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title: "Calendly review: pricing, limits and score | Calendar Booking Lab"
url: https://calendarbookinglab.com/tools/calendly
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# Calendly review

Calendly has a free plan with 1 event type and 1 connected calendar, and paid plans start at $12 per user/month billed monthly. It scores 78/100 on our published rubric, ranking #2 of 16 tools we compare.

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

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

Score

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.

[Visit Calendly](https://calendly.com)

## Score: 78

| Category | Points | Basis | Why |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Price for value | 10.1 / 24 | published docs | Solo: $12/mo (Standard); Small team: $100/mo (Teams); Sales team: $400/mo (Teams) |
| Free plan | 8.9 / 12 | published docs | Free plan: 1 event type, 1 calendar checked for conflicts, no booking cap stated. |
| 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 13 years; public status page; SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001; data in USA (infrastructure sub-processor data centre location). |
| Help & docs | 6 / 6 | published docs | Has: help center or docs, changelog. |

78 of 100 scorable points, shown out of 100: 78/100. See [how each category is scored](/methodology).

### Problems found

None recorded. The functional check has not been done yet.

## Calendly pricing and limits

| Plan | Free | Standard | Standard Plus | Teams | Teams Plus | Enterprise |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Billed monthly | Free | $12 per user/month | $24 per user/month | $20 per user/month | $32 per user/month | Contact sales |
| Billed yearly | Free | $10 per user/month | $18 per user/month | $16 per user/month | $24 per user/month | — |
| Event types | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | not stated |
| Calendars per user | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | not stated |

Swipe the table sideways to see every plan.

Limits as worded by Calendly

-   **Free:** "One event type", "One calendar connection", "One-on-one scheduling"; unlimited one-on-one meetings ("Host as many scheduled meetings as you need with no booking cap").
-   **Standard:** "Unlimited event types", "Connect multiple calendars" (compare table: 6 calendar connections). "Seats are required for users to connect calendars and host Calendly meetings - meeting invitees do not require a seat."
-   **Standard Plus:** Standard plus Notetaker and Callie (AI assistant, beta): "Recordings & transcripts", "Shareable meeting recaps". "Notetaker and Callie are only available in English at this time."
-   **Teams:** "Everything in Standard, and: Round-robin & team scheduling", "Qualify, route, & schedule leads", "Send meetings to Salesforce", "SSO security add-on (optional)". Compare table: 6 calendar connections.
-   **Teams Plus:** Teams plus Notetaker and Callie (AI assistant, beta) and "Advanced admin controls".
-   **Enterprise:** "Starts at $15k /yr", "Starts at 50 seats." "Available in USD only." Talk to sales.

[Calendly cost calculator](/cost/calendly): what Calendly costs for your team size, next to every other tool.

**Free trial:** Yes, 14 days. 14-day trial; at the end the account moves to the Free plan. The pricing page does not name the plan the trial covers or say whether a card is needed.

### 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  | Standard | $12 1 users × $12  | booking limit not published; assumed no cap |
| Small team 5 users, 5 event types, 2 calendars each, 200 bookings/month, video link, round robin  | Teams | $100 5 users × $20  | booking limit not published; assumed no cap |
| Sales team 20 users, 10 event types, 2 calendars each, 1,000 bookings/month, video link, round robin, routing forms, CRM sync  | Teams | $400 20 users × $20  | booking limit not published; assumed no cap |

## Features

Of 28 feature claims, 0 are verified in our own account and 24 come from the vendor's own pages; 4 are unclear.

| Feature | Available | From plan | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Scheduling |
| Buffer time | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-use-buffers) |
| Minimum notice | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-fine-tune-your-availability-settings) |
| Daily booking limits | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-set-meeting-limits) |
| Group events | Yes | Standard (Help article: all paid plans.) | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/group-event-type-overview) |
| Round robin | Yes | Teams | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-set-up-a-team-round-robin-event-type) |
| Collective events | Yes | Standard | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-set-up-a-team-collective-event-type) |
| Routing forms | Yes | Teams | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-create-a-routing-form) |
| Reminder workflows | Yes | Standard | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/workflows-overview) |
| Payments | Yes | Standard (Stripe and PayPal.) | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-stripe) |
| Remove branding | Yes | Standard | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-turn-off-calendly-branding-on-your-scheduling-page) |
| Custom domain | No | — (No custom domain for booking pages on the pricing page or in the help center sitemap (2026-10-29). Enterprise 'Domain control' is about claiming a company email domain for user management, not booking-page URLs.) | Unclear |
| Calendars & video |
| Google Calendar | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-connect-your-google-calendar) |
| Outlook / Microsoft 365 | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-connect-your-office-365-or-outlook-com-calendar) |
| iCloud / CalDAV | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/icloud-overview) |
| Zoom | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-zoom) |
| Google Meet | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-google-meet) |
| Microsoft Teams | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-microsoft-teams-conferencing) |
| CRM & automation |
| HubSpot | Yes | Standard | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-hubspot) |
| Salesforce | Yes | Teams (Pricing page: 'Send meetings to Salesforce' on Teams; Salesforce lookup routing on Enterprise.) | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/pricing) |
| Zapier | Yes | Standard | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-zapier) |
| Make | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-make) |
| Developer |
| API | Yes | Free (GET and POST on any plan; Scheduling API endpoints need a paid plan; activity log and data deletion endpoints are Enterprise only.) | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-api-overview) |
| Webhooks | Yes | Standard | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/webhooks-overview) |
| Website embed | Yes | Free | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/embed-options-overview) |
| Open source | No | — (Proprietary; no public source repository found on calendly.com (2026-10-29).) | Unclear |
| Self-hosting | No | — (Cloud service only; no self-hosted option on the pricing page or in the help center (2026-10-29).) | Unclear |
| Compliance & admin |
| HIPAA (BAA) | No | — (Customer Terms say Customer Data must not contain protected health information subject to HIPAA (https://calendly.com/legal/customer-terms-conditions, 2026-10-29). No BAA found on calendly.com.) | Unclear |
| SSO | Yes | Teams (Paid add-on on Teams and Teams Plus; included on Enterprise.) | Vendor docs [source](https://calendly.com/help/saml-single-sign-on-sso-overview) |

**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:** USA (infrastructure sub-processor data centre location) [source](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-sub-processors-gdpr-ccpa)
-   **Security audit:** SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001 [source](https://calendly.com/security)
-   **Status page:** [https://calendlystatus.com/](https://calendlystatus.com/)

## Questions about Calendly

### Does Calendly have a free plan?

Yes, Calendly has a free plan with 1 event type and 1 connected calendar.

### How much does Calendly cost?

Paid plans start at $12 per user/month billed monthly. Full plan list checked 2026-10-29.

### Does Calendly have round robin scheduling?

Yes, from the Teams plan.

### Does Calendly work with Outlook?

Yes: Calendly connects to Outlook / Microsoft 365 calendars on every plan.

### Does Calendly have an API?

Yes, from the Free plan.

[Calendly alternatives →](/alternatives/calendly)

## Evidence

-   [pricing page; plan prices, limits, trial and Enterprise minimum](https://calendly.com/pricing), checked 2026-10-29
-   [founded in 2013](https://calendly.com/about), checked 2026-10-29
-   [SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, ISO/IEC 27001 listed; documents via Trust Center](https://calendly.com/security), checked 2026-10-29
-   [DPA with Calendly LLC; GDPR, SCCs, Data Privacy Framework](https://calendly.com/legal/data-processing-addendum), checked 2026-10-29
-   [sub-processors and data centre locations](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-sub-processors-gdpr-ccpa), checked 2026-10-29
-   [no HIPAA protected health information in Customer Data](https://calendly.com/legal/customer-terms-conditions), checked 2026-10-29
-   [buffers, all plans](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-use-buffers), checked 2026-10-29
-   [minimum scheduling notice, all plans](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-fine-tune-your-availability-settings), checked 2026-10-29
-   [daily/weekly/monthly meeting limits, all plans](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-set-meeting-limits), checked 2026-10-29
-   [group events, all paid plans](https://calendly.com/help/group-event-type-overview), checked 2026-10-29
-   [round robin, Teams and up](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-set-up-a-team-round-robin-event-type), checked 2026-10-29
-   [collective, Standard and up](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-set-up-a-team-collective-event-type), checked 2026-10-29
-   [routing forms, Teams and up](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-create-a-routing-form), checked 2026-10-29
-   [workflows, Standard and up](https://calendly.com/help/workflows-overview), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Stripe payments, Standard and up](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-stripe), checked 2026-10-29
-   [PayPal payments, Standard and up](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-paypal), checked 2026-10-29
-   [branding removal, Standard and up](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-turn-off-calendly-branding-on-your-scheduling-page), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Google Calendar, all plans](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-connect-your-google-calendar), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Outlook / Office 365 calendar, all plans](https://calendly.com/help/how-to-connect-your-office-365-or-outlook-com-calendar), checked 2026-10-29
-   [iCloud calendar, Free and up](https://calendly.com/help/icloud-overview), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Zoom, all plans](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-zoom), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Google Meet, all plans](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-google-meet), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Microsoft Teams conferencing, all plans](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-microsoft-teams-conferencing), checked 2026-10-29
-   [HubSpot, Standard and up](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-hubspot), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Salesforce integration hub; Salesforce lookup routing on Enterprise](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-salesforce), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Zapier, Standard and up](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-zapier), checked 2026-10-29
-   [Make, all plans](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-make), checked 2026-10-29
-   [API access by plan](https://calendly.com/help/calendly-api-overview), checked 2026-10-29
-   [webhooks, Standard and up](https://calendly.com/help/webhooks-overview), checked 2026-10-29
-   [embed, all plans](https://calendly.com/help/embed-options-overview), checked 2026-10-29
-   [SAML SSO, Teams with add-on and Enterprise](https://calendly.com/help/saml-single-sign-on-sso-overview), checked 2026-10-29
-   [domain control (user management), Enterprise](https://calendly.com/help/domain-control-with-calendly), checked 2026-10-29
-   [public API reference](https://developer.calendly.com/api-docs), checked 2026-10-29
-   [status page](https://calendlystatus.com/), checked 2026-10-29
-   [changelog](https://calendly.com/release-notes), checked 2026-10-29

## Spot something wrong?
