Chili Piper vs Timekit (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Chili Piper and Timekit share a 1.8 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Timekit starts cheaper, at $49 a month against $1,250 a month.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Chili Piper grades higher on features. Timekit grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Chili Piper
Lead routing and meeting booking for B2B revenue teams
Timekit
Booking and scheduling flows priced by bookable resource
Which one is for you
Pick Chili Piper if
- Fits if your sales team lives in Salesforce or HubSpot and routes inbound leads
- Works for revenue teams with 15 or more seats
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you are a small team: $15,000 a year buys 15 seats
- Not for you if you want monthly billing, because the page says it is not available
- Skip it if you want a trial or free plan, as none is listed
- Watch out: the standalone ChiliCal is $12 per user a month but needs at least 200 seats
- Watch out: Chat AI, account identification and Signals reporting are on Scale at $3,500 a month, not Growth
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
| 1.8GPAChili PiperWeak | 1.8GPATimekitWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$1,250 a month for 15 seats is about $83 a seat, against a category middle of $6.99 a month. It is built for revenue teams, but a small team has no cheaper way in. | 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 | FNo free plan and no self-serve trial is listed. | DA 14-day free trial, but the listing does not say whether it needs a card. No free plan. |
| Features | BForm routing, handoffs, scheduling links, follow-ups, spam checks and an MCP server. Chat AI and account identification start on Scale. | CAppointment types, booking rules, calendar sync, widgets and reports. Essential has no API, which is the product's headline feature. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Routing rules, forms and CRM links all need setting up. | CNo store rating on record. It is built to be wired in, with widgets and rules to configure. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Salesforce, HubSpot, Google Calendar, Outlook, Slack, Teams, Gong Engage and Clay. | BWeb only, with Google and Microsoft calendars and Zapier, plus an API on Professional. |
| Best for | B2B sales teams routing leads to meetings | 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: Chili Piper and Timekit. How we grade
Price against what you get
Chili Piper starts at $1,250 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Timekit starts at $49 a month and scores 2.3.
Chili Piper scores higher, and starts $1,201 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other calendar and scheduling apps on the chart, 18 score higher than Chili Piper 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
- Chili Piper also covers calendar, sales pipeline, workflow automation and chatbots.
- Timekit also covers reports.
At a glance
| Chili Piper | Timekit | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $1,250 per month ($15,000 per year), billed annually, includes 15 seats | $49 per month, including 3 resources |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial on Essential, Professional and Platform. |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Chili Piper | Timekit Inc. |
| Price read from | chilipiper.com | timekit.io |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Chili Piper
- All plans are billed annually; the pricing page says monthly billing is not available.
- Entry price is $15,000 a year for 15 seats, with no free plan or self-serve trial listed.
- Chat AI, account identification and Signals reporting are on Scale or above, not Growth.
- Standalone ChiliCal needs at least 200 seats, so it does not suit small teams.
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
Chili Piper
- Form Concierge
- Shows a booking calendar to a visitor right after they submit a form, so a form fill can become a meeting on the spot.
- Lead routing and handoff
- Assigns leads, contacts and accounts to owners using rules and round robin, with caps, weighting and a territory table.
- Chat AI
- An AI chat on Scale that answers visitors from your content, qualifies them and books meetings. Growth includes chat journeys and live chat.
- ChiliCal scheduling links
- Every seat gets scheduling links that log meetings to the CRM; coworkers and time zones are handled automatically.
- Follow-ups and spam checks
- Follows up on no-shows, cancellations and abandoned forms, and uses agents to filter fake meetings and prepare reps.
- MCP server and custom triggers
- Growth and Scale list an MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, plus custom triggers and webhooks.
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
Chili Piper
Growth$1,250
per month for 15 seats, billed annually ($15,000/yr)
Forms to meetings, routing, handoffs, 45,000 AI credits a year. Extra seats are $45 a month each.
Scale$3,500
per month for 30 seats, billed annually ($42,000/yr)
Adds Chat AI and account identification, 150,000 AI credits a year. Extra seats are $50 a month each.
EnterpriseCustom
Scale features for teams of 250 or more seats, with volume pricing and more AI credits.
ChiliCal standalone$12
per user / month, minimum 200 seats
Scheduling links only, with CRM, calendar and messaging integrations; no routing or AI credits.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Chili Piper or Timekit?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Timekit is cheaper to start with: $49 a month, against $1,250 a month for Chili Piper. Chili Piper starts at $1,250 per month ($15,000 per year), billed annually, includes 15 seats, and Timekit starts at $49 per month, including 3 resources.
Which has a free plan, Chili Piper or Timekit?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Chili Piper nor Timekit has a free plan. Timekit has a free trial.
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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.