Easy!Appointments vs Rallly (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Rallly grades higher than Easy!Appointments: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Easy!Appointments grades higher on platforms. Rallly grades higher on the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Easy!Appointments
Open source appointment scheduler you host on your own server
Rallly
Open-source meeting polls for finding a time that suits a group
Which one is for you
Pick Easy!Appointments if
- Fits if you can run PHP and MySQL and want to own your booking data
- Works for developers building booking into a site, with webhooks
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you do not run servers, since self-hosting needs PHP 8.2, MySQL and a cron job
- Skip it if you need reminders or payments out of the box, as both are paid custom work
- Pricey if you want help: support sessions are €60 each and managed hosting is €240 a year
- Watch out: white-label licenses are €50 or €500 one time, and prices exclude VAT
Pick Rallly if
- Fits if your committee, club or team settles on a meeting time by vote
- Works for groups where the people voting shouldn't need an account to do it
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a booking page where clients pick a slot, as Rallly only does group polls
- Tight if you're staying free and need old polls kept, since they're deleted after 30 quiet days
- Not for you if you want a phone or desktop app, because Rallly is web only
- Pricey if you self-host for a team, because more than one user needs a license from $49
- Watch out: branding, email invites, team spaces, the API and webhooks are all Pro, at $6 a seat yearly or $10 monthly
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAEasy!AppointmentsFair | 2.6GPARalllyGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CFree under GPL-3.0, but only if you host it yourself, which needs a server. Managed hosting is €20 a month, billed once a year. | CPro is $6 a seat a month billed yearly, or $10 paid monthly, which is dead on this category's middle. It buys polls kept for good, branding, team spaces, an API and webhooks, and most people won't need any of it. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree to download with unlimited bookings, staff and features. You supply the server. | AThe Hobby plan has unlimited polls and unlimited participants, with no card and no time limit, so nothing a normal organiser does runs out. Old polls are deleted once their dates have passed and they've been quiet for 30 days. |
| Features | CBooking page, calendar, Google Calendar sync, LDAP, webhooks and 40+ languages. Reminder emails, SMS and online payments are premium custom work. | COne job, agreeing a time, and that it does fully: three-way votes, times shown in each voter's own zone, a calendar invite emailed when you finalise, hidden votes and invite tracking on Pro. But it's a small slice of calendaring, and its site describes no booking pages at all. |
| Ease of use | DSelf-hosting needs a web server with PHP 8.2 or later, a MySQL database and a cron job for calendar sync. | BNo rating on record, but there's nothing to set up: create a poll and vote on one without signing up for anything. Self-hosting means Docker, and that's entirely optional. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Google Calendar, LDAP, n8n, Zapier, Make and Docker. | CWeb only, with no phone or desktop app. The connections are thin too: Google Meet or Teams links, and the API and webhooks are Pro. You can run it on your own server with Docker Compose. |
| Best for | hosting your own appointment booking | picking a meeting time by group vote |
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: Easy!Appointments and Rallly. How we grade
Price against what you get
Easy!Appointments starts at $20 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Rallly starts at $6 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
Rallly scores higher and starts $14 a month lower. Of the other calendar and scheduling apps on the chart, 64 score higher than Easy!Appointments for less, and 24 score higher than Rallly 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
- Easy!Appointments also covers calendar, booking links and appointment booking.
At a glance
| Easy!Appointments | Rallly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $20 per month, billed annually ($240 a year), for managed hosting | $6 per seat / month, billed yearly ($10 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | The self-hosted release is free under GPL-3.0, with unlimited bookings, staff and features; you run the server yourself. | Hobby plan: unlimited polls and participants with no card and no time limit. Polls are deleted once all their dates have passed and there has been no activity for 30 days. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Easy!Appointments | Stack Snap Ltd. |
| Price read from | easyappointments.org | rallly.co |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Easy!Appointments
- Self-hosting needs a web server with PHP 8.2 or later, a MySQL database and a cron job for calendar sync.
- Scheduled reminder emails, SMS and online payments are listed as premium custom development.
- Managed Hosting is billed once a year, and prices exclude VAT.
- Support sessions cost $60 each; white-label licenses are $50 or $500 one-time.
Rallly
- On the free Hobby plan, a poll is deleted once all its dates have passed and it has had no activity for 30 days.
- Custom branding, removing Rallly attribution, advanced poll settings, email invites, team spaces and the API all need Pro.
- Self-hosting is free for a single user; multi-user instances need a one-time license, from $49 for up to 5 users.
- Rallly is built around group polls. Its site describes no booking pages and no mobile or desktop apps.
Key features
Easy!Appointments
- Booking page and calendar
- Customers choose a service, provider and time on a public page, and the team works from one shared calendar.
- Your own database
- Appointments, customers and notes sit in your MySQL database; the site says nothing leaves the server unless you connect an integration.
- Google Calendar sync and LDAP
- Syncs with Google Calendar and can use an LDAP directory so providers sign in with existing credentials.
- Webhooks
- Sends new bookings to n8n, Zapier or Make for follow-up automation.
- Over 40 languages
- The booking page and back office are translated into more than 40 languages by the community.
- Paid extra services
- White-label licenses, technical support sessions, custom development and data migration are sold separately.
Rallly
- Scheduling polls
- Propose several times, share one link, and collect a yes, if need be or no vote for each option. Results show at a glance which time suits the most people.
- No account needed
- Polls can be created and voted on without signing up. A free account adds poll management from any device and notifications when people respond.
- Time zones and finalizing
- Participants see timed options in their own time zone. Finalizing a poll locks in the chosen time and emails participants a calendar invite.
- Advanced poll settings
- Pro can require participant emails, hide participant names and votes, send personal invite links that track opens and responses, and duplicate existing polls.
- Branding and teams
- Pro shows your logo and brand colors, hides the Powered by Rallly line, and lets a team manage polls together in a shared space with central billing.
- API, webhooks and self-hosting
- Pro includes an API for creating polls and reading results, plus webhooks. The same codebase can be self-hosted through a Docker Compose stack.
Plans
Easy!Appointments
Self-hosted$0
Free and open source; download it and host it yourself, with no licence fee.
Managed Hosting$20
per month, billed annually ($240 a year)
The same software run for you, with updates, daily backups kept 30 days and support.
Rallly
Hobby$0
Basic polls with unlimited polls and participants, and 30-day poll retention.
Pro$6
per seat / month, billed yearly at $72 ($10 billed monthly)
Indefinite poll retention, duplicate polls, advanced poll settings, email invites, team collaboration, custom branding, API and webhooks.
Ways to pay less
Easy!Appointments
No public discounts listed.
Rallly
- Annual discount
Save 40% by paying yearly
Rallly's pricing page lists a 40% saving on yearly billing: Pro is $72 per seat for the year, against $10 per seat a month.
- Nonprofit
Discounted Pro for registered nonprofits
Registered nonprofits can request a discounted Rallly Pro subscription by email, ideally with proof of nonprofit status. No rate is published.
- Lifetime license
One-time licenses for self-hosted instances
Self-hosted multi-user licenses are perpetual for Rallly v4: $49 for up to 5 users, and $299 for up to 50 users, shown as a limited-time price down from $499.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Easy!Appointments or Rallly?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Easy!Appointments starts at $20 per month, billed annually ($240 a year), for managed hosting, and Rallly starts at $6 per seat / month, billed yearly ($10 billed monthly). 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, Easy!Appointments or Rallly?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Easy!Appointments and Rallly have a free plan.
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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.