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title: "Doodle alternatives (October 2026) | Calendar Booking Lab"
url: https://calendarbookinglab.com/alternatives/doodle
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# Doodle alternatives

The best Doodle alternative in October 2026 is Cal.com (89/100, vs 54/100 for Doodle), followed by Calendly. 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 Doodle ([see its review](/tools/doodle)). Doodle is included in the table for reference.

## Why look for alternatives to Doodle

Where the alternatives do better than Doodle, from the same data as the scores:

-   **Cheaper to start.** Doodle's paid plans start at $15 per user/month billed monthly. 12 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.
-   **No published plan for sales team.** At sales team (20 users, 10 event types, 2 calendars each, 1,000 bookings/month, video link, round robin, routing forms, CRM sync), no published Doodle plan fits. Cal.com covers it for $320/month.
-   **Features it lacks.** Doodle doesn't offer routing forms; Cal.com, Calendly, OnceHub, Zoho Bookings, HubSpot Meetings and Chili Piper do. Doodle doesn't offer a documented API; Cal.com, Calendly, OnceHub, TidyCal, YouCanBookMe, Zoho Bookings, HubSpot Meetings, Chili Piper, Acuity Scheduling, SavvyCal, Setmore and Microsoft Bookings do.

## Doodle 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

### Cal.com: 89/100

Cal.com is a booking-link scheduling tool with a free plan for one user and per-user paid plans for teams and organizations. Since April 2026 the hosted product is closed source; the vendor publishes a separate MIT-licensed community edition, Cal.diy, for self-hosting.

-   **Top pick among the alternatives for:** Free, Freelancers, Sales teams, Paid sessions, Healthcare (HIPAA), Developers & open source.
-   **Free plan:** a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $16 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Price for value, Scheduling features, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness, Help & docs .

[Cal.com review](/tools/cal-com)

### 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:** Developers & open source.
-   **Free plan:** a free plan with 1 event type and 1 connected calendar (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $12 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Price for value, Scheduling features, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness, Help & docs .

[Calendly review](/tools/calendly) · [Calendly vs Doodle](/compare/calendly-vs-doodle)

### 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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $12 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Price for value, Scheduling features, Calendars & integrations, Developer & openness, Help & docs .

[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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $9.99 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Price for value, Developer & openness, Help & docs .

[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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $29 one-time (Individual Lifetime) (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Price for value, Developer & openness, Help & docs; 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, Established vendors.
-   **Free plan:** a free plan with 1 event type and 1 connected calendar (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $9/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Developer & openness, Help & docs .

[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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $8 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Scheduling features, Developer & openness .

[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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $10.50 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Price for value, Developer & openness; weaker on Reliability & privacy.

[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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $20 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Developer & openness, Help & docs .

[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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $12 per user/month billed yearly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Developer & openness, Help & docs; weaker on Free plan.

[Chili Piper review](/tools/chili-piper)

### 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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $20/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Developer & openness; weaker on Free plan.

[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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $12 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Developer & openness, Help & docs; weaker on 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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $12 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Developer & openness; weaker on Free plan, Scheduling features, Reliability & privacy.

[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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $8.40 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Developer & openness, Help & docs; weaker on Scheduling features, Calendars & integrations.

[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 (Doodle: a free plan with 1 event type and 10 connected calendars).
-   **Paid plans from:** $8.40 per user/month billed monthly (Doodle: $15 per user/month billed monthly).
-   **Compared with Doodle:** stronger on Developer & openness, Help & docs; weaker on Free plan, Scheduling features, Calendars & integrations.

[Microsoft Bookings review](/tools/microsoft-bookings)

## Questions

### What is the best Doodle alternative?

Cal.com, which scores 89/100 on our rubric against 54 for Doodle. Next is Calendly (78/100).

### Is there a free alternative to Doodle?

Yes. Cal.com has the most generous free plan (unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars). Calendly, OnceHub, Koalendar, TidyCal, YouCanBookMe, Zoho Bookings, Zcal, HubSpot Meetings, Setmore and Google Calendar appointment schedules also have a free plan.

### Which Doodle alternatives are cheaper?

TidyCal, Zoho Bookings, Google Calendar appointment schedules, Microsoft Bookings, YouCanBookMe, Koalendar, Zcal, Calendly, OnceHub, Chili Piper, SavvyCal and Setmore start below Doodle's $15 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 Doodle alternative for freelancers?

Cal.com, 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 Doodle 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 Doodle alternative for sales teams?

Cal.com ($320/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 Doodle alternative?

Cal.com (Reliability & privacy 13/16). Ranked by our Reliability & privacy score.

### What is the best Doodle alternative for developers?

Cal.com, 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).