The Best Calendly Alternatives in 2026
One of these is free forever. One is a one-time purchase, not a seat. Calendly's own free plan caps you at one event type before any of that matters.
Cal.com is the free-forever pick: unlimited event types for one user, the exact cap Calendly's free plan enforces at one. SavvyCal is $10 a user if the invitee's own calendar overlay matters more than price. TidyCal is $29 once instead of a seat that renews every month. Zoho Bookings undercuts Calendly at $6 a seat, and Microsoft Bookings is free if you already pay for Microsoft 365.
Calendly is the scheduling link everyone recognizes. That recognition is the entire reason its one-event-type free plan and per-seat paywall get forgiven. Add a second event type, a second calendar, or a team of five who all take bookings, and the math stops being about brand recall.
It becomes about the invoice. The nine tools below either beat that invoice, buy the license once, or arrive free inside software you already pay for.
None of them nail the invitee experience the way Calendly does out of the box.
What they do instead is cheaper per seat, a one-time purchase, an open-source install, or a scheduling feature bundled into a suite you are not adding to your stack.
Top Picks
Based on features, real-world fit, and value for money.
| Tool | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Cal.com | Free forever (1 user, unlimited event types); Teams $12/user/mo annual; Organizations $28/user/mo annual. | Anyone leaving Calendly's one-event-type free cap without paying a cent, or teams wanting round robin at a lower per-seat price |
| SavvyCal | From $10/user/mo (Basic, annual option); Premium $17/user/mo; no free plan; 30-day money-back. | People switching off Calendly mainly because invitees keep fighting to find a slot that also works for them |
| Acuity Scheduling | From $16/mo (Starter, annual; $20 monthly); Standard $27/mo; Premium $49/mo; 7-day trial, no free plan. | Service businesses that get paid to show up, not just people booking one-on-one calls |
| Zoho Bookings | Free (1 user); Basic $6/user/mo billed annually; Premium $9/user/mo billed annually; Flex custom quote. | Teams already inside Zoho or Microsoft 365 who want bidirectional calendar sync at the lowest paid price here |
| TidyCal | Free (unlimited bookings and types); Individual Lifetime $29 once; Agency Lifetime $79 once; Pro $12/mo. | Solo operators who want to pay once instead of watching a per-seat bill renew every month |
| YouCanBook.me | Free (1 calendar, 1 page); Individual $7.20/mo; Professional $10.40/mo; Team $14.40/member/mo; annual saves 10%. | People who want deep booking-page customization and Zapier workflows without a hard event-type limit |
| Microsoft Bookings | Included from $7/user/mo (Microsoft 365 Business Basic); not sold alone; $0 extra if already licensed. | Companies already paying for Microsoft 365 who do not want a second scheduling bill next to it |
| Google Calendar appointment schedules | Free (1 booking page per Google account); fuller features need Google Workspace Business Standard, $14/user/mo. | Individuals who want one Calendly-style booking page at no cost and already live in Google Calendar |
| HubSpot Meetings | Free (1 meeting link, branded); Starter $7/mo/seat annual unlocks 1,000 links; Professional $90/mo/seat. | Sales and recruiting teams who want scheduling built into the CRM they already use for the deal or candidate |
Pricing read from each vendor's own published pricing page, checked Sep 2026. Every vendor here publishes a price.
Best for: Anyone leaving Calendly's one-event-type free cap without paying a cent, or teams wanting round robin at a lower per-seat price
PricingFree forever (1 user, unlimited event types); Teams $12/user/mo annual; Organizations $28/user/mo annual.
Best for: People switching off Calendly mainly because invitees keep fighting to find a slot that also works for them
PricingFrom $10/user/mo (Basic, annual option); Premium $17/user/mo; no free plan; 30-day money-back.
Best for: Service businesses that get paid to show up, not just people booking one-on-one calls
PricingFrom $16/mo (Starter, annual; $20 monthly); Standard $27/mo; Premium $49/mo; 7-day trial, no free plan.
Best for: Teams already inside Zoho or Microsoft 365 who want bidirectional calendar sync at the lowest paid price here
PricingFree (1 user); Basic $6/user/mo billed annually; Premium $9/user/mo billed annually; Flex custom quote.
Best for: Solo operators who want to pay once instead of watching a per-seat bill renew every month
PricingFree (unlimited bookings and types); Individual Lifetime $29 once; Agency Lifetime $79 once; Pro $12/mo.
Best for: People who want deep booking-page customization and Zapier workflows without a hard event-type limit
PricingFree (1 calendar, 1 page); Individual $7.20/mo; Professional $10.40/mo; Team $14.40/member/mo; annual saves 10%.
Best for: Companies already paying for Microsoft 365 who do not want a second scheduling bill next to it
PricingIncluded from $7/user/mo (Microsoft 365 Business Basic); not sold alone; $0 extra if already licensed.
Best for: Individuals who want one Calendly-style booking page at no cost and already live in Google Calendar
PricingFree (1 booking page per Google account); fuller features need Google Workspace Business Standard, $14/user/mo.
Best for: Sales and recruiting teams who want scheduling built into the CRM they already use for the deal or candidate
PricingFree (1 meeting link, branded); Starter $7/mo/seat annual unlocks 1,000 links; Professional $90/mo/seat.
What it is
A Calendly alternative is scheduling software that replaces the calendly.com booking link. It reads your calendar, defines meeting types, and lets someone else pick a free slot without an email thread.
The category splits into per-seat cloud tools, buy-once licenses, an open-source install, and features already bundled into Microsoft 365, Google Workspace or a CRM you may already own.
Techpresso data: Toolradar, the software directory we run, has evaluated 102 meeting scheduling tools as of September 2026. The nine below are the ones a Calendly user actually compares before switching.
Why it matters
The event-type cap is the trap. Calendly Free allows one event type and one calendar, which covers exactly one meeting kind. Add a 15-minute follow-up to your 30-minute intro and you are on a paid seat before the week is out.
Cal.com, TidyCal and Zoho Bookings do not enforce that cap on their free tiers.
The second trap is per-seat math on a team. Five people on Calendly Teams at $16 a seat is $960 a year. The same five on Cal.com Teams is $720 a year.
On TidyCal Agency Lifetime, it is a flat one-time fee, full stop. If your team already pays for Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, the scheduling feature is often already inside the seat you are paying for. Adding Calendly on top doubles a line item you do not need.
Key features to look for
Pricing
Methodology: every price below was checked on the vendor's own pricing page in September 2026, in USD. No third-party estimates and no paid placements sit in this ranking.
Cal.com, SavvyCal, Acuity Scheduling, Zoho Bookings, TidyCal and YouCanBook.me publish list prices directly.
Microsoft Bookings has no standalone price: it rides inside Microsoft 365 Business plans.
Google Calendar appointment schedules are free on any Google account, with the full feature set gated behind Google Workspace Business Standard. HubSpot's scheduler follows the same shape inside Sales Hub.
The cheapest way to leave Calendly for nothing is Cal.com or Zoho Bookings free, or TidyCal free with a 1 percent fee on paid bookings. The cheapest way to leave it for good, paying once, is TidyCal Individual Lifetime. Costs jump fastest at Acuity Premium and at Microsoft 365 Business Premium, both of which bundle far more than scheduling.
| Plan | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Cal.com Free | Free | 1 user, unlimited event types and calendars, Stripe and PayPal payments |
| Cal.com Teams | $12/user/mo annual | Round robin, managed events, routing forms, custom branding |
| Cal.com Organizations | $28/user/mo annual | SAML SSO, SCIM, SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 |
| Cal.com Enterprise | Custom quote | Dedicated support and SLA on top of Organizations |
| SavvyCal Basic | $10/user/mo (annual option) | Unlimited calendars and links, team scheduling, round robin |
| SavvyCal Premium | $17/user/mo | Custom domains, delegated access, paid bookings |
| Acuity Starter | $16/mo annual ($20 monthly) | 1 calendar, Stripe, Square, PayPal and Venmo payments |
| Acuity Standard | $27/mo annual ($34 monthly) | Up to 6 calendars, text reminders, packages and memberships |
| Acuity Premium | $49/mo annual ($61 monthly) | Up to 36 calendars, AI booking assistant, HIPAA BAA |
| Zoho Bookings Free | Free | 1 user, online meetings, bidirectional calendar sync |
| Zoho Bookings Basic | $6/user/mo annual | 1 workspace, individual and collective booking types |
| Zoho Bookings Premium | $9/user/mo annual | 3 workspaces, group and resource bookings, payments |
| Zoho Bookings Flex | Custom quote | Custom workspace and volume requirements |
| TidyCal Free | Free | Unlimited bookings and types, 1 calendar, 1 percent fee on paid bookings |
| TidyCal Individual Lifetime | $29 once | Auto Zoom, Meet and Teams links, 10 calendar connections |
| TidyCal Agency Lifetime | $79 once | Round robin, collective meetings, 25 calendar connections |
| TidyCal Pro | $12/mo or $99/yr | No branding, custom domain, no platform fee |
| YouCanBook.me Free | Free | 1 calendar connection, 1 booking page |
| YouCanBook.me Individual | $7.20/mo | 2 calendar connections, 2 booking pages, custom branding |
| YouCanBook.me Professional | $10.40/mo | 6 calendar connections, automated workflows, analytics, Zapier |
| YouCanBook.me Team | $14.40/member/mo | Round robin, role-based access, unlimited API access |
| Microsoft 365 Business Basic | $7/user/mo | Bookings included; Copilot is an add-on |
| Microsoft 365 Business Standard | $23.50/user/mo | Bookings and Microsoft 365 Copilot bundled |
| Microsoft 365 Business Premium | $32/user/mo | Adds device management and threat protection |
| Google Calendar appointment schedules (personal) | Free | 1 booking page, no reminders or payment collection |
| Google Workspace Business Standard | $14/user/mo | Unlimited booking pages, reminders, payment collection |
| Google Workspace Business Plus | $22/user/mo | Adds enhanced security and eDiscovery over Standard |
| HubSpot Meetings (Free CRM) | Free | 1 personal meeting link, HubSpot branding included |
| HubSpot Sales Hub Starter | $7/mo/seat annual | 1,000 personal and team meeting links, no branding |
| HubSpot Sales Hub Professional | $90/mo/seat annual | Sequences, forecasting and sales automation |
The bottom line
Leave Calendly for Cal.com if the free plan's one-event-type cap is the actual problem. It is free forever for one user with no limit on event types, and a modest per-seat plan once you need a team. Leave it for TidyCal if you would rather buy a license once than watch a seat renew.
Individual Lifetime pricing covers that, or free with a small fee on paid bookings. Leave it for SavvyCal only if the invitee's calendar overlay is worth paying for from day one.
It has no free plan.
Check Microsoft Bookings or Google Calendar's appointment schedules before buying anything if your company already holds a Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace seat. The scheduling feature is often already paid for.
Zoho Bookings is the cheapest per-seat plan here if you want a paid tool without Calendly's price. Read the full Calendly review if you have not ruled out staying.
See the wider appointment scheduling roundup if event types are not your only requirement. Our AI scheduling apps guide covers a different job: AI-driven day planning, not booking links.
See full profiles for Cal.com, SavvyCal, Acuity Scheduling and TidyCal on Toolradar, the software directory we run.
Cite this: Techpresso, "Best Calendly Alternatives in 2026," Dupple, September 2026.
Frequently asked questions
Sources
Prices and plan details come from each vendor's own pricing page, re-checked by the Toolradar pricing tracker.
- Cal.com pricing, checked Sep 2026
- SavvyCal pricing, checked Sep 2026
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