Calendly vs Clara

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

Clara

• Executives and founders who want meetings arranged without sending a link
• Recruiters coordinating many interview threads at once
• Law and finance firms on Outlook and Exchange with confidentiality needs

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.

Clara

• There is one self-serve paid plan, Standard at $80 per month, which includes 30 meetings; the page does not state a per-user basis.
• The plan named Free is described as a 14-day trial with 5 meetings; Clara stops scheduling at the limit until you upgrade.
• Unlimited meetings, the admin dashboard and a custom email domain for the assistant need an Enterprise plan sold through sales.
• Clara works through email threads; no booking pages, mobile apps or desktop apps are listed.

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.

Clara

Scheduling by CC

Copy Clara on an email thread and it reads the whole conversation, proposes times, answers every reply and confirms the meeting with a calendar invite.

Follow-ups and reschedules

Clara checks in when someone does not respond and offers new times when the first ones fail. To move a meeting, loop it back in and it reissues the invite.

Group and internal meetings

For meetings with several participants, Clara contacts everyone, tracks their answers and confirms once a time works for all, including across time zones.

Scheduling preferences

You set scheduling windows, buffer times, meeting types, priority contacts and communication preferences, and Clara applies them to each thread.

Google and Outlook support

Works with Google Workspace and with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, and the homepage lists Zoom and Teams for meeting links.

No human review of email

Clara AI says scheduling threads are handled entirely by the AI, with no reviewer or contractor reading them, and that it does not train models on customer data.

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.

Clara

• Free$0

  Described as what you need to try Clara in 14 days: 5 meetings, multiple calendars and customizable preferences.

• Standard$80

  per month

  For individuals: 30 meetings, multiple calendars, customizable preferences, delegate access and advanced integrations.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For teams: unlimited meetings, company-wide preferences, an admin dashboard, a custom domain name, tenant-wide access and data retention.

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.

Clara

No public discounts listed.