$73 a month dearer$97 at 2,500 contacts
Booking inside the platform that already runs your CRM, funnels and SMS, with unlimited users and calendars at one flat price.
- Also lists SMS reminders
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Calendly alternatives
The 9 closest of 16, each with its real monthly cost at 2 users and what it does that Calendly does not. See all 17.
Zoho Bookings does everything we verified about Calendly for $8 a month less at 2 users, $16 against $24. It is a price cut rather than an upgrade: on the two features checked against the vendors’ own pricing pages the two are level. The trade: Calendly is built for the one everybody knows and booking sales calls and Zoho Bookings is not, so this is a swap with a cost.
Why people look for an alternative
A solo user who wants more than one event type has to pay $12 a seat, and payments, reminders and multi-person events are all paywalled above Free.
It runs $24 a month at 2 users with the add-ons it forces on you included. 8 of the 16 alternatives to Calendly cost less than that.
The closest thing to Calendly
Ranked by how much of what we record for Calendly each platform also does. GoHighLevel is the nearest, and it is $73 a month dearer at 5,000 contacts (Calendly at 2 users; they charge by different things). On every feature this site records, the two are level.
The rest, in order of how close they are
Prices are the real monthly cost at 2 users with the add-ons each platform forces on you included, from the same engine the shortlist quiz uses.
Zoho Bookings
$16at 2 users
$8 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A service business or small team that wants payments, SMS reminders, round robin and a free single-user plan at one of the lowest per-user prices in the category.
- Also lists SMS reminders
- Does not list AI features
OnceHub
$24at 2 users
Same money$0 at 1 user
A sales or service team that wants routing forms, round robin and CRM owner assignment, with a free single-user tier to start on.
- Also lists SMS reminders
- Does not list a mobile app and follow-up workflows
Cal.com
$32at 2 users
$8 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A solo user who wants a genuinely free, full-featured booking link, or a technical team that wants round robin and routing and the option to self-host the open-source code.
- Also lists SMS reminders
- Does not list AI features and embedding on your site
YouCanBookMe
$36at 2 users
$12 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A solo professional or small team that wants a heavily customisable booking page with payments and video links on a flat price, and a clear step up to round robin when the team grows.
- Also lists SMS reminders
- Does not list AI features, a mobile app and routing forms
SavvyCal
$24at 2 users
Same money$12 at 1 user
Individuals and small teams who send a lot of links and want the recipient's experience (calendar overlay, ranked availability) to feel considerate rather than pushy.
- Does not list AI features, intake questions at booking, a mobile app and routing forms
TidyCal
$12at 2 users
$12 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A solo operator or small agency who wants a working booking link with payments for nothing, or for one payment of $29 to $79, and never a per-seat bill.
- Also lists SMS reminders
- Does not list embedding on your site, intake questions at booking, a mobile app, routing forms and follow-up workflows
SimplyBook.me
$17.29at 2 users
$6.71 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A service business with several providers that wants a booking website, payments and point of sale on one flat price that does not rise with each staff member.
- Also lists SMS reminders
- Does not list round-robin across a team, routing forms, team booking pages, automatic video call links and follow-up workflows
Acuity Scheduling
$34at 2 users
$10 a month dearer$20 at 1 user
A service business (salon, clinic, coach, trainer) booking paid appointments for a few staff, where deposits, intake forms, packages and reminders matter more than team routing.
- Also lists SMS reminders
- Does not list embedding on your site, group bookings and classes, round-robin across a team, routing forms and team booking pages
What Calendly is still the best answer for
A sales or customer-facing team that wants the booking link everyone already recognises, with round robin and lead routing on the Teams plan.
On this site it is the pick for the one everybody knows, a free plan that works and booking sales calls. If that is you, read the savings above and then ignore them.
Calendly against one other, side by side
The pairs people actually search for, each one priced at the same four sizes off both vendors' own pages.
Calendly vs Acuity SchedulingBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs Cal.comBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs DoodleBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs Google Calendar appointment schedulesBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs Microsoft BookingsBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs OnceHubBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs SavvyCalBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs SetmoreBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs SimplyBook.meBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs Square AppointmentsBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs TidyCalBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs YouCanBookMeBoth priced at four sizes Calendly vs Zoho BookingsBoth priced at four sizes
Questions people ask about Calendly alternatives
What is the closest alternative to Calendly?
Zoho Bookings. It is $8 a month cheaper at the size we compare on and gives up nothing we verify, though you should read why it exists before swapping: no two of these do exactly the same job.
How much does Calendly cost?
Calendly is free at 1 user, $24 a month at 2 users and $120 at 10 users, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.
Why do people look for alternatives to Calendly?
A solo user who wants more than one event type has to pay $12 a seat, and payments, reminders and multi-person events are all paywalled above Free.
How many alternatives to Calendly are there?
We compare 16 of them here, every one priced at the same size off its own pricing page, and the whole list of 17 is on the scheduling page.
Should yours be on this list? If you make scheduling and appointment booking tools and it is not compared here, ask to be shortlisted. Listings are free and cannot be bought.
How to read the feature lines
Two features were checked against each vendor's own pricing page: a price that does not move with users and a free plan. Those are the ones written above as does and does not. The other 14 are read out of each vendor's own pricing page, so an absence there means we did not find it listed, not that the product lacks it, and those lines say lists and does not list instead. How all of this gets checked.
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