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Cal.com vs SavvyCal

Cal.com and SavvyCal are both scheduling & calendar tools aimed at freelancers and small businesses. SavvyCal costs less, from $10/mo versus $12/mo for Cal.com. Only Cal.com has a free plan.

Cal.com

Open-source scheduling infrastructure

SavvyCal

Scheduling links recipients can overlay with their calendar

PricingOpen source · $12Paid · $10
Starting price$12/mo$10/mo
Free planYesNo
Free trial14 days—
Built forFreelancers, Small businessesFreelancers, Small businesses
Platformswebweb
CountryUS · 2021US · 2020
Rating——

Choose Cal.com if

Individuals, startups and developers who want a free or embeddable scheduler and value open source.

  • Free tier is more generous than Calendly
  • Open source; self-host or embed
  • Rapid feature development

Look elsewhere if: Teams that need deep Salesforce routing and enterprise support today, or who prefer a fully managed, battle-tested brand.

Choose SavvyCal if

Professionals who want a premium scheduling experience for invitees.

  • Best invitee experience
  • Thoughtful personalization
  • Clean design

Look elsewhere if: Budget users (Cal.com, zcal).

Cal.com vs SavvyCal pricing

Cal.com

  • Free$01 user, unlimited event types and calendars
  • Teams$12/user/moBilled yearly; round robin, routing forms, no branding
  • Organizations$28/user/moBilled yearly; sub-teams, SAML SSO, SCIM
  • EnterpriseCustomSLA, dedicated database, HRIS integrations

SavvyCal

  • Basic$10/user/moBilled annually (2 months free); monthly price not shown
  • Premium$17/user/moBilled annually; custom domain, no branding, Stripe

Cal.com · Key features

  • Unlimited event types and bookings on the free plan
  • Round-robin, collective and managed team events
  • Routing forms, workflows and booking questions
  • Cal Video plus Zoom, Meet, Teams integrations
  • Platform APIs and embeddable atoms for building scheduling into apps
  • Self-hostable open-source core

Cons

  • UI polish and reliability occasionally trail Calendly
  • Self-hosting is non-trivial at scale
  • Some enterprise features require paid license

SavvyCal · Key features

  • Calendar overlay for invitees
  • Ranked availability
  • Personalized links per recipient
  • Round robin and team scheduling
  • Payments and workflows
  • Polls for group meetings

Cons

  • No free plan
  • Smaller ecosystem than Calendly
  • Fewer CRM integrations

Cal.com vs SavvyCal: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Cal.com or SavvyCal?

SavvyCal starts at $10/mo and Cal.com at $12/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Cal.com and SavvyCal have a free plan?

Cal.com has a free plan. SavvyCal has no free plan.

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