TidyCal alternatives
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, which covers 57% of the compared capabilities.
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Top TidyCal alternatives
We compared 11 products and found 2 cheaper options (1 of them covers at least half the compared features) · vs TidyCal Pro at $12/mo · scenario: 5 seats, monthly billing, USD.
TidyCal costs $12/mo on the Pro plan at 5 seats, monthly billing. We found 2 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 0 of them cover at least 75% of the 14 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Koalendar Free forever plan · missing: Round-robin & team scheduling, Automated reminders & follow-ups, Remove branding, API & webhooks, AI assistant, Custom domain | 57% | Free paid from $9.99/mo how? ⓘ | $144 / year 100% cheaper | |
Calendly Free plan · missing: Unlimited event types, Round-robin & team scheduling, Automated reminders & follow-ups, Remove branding, Recurring bookings, Group events, API & webhooks, SMS reminders, Data export, Booking limits & availability controls, Custom domain | 21% | Free paid from $10/mo how? ⓘ | $144 / 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 57%
- Need unlimited event types, calendar sync, paid bookings, recurring bookings, group events, SMS reminders, data export or booking limits & availability controls?
- Koalendar — from $0/mo (Free forever plan)
- Need AI assistant?
- Calendly — 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 Calendly.
- Round-robin & team scheduling — Distribute bookings evenly across a team.Missing from Koalendar, Calendly.
- Automated reminders & follow-ups — Automatically send reminder and follow-up messages before a booking.Missing from Koalendar, Calendly.
- Remove branding — Remove the provider's branding from booking pages.Missing from Koalendar, Calendly.
- Recurring bookings — Set up bookings that repeat on a schedule.Missing from 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 Calendly.
- AI assistant — Get AI help managing scheduling tasks.Missing from Koalendar.
- Data export — Export booking data for use elsewhere.Missing from Calendly.
- Booking limits & availability controls — Cap how many bookings can be made in a given period.Missing from Calendly.
- Custom domain — Host booking pages on your own domain.Missing from Koalendar, 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 14 compared capabilities.
| Capability | TidyCal | Koalendar | 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 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Paid bookings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recurring bookings | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Group events | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| API & webhooks | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| SMS reminders | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI assistant | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Data export | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Booking limits & availability controls | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Custom domain | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $12/mo Pro | $0/mo Free forever | $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
- ✓ Paid bookings
- ✓ Recurring bookings
- ✓ Group events
- ✓ API & webhooks
- ✓ SMS reminders
- ✓ AI assistant
- ✓ Data export
- ✓ Booking limits & availability controls
- ✓ Custom domain
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://tidycal.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-28)
Frequently asked
How much does TidyCal cost?
TidyCal's Pro plan costs $12/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 57% of the 14 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 is limited to 1 seat.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-28, on the vendors' official pricing pages.