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title: "Cal.com review: pricing, limits and score | Calendar Booking Lab"
url: https://calendarbookinglab.com/tools/cal-com
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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.

Prices last verified 2026-10-29. Checked weekly.

Prices, limits and features come from Cal.com's own published pages (linked under Evidence). Functional check not done yet.

Score

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.

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## 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](/methodology).

### 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](/cost/cal-com): 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  | — |
| 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  | — |

## 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](https://cal.com/help/event-types/event-buffer) |
| Minimum notice | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/event-types/min-notice) |
| Daily booking limits | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/event-types/booking-frequency) |
| Group events | Yes | Free ("Offer seats" is ticked for Free on the pricing page comparison table.) | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/event-types/offer-seats) |
| Round robin | Yes | Teams | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/event-types/round-robin) |
| Collective events | Yes | Teams | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/event-types/collective-events) |
| Routing forms | Yes | Teams (Pricing page lists "Routing forms" on Teams; attribute-based routing on Organizations.) | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/routing/routing-overview) |
| Reminder workflows | Yes | Free (Free plan: "Only templated workflows" (pricing page); custom workflows from Teams.) | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/workflows/workflowsoverview) |
| Payments | Yes | Free (Stripe and PayPal ticked for Free on the pricing page.) | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/event-types/how-to-receive-payments) |
| Remove branding | Yes | Teams | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/pricing) |
| 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](https://cal.com/apps/google-calendar) |
| Outlook / Microsoft 365 | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/apps/office365-calendar) |
| iCloud / CalDAV | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/apps/apple-calendar) |
| Zoom | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/apps/zoom) |
| Google Meet | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/apps/google-meet) |
| Microsoft Teams | Yes | Free (Requires a Microsoft work/school account.) | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/apps/msteams) |
| CRM & automation |
| HubSpot | Yes | Free ("Two-way Salesforce & HubSpot sync" listed on the Free plan (pricing page).) | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/apps-and-integrations/hubspot) |
| Salesforce | Yes | Free ("Two-way Salesforce & HubSpot sync" listed on the Free plan (pricing page).) | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/apps-and-integrations/salesforce) |
| Zapier | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/apps/zapier) |
| Make | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/apps/make) |
| 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](https://cal.com/docs/api-reference/v2/introduction) |
| Webhooks | Yes | Free (Ticked for Free on the pricing page comparison table.) | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/webhooks) |
| Website embed | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/help/embedding/adding-embed) |
| 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](https://cal.com/blog/cal-com-goes-closed-source-why) |
| 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](https://github.com/calcom/cal.diy) |
| 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](https://cal.com/enterprise) |
| SSO | Yes | Organizations ("SAML SSO and SCIM" on Organizations.) | Vendor docs [source](https://cal.com/pricing) |

**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](/methodology#evidence).

### Privacy and reliability

-   **GDPR:** states compliance · **DPA:** offered · **Data location:** US & EU hosting choice on Organizations and Enterprise (pricing page) [source](https://cal.com/dpa)
-   **Security audit:** SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 [source](https://cal.com/security)
-   **Status page:** [https://status.cal.com](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.

[Cal.com alternatives →](/alternatives/cal-com)

## Evidence

-   [pricing page; yearly prices in HTML, monthly prices ($16, $37) in the page's Framer script monthly variant](https://cal.com/pricing), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029011117/https://cal.com/pricing)
-   [seat billing (high water mark / active user)](https://cal.com/help/billing-and-usage/seat-billing), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029011153/https://cal.com/help/billing-and-usage/seat-billing)
-   [https://cal.com/help/event-types/event-buffer](https://cal.com/help/event-types/event-buffer), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029011322/https://cal.com/help/event-types/event-buffer)
-   [https://cal.com/help/event-types/min-notice](https://cal.com/help/event-types/min-notice), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029011357/https://cal.com/help/event-types/min-notice)
-   [https://cal.com/help/event-types/booking-frequency](https://cal.com/help/event-types/booking-frequency), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029011456/https://cal.com/help/event-types/booking-frequency)
-   [https://cal.com/help/event-types/offer-seats](https://cal.com/help/event-types/offer-seats), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261028214708/https://cal.com/help/event-types/offer-seats)
-   [https://cal.com/help/event-types/round-robin](https://cal.com/help/event-types/round-robin), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029011604/https://cal.com/help/event-types/round-robin)
-   [https://cal.com/help/event-types/collective-events](https://cal.com/help/event-types/collective-events), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029012316/https://cal.com/help/event-types/collective-events)
-   [https://cal.com/help/routing/routing-overview](https://cal.com/help/routing/routing-overview), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029012412/https://cal.com/help/routing/routing-overview)
-   [https://cal.com/help/workflows/workflowsoverview](https://cal.com/help/workflows/workflowsoverview), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029012447/https://cal.com/help/workflows/workflowsoverview)
-   [https://cal.com/help/event-types/how-to-receive-payments](https://cal.com/help/event-types/how-to-receive-payments), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029012526/https://cal.com/help/event-types/how-to-receive-payments)
-   [https://cal.com/apps/google-calendar](https://cal.com/apps/google-calendar), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029012602/https://cal.com/apps/google-calendar)
-   [https://cal.com/apps/office365-calendar](https://cal.com/apps/office365-calendar), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029012640/https://cal.com/apps/office365-calendar)
-   [https://cal.com/apps/apple-calendar](https://cal.com/apps/apple-calendar), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029012717/https://cal.com/apps/apple-calendar)
-   [https://cal.com/apps/zoom](https://cal.com/apps/zoom), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029012831/https://cal.com/apps/zoom)
-   [https://cal.com/apps/google-meet](https://cal.com/apps/google-meet), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029012907/https://cal.com/apps/google-meet)
-   [https://cal.com/apps/msteams](https://cal.com/apps/msteams), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029012940/https://cal.com/apps/msteams)
-   [https://cal.com/help/apps-and-integrations/hubspot](https://cal.com/help/apps-and-integrations/hubspot), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029013014/https://cal.com/help/apps-and-integrations/hubspot)
-   [https://cal.com/help/apps-and-integrations/salesforce](https://cal.com/help/apps-and-integrations/salesforce), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029013048/https://cal.com/help/apps-and-integrations/salesforce)
-   [https://cal.com/apps/zapier](https://cal.com/apps/zapier), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029013123/https://cal.com/apps/zapier)
-   [https://cal.com/apps/make](https://cal.com/apps/make), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029013324/https://cal.com/apps/make)
-   [API v2 reference](https://cal.com/docs/api-reference/v2/introduction), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029013432/https://cal.com/docs/api-reference/v2/introduction)
-   [https://cal.com/help/api-keys](https://cal.com/help/api-keys), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029013555/https://cal.com/help/api-keys)
-   [https://cal.com/help/webhooks](https://cal.com/help/webhooks), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029013629/https://cal.com/help/webhooks)
-   [https://cal.com/help/embedding/adding-embed](https://cal.com/help/embedding/adding-embed), checked 2026-10-29 · [archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20261029013701/https://cal.com/help/embedding/adding-embed)
-   [closed-source announcement, 2026-04-14](https://cal.com/blog/cal-com-goes-closed-source-why), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Cal.diy community edition, MIT](https://github.com/calcom/cal.diy), checked 2026-10-29
-   [HIPAA BAA on Enterprise, SOC 2 Type II](https://cal.com/enterprise), checked 2026-10-29
-   [SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001; reports download only from inside the app](https://cal.com/security), checked 2026-10-29
-   [https://cal.com/dpa](https://cal.com/dpa), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Cal.com, Inc., San Francisco; EU-U.S. DPF](https://cal.com/privacy), checked 2026-10-29
-   [launched as Calendso in 2021](https://cal.com/blog/calendso-rebrands-to-cal-com), checked 2026-10-29
-   [https://status.cal.com](https://status.cal.com), checked 2026-10-29
-   [https://cal.com/changelog](https://cal.com/changelog), checked 2026-10-29

## Spot something wrong?