Best Calendly Alternatives
72 tools that can replace or complement Calendly
Pricing Comparison
| Tool | Free Plan | Starting Price | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| ✓ Yes | Free / $12+ | ★ 4.6 | |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $7.25+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $4+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $12.5+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $49+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $16.99+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $18+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $12+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✗ No | $12+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $9.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $13.33+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $4+ | ★ 4.8 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $20+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✗ No | $14+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✗ No | $55+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | $39+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $15+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $49+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✗ No | $37+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✗ No | $15+ | ★ 4.1 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $8+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✗ No | $25+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | $49+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✗ No | Contact sales | ★ 4.6 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $25+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $3.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $12+ | ★ 4.6 |
| | ✗ No | $20+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $6.95+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $25+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $4.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $0+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | $19+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✗ No | Contact sales | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | Contact sales | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | Contact sales | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $149+ | ★ 4.6 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $32+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $19+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $12+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $69+ | ★ 4.1 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $0.0025+ | ★ 4.3 |
| TickTick | ✓ Yes | Free / $3.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| Clockwise | ✓ Yes | Free / $6.75+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Doximity | ✓ Yes | Free | ★ 4.3 |
| Jane App | ✗ No | $54+ | ★ 4.7 |
| Any.do | ✓ Yes | Free / $5.99+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Nutshell | ✗ No | $16+ | ★ 4.2 |
| Copper | ✗ No | $29+ | ★ 4.1 |
| Lark | ✓ Yes | Free / $12+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Rocket.Chat | ✓ Yes | Free / $4+ | ★ 4.1 |
| Routine | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.2 |
| Lavender | ✓ Yes | Free / $27+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✗ No | $25+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $20+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✗ No | $2500+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✗ No | $29+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $49.95+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $13.33+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $6+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $14.5+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $6.75+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✗ No | $4.99+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $6+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✗ No | $14+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $14+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✗ No | Contact sales | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $49+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✗ No | $39+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.2 |
All Calendly Alternatives
Slack
Business messaging platform for team communication.
- Excellent integrations
- Channels system
- Huddles
- Message limit on free plan
- Notification overload
Microsoft Teams
Business communication platform with chat, video meetings, and Microsoft 365 integration.
- Included with Microsoft 365
- Great video calling
- Deep Office integration
- Resource heavy
- Complex admin settings
Loom
Async video messaging tool for sharing quick screen recordings with your team or customers.
- Instant async video communication
- Screen + webcam recording
- Auto-transcription and captions
- 25-video limit on free plan
- 5-minute recording limit on free
Copy.ai
AI-powered GTM platform for automating sales copy, outreach emails, and marketing workflows.
- Powerful workflow automation for GTM teams
- Great for sales email sequences
- Free tier with 2000 words/month
- Expensive premium tiers
- Generic output without customization
Otter.ai
AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings with automatic action items.
- Real-time transcription during meetings
- Joins Zoom/Teams/Meet automatically
- AI-generated action items and summaries
- Accuracy drops with accents or crosstalk
- Free tier limited to 300 minutes/month
Fireflies.ai
AI notetaker that records, transcribes, and analyzes meetings with CRM integration and conversation intelligence.
- Integrates with 40+ tools including CRM
- Conversation intelligence metrics
- AskFred AI chatbot for meeting queries
- Audio quality affects transcription
- Can feel intrusive to meeting participants
Cal.com
Open-source scheduling platform and Calendly alternative with self-hosting and full customization.
- Open-source and self-hostable
- Unlimited event types on free plan
- Full API and webhook access
- Self-hosting requires technical setup
- Fewer integrations than Calendly
Motion
AI-powered calendar that automatically schedules tasks, meetings, and projects based on priorities and deadlines.
- AI auto-schedules your entire day
- Combines calendar + tasks + projects
- Automatically reschedules when things change
- No free tier
- AI scheduling can feel restrictive
Discord
Communication platform with text, voice, and video for communities, teams, and friend groups.
- Completely free for most features
- Excellent voice chat quality
- Huge bot and integration ecosystem
- Can be distracting with many servers
- Not designed for formal business use
Zoom
Video conferencing platform for meetings, webinars, and virtual events with AI Companion.
- Reliable video quality even on poor connections
- AI Companion for meeting summaries
- Breakout rooms for workshops
- 40-minute limit on free plan
- Zoom fatigue is a real thing
GitHub
The world's largest code hosting platform with version control, CI/CD, project management, and AI-powered Copilot.
- Industry standard for open-source
- GitHub Actions CI/CD included free
- Copilot AI integration
- Free private repos limited on some features
- Actions minutes limited on free tier
HubSpot
All-in-one CRM platform with marketing, sales, service, and CMS hubs for growing businesses.
- CRM is completely free forever
- All-in-one marketing + sales + service
- Excellent onboarding and academy
- Paid hubs are very expensive
- Contracts are annual
Pipedrive
Sales-focused CRM designed by salespeople with visual pipeline management and activity-based selling.
- Visual pipeline is intuitive
- Activity-based selling methodology
- Easy to set up and use
- No free tier
- Marketing features are add-ons
Zendesk
Customer service platform with ticketing, live chat, knowledge base, and AI-powered support automation.
- Industry standard for support teams
- Omnichannel — email, chat, phone, social
- Powerful automation and triggers
- Expensive for small teams
- Complex setup and configuration
Intercom
AI-first customer service platform with Fin AI Agent that resolves 50%+ of support questions instantly.
- Fin AI Agent resolves issues autonomously
- Beautiful messenger widget
- Powerful product tours and onboarding
- Very expensive for growing teams
- Per-resolution pricing for AI can add up
Freshdesk
Customer support software with ticketing, self-service portal, and AI-powered automation by Freshworks.
- Free tier with up to 2 agents
- Intuitive and easy to set up
- Freddy AI for ticket classification
- Advanced features only on expensive plans
- Less customizable than Zendesk
Apollo.io
Sales intelligence and engagement platform with 275M+ contacts database for prospecting and outreach.
- 275M+ verified contacts database
- Email sequences with A/B testing
- Free tier with 10,000 credits/month
- Data accuracy varies by region
- Email deliverability can suffer at scale
Instantly
Cold email outreach platform with unlimited email accounts, AI personalization, and deliverability optimization.
- Unlimited email sending accounts
- AI-powered email warmup included
- Lead database with 160M+ contacts
- No free tier
- Only for cold outreach (not full CRM)
Basecamp
Simple project management and team communication tool with opinionated workflows to reduce meetings and email.
- Flat monthly price for unlimited projects (Pro)
- Reduces meeting culture with async communication
- Hill Charts for visual project progress
- No free tier available
- Limited customization compared to Asana/Monday
Reclaim.ai
AI scheduling tool that automatically finds time for tasks, habits, meetings, and breaks in your calendar.
- AI defends time for deep work automatically
- Smart 1:1 and meeting scheduling
- Habit tracking with flexible time blocks
- Google Calendar only (no Outlook yet)
- AI can over-schedule if not tuned
Salesforce
The world's largest CRM platform with sales, service, marketing, and AI capabilities for enterprises of all sizes.
- Most customizable CRM platform available
- Massive AppExchange ecosystem (7000+ apps)
- Einstein AI for predictive insights
- Very expensive with add-on costs
- Requires dedicated admin for proper setup
Close
CRM built for inside sales teams with built-in calling, email sequences, and pipeline management for fast-moving startups.
- Built-in VoIP calling and SMS
- Powerful email sequences with tracking
- Designed specifically for inside sales workflow
- No free tier available
- Limited marketing automation
Gong
Revenue intelligence platform that analyzes sales calls, emails, and meetings to provide AI-powered insights and coaching.
- AI automatically identifies winning behaviors in calls
- Deal intelligence predicts close probability
- Powerful coaching features for sales managers
- Very expensive (typically $100+/user/month)
- Requires minimum user commitments
Crisp
All-in-one customer messaging platform with live chat, chatbot, knowledge base, and shared inbox for small businesses.
- Very generous free tier (2 seats included)
- Per-workspace pricing instead of per-seat
- Built-in chatbot builder with no-code
- Limited advanced automation compared to Intercom
- Chatbot AI less sophisticated than competitors
Proton
Privacy-focused suite offering end-to-end encrypted email, VPN, cloud storage, calendar, and password manager, built by CERN scientists in Switzerland.
- End-to-end encryption for all services
- Swiss-based with strong privacy laws
- Open-source and independently audited
- Free storage is limited (1GB for mail)
- Less feature-rich than mainstream alternatives
SavvyCal
Scheduling tool designed to be respectful of both parties' time, offering overlay calendars, personalized links, and a recipient-first booking experience.
- Recipients can overlay their own calendar to find mutual times
- Ranked availability shows preferred times first
- Personalized scheduling links per contact
- Smaller brand recognition than Calendly
- Fewer integrations than established competitors
Acuity Scheduling
Online appointment scheduling software by Squarespace for service-based businesses to automate booking, payments, reminders, and client management.
- Highly customizable for service businesses
- Integrated payment processing (Stripe, Square, PayPal)
- Robust reminder and follow-up email system
- No free plan available
- Interface feels dated compared to modern alternatives
Doodle
Group scheduling tool that simplifies finding meeting times for multiple participants through polling, with booking pages and calendar integration.
- Best-in-class group scheduling with polls
- Participants don't need accounts to vote
- Simple and intuitive for non-technical users
- Free plan has ads and limited features
- Less suited for complex recurring scheduling
Notion Calendar
Calendar app by Notion (formerly Cron) combining scheduling with Notion database integration, offering time blocking, availability sharing, and multi-calendar views.
- Beautiful native app with fast performance
- Deep integration with Notion databases and pages
- Availability sharing without back-and-forth emails
- Requires Notion account for full functionality
- No Microsoft 365 calendar support yet
Brevo
All-in-one marketing platform (formerly Sendinblue) offering email, SMS, WhatsApp campaigns, CRM, and transactional messaging with generous free tier.
- Generous free plan with 300 emails per day
- Multi-channel: email, SMS, WhatsApp, push in one tool
- Built-in CRM included in all plans
- Email editor less polished than Mailchimp
- Automation features less advanced than ActiveCampaign
Telegram
Cloud-based messaging platform offering unlimited group chats, channels, bots, and file sharing with strong encryption and 900M+ monthly active users.
- Unlimited cloud storage for messages and files
- Powerful bot API for automation and services
- Groups up to 200,000 members
- End-to-end encryption only in Secret Chats (not default)
- Premium features fragmenting the experience
WhatsApp Business
Business messaging platform by Meta enabling companies to communicate with customers via WhatsApp with catalogs, automated replies, and API integration.
- Access to 2B+ WhatsApp users globally
- Free app for small businesses with basic features
- API platform for enterprise-scale messaging
- API pricing per-conversation can be expensive
- 24-hour response window for customer-initiated chats
Front
Customer operations platform combining shared inboxes, email, chat, and SMS into one collaborative workspace with workflow automation and analytics.
- Unified inbox combining email, chat, SMS, social
- Excellent team collaboration with internal comments
- Powerful automation rules and SLA management
- Expensive per-seat pricing especially at scale
- No free plan for small teams to try
Outreach
Sales execution platform combining multi-channel sequences, AI-powered deal intelligence, conversation intelligence, and pipeline management for revenue teams.
- Most comprehensive sales engagement platform
- AI-driven insights for deal risk and next steps
- Powerful multi-channel sequence automation
- Pricing not public (expensive enterprise tool)
- Steep learning curve with many features
SalesLoft
Revenue orchestration platform providing sales engagement, conversation intelligence, deal management, and forecasting in a unified workflow for revenue teams.
- Intuitive UI that reps actually want to use
- Strong cadence/sequence management
- Excellent conversation intelligence with call recording
- Pricing requires sales contact (not transparent)
- Some advanced features only in premier tier
ZoomInfo
B2B intelligence platform providing company and contact data, buying intent signals, and workflow automation for sales, marketing, and recruiting teams.
- Largest B2B contact database (100M+ business profiles)
- Real-time buying intent signals from 300K+ sources
- Website visitor identification for target accounts
- Very expensive (typically $15K-50K+ annually)
- Contact data accuracy varies by region/industry
Clearbit
B2B data enrichment and intelligence platform (now part of HubSpot) providing real-time company and contact data for lead scoring, routing, and personalization.
- Real-time enrichment with 100+ data attributes
- Excellent API for programmatic data access
- Free weekly visitor reports for any website
- Full platform pricing is expensive
- Data coverage weaker outside US/Western markets
Clay
Data enrichment and outreach platform combining 75+ data providers with AI-powered research to build targeted prospect lists and personalize outbound at scale.
- Aggregates 75+ data sources in one waterfall enrichment
- AI research agent writes personalized outreach copy
- Flexible spreadsheet-like interface for data manipulation
- Expensive for small teams (starter at $149/mo)
- Learning curve for advanced data workflows
Lemlist
Cold email outreach platform with AI-powered personalization, multi-channel sequences, email warm-up, and deliverability tools for B2B sales teams.
- Excellent deliverability with built-in email warm-up
- AI personalization for images and text at scale
- Multi-channel (email + LinkedIn + calls) in one tool
- Per-seat pricing expensive for large teams
- UI can feel cluttered with many features
Chatwoot
Open-source customer engagement platform offering live chat, email, social media, and WhatsApp support with AI features and self-hosting capability.
- Open-source with full self-hosting option
- Omnichannel (chat, email, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.)
- AI-powered response suggestions and summaries
- Self-hosting requires DevOps knowledge
- Fewer integrations than established help desks
Cal.ai
AI-powered scheduling assistant built on Cal.com that handles meeting scheduling via natural language, automatically resolving conflicts and suggesting optimal times.
- Natural language scheduling via email or chat
- Automatic conflict resolution across calendars
- Open-source foundation with full transparency
- AI features still maturing
- Requires Cal.com account as foundation
PhantomBuster
Cloud-based automation platform for lead generation, extracting data from social networks, and automating outreach across LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and more.
- Pre-built automations for LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.
- No coding required for complex scraping workflows
- Cloud-based (runs 24/7 without your computer)
- Violates most social platform terms of service
- Account ban risk on LinkedIn and other networks
Novu
Open-source notification infrastructure for developers providing a unified API to manage in-app, email, SMS, push, and chat notifications with subscriber preferences.
- Single API for all notification channels
- Open-source with self-hosting option
- Built-in notification center UI component
- Complex setup for advanced use cases
- Documentation has gaps for edge cases
TickTick
All-in-one task manager with calendar, habit tracker, and Pomodoro timer.
- Built-in calendar and habits
- Pomodoro included
- Affordable premium
- Some features need premium
- Smaller ecosystem
Clockwise
AI-powered calendar management tool that optimizes team schedules by automatically moving flexible meetings to create Focus Time blocks for deep work.
- Creates Focus Time automatically
- AI resolves scheduling conflicts
- Team-wide schedule optimization
- Requires team adoption for best results
- Can over-optimize meeting moves
Doximity
Professional network and telehealth platform exclusively for healthcare professionals, with verified physician profiles, secure messaging, and e-faxing.
- Largest physician network in the US
- HIPAA-compliant video calls
- Free e-fax and secure messaging
- Limited to US healthcare professionals
- Premium features for recruiters only
Jane App
Practice management software for health and wellness clinics, handling online booking, charting, billing, and insurance claims in one unified platform.
- Beautiful and intuitive interface
- Online booking with custom intake forms
- Insurance billing built in
- No free plan or trial without credit card
- Canada-focused (expanding globally)
Any.do
Minimalist task management app combining daily planner, to-do lists, and calendar in a clean interface designed for people who want simplicity over complexity.
- Beautiful minimal interface
- Daily planner feature prioritizes tasks
- WhatsApp integration for task creation
- Limited free plan features
- Fewer power features than TickTick
Nutshell
User-friendly CRM with built-in email marketing designed for small businesses, combining contact management, sales automation, and email campaigns in one tool.
- CRM + email marketing in one platform
- Very intuitive for non-technical users
- Unlimited contacts on all plans
- Fewer integrations than HubSpot
- Limited customization
Copper
CRM built natively for Google Workspace that lives inside Gmail and Google apps, automatically logging emails, events, and files without manual data entry.
- Native Google Workspace integration
- Automatic email and activity logging
- Works inside Gmail sidebar
- Only useful with Google Workspace
- Expensive for basic features
Lark
All-in-one collaboration suite by ByteDance combining messaging, video calls, docs, sheets, and project management in a single integrated platform.
- All-in-one suite (chat, docs, video, tasks)
- Very generous free tier
- Fast and responsive
- ByteDance ownership raises data concerns
- Less popular in Western markets
Rocket.Chat
Open-source team communication platform and Slack alternative with self-hosting, end-to-end encryption, and federation for secure enterprise messaging.
- Fully open-source and self-hostable
- End-to-end encryption
- Federation support between instances
- Self-hosted requires maintenance
- Mobile apps less polished than Slack
Routine
AI-powered planner that unifies calendar, tasks, and notes in one tool with smart scheduling that automatically finds the best time for your tasks.
- Unifies calendar + tasks + notes
- AI auto-schedules tasks into free time
- Beautiful minimal design
- Newer product with fewer integrations
- Limited team features
Lavender
AI email coach for sales teams that scores your emails in real-time, suggests improvements, and provides personalization insights from prospect data to boost reply rates.
- Real-time email scoring
- Prospect personality insights
- AI rewrite suggestions
- Sales email focused only
- Gmail/Outlook only
Salesforce
World's leading CRM platform for sales, service, and marketing automation.
- Extremely customizable
- Massive app ecosystem
- AI-powered insights
- Steep learning curve
- Expensive for small teams
HubSpot CRM
Free CRM with powerful marketing, sales, and service hubs for growing businesses.
- Generous free tier
- All-in-one platform
- Great documentation
- Gets expensive quickly
- Limited customization on free plan
Drift
Conversational marketing platform with AI chatbots for B2B revenue acceleration.
- Powerful chatbot builder
- Revenue attribution
- Good integrations
- Very expensive
- Complex setup
Statuspage
Hosted status page platform to communicate real-time system status to users.
- Easy setup
- Atlassian integration
- Custom branding
- Expensive for what it does
- Limited customization
eM Client
Full-featured desktop email client with calendar, contacts, and chat integration.
- One-time purchase
- Feature-rich
- Good Exchange support
- Desktop only
- Free limited to 2 accounts
Zoom
Video-first unified communications platform for meetings, webinars, and collaboration.
- Reliable video quality
- Easy to use
- Large meeting capacity
- Meeting time limits on free
- Security concerns history
Google Meet
Google's video conferencing solution with AI-powered features and Workspace integration.
- Free for everyone
- No downloads needed
- Google Calendar integration
- Limited features vs Zoom
- Requires Google account
Cisco Webex
Enterprise video conferencing and collaboration platform by Cisco.
- Enterprise-grade security
- High-quality video
- AI features
- Complex interface
- Expensive
Fantastical
Powerful calendar app for Apple with natural language input and beautiful design.
- Natural language input
- Beautiful design
- Weather integration
- Apple only
- Expensive
BusyCal
Professional calendar app for Mac with customizable views and task integration.
- Highly customizable
- Menu bar calendar
- Natural language
- Mac only
- Learning curve
Google Calendar
Free cloud calendar with smart scheduling, event suggestions, and team features.
- Free
- Great integrations
- Smart suggestions
- Limited customization
- Basic views
Pipedrive
Sales CRM designed by salespeople with visual pipeline management and automation.
- Visual pipeline
- Easy to use
- Good automation
- Limited marketing features
- Reporting basic on lower plans
Zoho CRM
Feature-rich CRM with AI assistant and extensive customization for all business sizes.
- Affordable
- Zoho ecosystem
- AI assistant Zia
- Interface cluttered
- Learning curve
Outreach
Sales execution platform with sequences, analytics, and AI-powered engagement.
- Powerful sequences
- Great analytics
- AI deal insights
- Expensive
- Complex setup
Apollo.io
Sales intelligence and engagement platform with 275M+ contact database.
- Huge contact database
- Good free tier
- Sequences included
- Data accuracy varies
- Email deliverability
Intercom
AI-first customer service platform with messenger, bots, and help center.
- AI-first approach
- Great messenger widget
- Product tours
- Expensive
- Complex pricing
Twilio
Cloud communications platform with APIs for SMS, voice, video, and email.
- Comprehensive APIs
- Reliable infrastructure
- Great documentation
- Complex pricing
- Expensive at scale
Mattermost
Open-source messaging platform for secure team collaboration and DevOps workflows.
- Self-hostable
- Open source
- DevOps integrations
- Smaller ecosystem
- Fewer integrations than Slack
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