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The 9 closest of 9, each with its real monthly cost at 2 users and what it does that Microsoft Bookings does not. See all 17.
TidyCal does everything we verified about Microsoft Bookings for $4.80 a month less at 2 users, $12 against $16.80. 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: Microsoft Bookings is built for already in a suite you pay for and the one everybody knows and TidyCal is not, so this is a swap with a cost.
It cannot be bought alone, so a team not on Microsoft 365 pays for the whole suite to get it, and Microsoft's own pages list no payments at booking, round robin, routing forms, embeds or API.
It runs $16.80 a month at 2 users with the add-ons it forces on you included. 2 of the 9 alternatives to Microsoft Bookings cost less than that.
Ranked by how much of what we record for Microsoft Bookings each platform also does. TidyCal is the nearest, and it is $4.80 a month cheaper at 2 users. On every feature this site records, the two are level.
$4.80 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.
Everything this site records for Microsoft Bookings is also recorded for these, and they cost less at 2 users. That is not the same as saying they are better: the last column is what Microsoft Bookings is built for that they are not, and for someone who needs that, the saving is not a saving.
| Platform | At 2 users | You save | What Microsoft Bookings does that it does not |
|---|---|---|---|
| TidyCal | $12 | $4.80 | already in a suite you pay for and the one everybody knows |
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.
$19.20 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.
Same money$8.40 at 1 user
A business already paying for Google Workspace Business Standard or above that wants a booking page with Meet links, email reminders and Stripe payments without another subscription.
$7.20 a month dearer$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.
$15.20 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.
$7.20 a month dearer$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.
$25.20 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
Finding a time that suits a whole group, with polls and sign-up sheets as well as a booking page, from a brand people already recognise.
$16.80 a month cheaper$0 at 1 user
A small team that wants one paid plan with everything in it, or a solo person who can live inside the free plan's 25 meetings a month.
$7.20 a month dearer$0 at 1 user
A sales or customer-facing team that wants the booking link everyone already recognises, with round robin and lead routing on the Teams plan.
A business already paying for Microsoft 365 with Teams that wants a booking page, Teams meeting links and reminders without another subscription.
On this site it is the pick for already in a suite you pay for and the one everybody knows. If that is you, read the savings above and then ignore them.
The pairs people actually search for, each one priced at the same four sizes off both vendors' own pages.
TidyCal. It is $4.80 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.
TidyCal is cheaper and level with Microsoft Bookings on every feature we verify. Nothing here is strictly better: each one exists to do a slightly different job.
Microsoft Bookings is $8.40 a month at 1 user and $84 at 10 users, read off their own pricing page and re-checked every week.
It cannot be bought alone, so a team not on Microsoft 365 pays for the whole suite to get it, and Microsoft's own pages list no payments at booking, round robin, routing forms, embeds or API.
We compare 9 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.
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.
This page compares everything to Microsoft Bookings. 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, which is a better question than “what is like the one I already have”.
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