customer-terms-conditions (terms: governing law (Georgia, US); no head office address stated) read 21 October 2026
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