Cal.com

What it is for

Cal.com is an open-source scheduling desk: you create an event type, share a link, and you can start Cloud Free at $0 (1 user) or self-host. Use it when the job is bookings you start at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Cal.com Event Setup (Daily standup, duration, Cal Video) from the event-type docs — not a pricing card. The form itself is ops of Event types.

Key features

• Event types — a bookable meeting you configure (event-type; pricing Unlimited event types). One type. Duration, location, and slug are this surface. Recurring and payments are options on this type, not a second product. The cover is ops.
• Availability — working hours that an event type reads (availability-settings). A schedule, not a meeting type. Collective / team hours sit here.
• Bookings — a confirmed slot on an event type (Booker). A reservation, not the type you edited. Email / SMS notifications sit on this.
• Teams — a shared workspace with seats (pricing Teams $12/user/month yearly). A room, not an event type. Organizations ($28/user/month yearly) add company-wide controls.
• Self-host — the MIT app you run; Cloud is Free / Teams / Organizations / Enterprise (GitHub). A deploy, not a booking. Calendar sync and 100+ integrations print on Free.

Seats are the Cloud meter on Teams / Organizations. The dollars we fetched sit on the YEARLY toggle (Save 25%). A monthly toggle exists — do not invent a monthly card.

Who it's for

Best fit: individuals who will stay on Free $0 (1 user, unlimited event types, calendar sync, no card) while they publish a first standup link, then buy Teams at $12 per user / month billed yearly when a second booker needs a shared workspace.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from cal.com/pricing. Cloud is seats. The cards we fetched were on the YEARLY toggle.

• Free — $0 forever. 1 user. Unlimited event types and calendars. Email & SMS notifications. 1-click Calendly import. 100+ integrations.
• Teams — $12 / user / month billed yearly (Save 25% printed). Shared booking, routing, analytics, custom APIs.
• Organizations — $28 / user / month billed yearly (Save 25% printed). Company-wide controls and privacy features on the card.
• Enterprise — custom. Scheduling without limits on the card we fetched.
• Self-host — $0 for the public app. You run it.

Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location. Re-check the yearly/monthly toggle — do not invent the monthly dollar.

Limitations / costs

• Free is 1 user. The second booker is Teams at $12/user/month (yearly).
• A scheduling desk, not a calendar AI. For time-blocking see Reclaim. For meeting notes after the call see Granola.

Alternatives

• Reclaim — calendar time-blocking when you will not share a public booking link.
• Granola — meeting notes when the meeting is already booked.
• Amie — a personal calendar when you will not publish an event-type link.

Official tutorial

Official docs path only. The @calcom YouTube handle we opened resolved to Calcom de Mexico, not Cal.com, Inc. The @CalcomInc channel’s listed videos were brand/retreat stories, not a first-party product walkthrough we could embed on 2026-10-22 — do not embed a third-party “How to Use Cal.com” video (oEmbed author: Lvl 99 TechSkillz).

Written path: cal.com/pricing plus the event-type docs screenshot.

Website

https://cal.com

Repository

https://github.com/calcom/cal.com

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Cal.com Event Setup from the event-type docs. Dollars checked on cal.com/pricing (Free $0; Teams $12/user/mo yearly; Organizations $28/user/mo yearly; self-host $0).

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.