Calendly vs SimplyBook.me

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

SimplyBook.me

• Service businesses with several staff that prefer a flat fee over per-user pricing
• Combining booking with memberships, packages, gift cards or product sales
• Healthcare providers that need HIPAA features and intake forms

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.

SimplyBook.me

• Plan prices are listed in euros. Add-ons such as SMS credits and extra bookings are listed in US dollars.
• Every plan caps monthly bookings: 50 on Free, 100 on Basic, 500 on Standard and 2,000 on Premium. Extra bookings are sold in packs of 100 for $4.
• SMS and WhatsApp credits ($8 per 100) and a custom domain ($119 with 3 years of SSL) are paid separately from the subscription.
• HIPAA and SAML SSO need Standard or above; accounting integrations and the white-label footer need Premium.

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.

SimplyBook.me

Booking website and widget

Every plan includes a mobile-responsive booking website, a widget for an existing site, and bookings through a Facebook page. Instagram and Google Business buttons are also offered.

Custom features

Extras such as intake forms, memberships, gift cards, classes, waiting lists and SOAP notes are toggled on per account. Premium ones count against the plan's limit of 1, 3 or 8.

Payments and point of sale

From Basic, take online payments, deposits and tips through gateways such as Stripe, PayPal and Square, or sell in person with the POS. SimplyBook.me adds no transaction fee.

Reminders by email, SMS and WhatsApp

Automatic confirmation, reminder and cancellation emails are on every plan. SMS and WhatsApp messages use credits that are bought separately.

Ask Simply and AI Voice Booking

Ask Simply is a built-in AI chat for setting up services and managing bookings, and an MCP connection lets outside assistants run the account. AI Voice Booking uses paid credits.

Admin and client apps

The admin app for iOS and Android manages the calendar and bookings. Clients can book and reschedule in a client app, which can carry the business's own branding from Standard.

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.

SimplyBook.me

• Free€0

  50 bookings a month, 1 provider and 1 premium custom feature, with a booking website, widget and the admin app.

• Basic€11.9

  per month, billed annually (€13.9 billed monthly)

  100 bookings, 5 providers and 3 premium custom features; adds the client app, payments, deposits, tips and point of sale.

• Standard€24.9

  per month, billed annually (€29.9 billed monthly)

  500 bookings, 15 providers and 8 premium custom features; adds a branded client app, HIPAA features and SAML SSO.

• Premium€49.9

  per month, billed annually (€59.9 billed monthly)

  2,000 bookings, 30 providers and unlimited custom features; adds Payments PRO, QuickBooks, FreshBooks and Xero links, and a white-label footer.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom booking volume and providers, multi-location cluster interface, account manager, high-load API and a choice of data location; billed annually.

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.

SimplyBook.me

• Annual discount

  Save up to 17% with annual billing

  SimplyBook.me's pricing page puts the annual-billing saving at up to 17%, which it describes as two months free compared with paying monthly.

• Nonprofit

  Nonprofit and charity discounts on request

  The pricing FAQ invites nonprofit and charity organizations to contact SimplyBook.me to discuss qualifying discounts. No rate is published.