TidyCal
Scheduling · tidycal.com
TidyCal is a scheduling and booking tool offering booking pages with unlimited booking types, paid bookings, and team scheduling features.
Switching to Koalendar saves $29 / year and covers 67% of the compared capabilities.
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Top TidyCal alternatives
We compared 11 products and found 4 cheaper alternatives · vs TidyCal Individual Lifetime at $2.42/mo · scenario: 5 seats, monthly billing, USD.
TidyCal’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.
TidyCal costs $2.42/mo on the Individual Lifetime 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 15 compared capabilities. TidyCal's own free plan covers this scenario, so downgrading may beat switching.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Koalendar Free forever plan · missing: Custom domain, Paid bookings, API & webhooks, AI assistant, Booking limits & availability controls | 67% | Free paid from $9.99/mo how? ⓘ | $29 / year 100% cheaper | |
YouCanBookMe Free plan · missing: Unlimited event types, Custom domain, Paid bookings, Recurring bookings, AI assistant, Data export | 60% | Free paid from $9/mo how? ⓘ | $29 / year 100% cheaper | |
Zeeg Starter plan · missing: Unlimited event types, Remove branding, Payment collection, Custom domain, Recurring bookings, SMS reminders, Data export, Booking limits & availability controls | 47% | Free paid from $13.99/mo how? ⓘ | $29 / year 100% cheaper | |
Calendly Free plan · missing: Custom domain, Paid bookings, Recurring bookings, Group events, API & webhooks, SMS reminders, AI assistant, Data export, Booking limits & availability controls | 40% | Free paid from $10/mo how? ⓘ | $29 / year 100% cheaper |
Which TidyCal 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 67%
- Need unlimited event types, calendar sync, round-robin & team scheduling, automated reminders & follow-ups, remove branding, payment collection, recurring bookings, group events, SMS reminders or data export?
- Koalendar — from $0/mo (Free forever plan)
- Need paid bookings or AI assistant?
- Zeeg — from $0/mo (Starter plan)
- Need API & webhooks or booking limits & availability controls?
- YouCanBookMe — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities TidyCal has that the top alternatives lack.
- Unlimited event types — Create as many booking event types as you need.Missing from YouCanBookMe, Zeeg.
- Remove branding — Remove the provider's branding from booking pages.Missing from Zeeg.
- Payment collection — Collect payments directly through a form.Missing from Zeeg.
- Custom domain — Serve forms on your own domain instead of the vendor's URL.Missing from Koalendar, YouCanBookMe, Zeeg, Calendly.
- Paid bookings — Charge for a booking at the time it's made.Missing from Koalendar, YouCanBookMe, Calendly.
- Recurring bookings — Set up bookings that repeat on a schedule.Missing from YouCanBookMe, Zeeg, Calendly.
- Group events — Let multiple people book into the same time slot.Missing from Calendly.
- API & webhooks — Manage bookings programmatically via an API or webhooks.Missing from Koalendar, Calendly.
- SMS reminders — Send booking reminders by text message.Missing from Zeeg, Calendly.
- AI assistant — Get AI help managing scheduling tasks.Missing from Koalendar, YouCanBookMe, Calendly.
- Data export — Export booking data for use elsewhere.Missing from YouCanBookMe, Zeeg, Calendly.
- Booking limits & availability controls — Cap how many bookings can be made in a given period.Missing from Koalendar, Zeeg, Calendly.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
TidyCal vs the top alternatives, on the 15 compared capabilities.
| Capability | TidyCal | Koalendar | YouCanBookMe | Zeeg | Calendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited event types from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Calendar sync from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Round-robin & team scheduling from Agency Lifetime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated reminders & follow-ups from Individual Lifetime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remove branding from Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Payment collection from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Custom domain from Agency Lifetime | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Paid bookings | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Recurring bookings | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Group events | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| API & webhooks | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| SMS reminders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI assistant | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Data export | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Booking limits & availability controls | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $2.42/mo Individual Lifetime | $0/mo Free forever | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Starter | $0/mo Free |
✓ 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 TidyCal covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Unlimited event types — from Free
- ✓ Calendar sync — from Free
- ✓ Round-robin & team scheduling — from Agency Lifetime
- ✓ Automated reminders & follow-ups — from Individual Lifetime
- ✓ Remove branding — from Pro
- ✓ Payment collection — from Free
- ✓ Custom domain — from Agency Lifetime
- ✓ Paid bookings
- ✓ Recurring bookings
- ✓ Group events
- ✓ API & webhooks
- ✓ SMS reminders
- ✓ AI assistant
- ✓ Data export
- ✓ Booking limits & availability controls
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://tidycal.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-26)
Frequently asked
How much does TidyCal cost?
TidyCal's Individual Lifetime plan costs $2.42/mo in our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free TidyCal alternative?
Yes. Koalendar has a free plan that covers 67% of the 15 capabilities we compared against TidyCal.
What is the cheapest TidyCal alternative?
In our scenario (5 seats, monthly billing), Koalendar is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free forever plan).
Does TidyCal have a free plan?
Yes. TidyCal's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-26 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.