Best Calendly alternatives in 2026, compared on price and scope

We compared eight scheduling tools, including our own GoConverso, on scope and published pricing. No app count, no invented dates, every price links to the page we read it on.

Editorial disclosure: Disclosure: GoConverso, which publishes this page, is one of the eight tools listed below, not an independent reviewer.

The eight systems

How this list is ordered: The eight entries are sorted alphabetically by product name, not by our own ranking. GoConverso lands fourth, its alphabetical place, not first.

  1. Acuity Scheduling

    Health and wellness businesses that need deep scheduling logic, native calendar sync across providers, and package or membership sales, and already have a website hosted elsewhere.

    Pricing: Acuity Scheduling's Starter plan costs $20/month. Acuity Scheduling's Standard plan costs $34/month. Acuity Scheduling's Premium plan costs $61/month.

    Strengths

    • Native two-way sync with Google Calendar, iCloud and Microsoft Outlook, on every plan.
    • Clients can buy discounted session packages, recurring memberships and digital gift certificates straight from the booking page.
    • Intake forms built with healthcare providers in mind, with HIPAA compliance offered as an add-on.

    Where Acuity Scheduling beats us

    • Two-way calendar sync ships today on every plan; our own Google Calendar sync is still behind an internal preview list.
    • Session packages, memberships and gift certificates are sold natively; we don't have that today.
    • HIPAA compliance is a real, published option for healthcare providers; we don't publish that today.
    Visit Acuity Scheduling

  2. Booksy

    Hair salons, barbershops, spas and other beauty professionals who want new client discovery through a public marketplace, not just booking software.

    Pricing: Booksy's Booksy plan costs $29.99/month.

    Strengths

    • The Booksy Marketplace lists your business where people are already searching for a nearby beauty or barber appointment; listing itself is free.
    • Staff commission tracking and inventory tied to each service, built specifically for beauty and wellness.
    • Email and text marketing, with 2,000 free SMS a month, included in the single published plan.

    Where Booksy beats us

    • A public marketplace that brings in clients who don't know your business yet; GoConverso is software under your own brand, with no directory.
    • Beauty-specific workflows, like commission splits and service-linked inventory, that GoConverso doesn't have.
    Visit Booksy

  3. Cal.com

    Developers and technical teams who want an open source scheduling tool they can self-host and wire into their own product.

    Pricing: Cal.com's Free plan costs $0/month. Cal.com's Teams plan costs $12/month (per user, billed annually). Cal.com's Organizations plan costs $28/month (per user, billed annually). Cal.com does not publish a monthly price for the Enterprise plan (price on request).

    Strengths

    • Open source: you can read the code and self-host it on your own infrastructure instead of trusting a vendor's servers.
    • A free plan with unlimited event types and calendars for a single user, plus more than 100 app integrations.

    Where Cal.com beats us

    • Open source and self-hostable; GoConverso is closed source and cloud only.
    • A free tier with no published booking cap for a single user; GoConverso's free plan caps at 50 bookings a month.
    Visit Cal.com

  4. GoConverso

    Service businesses that want scheduling, WhatsApp, a client CRM, their own site and email marketing running in the same account, instead of stitching several tools together.

    Pricing: Free. Paid plans from $49/mo

    Strengths

    • WhatsApp built in as a two-way channel, open on every plan including Free, not a paid-tier upsell.
    • A client CRM with a real deal pipeline by stage, not just contact cards.
    • Your own site, with basic pages already on Free and a custom domain from the Plus plan up.
    • An email marketing sending quota included from the Free plan up, scaling by tier.
    • A usable free plan: real scheduling with 50 bookings a month, 5 services, WhatsApp and an email marketing quota, with no time limit.
    • A setup flow tailored to dozens of different business types, from barbershops and clinics to online courses and digital products.
    • A documented REST API, available to selected Ultra customers with manual onboarding.

    Where we fall short

    • Two-way Google Calendar sync is built, but still gated behind an internal preview allowlist, not a general plan feature yet.
    • A newer platform than long-established competitors like Acuity or Cal.com, with fewer third-party integrations today.
    • No point-of-sale hardware and no payroll product, unlike Square Appointments.
    • No public marketplace for client discovery, unlike Booksy; every booking still has to come from your own marketing.
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  5. Setmore

    Small teams on a tight budget who want a simple booking calendar with mobile apps, without needing marketing or CRM tools bundled in.

    Pricing: Setmore's Free plan costs $0/month. Setmore does not publish a monthly price for the Pro plan.

    Strengths

    • A free plan that covers up to 4 team members, more generous than most competitors' free tier.
    • Native mobile apps for managing bookings and calendars on the go.
    • Class and group bookings alongside one-on-one appointments.

    Where Setmore beats us

    • Its free plan covers up to 4 team members at no extra charge; GoConverso's free plan doesn't include paid team seats.
    • Class and group bookings as a first-class feature, not something GoConverso is built around.
    Visit Setmore

  6. SimplyBook.me

    Businesses that want to customize their booking system add-on by add-on, and are comfortable paying for exactly the features they use.

    Pricing: SimplyBook.me's Free plan costs $0/month. SimplyBook.me's Basic plan costs $13.9/month. SimplyBook.me's Standard plan costs $29.9/month. SimplyBook.me's Premium plan costs $59.9/month. SimplyBook.me does not publish a monthly price for the Enterprise plan (price on request).

    Strengths

    • A genuinely free plan, 50 bookings and 1 provider, with no credit card required.
    • Dozens of paid add-ons, like SMS credits, WhatsApp credits and AI voice booking, so you buy exactly the extra capability you need.
    • White-label options for the booking page.

    Where SimplyBook.me beats us

    • A free plan available today with no credit card and no time limit, the same trade-off as ours but capped by provider count instead of monthly bookings.
    • A large add-on marketplace that lets you add capability piece by piece instead of jumping a whole plan tier.
    Visit SimplyBook.me

  7. Square Appointments

    Physical shops, salons, clinics or retail counters, that want the same system running point of sale, inventory and staff payroll alongside scheduling.

    Pricing: Square Appointments's Free plan costs $0/month. Square Appointments does not publish a monthly price for the Plus plan. Square Appointments does not publish a monthly price for the Premium plan. Square Appointments does not publish a monthly price for the Square Pro plan (custom pricing, from 250 thousand US dollars processed per year).

    Strengths

    • Its own point-of-sale hardware line: Handheld, Terminal, Register, Stand and Kiosk.
    • Staff payroll running from the same dashboard: tax filing, timecards and direct deposit.
    • Real-time inventory sync across physical registers, kiosks and the online store.

    Where Square Appointments beats us

    • Sells its own point-of-sale hardware; we don't sell or integrate any hardware, every checkout we have is online through Stripe.
    • Runs payroll natively; we have no payroll product at all.
    • Broader inventory sync across physical and online channels than our online-only store.
    Visit Square Appointments

  8. YouCanBookMe

    Solopreneurs who just want a simple booking link layered on top of a calendar they already use, without learning a bigger platform.

    Pricing: YouCanBookMe's Free plan costs $0/month. YouCanBookMe does not publish a monthly price for the Individual plan. YouCanBookMe does not publish a monthly price for the Professional plan. YouCanBookMe does not publish a monthly price for the Team plan.

    Strengths

    • A very simple setup focused purely on turning an existing calendar into a booking page.
    • Multiple calendar connections and booking pages available even on entry tiers.
    • Automations and notification rules that trigger directly off calendar events.

    Where YouCanBookMe beats us

    • A lighter footprint and faster setup if all you want is a booking link; GoConverso is a heavier platform to configure for that single job.
    • A free plan focused purely on a single calendar and booking page, without the rest of a business platform to set up first.
    Visit YouCanBookMe

Frequently asked questions

Isn't it strange that GoConverso includes itself on its own alternatives list?
We publish this page and we're one of the eight tools on it, exactly what the disclosure above says. We chose alphabetical order specifically so our own position isn't a judgment call we get to make. Where a rival beats us, the entry says so directly instead of hiding it in the fine print.
How did you pick these eight tools?
These are scheduling tools often searched alongside Calendly, spanning different models: general-purpose scheduling (Acuity, SimplyBook.me, Setmore, YouCanBookMe), a developer-focused open source option (Cal.com), a point-of-sale bundle (Square Appointments), a beauty industry marketplace (Booksy), and our own all-in-one platform.
Are the prices on this page still accurate?
We read every third-party price straight from the vendor's own pricing page on the date shown next to it. Where a vendor renders its price with client-side code we couldn't read, or simply doesn't publish a number, we mark it as not published instead of guessing. Prices change, so check the vendor's own page before you commit.

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