About Cal.com
Cal.com is an open-source scheduling platform and Calendly alternative. It provides customizable booking pages, team scheduling, round-robin routing, and API access — with the option to self-host for full data control. It is popular with developers, startups, and privacy-conscious teams.
Key Features
- Customizable booking pages
- Team scheduling and round-robin
- Calendar integrations (Google, Outlook, Apple)
- Custom workflows and notifications
- Payments (Stripe)
- API and webhooks
- Self-hostable
- Open-source (AGPLv3)
Pros
- Open-source and self-hostable
- Very customizable — more flexible than Calendly
- Strong API for developers
- Growing fast with a good community
Cons
- UI polish lags behind Calendly on some features
- Self-hosting requires technical setup
- Some advanced features (teams, workflows) are paid
Integrations
Google CalendarOutlookZoomGoogle MeetStripeZapier
Best Use Cases
- Meeting scheduling
- Sales demo booking
- Team scheduling
- Self-hosted scheduling infrastructure
Quick Info
- Website
- cal.com
- Founded
- 2021
- Company
- 50-100
- Pricing
- freemium