fruux vs Zoho Calendar (2026): which should you pick?

Pick fruux if

• Fits if you want calendars and contacts in sync across phone and laptop
• Works for small teams that need shared address books

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: Basic stops at 2 devices and 2 shares
• Not for you if you want a calendar app, since fruux publishes no native apps in what we read
• Watch out: free-busy, out-of-office and delegation need a compatible calendar app
• Watch out: prices are in euros, with no US dollar price

Pick Zoho Calendar if

• Fits if your team already uses Zoho Mail or Zoho Workplace
• Works for anyone who wants a free web calendar with one booking page

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you want lots of booking links, as free users get 1 and paid users top out at 10
• Skip it if you book meeting rooms and won't pay, because resource booking needs a paid Zoho Mail plan
• Not for you if you want a desktop app for free, since Trident is listed on paid plans
• Watch out: there's no Calendar plan to buy, and Mail Lite and Mail Premium are billed yearly only

fruux

• Free accounts stop at 2 devices and 2 shares; Pro raises these to 10 devices and unlimited shares.
• Prices are in euros, and there is no US dollar price.
• Free-busy, out-of-office and delegation features need a compatible calendar application, because the web app does not support them yet.
• fruux does not publish its own native apps in what we read; it relies on the devices' own CalDAV and CardDAV clients.

Zoho Calendar

• Free users can create 1 appointment booking link; paid Zoho Mail or Workplace users can create up to 10.
• Resource booking for meeting rooms is available only with a paid Zoho Mail plan.
• There is no standalone paid Calendar plan: upgrades are Zoho Mail or Workplace subscriptions, and Mail Lite and Mail Premium are billed annually only.
• Calendar's own apps are for the web, iOS and Android; Zoho's Trident desktop app for macOS and Windows is listed on paid plans.

fruux

Standards-based sync

Syncs through CardDAV and CalDAV, so apps such as Apple's built-in ones, Thunderbird, BusyCal, Fantastical and eM Client can connect without a fruux app.

Contacts, calendars and tasks

All three data types are kept together, with search, multiple task lists and filtering, calendar views and a web app.

Sharing and public calendars

Share calendars and address books with other people, or publish a public calendar as a link or embed on a website.

Team accounts

Create a team for a company or department, invite members, assign roles and control who can see which contacts, calendars and tasks.

Free-busy scheduling

Free-busy lookups show who is available when planning a meeting, and delegation lets an assistant manage your schedule. These need a compatible calendar app, not the web app.

Developer API

The API is built on CardDAV, CalDAV, vCard and iCalendar and covers what the web app can do. fruux also maintains the open-source sabre/dav server.

Zoho Calendar

Events with Smart Add

Type a phrase such as "Meeting with John tomorrow at 2pm" and the event is created. Views switch between day, week, month and agenda, and events move by drag and drop.

Appointment booking pages

Share a booking page with set durations, buffer times and a daily cap, and require guests to verify their email. Free users get 1 booking link; paid users get up to 10.

Shared and group calendars

Share a calendar publicly or with chosen people, create group calendars for a team, and subscribe to holiday, public or colleagues' calendars.

Sync with other calendars

Two-way sync with Google Calendar and Outlook lets you add, edit and delete their events in Zoho Calendar. Calendly events can be viewed, and CalDAV and Exchange ActiveSync connect other apps and devices.

Resource booking

Check the availability of meeting rooms and other resources in your organization and book them in advance. Available only on paid Zoho Mail plans.

Interoperability and API

Admins can let Zoho users and Microsoft Exchange or Google Calendar users see each other's free/busy status. A REST API and a Zapier integration are available.

fruux

• Basic€0

  Just for you: up to 2 shares and up to 2 devices, with unlimited contacts, calendars and tasks.

• Pro€4

  per month, or €40 per year

  All Basic features with unlimited shares and up to 10 devices.

• Team€20

  per month for 5 team members, plus €4 per extra

  Pro features for every member, easy team management, team address books and shared scheduling; extra members are €4 a month.

Zoho Calendar

• Free$0

  The calendar with events, sharing, subscriptions, sync and 1 booking link. Zoho's Mail Free plan covers up to 5 users.

• Mail Lite$1

  per user / month, billed annually; no monthly plan

  Zoho Mail with 5 GB of mail storage per user ($1.25 for 10 GB) and shared calendars. Paid users can create up to 10 booking links.

• Workplace Standard$3

  per user / month, billed annually ($4 billed monthly)

  30 GB of mail storage per user, plus WorkDrive file storage, the office apps, Cliq chat and Zoho Meeting next to Calendar.

• Mail Premium$4

  per user / month, billed annually; no monthly plan

  50 GB of mail storage per user plus 50 GB of retention storage, with email retention and eDiscovery, S/MIME and shared calendars.

• Workplace Professional$6

  per user / month, billed annually ($7 billed monthly)

  100 GB of mail storage per user, 1 TB of team file storage, and the full Workplace suite including Meeting, Vault and Connect.

• Workplace EnterpriseCustom

  The highest plans and custom limits of the included Workplace products, priced through sales.

fruux

• Annual discount

  Pro is cheaper billed yearly

  fruux's pricing page lists Pro at €4 a month or €40 a year, which is two months free against paying monthly.

Zoho Calendar

• Annual discount

  Lower Workplace rates with annual billing

  Zoho's pricing lists Workplace Standard at $3 per user a month billed annually against $4 billed monthly, and Workplace Professional at $6 against $7.