The short answer
- One person with booking links? Cal.com is free forever for individuals, with booking pages, availability, time zones, calendar events and reminders. Modeled first-year saving against Calendly Standard: $70. the math
- Already paying for Google Workspace? Appointment booking pages are included on eligible plans, a modeled first-year saving of $119. the math
- For a team, Cal.com Teams costs $12/user/mo billed yearly, more than Calendly Standard at $10/user/mo billed yearly: switch a team for features, not price. the math
- A custom scheduler is modeled to cost $760 more than Calendly in year one for 1 seat. Don't write calendar sync from scratch. the math
Who should switch, and who shouldn't
Switch if
Stay if
- You use round-robin, multi-resource scheduling or enterprise routing. recipe
- You're a team: Cal.com's free plan is for 1 user, and its Teams plan costs more per user than Calendly Standard. the math
- Missed meetings cost you money and your current setup has no double-bookings: test daylight-saving changes and calendar conflicts before you switch. recipe
What Calendly costs today
List prices from the vendor's pricing page, as stored in the Stackcut catalog. Each price links its source.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly (per month) | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calendly Standard | $12/user/mo | $10/user/mo | Unlimited event types, multiple calendars, automations & reminders |
| Calendly Teams | $20/user/mo | $16/user/mo | Round-robin & team scheduling, routing, Salesforce |
The alternatives, ranked
5 ways out, ranked by modeled saving in the first year after setup and upkeep (4 priced). Modeled, not measured: each figure links the math on the recipe page.
- Paths are modeled for 1 user against Calendly Standard, at the monthly price for some paths and the yearly one for others, as each path shows. recipe
What scheduling costs at 1, 5 and 20 users
Calendly and Cal.com charge per user; free plans are single-user or one-on-one only.
| Option | List price | 1 user | 5 users | 20 users |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calendly Standard today | $10/user/mobilled yearly | $10 | $50 | $200 |
| Calendly Teams today | $16/user/mobilled yearly | $16 | $80 | $320 |
| Calendly Free1 event type, one-on-one only | $0free plan | $0free tier | $0free tier | $0free tier |
| Cal.com Free | $0/user/mofree for individuals | $0 | up to 1 user | up to 1 user |
| Cal.com Teams | $12/user/mobilled yearly | $12 | $60 | $240 |
| Rallly Progroup polls, not bookings | $6/user/mobilled yearly | $6 | $30 | $120 |
| Cal.diy (self-hosted Cal.com) | $0 licenseverify the current license | $0+ your server | $0+ your server | $0+ your server |
How to leave Calendly
Export first, then cancel. Every step links the vendor's own help page, checked on the date shown.
- Before you downgrade, re-share your new booking link everywhere the old one lives: email signatures, your site, templates. recipe
How to leave Calendly
Export first
- No export path documented yet.
Cancel
- Admin Center → Billing → Change plan → Upgrade/Downgrade → select the Free plan.
- Takes effect
- At the end of your current billing cycle; you keep paid features until then.
- Refunds
- Payments are generally non-refundable, as Calendly's terms say, though support may review special cases.
- After you cancel
- You land on the Free plan: One event type, one calendar connection, one-on-one scheduling only; no automations or reminders.
Not covered by the paths above, per the recipe: Complex round-robin, Multi-resource scheduling, Enterprise routing, Guaranteed external calendar uptime. If you rely on one of these, keep the incumbent or check the path closely.
Open-source and forkable options
- Rallly: For group scheduling polls, Rallly is free and open source. License: open_source
- Cal.diy: License: Current calcom/cal.com repository redirects here. Verify current license, maintenance and hosted-vs-community feature differences; no license certification in this seed.
Open source means no license fee, not free to run: the server, backups and upgrades are yours. Read the license before you fork or resell; several of these are open-core or source-available.
Replace with AI, or hand it to an agent skill
Replace with AI Replace with AI: custom scheduler: One user; availability, calendar event creation and reminders. First year: costs $760 more (modeled, not measured).
- The spec says to customize a maintained scheduling foundation and never write calendar sync from scratch for a low-cost solo account. recipe
FAQ
How do I cancel Calendly?
Admin Center → Billing → Change plan → Upgrade/Downgrade, then select the Free plan. It switches at the end of your billing cycle. calendly.com
Does Calendly give refunds?
Payments are generally non-refundable per Calendly's terms, though its support team may review special cases. calendly.com
What does Calendly's free plan include?
Is Cal.com open source?
Yes, and self-hostable, but the old calcom/cal.com repository now redirects to cal.diy, so check the current license and which features the community edition has before you rely on it. the math
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