Blockit vs Calendly

Blockit

• Executives and investors with many external meetings to arrange
• Teams that coordinate in Slack and want scheduling handled in the thread
• Trying an AI scheduling agent on a free plan of 15 meetings a month

Calendly

• Sales, recruiting and customer teams that book many external meetings
• Individuals who need one free booking link
• Teams that need round-robin assignment and lead routing

Blockit

• Free covers 15 scheduled meetings a month and Lite 40; unlimited meetings need Infinity at $395 a month billed yearly.
• The proactive agent that watches for conflicts and trips is left out of the Free plan.
• SSO, the admin dashboard, delegate access for EAs and a custom domain are Enterprise only, which starts at $20k a year.
• Blockit works through email and Slack threads; no mobile or desktop apps are listed.

Calendly

• The Free plan allows one event type and one calendar connection, for one-on-one meetings only.
• Round-robin scheduling, lead routing and Salesforce sync need Teams; SSO is an add-on on Teams and built into Enterprise.
• Notetaker and Callie are not in base Standard or Teams. They need a Plus plan (Teams Plus is $24 per seat / month, billed yearly) and are English-only.
• Enterprise starts at $15k per year and 50 seats and is billed in USD only.

Blockit

Email and Slack agents

Add Blockit to an email thread, message it in Slack or @mention it in a channel. It works out a time with the other side and sends the invite with a video link.

Group scheduling

For colleagues it reads shared calendars directly, and for outside guests it proposes times. Required and optional attendees are weighed differently.

Preferences and memory

It applies saved meeting templates, rules you have stated once, the blocks you hold and which meetings are allowed to move.

Adjustable autonomy

You pick how much it does alone, from reviewing every invite before it sends to full autopilot, and can set this per person or per meeting type.

Reschedules and follow-ups

It reworks a meeting when someone declines or asks to push it, follows up with people who have not replied, and hands the decision back when it is yours to make.

Autoblocking

When the other person also uses Blockit, the agent can see both calendars and books the meeting without an exchange of emails.

Calendly

Event types and booking pages

Set up event types and share a link so invitees choose a time from your availability. Free allows one event type; paid plans allow unlimited.

Team scheduling

Group and collective events come with Standard. Round-robin distribution and centrally managed event types start on Teams.

Routing and CRM sync

Teams adds lead qualification and routing along with Salesforce sync. HubSpot connects from the Standard plan.

Automations and payments

Standard and above send automated reminders and can take payment at booking through Stripe or PayPal.

Notetaker and Callie

Notetaker joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls to record, transcribe and recap them. Callie is a beta AI assistant that schedules over email. Both come with the Plus plans.

Apps, extensions and API

iOS and Android apps, extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari, add-ins for Outlook, Gmail and LinkedIn, website embeds, and a REST API with webhooks.

Blockit

• Free$0

  15 meetings scheduled per month, with the email and Slack agents, instant reply and 24/7 service.

• Lite$83

  per month, billed yearly at $999 ($145 billed monthly)

  40 meetings a month, plus the proactive agent that watches for conflicts, trips and similar changes.

• Infinity$395

  per month, billed yearly at $4,740 ($495 billed monthly)

  Unlimited meetings, aimed at people whose calendars are booked back to back.

• EnterpriseFrom $20k

  per year, on an annual agreement

  Adds SSO, role-based access, admin dashboards, a custom domain, delegate access for EAs, centralized billing and a dedicated CSM.

Calendly

• Free$0

  One event type, one calendar connection and one-on-one scheduling.

• Standard$10

  per seat / month, billed yearly

  Unlimited event types, up to 6 calendar connections, group events, automations, and Stripe and PayPal payments.

• Teams$16

  per seat / month, billed yearly

  Adds round-robin scheduling, lead routing, Salesforce sync, admin tools and an optional SSO add-on.

• EnterpriseFrom $15k

  per year, starting at 50 seats

  SSO and advanced provisioning, audit logging, the full Salesforce routing suite and priority support.

Blockit

• Annual discount

  Save up to 43% with yearly billing

  Lite is $999 a year, shown as $83 a month, against $145 billed monthly, a 43% saving. Infinity is $4,740 a year against $495 a month, a 20% saving.

Calendly

• Annual discount

  Save 17% to 20% with yearly billing

  Calendly's pricing page lists a 17% saving on Standard and a 20% saving on Teams when billed yearly instead of monthly.

• Other savings

  Volume pricing on annual Teams plans

  On annual Teams plans, seats beyond the first 30 cost less: $14.50 per month for seats 31 to 50, stepping down to $12 from seat 301.