The free TidyCal alternative that doesn't stop at the booking page
TidyCal is a tidy booking link. It also has no webhooks, no routing forms and no workflow builder on any plan, including $29, $79 and Pro. 42min has all three on the free plan.
No credit card · Free plan · Webhooks, routing, round robin and workflows included
- Free1 calendar connection
- $29Individual (lifetime, AppSumo)
- $79Agency (lifetime, AppSumo)
- $12/moPro (added April 2026)
That covers every feature and every user, with no tier above it.
Which plan unlocks it?
Every capability below is on 42min's free plan. The right-hand column is the cheapest TidyCal plan that unlocks the same thing, or a note that nothing does.
| CAPABILITY | 42min one plan · $0 | TidyCal cheapest plan that unlocks it |
|---|---|---|
| SETUP | ||
| Calendar providers supported | Google, Microsoft, Apple iCloud, Zoho, Yahoo, Fastmail, Yandex, CalDAV | Google, Microsoft, Apple |
| Calendar connections on the free plan | Unlimited | 1 |
| Auto-generated Meet / Teams links | Free | $29 Individual |
| MEETING TYPES | ||
| Group bookings | Free | $29 Individual |
| Booking caps: day / week / month | Free | $29 Individual |
| Round robin | Free | $79 Agency |
| Round-robin workload balancing | Free | Not available |
| Meeting polls | Free | Free |
| Recurring meetings | Free | Free |
| Reschedule a whole series | Free | Not available |
| PAYMENTS | ||
| Paid bookings through Stripe | Free | Free |
| Platform fee on Stripe payments | 0% | 1%, or none on $12/mo Pro |
| ROUTING | ||
| Routing forms | Free | Not available |
| If-then rules (AND / OR) | Free | Not available |
| Multi-step qualification | Free | Not available |
| Routing response analytics + CSV | Free | Not available |
| AUTOMATION | ||
| Workflow builder | Free | Not available |
| Workflow triggers | Free (5) | Default reminders only |
| Automated follow-ups | Free (per workflow) | Free (3 per account) |
| Webhooks | Free | Not available |
| Public API | Free (v1, OAuth 2.1 + scopes) | $29 (v0.1, 18 endpoints) |
| AI assistant (MCP) | Free (read & write) | $29 (read-only) |
| TEAMS | ||
| Teams & shared event types | Free | $79 Agency |
| Roles | Free (Admin / Manager / User) | $79 (Owner / Admin / User) |
| Analytics dashboard + CSV export | Free | $29 Individual |
| LANGUAGES | ||
| Booking-page language per event type | Free | Not available (one setting per account) |
| Dashboard / admin interface language | Free (14 languages) | English only |
Bookings go in. Nothing comes out.
TidyCal can take a booking. What it can't do is push that booking to the rest of your stack the moment it happens. There are no webhooks on any plan. TidyCal's own help center says so, and its public roadmap carries four separate open webhook requests, all still marked “Gathering votes”. Its Zapier app has seven triggers, zero actions, and polls on a schedule rather than firing instantly. The public API is version 0.1 with eighteen endpoints and no availability routes. The MCP endpoint is read-only.
Webhooks that fire on the event
Six event types, a signing secret you can rotate, a delivery log, and automatic pausing when an endpoint keeps failing. TidyCal has no webhook support at any price. Four separate requests for it sit open on its public roadmap.
An API you can build on
Version 1, with OAuth 2.1 + PKCE, scoped tokens, idempotency keys and optimistic locking on writes. TidyCal's API is version 0.1: eighteen endpoints, no availability routes.
An assistant that can act
42min's MCP server gives an AI assistant tools that read and write, so it can actually book, reschedule and cancel. TidyCal's MCP endpoint is read-only, on paid plans.
Three more places TidyCal stops
Three calendar providers
TidyCal connects Google, Microsoft and Apple, with exactly one connection on the free plan. 42min connects eight: those three plus Zoho, Yahoo, Fastmail, Yandex and any CalDAV server, including self-hosted Nextcloud or Radicale. CalDAV support has been an open request on TidyCal's roadmap since June 2025.
No way to ask a question first
Every visitor lands on the same page and books the same thing. 42min routes on the answers, with AND/OR rules, forms that chain into a decision tree, and a response log you can export. TidyCal's own comparison pages point elsewhere for routing logic.
One language for the whole account
TidyCal's booking pages localize, but the language is a single account-wide setting and its admin interface is English only. 42min sets the booking language per event type (a French page and a Japanese page in one account), and runs the dashboard itself in any of fourteen languages.
What $0 actually looks like
These are screens from the free plan. Nothing here expires.
Switching takes about ten minutes
Nothing to export: your bookings live in your calendar- STEP 1
Connect a calendar
Google, Microsoft, Apple, Zoho, Yahoo, Fastmail, Yandex or any CalDAV server.
- STEP 2
Rebuild your booking types
Durations, buffers, questions and availability: the same settings, in a different editor.
- STEP 3
Swap your link
Email signature, site button, social bios. Bookings live in your calendar, so there's nothing to export.
Questions, answered
Partly. The $29 Individual and $79 Agency lifetime tiers are still sold through AppSumo, but TidyCal added a recurring Pro plan at $12/mo (or $99/yr) in April 2026, and some capabilities now sit on that plan rather than on either lifetime tier.
Teams already scheduling with 42min
Keep the booking link. Add the plumbing.
Routing forms, workflows, signed webhooks, round robin and team roles are all on the free plan, from the first minute.
No credit card · Free plan · Webhooks, routing, round robin and workflows included