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Calendly vs Cal.com (updated October 2026)

Short answer: Calendly starts at $10/month per seat, with a free plan; Cal.com starts at $12/month per user billed annually, with a free plan. Both have a free plan and paid plans $2 apart, so the split is who it's built for: Calendly adds AI tools for meeting prep, notetaking and follow-up, while Cal.com is built to be customised, including by developers who build scheduling into their own platforms.

Updated October 2026. Prices checked 18 Oct 2026 on each vendor’s own pricing page, in US dollars. See the AI Sales Tool Pricing Index.

A side-by-side look using only facts from each vendor’s own website, both listed under Meeting Scheduling & Routing. We don’t score or rank them: the right choice depends on your team, stack and region.

The verdict

Both are scheduling tools listed under Meeting Scheduling & Routing, and both have a free plan. Calendly's paid plans start at $10 per seat a month and it adds AI tools for meeting prep, notetaking and follow-up. Cal.com starts at $12 per user a month billed annually and is customisable scheduling for individuals, businesses and developers who build scheduling into their own platforms. Pick Calendly if you want AI help around the meeting itself. Pick Cal.com if you need to customise the booking flow or build scheduling into your own product.

Best for

• Calendly: Sales teams that want scheduling plus AI help with meeting prep, notes and follow-up.
• Cal.com: Teams and developers who want customisable scheduling or to build it into their own platform.

Decision table

This verdict is based only on what each vendor says on its own website, checked 18 Oct 2026. We haven’t tested either tool hands-on.

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