--- title: "Cal.com alternatives (October 2026) | Calendar Booking Lab" url: https://calendarbookinglab.com/alternatives/cal-com --- # Cal.com alternatives The best Cal.com alternative in October 2026 is Calendly (78/100, vs 89/100 for Cal.com), followed by OnceHub. The cheapest paid option is TidyCal, from $29 one-time (Individual Lifetime). Prices last verified 2026-10-29. Checked weekly. Every tool below is scored on the same rubric as Cal.com ([see its review](/tools/cal-com)). Cal.com is included in the table for reference. ## Why look for alternatives to Cal.com Where the alternatives do better than Cal.com, from the same data as the scores: - **Cheaper to start.** Cal.com's paid plans start at $16 per user/month billed monthly. 13 of 15 alternatives start lower; the cheapest is TidyCal at $29 one-time (Individual Lifetime). For a team, compare the setup costs in the table below. - **Costs more as you grow.** At small team (5 users, 5 event types, 2 calendars each, 200 bookings/month, video link, round robin), Cal.com costs $80/month; TidyCal costs $12/month. ## Cal.com alternatives compared | # | Tool | Score | Free plan | Paid from | Solo | Small team | Sales team | Prices checked | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Cal.com](/tools/cal-com) | 89 | Yes · trial 14d | $16/mo | Free | $80 | $320 | 2026-10-29 | | 2 | [Calendly](/tools/calendly) | 78 | Yes · trial 14d | $12/mo | $12 | $100 | $400 | 2026-10-29 | | 3 | [OnceHub](/tools/oncehub) | 75 | Yes · trial 14d | $12/mo | $12 | $115 | $460 | 2026-10-29 | | 4 | [Koalendar](/tools/koalendar) | 70 | Yes · trial 7d | $9.99/mo | Free | $49.95 | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 5 | [TidyCal](/tools/tidycal) | 69 | Yes | $0.81/mo | $0.81 | $12 | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 6 | [YouCanBookMe](/tools/youcanbookme) | 66 | Yes · trial 14d | $9/mo | $13 | $90 | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 7 | [Zoho Bookings](/tools/zoho-bookings) | 64 | Yes · trial 15d | $8/mo | $8 | $40 | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 8 | [Zcal](/tools/zcal) | 59 | Yes · trial 14d | $10.50/mo | Free | $52.50 | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 9 | [HubSpot Meetings](/tools/hubspot-meetings) Part of a suite | 57 | Yes | $20/mo | no fit | no fit | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 10 | [Chili Piper](/tools/chili-piper) | 55 | No | $12/mo | $1,250 | $1,250 | $1,475 | 2026-10-29 | | 11 | [Doodle](/tools/doodle) | 54 | Yes | $15/mo | $15 | $105 | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 12 | [Acuity Scheduling](/tools/acuity-scheduling) | 52 | No · trial 7d | $20/mo | $20 | $34 | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 13 | [SavvyCal](/tools/savvycal) | 50 | No | $12/mo | $12 | $60 | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 14 | [Setmore](/tools/setmore) | 44 | Yes | $12/mo | $12 | no fit | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 15 | [Google Calendar appointment schedules](/tools/google-appointment-schedules) Part of a suite | 42 | Yes · trial 14d | $8.40/mo | $16.80 | no fit | no fit | 2026-10-29 | | 16 | [Microsoft Bookings](/tools/microsoft-bookings) Part of a suite | 39 | No · trial | $8.40/mo | $8.40 | no fit | no fit | 2026-10-29 | Setup columns are the monthly cost for the whole team on the cheapest plan that covers each [setup](/pricing#scenarios), billed monthly (or the yearly price ÷ 12 when no monthly price is published). "No fit" means no published plan covers it. "Paid from" is per user on per-user plans. Order: score, then name. Affiliate status is not an input. ## Each alternative in short ### Calendly: 78/100 Booking-link scheduling tool with a free plan limited to one event type and one calendar connection. Paid plans are priced per seat, with an Enterprise plan sold by annual contract starting at 50 seats. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Sales teams, Developers & open source. - **Free plan:** a free plan with 1 event type and 1 connected calendar (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $12 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan. [Calendly review](/tools/calendly) · [Calendly vs Cal.com](/compare/calendly-vs-cal-com) ### OnceHub: 75/100 Scheduling platform (formerly ScheduleOnce) with booking pages, routing forms, phone booking agents and chatbots. A free plan covers one user; paid plans are priced per seat, with SSO and HIPAA BAAs in a separate security add-on. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Developers & open source. - **Free plan:** a free plan with 1 event type and 1 connected calendar (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $12 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan. [OnceHub review](/tools/oncehub) ### Koalendar: 70/100 Booking-page scheduler with a free plan for one-to-one bookings and a per-seat Pro plan, where a seat is a user or a bookable resource such as a room. The pricing page was running a price test on 2026-10-29, so prices shown vary by visitor. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Free, Freelancers. - **Free plan:** a free plan with unlimited event types and 2 connected calendars (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $9.99 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness. [Koalendar review](/tools/koalendar) ### TidyCal: 69/100 Booking-page scheduler from AppSumo with a free plan, two one-time-payment lifetime plans sold on AppSumo (Individual and Agency), and a Pro subscription billed per account rather than per user. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Small teams, Paid sessions, Developers & open source. - **Free plan:** a free plan with unlimited event types and 1 connected calendar (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $29 one-time (Individual Lifetime) (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Reliability & privacy. [TidyCal review](/tools/tidycal) ### YouCanBookMe: 66/100 Booking-page scheduler with a free plan and three paid plans: Individual and Professional are priced per account, Team per member. Yearly billing takes 10% off and two-year billing 20% off. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Paid sessions, Developers & open source. - **Free plan:** a free plan with 1 event type and 1 connected calendar (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $9/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan. [YouCanBookMe review](/tools/youcanbookme) ### Zoho Bookings: 64/100 Appointment scheduling app from Zoho with a free plan for one user and Basic and Premium plans priced per user. Premium adds group bookings, routing forms, payments, white labeling and a custom domain; Zoho One customers get Premium included. - **Free plan:** a free plan with 1 event type and 1 connected calendar (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $8 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness, Help & docs. [Zoho Bookings review](/tools/zoho-bookings) ### Zcal: 59/100 Booking-link and meeting-poll scheduler with a free plan that has unlimited links and calendars; paid Pro and Business plans add teams, round robin and branding controls and are priced per user. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Free, Freelancers, Paid sessions. - **Free plan:** a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $10.50 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness, Reliability & privacy, Help & docs. [Zcal review](/tools/zcal) ### HubSpot Meetings: 57/100 HubSpot Meetings is the meeting scheduler in HubSpot's CRM, with one-on-one, group and round robin scheduling pages. Free CRM users get one scheduling page; paid HubSpot plans are priced per seat. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Paid sessions. - **Free plan:** a free plan with 1 event type and 1 connected calendar (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $20 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness. [HubSpot Meetings review](/tools/hubspot-meetings) ### Chili Piper: 55/100 Chili Piper is an inbound lead routing and scheduling platform for B2B sales teams; ChiliCal is its scheduling-link product. All plans are billed yearly: account tiers include a set number of seats (Routing & Scheduling starts at $15,000 a year for 15 seats), and ChiliCal on its own is sold per user with a 200-seat minimum. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Developers & open source. - **Free plan:** no free plan (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $12 per user/month billed yearly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan, Scheduling features. [Chili Piper review](/tools/chili-piper) ### Doodle: 54/100 Doodle is a scheduling tool for group polls, booking pages, 1:1 links and sign-up sheets. It has a free plan, per-seat Pro and Team plans billed monthly or yearly, and a custom-priced Enterprise plan. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Paid sessions, Healthcare (HIPAA), Established vendors. - **Free plan:** a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $15 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Scheduling features, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness, Help & docs. [Doodle review](/tools/doodle) ### Acuity Scheduling: 52/100 Appointment and class scheduling for service businesses, owned by Squarespace since 2019. Plans are priced per account and differ mainly by the number of calendars (1, 6 or 36), with an Enterprise plan on request. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Developers & open source. - **Free plan:** no free plan (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $20/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan, Scheduling features, Calendars & integrations, Help & docs. [Acuity Scheduling review](/tools/acuity-scheduling) ### SavvyCal: 50/100 SavvyCal is a hosted scheduling-link tool with two paid plans, Basic and Premium, priced per user. A free account can connect calendars and use meeting polls, but its scheduling links can't take bookings until the account is on a paid plan. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Developers & open source. - **Free plan:** no free plan (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $12 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan, Reliability & privacy. [SavvyCal review](/tools/savvycal) ### Setmore: 44/100 Appointment and class booking app for small service businesses, with a free plan for up to 4 users and a Pro plan priced per user with unlimited users. - **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Paid sessions. - **Free plan:** a free plan (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $12 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan, Scheduling features, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness, Reliability & privacy, Help & docs. [Setmore review](/tools/setmore) ### Google Calendar appointment schedules: 42/100 Appointment schedules are the booking pages built into Google Calendar. A personal Google Account or Business Starter gets one booking page; premium features come with Google Workspace Business Standard and above, priced per user. - **Free plan:** a free plan with 1 event type and 1 connected calendar (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $8.40 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan, Scheduling features, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness. [Google Calendar appointment schedules review](/tools/google-appointment-schedules) ### Microsoft Bookings: 39/100 Microsoft Bookings is the appointment scheduling app in Microsoft 365, with shared booking pages for teams and Personal Bookings pages. It is not sold on its own; it comes with Microsoft 365 business plans, priced per user. - **Free plan:** no free plan (Cal.com: a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). - **Paid plans from:** $8.40 per user/month billed monthly (Cal.com: $16 per user/month billed monthly). - **Compared with Cal.com:** weaker on Price for value, Free plan, Scheduling features, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness. [Microsoft Bookings review](/tools/microsoft-bookings) ## Questions ### What is the best Cal.com alternative? Calendly, which scores 78/100 on our rubric against 89 for Cal.com. Next is OnceHub (75/100). ### Is there a free alternative to Cal.com? Yes. Koalendar has the most generous free plan (unlimited event types and 2 connected calendars). Calendly, OnceHub, TidyCal, YouCanBookMe, Zoho Bookings, Zcal, HubSpot Meetings, Doodle, Setmore and Google Calendar appointment schedules also have a free plan. ### Which Cal.com alternatives are cheaper? TidyCal, Zoho Bookings, Google Calendar appointment schedules, Microsoft Bookings, YouCanBookMe, Koalendar, Zcal, Calendly, OnceHub, Chili Piper, SavvyCal, Setmore and Doodle start below Cal.com's $16 per user/month billed monthly. The cheapest is TidyCal at $29 one-time (Individual Lifetime), then Zoho Bookings at $8 per user/month billed monthly. ### What is the best Cal.com alternative for freelancers? Koalendar and Zcal (free). Cheapest plan that covers 1 user with 3 event types and 2 connected calendars, 40 bookings a month and a video link. ### What is the best Cal.com alternative for small teams? TidyCal ($12/month). Cheapest plan that covers 5 users with 5 event types and 2 connected calendars each, 200 bookings a month, a video link and round robin. ### What is the best Cal.com alternative for sales teams? Calendly ($400/month). Cheapest plan that covers 20 users with 10 event types and 2 connected calendars each, 1,000 bookings a month, a video link, round robin, routing forms and CRM sync (HubSpot or Salesforce). ### What is the best HIPAA-ready Cal.com alternative? Doodle (Reliability & privacy 13/16). Ranked by our Reliability & privacy score. ### What is the best Cal.com alternative for developers? Calendly, OnceHub, TidyCal, YouCanBookMe, Chili Piper, Acuity Scheduling and SavvyCal (Developer & openness 8/10). Ranked by our Developer & openness score (API, webhooks, embedding, open source, self-hosting).