What each one does.
| What | Calendly | Cal.com | TimeLoop |
|---|---|---|---|
| In one line | Scheduling with a booking page, for one person or a team | Scheduling with booking links, free for individuals, with plans for teams and organisations | A day planner with a free booking link: people ask for one of your free times, and you answer |
| Free plan | One event type, one calendar connection, one-on-one scheduling and a customizable booking page | One user, unlimited links and calendars, e-mail and SMS notifications and 100+ app integrations | The booking link with one length at a time, offered from your real free time, every pick a request you accept, decline or answer with another time; the planner by hand |
| Calendars | One connection on Free, six on Standard and Teams | Unlimited calendar connections on the free plan | Reads the calendars on your phone, Google Calendar and Outlook as fixed events, writes your plan into its own TimeLoop calendar, and answers Google Calendar and Outlook invitations; free |
| Payments | Stripe and PayPal, from Standard | Stripe and PayPal, on the free plan | None |
| Teams | Round-robin and team scheduling on Teams | Round-robin, routing forms and removing its branding on Teams | None; circles find a time among people you know |
| Where it runs | In a browser, with a mobile app and a browser extension | In a browser, with a mobile app and a browser extension | iPhone and Android phones, in a browser on any computer and on the Mac, from the Mac App Store. The iPad and Apple Watch apps come with the iPhone app |
| Free and paid | Free, always. Standard $10 a seat a month billed yearly, or $12 billed monthly; Teams $16 or $20; on its pricing page | Free forever for individuals. Teams $12 a user a month and Organizations $28, with yearly billing shown, on its pricing page | The booking link is free. A free version; Pro €4.99 a month or €29.99 a year, in the United States $3.99 or $24.99. On the App Store the yearly plan starts with a free week |
As of November 2026. What is said about Calendly and Cal.com comes from their own websites and store listings; if it has changed since, their pages are right. Calendly and Cal.com belong to their makers and have nothing to do with TimeLoop.
Calendly fits if
You want a booking page with meeting tools around it, and you will move to Standard or Teams when you need more event types, calendars, payments or a team.
Cal.com fits if
You want the most on a free plan: unlimited links and calendars and payments at no cost, and a quick move from Calendly.
TimeLoop fits if
You want a planner for your whole day, and people to book only the time it leaves free, each pick waiting for your yes.
A request.
Then your answer.
In TimeLoop a picked time waits for you: accept, decline, or offer another free time.
Booking linkAna asks for Thu 12 Nov, 10:30.nowAsked through your link
Thursday 12 November
Ana is in your day and gets an invitation.
What TimeLoop adds.
Free time, not set hours
The times come from your plan as it is, not from availability rules you keep up to date.
You answer each one
Accept, decline, or offer another time. Your circles can be accepted at once.
The day around it
Tasks and goals get their hours first; a booking only takes what is left.
Calendly or Cal.com?
On the free plans, by their own pricing pages, Cal.com gives one person more: unlimited links and calendars, and payments through Stripe and PayPal. Calendly’s Free plan has one event type and one calendar connection, and payments start with Standard.
Both put team features on paid plans: round-robin, routing, and on Cal.com removing its branding. If your question is which free plan does more, it is Cal.com; if you plan to pay anyway, compare the paid plans’ tools for your kind of meeting.
Where TimeLoop is a different thing
TimeLoop is not a third scheduling tool. It is a day planner, and its booking link offers the time your plan leaves free. It has one length at a time, no payments, no team features and no questions for guests beyond a name and an e-mail address. Pick it for the day around the booking, not for the booking tools.
Asked before you asked.
Is Cal.com free?
For one person, yes: its pricing page lists a free plan, free forever, with unlimited links and calendars and payments through Stripe and PayPal. Teams and organisations pay per user.
What is the difference between Calendly and Cal.com on the free plans?
Calendly’s Free plan has one event type and one calendar connection, with payments from Standard. Cal.com’s free plan has unlimited links and calendars, and payments.
Which one can import from the other?
Cal.com’s pricing page lists a one-click import of Calendly events on its free plan.
What do Calendly and Cal.com cost next to TimeLoop?
Calendly: free with one event type; Standard $10 a seat a month billed yearly or $12 billed monthly, Teams $16 or $20. Cal.com: free for one person; Teams $12 a user a month and Organizations $28, with yearly billing shown. TimeLoop’s booking link is free; TimeLoop Pro is $3.99 a month or $24.99 a year in the United States, €4.99 or €29.99 in euros. As of October 2026.
Where do these facts come from?
From Calendly’s and Cal.com’s pricing pages, read on 5 November 2026. If something has changed since, their pages are right and this one is out of date.
Both give you a link where people pick a time with you. Calendly is built around the meeting. TimeLoop is built around your day, and the link is one part of it.
Read AlternativesCalendly alternativesCalendly’s free plan has one event type and one calendar. If you book time for yourself and want more for free, these five are worth a look, and for some needs Calendly’s paid plans stay the answer.
Read Booking linkBooking linkShare trytimeloop.com/@yourname in a message or in your bio. People pick one of your free times without an account, and you decide which requests go into your day.
ReadLast updated 5 November 2026.