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Cal.com vs Google Calendar appointment schedules
Priced at four team sizes, the features checked against both pricing pages.
Take Cal.com if you want open source you own, a free plan that works and growing into a large team. Take Google Calendar appointment schedules if you want already in a suite you pay for and the one everybody knows. Cal.com is cheaper at a small user count and Google Calendar appointment schedules is cheaper by 2 users, so the answer changes with your size.
What each one actually costs
The real monthly figure at four team sizes with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
| Cal.com | Google Calendar appointment schedules | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 users | $0 | $8.40 | $8.40 |
| 2 users | $32 | $16.80 | $15.20 |
| 5 users | $80 | $42 | $38 |
| 10 users | $160 | $84 | $76 |
What is actually different
- Cal.com lists group bookings and classes, intake questions at booking, an API and integrations, SMS reminders, round-robin across a team, routing forms, team booking pages and follow-up workflows where Google Calendar appointment schedules does not, which is their own wording rather than something we verified.
No verdict from me yet
I have not used Cal.com or Google Calendar appointment schedules on camera, so everything on this page comes from their own pricing pages, re-read weekly, and nothing from my own experience. When I review either, it will be here.
Before you sign up to either
| Cal.com | Google Calendar appointment schedules | |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Contract | Monthly or yearly per user; Enterprise is annual | Flexible (monthly, cancel any time) or one-year commitment billed monthly |
| Payment fee | None on top | None on top |
Reading further
The full price ladder, every plan and the add-ons charged on top are on each platform's own page. If neither of these two is quite it, each page also has the alternatives ranked against it.
People search for this comparison as: cal.com vs google calendar.
Questions people ask about these two
Is Cal.com or Google Calendar appointment schedules cheaper?
Cal.com is cheaper at a small user count and Google Calendar appointment schedules is cheaper by 2 users, so the answer changes with your size.
How much does Cal.com cost a month?
Cal.com is free at 1 user, $32 a month at 2 users and $160 at 10 users, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.
How much does Google Calendar appointment schedules cost a month?
Google Calendar appointment schedules is $8.40 a month at 1 user and $84 at 10 users, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.
Does Cal.com or Google Calendar appointment schedules have a free trial?
Cal.com publishes a 14-day free trial and a Free (Individuals) plan at $0. Google Calendar appointment schedules publishes a 14-day free trial and a Enterprise plan at $0.
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Neither, or not sure?
A head to head only helps once you have picked the two. The shortlist asks 6 questions about what people book with you and how many calendars there are, and gives you four picks priced at your own team size, from all 17.
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