Calendly
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from $10/moFree plan
Cal.com
Open-source scheduling you can self-host
Free plan availableScheduling & BookingSince 2021
from $12/moVisit cal.com
What Cal.com is
Scheduling infrastructure released under an open licence — run it yourself, embed it in a product, or use the hosted version.
What Cal.com has cost
We have read this pricing page 12 times since Sept 2021, including archived copies of it. Each figure below was pulled from the page itself, not from a summary of it.
- $12/moSept 2021 – Aug 2022 · Pro · 3 readings · archived page
The entry plan changed name here, from Pro to Teams. That is a different plan, so the two prices are not a rise or a cut.
$12/moJan 2023 – Jan 2024 · Teams · 3 readings · archived page- $15/moJul 2024 · Teams · 1 reading · archived page
- $15/mo*Jan 2025 · Teams · 1 reading · archived page
- $12†Aug 2026 – Sept 2026 · Teams · 4 readings · archived page
* That reading is the effective monthly cost when paying for a year up front, which is what the page published at the time.
† The page showed this figure beside a monthly/annual switch and did not say which one it belonged to, so we publish the number without claiming a billing period. Readings like this are shown but never compared, which is why they never produce a price change.
Gaps are ours, not the vendor's: where a capture was unreadable, or the price could not be tied to a plan at all, no reading was recorded rather than a guess. See every price change we can stand behind.
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Ongoing free tier published by the vendor. Limits vary by plan.
Cal.com alternatives
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Where Cal.com sits on price
Entry prices across Scheduling & Booking, cheapest first.
- Calendly$10
- SavvyCal$10
- YouCanBook.me$10.80*
- Doodle$11
- Cal.com$12
- Setmore$12
- Booked$19
- Acuity Scheduling$20
- Chili Piper$22.50*
7 of these 9 prices were read from the vendor's own pricing page; the rest are marked * and are indicative. The median is taken across the 6 verified prices in Scheduling & Booking.
Cal.com pricing questions
- How much does Cal.com cost?
- Cal.com starts at $12 a month on its Teams plan. That figure was read from cal.com's own pricing page on 21 September 2026.
- Does Cal.com have a free plan?
- Yes. Cal.com publishes an ongoing free tier — not a countdown trial. Limits vary by plan, so check what the free tier covers before you commit.
- What is Cal.com used for?
- Scheduling infrastructure released under an open licence — run it yourself, embed it in a product, or use the hosted version. People mainly use it to book meetings, self-host scheduling, embed booking.
- What are the best alternatives to Cal.com?
- The closest alternatives in the same category are Calendly, Acuity Scheduling, Booked, Chili Piper. Calendly starts lower at $10 a month. Calendly and Booked publish a free plan.