// SIDE-BY-SIDE
We did the math
Competitors charge for routing forms, round robin, SMS reminders, and webhooks. In 42min, all of it is free — every feature, every user. Numbers below sourced May 2026.
WINNER
01
42min
$0
Full features. Every user. No paywalls.
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Calendly
$12+/mo
Per user. Most features locked behind paid add-ons.
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Cal.com
$15+/mo
Per user. OSS but tier-gated for teams.
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TidyCal
$29 once
Free plan caps at 10 bookings/month.
| FEATURE |
42min
FREE
|
Calendly Free
—
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Calendly Std
$12/mo
|
Calendly Teams
$20/mo
|
Cal.com Free
—
|
Cal.com Teams
$15/mo
|
TidyCal
$29 lifetime
|
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| // PRICING | |||||||
| Starting price | Free | Free | $12/mo | $20/mo | Free | $15/mo | $29 lifetime |
| Per-user billing | No | — | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | No |
| Free plan caps | None | 1 event type | — | — | Limited | — | 10 bookings/mo |
| Credit card required | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| // EVENT TYPES | |||||||
| One-on-one events | Unlimited | 1 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | 10/mo |
| Round robin | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Group events | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom duration | 10–120 min | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Default duration | 42 min ✨ | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min |
| Per-event language | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Limited | Limited | ✗ |
| Color coding | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clone event types | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Tags | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| // SCHEDULING | |||||||
| Named schedules (presets) | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multiple intervals per day | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Date-specific overrides | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Limited |
| Auto-holiday blocking | 50+ countries | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Daily / weekly / monthly caps | ✓ | Daily | Daily | Daily | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Pre/post buffers | 0–60 min | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Minimum notice | 0 min – 7 days | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Booking window | 1–365 days | 60 days | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| // FORMS & ROUTING | |||||||
| Custom questions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Drag & drop reorder | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Phone field validation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Additional guests | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMS opt-in consent | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Routing forms | ✓ Advanced | ✗ | ✗ | $20/mo addon | ✗ | $15/mo Pro | ✗ |
| If-then logic (AND/OR) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Paid | ✗ | Paid | ✗ |
| Multi-step qualification | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Paid | ✗ |
| Route by geography & language | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Limited | ✗ | Limited | ✗ |
| Submission analytics + CSV | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Paid | ✗ | Paid | ✗ |
| // AUTOMATIONS | |||||||
| Trigger-based workflows | ✓ | ✗ | Limited | ✓ | Limited | ✓ | Limited |
| Email reminders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SMS reminders | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | $20/mo | ✗ | Pro | ✗ |
| Follow-up emails | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Rich HTML email builder | ✓ | Plain | Plain | Limited | Plain | Limited | Plain |
| Form-answer variables | ✓ | ✗ | Limited | ✓ | Limited | ✓ | ✗ |
| Webhooks | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Paid | ✓ | Paid | ✗ |
| Google Calendar 2-way sync | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Google Meet auto-links | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| // TEAM & ANALYTICS | |||||||
| Multi-tenant accounts | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Groups & teams | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| RBAC roles | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Enterprise | ✗ | Pro | ✗ |
| Executive dashboard | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Paid | ✗ | Paid | ✗ |
| Routing funnel analytics | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Paid | ✗ | Paid | ✗ |
| CSV export | ✓ | ✗ | Limited | ✓ | Limited | ✓ | Limited |
| // LANGUAGES & SECURITY | |||||||
| Booking page languages | 12 | ~6 | ~6 | ~6 | ~10 | ~10 | English |
| Multilingual emails & SMS | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Limited | Limited | ✗ |
| Locale-aware date / time | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Argon2 / bcrypt passwords | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| HTTPS everywhere | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GDPR ready | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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