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.
Key facts9 tools compared: Cal.com, SavvyCal, Acuity Scheduling, Zoho Bookings, TidyCal, YouCanBook.me…
- 9 tools compared: Cal.com, SavvyCal, Acuity Scheduling, Zoho Bookings, TidyCal, YouCanBook.me, Microsoft Bookings, Google Calendar appointment schedules, HubSpot Meetings
- SavvyCal (best for: People switching off Calendly mainly because invitees keep fighting to find a slot that also works for them): From $10/user/mo (Basic, annual option); Premium $17/user/mo; no free plan; 30-day money-back.
- Acuity Scheduling (best for: Service businesses that get paid to show up, not just people booking one-on-one calls): From $16/mo (Starter, annual; $20 monthly); Standard $27/mo; Premium $49/mo; 7-day trial, no free plan.
- Zoho Bookings (best for: Teams already inside Zoho or Microsoft 365 who want bidirectional calendar sync at the lowest paid price here): Free (1 user); Basic $6/user/mo billed annually; Premium $9/user/mo billed annually; Flex custom quote.
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.
The open-source Calendly swap: unlimited event types free for one person, then a modest per-seat plan for round robin, the cap Calendly's own free plan never clears.
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
Built around the invitee, not the host: Basic lets the other person overlay their own calendar on yours while picking a time.
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
Squarespace's scheduler for businesses that take payments: Starter handles Stripe, Square, PayPal and Venmo out of the gate on an annual plan.
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
| 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 $9/mo; Professional $13/mo; Team $18/member/mo; 10% off yearly, 20% off 2-year. | 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 pricing page, checked Sep 2026. 1 of 9 publishes prices for some plans and quotes the rest.
Cal.com
The open-source Calendly swap: unlimited event types free for one person, then a modest per-seat plan for round robin, the cap Calendly's own free plan never clears.
- Pricing
- Free forever (1 user, unlimited event types); Teams $12/user/mo annual; Organizations $28/user/mo annual.
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
Pros
- Free plan has no event-type ceiling, the exact limit that pushes Calendly users onto a paid seat
- Teams costs less per seat billed annually than Calendly Teams, with the same round robin and routing forms
- The source is open, so a self-hosted install removes the per-seat bill entirely if you run the infrastructure
Cons
- Invitees do not recognize the booking page the way they recognize a calendly.com link, which matters in sales
- Branding removal and analytics sit on the Teams plan, not the free tier
SavvyCal
Built around the invitee, not the host: Basic lets the other person overlay their own calendar on yours while picking a time.
- Pricing
- From $10/user/mo (Basic, annual option); Premium $17/user/mo; no free plan; 30-day money-back.
Best for: People switching off Calendly mainly because invitees keep fighting to find a slot that also works for them
Pros
- Calendar overlay shows the invitee their own busy time, a feature none of Calendly's tiers offer at any price
- Basic already includes team scheduling and round robin, which Calendly holds back for its Teams plan
- Ranked availability nudges bookers toward your preferred slots without hiding the rest of your calendar
Cons
- No free plan at all, so you pay before finding out if the overlay matters to your invitees
- Custom domains and paid bookings need Premium at $17 a user
Acuity Scheduling
Squarespace's scheduler for businesses that take payments: Starter handles Stripe, Square, PayPal and Venmo out of the gate on an annual plan.
- Pricing
- From $16/mo (Starter, annual; $20 monthly); Standard $27/mo; Premium $49/mo; 7-day trial, no free plan.
Best for: Service businesses that get paid to show up, not just people booking one-on-one calls
Pros
- Built-in payments across four processors, not a bolt-on, where Calendly gates payments to Stripe and PayPal on paid plans
- Packages, memberships and gift certificates on Standard cover a studio or clinic, not just a meeting link
- Premium adds an AI booking assistant and a signed HIPAA BAA for healthcare use
Cons
- No free plan at all, only a 7-day trial, versus Calendly's permanent, if limited, free tier
- Starter caps you at one calendar; six calendars need Standard at $27 a month
Zoho Bookings
The cheapest paid tier in this list: Basic syncs Zoho, Google and Microsoft 365 calendars both ways, well under Calendly's per-seat price.
- Pricing
- Free (1 user); Basic $6/user/mo billed annually; Premium $9/user/mo billed annually; Flex custom quote.
Best for: Teams already inside Zoho or Microsoft 365 who want bidirectional calendar sync at the lowest paid price here
Pros
- Basic at $6 a seat is the lowest paid entry point in this list
- Bidirectional sync across Zoho, Google and Microsoft 365 calendars, not just one-way conflict checking
- Premium at $9 adds group and resource bookings plus payment processing, still under Calendly's Standard price
Cons
- Smaller ecosystem of integrations than Calendly or HubSpot Meetings
- Fastest value if you already run other Zoho apps; standalone buyers get less of the pitch
TidyCal
The Calendly alternative you buy, not rent: a one-time purchase for Individual Lifetime, a license instead of a seat that renews.
- Pricing
- Free (unlimited bookings and types); Individual Lifetime $29 once; Agency Lifetime $79 once; Pro $12/mo.
Best for: Solo operators who want to pay once instead of watching a per-seat bill renew every month
Pros
- Free plan has unlimited booking types and paid bookings, the opposite of Calendly's one-event-type cap
- Individual Lifetime costs about what three months of a per-seat scheduling plan costs, but only once
- Agency Lifetime adds round robin as a one-time purchase, not a monthly bill
Cons
- Free does not auto-create Zoom, Meet or Teams links; that starts at the paid lifetime tier
- Lifetime deals sell through AppSumo, a different checkout and support path than a normal SaaS purchase
YouCanBook.me
A booking page you can rebuild from scratch: free covers one calendar, and Professional adds the automated workflows Calendly reserves for its Teams plan.
- Pricing
- Free (1 calendar, 1 page); Individual $9/mo; Professional $13/mo; Team $18/member/mo; 10% off yearly, 20% off 2-year.
Best for: People who want deep booking-page customization and Zapier workflows without a hard event-type limit
Pros
- No event-type ceiling on the free plan, unlike Calendly's single event type
- Professional at $13 a month includes analytics and 6,000+ Zapier integrations
- Booking page styling goes deeper than Calendly's, down to custom CSS on paid plans
Cons
- Free plan allows only one calendar connection and one booking page
- Team plan at $18 a member is the tier for round robin, still a real per-seat cost
Microsoft Bookings
Not a separate purchase: Bookings rides inside Microsoft 365 Business Basic, so switching off Calendly can cost nothing extra.
- Pricing
- Included from $7/user/mo (Microsoft 365 Business Basic); not sold alone; $0 extra if already licensed.
Best for: Companies already paying for Microsoft 365 who do not want a second scheduling bill next to it
Pros
- Zero incremental cost if Business Basic or above is already on the Microsoft 365 invoice
- Native Outlook and Teams integration, so bookings stay inside the tenant IT already manages
- Staff, services and a public booking page cover a clinic or salon front desk, not just one-on-one calls
Cons
- Cannot be bought on its own; you are paying for a Microsoft 365 plan, not a scheduling tool
- The booking page looks plainer than Calendly's and less familiar to outside invitees
Google Calendar appointment schedules
Already sitting inside Google Calendar for nothing: one booking page free on any Google account, with reminders and payments unlocked on Workspace Business Standard.
- Pricing
- Free (1 booking page per Google account); fuller features need Google Workspace Business Standard, $14/user/mo.
Best for: Individuals who want one Calendly-style booking page at no cost and already live in Google Calendar
Pros
- Free tier needs no new account or app, since it is built into Google Calendar itself
- No separate seat cost for a single booking page, unlike Calendly's per-seat model
- Business Standard adds automated reminders, unlimited booking pages and payment collection
Cons
- A free personal account is capped at one booking page with no reminders or payment collection
- Multiple booking pages and verified bookings require Workspace Business Standard or above, a bigger jump than a scheduling-only tool
HubSpot Meetings
A meeting link with a CRM behind it: free gives one branded link, and Starter unlocks 1,000 links with the branding removed.
- Pricing
- Free (1 meeting link, branded); Starter $7/mo/seat annual unlocks 1,000 links; Professional $90/mo/seat.
Best for: Sales and recruiting teams who want scheduling built into the CRM they already use for the deal or candidate
Pros
- Meetings sync straight to contact and deal records, so a booked call logs itself in the CRM
- Starter is priced below Calendly's per-seat plan, with CRM data attached, billed annually
- Free plan still includes one bookable link, useful for a founder who is not ready to pay for anything
Cons
- Free caps you at a single personal meeting link with HubSpot branding on it
- The scheduler alone is not the reason to buy; you are adopting a CRM to get it
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 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 | $9/mo ($7.20 on 2-year billing) | 2 calendar connections, 2 booking pages, custom branding |
| YouCanBook.me Professional | $13/mo ($10.40 on 2-year billing) | 6 calendar connections, automated workflows, analytics, Zapier |
| YouCanBook.me Team | $18/member/mo ($14.40 on 2-year billing) | 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
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Sources
Prices and plan details come from each vendor's own pricing page, re-checked by the Toolradar pricing tracker.
- Cal.com pricingchecked Sep 2026
- SavvyCal pricingchecked Sep 2026
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