Calendly alternatives
Scheduling · calendly.com
Calendly is a meeting scheduling platform that lets people share booking links, route and qualify leads, collect payments at booking, and automate meeting recaps and follow-ups.
Switching to Koalendar saves $600 / year and covers 58% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Calendly alternatives
We compared 11 products and found 4 cheaper options · vs Calendly Standard at $50/mo for 5 seats ($10/seat) · scenario: 5 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Calendly’s own free plan covers this scenario. If you’re paying for features you don’t use, downgrading beats switching. The paid comparison below is for when you’ve outgrown free tiers — the “Free plans” view shows alternatives if you want free with different limits.
Calendly costs $50/mo on the Standard plan at 5 seats, monthly billing. We found 4 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 12 compared capabilities. Calendly's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK TidyCal Pro plan · missing: Meeting polls, Website embed, Custom branding, SSO (SAML/SCIM), Lead routing & distribution, Mobile app | 50% | $12/mo how? ⓘ | $456 / year 76% cheaper | |
SimplyBook.me Basic plan · missing: Unlimited event types, Meeting polls, Remove branding, SSO (SAML/SCIM), Lead routing & distribution | 58% | $16.21/mo how? ⓘ | $405.48 / year 68% cheaper | |
Acuity Scheduling Standard plan · missing: Meeting polls, Remove branding, Website embed, SSO (SAML/SCIM), Lead routing & distribution, AI assistant | 50% | $34/mo how? ⓘ | $192 / year 32% cheaper | |
Koalendar Pro plan · missing: SSO (SAML/SCIM), Lead routing & distribution, AI assistant | 75% | $49.95/mo how? ⓘ | $0.60 / year 0% cheaper |
Which Calendly alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Koalendar — $0/mo (Free forever plan) · covers 58%
- Best paid drop-in
- SimplyBook.me — $16.21/mo (Basic plan) · covers 58%
- Need calendar sync, unlimited event types, meeting polls, website embed, paid bookings, custom branding or mobile app?
- Koalendar — from $0/mo (Free forever plan)
- Need automated reminders & follow-ups, remove branding or AI assistant?
- TidyCal — from $12/mo (Pro plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Calendly has that the top alternatives lack.
- Unlimited event types — Create as many booking event types as you need.Missing from SimplyBook.me.
- Meeting polls — Poll attendees to find a meeting time that works for everyone.Missing from TidyCal, SimplyBook.me, Acuity Scheduling.
- Automated reminders & follow-ups — Automatically send reminder and follow-up messages before a booking.Missing from Koalendar.
- Remove branding — Remove the provider's branding from booking pages.Missing from Koalendar, SimplyBook.me, Acuity Scheduling.
- Website embed — Embed a booking page directly on your website.Missing from TidyCal, Acuity Scheduling.
- Custom branding — Apply your own branding to booking pages.Missing from TidyCal.
- SSO (SAML/SCIM) — Sign in through your company's SSO (SAML/SCIM).Missing from Koalendar, TidyCal, SimplyBook.me, Acuity Scheduling.
- Lead routing & distribution — Route incoming bookings to the right salesperson.Missing from Koalendar, TidyCal, SimplyBook.me, Acuity Scheduling.
- AI assistant — Get AI help managing scheduling tasks.Missing from Koalendar, Acuity Scheduling.
- Mobile app — Manage bookings from a mobile app.Missing from TidyCal.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
Calendly vs the top alternatives, on the 12 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Calendly | Koalendar | TidyCal | SimplyBook.me | Acuity Scheduling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calendar sync from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unlimited event types from Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Meeting polls from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Automated reminders & follow-ups from Standard | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remove branding from Standard | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Website embed from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Paid bookings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom branding | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO (SAML/SCIM) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Lead routing & distribution | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI assistant | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Mobile app | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $50/mo Standard | $0/mo Free forever | $12/mo Pro | $16.21/mo Basic | $34/mo Standard |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Calendly covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Calendar sync — from Free
- ✓ Unlimited event types — from Standard
- ✓ Meeting polls — from Free
- ✓ Automated reminders & follow-ups — from Standard
- ✓ Remove branding — from Standard
- ✓ Website embed — from Free
- ✓ Paid bookings
- ✓ Custom branding
- ✓ SSO (SAML/SCIM)
- ✓ Lead routing & distribution
- ✓ AI assistant
- ✓ Mobile app
- ↑ Round-robin & team scheduling — only from Teams, not compared
- ↑ Routing forms — only from Teams, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://calendly.com (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://calendly.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Calendly cost?
Calendly's Standard plan costs $50/mo in our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Calendly alternative?
Yes. Koalendar has a free plan that covers 58% of the 12 capabilities we compared against Calendly.
What is the cheapest Calendly alternative?
In our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing), Koalendar is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free forever plan).
Does Calendly have a free plan?
Yes. Calendly's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-28, on the vendors' official pricing pages.