Cal.com vs Notion Calendar
We give Cal.com a 3.6 GPA and Notion Calendar a 3.4, out of 4.0. Cal.com grades higher on features and platforms. Notion Calendar grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Cal.com
Scheduling platform with a free plan, API and embeds
Free plan · from $12/mo
How we grade them
| 3.6GPACal.comExcellent | 3.4GPANotion CalendarVery good | |
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| Value for money | BTeams is $12 per user a month billed yearly, $16 monthly. That's about the going rate for team booking tools, and a little over what a typical calendar app costs. SSO and sub-teams wait until Organizations at $28 a user. | AThere's nothing to buy. Several accounts in one view, scheduling links and Notion databases are all free. Fantastical keeps its booking links for the $4.75 a month plan. |
| Free plan and trial | AFree forever for 1 user, with unlimited event types and calendars, email and SMS notifications, Stripe and PayPal payments and 100+ app integrations. A solo user could stay here for good. | AThe whole app is free on every device, with no paid tier of its own. You do sign in with a Notion account, and Notion's free plan covers it. |
| Features | ABooking pages, round-robin, managed and collective event types, routing forms, analytics, payments, CRM sync and its own video calls in Cal Video. Then an API, embeds and workflow automation for building it into your own product. | BOn a computer you get scheduling links, time zones side by side, busy slots blocked across calendars and a shortcut for everything. But there's no travel time, and the phone app does far less. |
| Ease of use | BWe have no App Store rating on record, so a B is the ceiling here. The hosted version is sign up and share a link. Self-hosting Cal.diy is another story, and Cal.com recommends it for personal, non-production use only. | B4.7 from about 7,600 App Store ratings, and reviewers like how calm it looks. But iCloud needs an app-specific password from Apple, and this year's reviews mention events vanishing on the phone. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android and a browser extension. It connects Google Calendar, Outlook, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, HubSpot and Stripe, and has an API. | BWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, reading Google, iCloud and Outlook calendars. But there's no Linux app, Outlook calendars aren't on the phone apps yet, and the only API is a link that opens an event. |
| Best for | a booking page that's free for one person | seeing Notion deadlines next to your meetings |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Cal.com and Notion Calendar. How we grade
Where they differ
- Cal.com starts at $12 per user / month, billed yearly ($16 billed monthly). Notion Calendar is free.
- Only Cal.com lists a Linux app.
- Only Cal.com lists a browser extension.
- Cal.com is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Cal.com also covers workflow automation.
- Notion Calendar also covers calendar.
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At a glance
| Cal.com | Notion Calendar | |
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| Pricing | Free plan | Free |
| Starts at | $12 per user / month, billed yearly ($16 billed monthly) | Free |
| Free plan | Free forever for 1 user: unlimited event types and calendars, email and SMS notifications, 100+ app integrations, Stripe and PayPal payments, mobile app and browser extension. | Notion Calendar is free to use and has no paid tier of its own. Notion's pricing page lists it under every Notion plan, including the Free plan. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on the Teams and Organizations plans | None listed |
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| Made by | Cal.com, Inc. | Notion Labs, Inc. |
| Price read from | cal.com | notion.com |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Cal.com
- Solo users who want unlimited event types without paying
- Developers adding scheduling to their own product
- Organizations that need SAML SSO, SCIM and compliance attestations
Notion Calendar
- Notion users who want database deadlines next to their meetings
- People who want a free calendar app with scheduling links
- Combining Google, iCloud and Outlook calendars in one view
Worth knowing
Cal.com
- The free plan is limited to 1 user; shared team availability and round-robin scheduling need the Teams plan.
- Cal.com announced in April 2026 that its production code was going closed source. The open-source edition is now Cal.diy, without Teams, Organizations, Workflows or SSO.
- Cal.com recommends Cal.diy for personal, non-production use only; self-hosting the commercial product requires an enterprise license from sales.
- SAML SSO, SCIM and sub-teams start on the Organizations plan at $28 per user / month, billed yearly.
Notion Calendar
- The mobile apps show only 1 to 3 day views and cannot search events, edit most events or create Focus and out-of-office events.
- Notion's help center says mobile support for Microsoft Outlook calendars is still coming.
- Focus time and out-of-office events need a Google Workspace account, and travel time is not supported.
- Only one Notion account can be linked to a Notion Calendar account, and no Linux desktop app is listed.
Key features
Cal.com
- Unlimited event types on the free plan
- A single user can create unlimited event types, connect unlimited calendars and send email and SMS notifications without paying.
- Team scheduling
- The Teams plan adds shared availability, round-robin assignment, managed and collective event types, routing forms and booking analytics.
- Payments and CRM sync
- Stripe and PayPal payments and Salesforce and HubSpot sync are listed on the free plan, alongside 100+ app integrations.
- Cal Video
- Cal.com's own video conferencing service can host booked meetings as an alternative to Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams.
- API and embeds
- Cal.com is also aimed at developers building scheduling into their own products, with an API, embeds and workflow automation.
- Cal.diy community edition
- An MIT-licensed, self-hosted fork of Cal.com with the commercial code removed. It has no hosted version and needs no license key.
Notion Calendar
- Several calendar accounts in one view
- Connects Google Calendar, Apple iCloud and Microsoft Outlook calendars and can automatically block busy slots across them.
- Notion database items on the calendar
- Dated items from connected Notion databases appear next to events. Dragging one to a new time updates the Notion database.
- Availability and scheduling links
- Mark open times on the calendar and send them to others, or share a scheduling link that lets people book time with you.
- Command menu and shortcuts
- A command menu and keyboard shortcuts cover common actions; pressing ? in the app lists every shortcut.
- Time zone display
- Shows the day across several time zones, which helps when planning meetings with people in other regions.
- Conferencing links
- Creates Zoom meetings from an event, offers Google Meet by default on Google calendars and Microsoft Teams on Outlook calendars.
Plans
Cal.com
Free$0
One user with unlimited event types and calendars, payments, and Salesforce and HubSpot sync.
Teams$12
per user / month, billed yearly ($16 monthly)
Shared team availability, round-robin, managed and collective event types, routing forms, analytics and branding removal.
Organizations$28
per user / month, billed yearly ($37 monthly)
Unlimited sub-teams, company subdomain, SAML SSO, SCIM, role-based permissions, and SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 compliance.
EnterpriseCustom
Annual contracts with dedicated onboarding and engineering support, SLA and uptime guarantees, and a dedicated database.
Notion Calendar
Free$0
The full calendar app on web, desktop and mobile, with scheduling links and Notion database calendars.
Ways to pay less
Cal.com
- Annual discount
Save 25% with yearly billing
Cal.com's pricing page marks yearly billing as saving 25%: Teams is $12 and Organizations $28 per user per month billed yearly, against the $16 and $37 rates quoted on its homepage.
Notion Calendar
No public discounts listed.
