Google Calendar vs Merkuro Calendar

Google Calendar

• Anyone who already has a Google Account and wants a free calendar
• Organizations standardizing on Google Workspace for mail, files and meetings
• Taking bookings through a single free appointment page

Merkuro Calendar

• KDE Plasma users who want a calendar made for their desktop
• Linux users syncing Nextcloud, Google or Exchange calendars
• People who keep tasks and subtasks next to their events

Google Calendar

• The paid version is only sold as part of Google Workspace, which also includes Gmail, Drive and Meet.
• Personal accounts and Business Starter get one booking page; extra schedules, payments and reminders need Business Standard or higher, or an eligible Google One plan.
• Time Insights and working hours and location are limited to work or school accounts, and Time Insights can only be viewed on a computer.
• No desktop app is listed; Google offers it on the web and as Android and iOS apps.

Merkuro Calendar

• Stable releases are for Linux. The Windows builds on KDE's site are nightly installers that KDE labels unstable and intended for testing.
• It depends on Akonadi and KDE PIM packages; without kdepim-runtime, the project says the calendar component is heavily restricted.
• The Kontact Flatpak that includes Merkuro lacks some desktop integration, such as the calendar applet plugin, so KDE recommends a distribution package.
• Proton Calendar cannot be connected, and services with non-standard calendars or task lists, such as Todoist, are not supported.

Google Calendar

Appointment booking pages

Publish a page where others pick a time on your calendar. Eligible paid plans allow several schedules, Stripe payments, email verification and up to 20 co-hosts.

Shared and layered calendars

Create calendars shared with a team or a whole organization, and view several calendars together, color-coded by category.

Scheduling from Gmail with Gemini

On Workspace plans, Gemini in Gmail can suggest meeting times and add events detected in an email with one click.

Google Meet and attachments

Events can carry a Google Meet video link and attached files, so the call and its documents open from the invitation.

Time Insights and working location

Work and school accounts can see how much time goes to meetings and who they meet most, and can share working hours and location.

Tasks on the calendar

Items from Google Tasks appear on the calendar next to events.

Merkuro Calendar

Month, week and schedule views

The month view gives an overview of the whole month, the week view shows each day hour by hour, and the schedule view lists upcoming events in order.

Tasks and subtasks

A separate task view shows tasks and their subtasks as a tree, with filters that can be customized.

Local and online calendars

Supports CalDAV calendars such as Nextcloud, Google and Exchange calendars, iCal files and folders, and Kolab and Open-Xchange groupware servers.

Sync through Akonadi

KDE's Akonadi framework fetches, edits, creates and deletes events on remote services. The project recommends installing the kdepim-runtime package before starting the app.

Plasma clock widget integration

Events can appear in the calendar of Plasma's digital clock widget by enabling the PIM Events Plugin in the widget's settings and choosing which calendars to show.

Desktop and mobile layouts

The interface is designed for desktop, mobile and sizes in between, and the listing includes a mobile view. The project describes it as syncing across a Plasma desktop or phone.

Google Calendar

• Personal Google Account$0

  Calendar for personal use with a single appointment booking page and no premium booking features.

• Business Starter$7

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($8.40 flexible)

  Google Workspace with 30 GB pooled storage per user. Calendar is still limited to one booking page.

• Business Standard$14

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($16.80 flexible)

  2 TB pooled storage per user, plus premium appointment schedules: multiple booking pages, payments and reminders.

• Business Plus$22

  per user / month, 1-year commitment ($26.40 flexible)

  5 TB pooled storage per user, with the same premium appointment schedule features as Business Standard.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For organizations beyond the 300-user limit of the Business editions; priced through Google sales.

Merkuro Calendar

• Merkuro Calendar$0

  The complete app, installed through Discover, a distribution's package manager or the Kontact Flatpak. Release 26.08.2 is dated 2026-10-08.

Google Calendar

• Annual discount

  Lower rate with a 1-year commitment

  Business Starter costs $7 per user per month on the Annual/Fixed-Term Plan versus $8.40 on the Flexible Plan. Standard drops from $16.80 to $14 and Plus from $26.40 to $22.

• Nonprofit

  Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0

  Verified nonprofits get Google Workspace for Nonprofits at $0 per user, or Business Standard at $3.50 and Business Plus at $6.16 per user per month on a 1-year commitment.

• Education

  Education Fundamentals at no charge

  Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals is available at no charge to qualifying institutions.

Merkuro Calendar

No public discounts listed.