Cal.com
cal.com
Open-source scheduling you can self-host
from $12/moFree plan
Calendly
The share-a-link scheduling default
Free plan availableScheduling & BookingSince 2013
from $10/moVisit calendly.com
What Calendly is
Availability links, round-robin routing, buffers, reminders and payment collection. The name most people use as a verb.
What Calendly has cost
We have read this pricing page 14 times since May 2021, including archived copies of it. Each figure below was pulled from the page itself, not from a summary of it.
- $8†May 2021 – Jul 2021 · Premium · 2 readings · archived page
The entry plan changed name here, from Premium to Essentials. That is a different plan, so the two prices are not a rise or a cut.
$8†Jan 2022 · Essentials · 1 reading · archived page- $8/moJul 2022 – Jan 2023 · Essentials · 2 readings · archived page
- $8†Jul 2023 · Essentials · 1 reading · archived page
The entry plan changed name here, from Essentials to Standard. That is a different plan, so the two prices are not a rise or a cut.
$10†Jul 2024 · Standard · 1 reading · archived page- $10/moJan 2025 · Standard · 1 reading · archived page
- $10†Jul 2025 – Sept 2026 · Standard · 6 readings · archived page
† 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.
Calendly alternatives
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Where Calendly 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.
Calendly pricing questions
- How much does Calendly cost?
- Calendly starts at $10 a month on its Standard plan. That figure was read from calendly.com's own pricing page on 21 September 2026.
- Does Calendly have a free plan?
- Yes. Calendly 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 Calendly used for?
- Availability links, round-robin routing, buffers, reminders and payment collection. The name most people use as a verb. People mainly use it to book meetings, share availability, schedule interviews.
- What are the best alternatives to Calendly?
- The closest alternatives in the same category are Cal.com, Acuity Scheduling, Booked, Chili Piper. Cal.com and Booked publish a free plan.