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Cal.com review
Cal.com has a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars, and paid plans start at $16 per user/month billed monthly. It scores 89/100 on our published rubric, ranking #1 of 16 tools we compare.
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Prices, limits and features come from Cal.com's own published pages (linked under Evidence). Functional check not done yet.
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.
Visit Cal.com affiliateWe may earn a commission if you buy through this link.Score: 89
| Category | Points | Basis | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price for value | 17.6 / 24 | published docs | Solo: $0/mo (Free); Small team: $80/mo (Teams); Sales team: $320/mo (Teams) |
| Free plan | 12 / 12 | published docs | Free plan: unlimited event types, unlimited calendars checked for conflicts, unlimited bookings a month. |
| Scheduling features | 18 / 18 | published docs | Has 10 of 10 features. |
| Calendars & integrations | 14 / 14 | published docs | Has: Google Calendar, Outlook / Microsoft 365, iCloud or CalDAV, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, HubSpot (native), Salesforce (native), Zapier, Make. |
| Developer & openness | 8 / 10 | published docs | Has: Documented API; Webhooks; Embed the booking page on your site. |
| Reliability & privacy | 13 / 16 | published docs | Running 5 years; public status page; SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001; HIPAA option; data in US & EU hosting choice on Organizations and Enterprise (pricing page). |
| Help & docs | 6 / 6 | published docs | Has: help center or docs, changelog. |
88.6 of 100 scorable points, shown out of 100: 89/100. See how each category is scored.
Problems found
None recorded. The functional check has not been done yet.
Cal.com pricing and limits
| Plan | Free | Teams | Organizations | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billed monthly | Free | $16 per user/month | $37 per user/month | Contact sales |
| Billed yearly | Free | $12 per user/month | $28 per user/month | — |
| Users | 1 | not stated | not stated | not stated |
| Event types | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | not stated |
| Calendars per user | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | not stated |
| Bookings / month | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | not stated |
Swipe the table sideways to see every plan.
Limits as worded by Cal.com
- Free: "1 user", "Unlimited event types & calendars". "Start scheduling for free, with no usage limits." Workflows: "Only templated workflows".
- Teams: "$12 per user/month" billed yearly ("Save 25%"); $16 per user/month in the page's monthly view. "1 team, shared availability".
- Organizations: "$28 per user/month" billed yearly ("Save 25%"); $37 per user/month in the page's monthly view. "Unlimited sub-teams".
- Enterprise: Custom. "*Annual pricing". Talk to sales.
Cal.com cost calculator: what Cal.com costs for your team size, next to every other tool.
Free trial: Yes, 14 days. 14-day free trial shown on the Teams and Organizations plans.
What it costs for three team setups
| Setup | Cheapest plan that fits | Per month, whole team | Assumptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo 1 user, 3 event types, 2 calendars, 40 bookings/month, video link |
Free | Free | — |
| Small team 5 users, 5 event types, 2 calendars each, 200 bookings/month, video link, round robin |
Teams | $80 5 users × $16 |
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| Sales team 20 users, 10 event types, 2 calendars each, 1,000 bookings/month, video link, round robin, routing forms, CRM sync |
Teams | $320 20 users × $16 |
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Features
Of 28 feature claims, 0 are verified in our own account and 25 come from the vendor's own pages; 3 are unclear.
| Feature | Available | From plan | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | |||
| Buffer time | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| Minimum notice | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| Daily booking limits | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| Group events | Yes | Free ("Offer seats" is ticked for Free on the pricing page comparison table.) | Vendor docs source |
| Round robin | Yes | Teams | Vendor docs source |
| Collective events | Yes | Teams | Vendor docs source |
| Routing forms | Yes | Teams (Pricing page lists "Routing forms" on Teams; attribute-based routing on Organizations.) | Vendor docs source |
| Reminder workflows | Yes | Free (Free plan: "Only templated workflows" (pricing page); custom workflows from Teams.) | Vendor docs source |
| Payments | Yes | Free (Stripe and PayPal ticked for Free on the pricing page.) | Vendor docs source |
| Remove branding | Yes | Teams | Vendor docs source |
| Custom domain | No | — (Pricing page offers only a company sub-domain on cal.com (yourcompany.cal.com) on Organizations; no own-domain hosting found on the pricing page or help center index (2026-10-29).) | Unclear |
| Calendars & video | |||
| Google Calendar | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| Outlook / Microsoft 365 | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| iCloud / CalDAV | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| Zoom | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| Google Meet | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| Microsoft Teams | Yes | Free (Requires a Microsoft work/school account.) | Vendor docs source |
| CRM & automation | |||
| HubSpot | Yes | Free ("Two-way Salesforce & HubSpot sync" listed on the Free plan (pricing page).) | Vendor docs source |
| Salesforce | Yes | Free ("Two-way Salesforce & HubSpot sync" listed on the Free plan (pricing page).) | Vendor docs source |
| Zapier | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| Make | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| Developer | |||
| API | Yes | Free (API keys help article states no plan restriction, but the pricing page lists "Custom APIs" on Teams and "Additional APIs" on Organizations; the API docs describe endpoints for Teams and Organizations customers.) | Unclear source |
| Webhooks | Yes | Free (Ticked for Free on the pricing page comparison table.) | Vendor docs source |
| Website embed | Yes | Free | Vendor docs source |
| Open source | No | — (Cal.com announced on 2026-04-14 that it is going closed source. The MIT-licensed community edition Cal.diy (https://github.com/calcom/cal.diy) is a separate fork without Teams, Organizations, Workflows or SSO.) | Vendor docs source |
| Self-hosting | No | — (Only the separate Cal.diy community edition is self-hostable; its README says it is "strictly recommended for personal, non-production use" and points commercial users to Cal.com or invited on-prem enterprise access via sales (2026-10-29).) | Vendor docs source |
| Compliance & admin | |||
| HIPAA (BAA) | Yes | Enterprise (Enterprise page: HIPAA compliant Enterprise plan with a signed BAA. The pricing page lists HIPAA on Organizations (plan card) and ticks it from Teams (comparison table).) | Unclear source |
| SSO | Yes | Organizations ("SAML SSO and SCIM" on Organizations.) | Vendor docs source |
Verified: we checked it in our own account. Vendor docs: the vendor's own pages say so; we haven't tested it. Unclear: advertised but undocumented, or the vendor's pages disagree. Evidence levels don't change scores. More on evidence levels.
Privacy and reliability
- GDPR: states compliance · DPA: offered · Data location: US & EU hosting choice on Organizations and Enterprise (pricing page) source
- Security audit: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 source
- Status page: https://status.cal.com
Questions about Cal.com
Does Cal.com have a free plan?
Yes, Cal.com has a free plan with unlimited event types and unlimited connected calendars.
How much does Cal.com cost?
Paid plans start at $16 per user/month billed monthly. Full plan list checked 2026-10-29.
Does Cal.com have round robin scheduling?
Yes, from the Teams plan.
Does Cal.com work with Outlook?
Yes: Cal.com connects to Outlook / Microsoft 365 calendars on every plan.
Is Cal.com HIPAA compliant?
Cal.com offers a HIPAA option from the Enterprise plan (Enterprise page: HIPAA compliant Enterprise plan with a signed BAA. The pricing page lists HIPAA on Organizations (plan card) and ticks it from Teams (comparison table).).
Does Cal.com have an API?
Yes, from the Free plan.
Evidence
- pricing page; yearly prices in HTML, monthly prices ($16, $37) in the page's Framer script monthly variant, checked · archived copy
- seat billing (high water mark / active user), checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/event-types/event-buffer, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/event-types/min-notice, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/event-types/booking-frequency, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/event-types/offer-seats, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/event-types/round-robin, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/event-types/collective-events, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/routing/routing-overview, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/workflows/workflowsoverview, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/event-types/how-to-receive-payments, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/apps/google-calendar, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/apps/office365-calendar, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/apps/apple-calendar, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/apps/zoom, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/apps/google-meet, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/apps/msteams, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/apps-and-integrations/hubspot, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/apps-and-integrations/salesforce, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/apps/zapier, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/apps/make, checked · archived copy
- API v2 reference, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/api-keys, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/webhooks, checked · archived copy
- https://cal.com/help/embedding/adding-embed, checked · archived copy
- closed-source announcement, 2026-04-14, checked
- Cal.diy community edition, MIT, checked
- HIPAA BAA on Enterprise, SOC 2 Type II, checked
- SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001; reports download only from inside the app, checked
- https://cal.com/dpa, checked
- Cal.com, Inc., San Francisco; EU-U.S. DPF, checked
- launched as Calendso in 2021, checked
- https://status.cal.com, checked
- https://cal.com/changelog, checked