Cal.com vs Timekit (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Cal.com grades higher than Timekit: 3.0 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Cal.com grades higher on value for money, the free plan, features and platforms. They get the same grade on 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
Timekit
Booking and scheduling flows priced by bookable resource
Which one is for you
Pick Cal.com if
- Fits if you're one person who wants a booking page with unlimited event types and no bill
- Works for developers adding scheduling to their own product with the API and embeds
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you chose it for being open source: the production code went closed in April 2026
- Tight if you're a team, since shared availability and round-robin need Teams at $12 a user billed yearly
- Not for you if you want to self-host the full product, which needs an enterprise license from sales
- Watch out: Cal.diy has no Teams, Workflows or SSO, and Cal.com advises it for personal, non-production use only
- Pricey if you need SAML SSO, SCIM or sub-teams, which start on Organizations at $28 a user billed yearly
Pick Timekit if
- Fits if you build booking into your own app and want an API
- Works for teams where each bookable person or room is billed as a resource
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want the API: Professional is $149 a month for 15 resources
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as none is listed
- Watch out: a resource counts once it gets more than one booking in a month, and extras cost $5 to $15
- Watch out: premium response time, integration help and a 99.9% SLA are paid add-ons
- Watch out: only monthly prices are shown
How we grade them
| 3.0GPACal.comVery good | 1.8GPATimekitWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CTeams is $12 a user a month billed yearly, $16 monthly, a shade past the $10 at this category's dear end. That covers the team features, where Acuity charges $16 for a single calendar. SSO and the compliance paperwork wait on Organizations at $28, inside the dearest tenth. | D$49 a month for 3 resources, about $16 each, above the category's $10 dearer quarter. The API, its main selling point, starts at $149. |
| Free plan and trial | AFree with no time limit for one user, with unlimited event types, unlimited calendars, email and SMS notifications, Stripe and PayPal payments, Salesforce and HubSpot sync and 100-odd integrations. The cap is the one user: anything shared with a team is paid. | DA 14-day free trial, but the listing does not say whether it needs a card. No free plan. |
| Features | BCovers the booking job: round-robin, managed and collective event types, routing forms, analytics, payments, CRM sync, its own Cal Video, plus an API and embeds for putting scheduling inside your own product. What's gone is the open source: Cal.diy is cut down and advised for personal use only. | CAppointment types, booking rules, calendar sync, widgets and reports. Essential has no API, which is the product's headline feature. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. The hosted version is sign up and share a link, but before that there are calendars to connect, event types to define and availability to set. Self-hosting Cal.diy is a different afternoon, and Cal.com says to keep it out of production. | CNo store rating on record. It is built to be wired in, with widgets and rules to configure. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android and a browser extension, plus an API, embeds, and 100-plus integrations including Google Calendar, Outlook, Zoom, Meet, Teams, Salesforce, HubSpot and Stripe. | BWeb only, with Google and Microsoft calendars and Zapier, plus an API on Professional. |
| Best for | a booking page that's free for one person | developers putting booking flows into their own product |
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 Timekit. How we grade
Price against what you get
Cal.com starts at $12 a month for each person and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Timekit starts at $49 a month and scores 2.3.
Cal.com scores higher and starts $37 a month lower. Of the other calendar and scheduling apps on the chart, 6 score higher than Cal.com for less, and 40 score higher than Timekit for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Cal.com is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Cal.com also covers workflow automation.
- Timekit also covers reports and appointment booking.
At a glance
| Cal.com | Timekit | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $12 per user / month, billed yearly ($16 billed monthly) | $49 per month, including 3 resources |
| 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. | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on the Teams and Organizations plans | 14-day free trial on Essential, Professional and Platform. |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Cal.com, Inc. | Timekit Inc. |
| Price read from | cal.com | timekit.io |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
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.
Timekit
- A resource counts toward the bill once it has received more than one booking in a month; users, rooms and assets can all be resources.
- The Booking and Availability API starts on Professional at $149 a month.
- Premium response time, integration assistance and a 99.9% SLA are paid add-ons.
- Prices shown are monthly; the pricing page we read shows no separate annual rate.
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.
Timekit
- Appointment types
- Offer one-on-one, group, round-robin or prioritized bookings, with pooled availability across a team and the option to reassign a booking instead of cancelling it.
- Booking rules
- Set buffer time, minimum notice, how far ahead people can book, flexible durations, custom questions, meeting requests that need manual approval and time zone detection.
- Calendar sync
- Two-way sync with Google and Microsoft calendars so that existing events block availability.
- Embeddable widget and hosted page
- Put the booking flow into your own site with the widget, or use a hosted booking page; reminders and cancellation flows are part of both.
- API platform
- Professional adds the Booking and Availability API and webhooks, and Platform adds the Resource, Project and signed search APIs for marketplaces and large teams.
- Reporting
- Reports with booking insights are listed from the Professional plan, together with an API request log.
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.
Timekit
Essential$49
per month for 3 resources, plus $15 per extra resource
Real-time availability, round-robin assignment, Google and Microsoft sync, reminders, and a booking widget and page.
Professional$149
per month for 15 resources, plus $10 per extra resource
Everything in Essential, plus the Booking and Availability API, reports, an API request log, webhooks and a cancellation policy.
Platform$349
per month for 75 resources, plus $5 per extra resource
Everything in Professional, plus the Resource and Project API, action links, signed search and webhooks, and advanced booking rules.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited resources, a custom DPA, custom rate limiting and scaling, and enterprise support; the price is quoted on request.
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.
Timekit
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Cal.com or Timekit?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Cal.com starts at $12 per user / month, billed yearly ($16 billed monthly), and Timekit starts at $49 per month, including 3 resources. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Cal.com or Timekit?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Cal.com has a free plan. Timekit does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Cal.com and Timekit run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Cal.com lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps and a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.