About Calendly
Calendly pricing
Calendly has a free version and offers a free trial. Calendly paid version starts at US$10.00/month.
Alternatives to Calendly
Calendly Reviews
Feature rating
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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Looking for a way for your clients to book with you online? Look no further!
Calendly has given me the ability to let my clients book time with me in an easy, effective, efficient and streamlined way - I know I've said this over and over again, that' because it's true! In 2022, there's nothing better than trying an new product that works EXACTLY as it's advertised to work while also providing much more features than you thought were possible/knew you needed. Calendly has helped me to streamline my workflow through creating an easy booking process that requires almost no effort from me. Set it and forget it.
Pros
I love the simplicity of Calendly both on the front end and the back end. My clients can book through a Calendly link that takes them to a professional looking booking page where only my available times can be selected while my personal information (calendar appointments and such) is kept private. On the back end, it is easy to create various kinds of events and include in them features such as booking questions, FAQs and various other information and options.
Cons
I have yet to find anything about calendly that i don't like. One place they can improve is to allow clients to book recurring events without having to answer the scheduling questions for each booking.
Alternatives Considered
Acuity SchedulingReasons for Choosing Calendly
I'm actually currently weighing the benefits of both in order to make a final decision. I was told to try Calendly as a part of a collaborative project that I'm participating in. I enjoy using both softwares, but Calendly seems to have more features and seems to be more intuitive and easy to use because of that. That said, I still love Koalendar.Switched From
KoalendarReasons for Switching to Calendly
Essentially the main reason is because the project I'm working on is not my own, that said, Calendly offers similar features to both, but in a more streamlined, easy to use way. Even though I use Wix as my website builder, I prefer calendly as my booking software.- Industry: Government Relations
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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Calendly is One of the Best Scheduling and Booking Management Programs
Though I my experience with Calendly has been mainly as someone booking an appointment with another party, I was impressed when I joined Calendly to see how many other features the program has that are also very helpful and useful! However, my favorite feature is still the booking system, as it is easy, quick, and a simple process. Overall, my experience with Calendly has been very positive and I am eager to explore its additional features in the near future.
Pros
Most of my experience with Calendly is as someone sent a link to one's Calendly account in order to book an appointment with them (job interview, client meeting, etc). I love how straightforward the scheduling is; the interface clearly shows what dates that person is available for the rest of the month and for several months in the future. Once you select your date of choice, it lists specific times for that day that you can schedule your time to meet. It allows you to compare time slots on different dates, which is great if your own availability is best for a certain time of day (such as in the evening). The scheduling feature completely removes the annoying back and forth emailing and phone calls and allows you to pick a date and time that works best for both parties in a matter of minutes. Recently I have gained experience as someone who sends my Calendly link to others in order for them to make appointments to meet with me, and I can tailor my booking availability according to my own schedule and calendar prior to sending the link to the person I want to meet with it. Once the person clicks my email link and books an appointment with me, Calendly immediately updates the program to reflect that I have an appointment booked with that particular person on that date and time, and sends me confirmation emails as well. If something comes up on either end and the date and/or time of the meeting needs to be changed, doing so through Calendly allows you to immediately reschedule.
Cons
As someone with somewhat limited experience with Calendly, I don't really have any complaints- I am looking forward to exploring Calendly's many features in the months to come. Thus far I do not have any cons to list.
- Industry: Professional Training & Coaching
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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While the most popular, not the most feature rich.
If you are good with tech, it's pretty straightforward and simple to deploy and use. Non tech folks will find it challenging to set up and will need help. Doesn't support multiple calendars out of the box and you need to subscribe to other calendars to make it work. A poor work around. Ultimately went with another solution.
Pros
Pretty straightforward if you're good with tech. Clean and well laid out booking system. Really good for individuals who have a single calendar and need simple bookings. Has everything you would expect from a booking tool such as reminders, custom fields, time zones, etc...
Cons
Poor implantation with multiple calendars.
- Industry: Media Production
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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Very Productive and Simple
Calendly has been very convenient and efficient for scheduling interviews, meetings, and in-house discussions. It has easy integration with various calendar applications, simplifies the process of setting up meetings and appointments, and helps streamline scheduling workflows. Although the user-friendly interface has limited room for exploration, the automated reminders keep me alert and I never missed a meeting. This has made Calendly my go-to app for team and client meeting scheduling platform.
Pros
Easy schedulingTime zone conversionCustomizable availabilityIntegration with calendarsMultiple event types, andAutomated reminders
Cons
Limitations of Customization featuresVery limited/No Customer support Basic user-interface More dependent on external calendars
Alternatives Considered
Google MeetReasons for Switching to Calendly
Calendly was handy and has more community acceptance and users. Actually, the kind of marketing that was used to sell Calendly is more appealing to us than the others. Calendly offers basic solutions, in an effective way, making life simpler. Google Meet is fine but does not come to mind quickly when I think of scheduling a client meeting as Calendly does.- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Useful, easy to use, modern
Great experience, I use it on a daily basis and it feels great, the cons are just small details, mostly trivial.
Pros
Great interface: Calendly feels modern and intuitive, it is extremely easy to find what you are looking for and accomplish the tasks you need.Feels modern: The whole experience in Calendly feels fresh and modern, while this might not be important to some people, when you use something on a daily basis it definitely feels good.Easy to manage: Managing multiple calendars and team members is easy, you have all the options at hand and you can make changes, creates new calendars, add team members in few clicks.Automations: The automation options are great, although they could be better. For a basic user
Cons
Would be great to have some extra Zaps to be used in Zapier, right now the existing options are limiting to a point where you need to integrate other tools to be able to accomplish certain workflows.After creating a calendar and defining the type, you can't really change it, instead you have to create a brand new calendar from scratch, quite annoying to figure this out after you have created and configured everything.
