Calendly vs Howie

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

Howie

• Founders and executives who arrange many meetings over email
• People who would like to message an assistant by iMessage or SMS
• Teams that want one shared credit pool with unlimited teammates

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.

Howie

• Pricing is by shared credits, from $25 a month for 1,250; the pricing section does not say how many credits a meeting uses.
• An assistant email address at your own domain costs an extra $20 a month.
• The mail and calendar integrations shown on the site are Gmail and Google Calendar; Outlook is not among the logos.
• Howie is used through email, iMessage and SMS; no mobile or desktop app is 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.

Howie

Scheduling over email and text

Add Howie to a thread and it reads the conversation, checks availability, offers times, handles the replies and creates the calendar event.

Group threads and follow-ups

It finds a time across group threads and follows up when people go quiet, using a rule you set such as two nudges 48 hours apart.

Booking links

Besides negotiating by message, Howie can create booking links for different kinds of meetings.

Calendar protection

Finds blocks for deep work or errands, adds holds, buffers, commutes and travel time, and watches for conflicts and overloaded days.

Reminders and daily briefings

Manages reminders, to-dos and follow-ups, briefs you on the day ahead and tracks who you are waiting on.

Assistant with your own identity

The assistant can have a name and signature you choose. An email address at your company's domain is a paid add-on.

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.

Howie

• Team$25

  per month for 1,250 shared workspace credits

  Unlimited teammates on one credit pool. Larger pools run up to 150,000 credits for $2,500 a month, and a custom assistant email adds $20 a month.

• EnterpriseCustom

  A tailored credit pool with invoicing and custom billing terms, security review support and a DPA, an SLA and dedicated onboarding.

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.

Howie

No public discounts listed.