A free SavvyCal alternative with routing forms and recurring meetings
SavvyCal is a pleasant link to book from, and a link only starts taking bookings once you pay $12 per user a month. Even then it has no routing forms, no recurring meetings and no SMS reminders. 42min has all three, along with round robin and webhooks, on the free plan.
No credit card · Free plan · Routing, recurring meetings and round robin included
What it takes to put your link live
SavvyCal lets you sign up and build links for free, and its meeting polls stay free. Taking bookings needs a paid plan for every person whose link is live.
- Sign up and build your linksFree
- Run a meeting pollFree
- Let people book a linkBasic plan, per user
42min
- Sign up and build your linksFree
- Run a meeting pollFree
- Let people book a linkFree
Compare SavvyCal features to 42min
42min's free plan next to the cheapest SavvyCal plan that offers each feature.
| CAPABILITY | 42min | SavvyCal |
|---|---|---|
| BOOKING LINKS | ||
| Links that take bookings | Free | Basic, $12 per user |
| Calendars you can connect | Google, Microsoft, iCloud, Zoho, Yahoo, Fastmail, Yandex, any CalDAV server | Google, Outlook, iCloud, Fastmail |
| Booking page languages | 14 | 3: English, French, Dutch |
| Single-use links | Free | Basic, $12 per user |
| Daily, weekly and monthly caps | Free | Basic, $12 per user |
| Meeting polls | Free | Free |
| TEAMS | ||
| Round robin | Free | Basic, $12 per user |
| Group events with a seat cap | Free | Basic, $12 per user |
| Recurring meetings | Free | Not available |
| ROUTING | ||
| Routing forms | Free | Not available |
| Rules with AND / OR conditions | Free | Not available |
| Forms that hand off to another form | Free | Not available |
| AUTOMATION | ||
| Email reminders and follow-ups | Free | Basic, $12 per user |
| SMS reminders | Yes | Not built in |
| Webhooks | Free | Basic, $12 per user |
| Public API | Free | Basic, $12 per user |
| Zapier actions that book or cancel | Free | Triggers only |
| AI assistant (MCP server) | Free | Not available |
| COST | ||
| Price per person | $0 | $12/mo |
Three things SavvyCal doesn't offer on any plan
Premium at $20 per user adds payments and custom domains. None of these come with it.
Routing forms
- SavvyCal links can ask questions, wait for your approval and turn away free email addresses, but every visitor still books the same link.
- A 42min routing form asks first, then sends each person to the right event type, an external page, a message or a second form, with rules that combine AND and OR conditions.
Recurring meetings
- Weekly coaching or a monthly check-in means booking every session one at a time in SavvyCal.
- In 42min an invitee books the whole series at once, and the page only offers times that are free on every date.
An AI assistant that can book
- SavvyCal has no official MCP server.
- 42min has an MCP server built in, so Claude, ChatGPT or any other MCP client can check your availability, book, cancel and reschedule from a chat.
FAQ
Not for taking bookings. You can sign up, set up your links and run meeting polls at no cost, but a link only takes bookings once you're on Basic at $12 per user per month or Premium at $20. In 42min, booking links work on the free plan.
Teams already scheduling with 42min
Put your booking link live for free
Connect your calendar, rebuild your SavvyCal links as event types and share the new URL. Your whole team books on the free plan.
No credit card · Free plan · Routing, recurring meetings and round robin included