GroupCal vs Teamup

GroupCal

• Clubs, communities and schools that publish a schedule to many people
• Small teams sharing shifts, bookings or meeting-room calendars
• Families and friends on a mix of iPhone and Android phones
• Groups where only the organizer should pay: members use the app free

Teamup

• Teams scheduling crews, rooms, equipment or shifts on one shared calendar
• Sharing a calendar with outside partners or the public through links
• Groups that prefer a flat price per calendar to per-user billing

GroupCal

• A plan covers the calendars its buyer owns, so prices are per calendar owner, not per member; members and admins of those calendars pay nothing.
• The free plan allows 1 admin and has no permission controls. More admins start at Team ($50 per month, billed annually).
• The REST API, webhooks and white-labeled apps are limited to Enterprise, which has custom pricing.
• Accounts are tied to a phone number: the guide says to sign in with the same number on every device.

Teamup

• The Free plan stops at 5 users, 5 sub-calendars and 1 year of historical data.
• Prices are per master calendar and each tier caps users: 12 on Plus, 25 on Pro, 50 on Business and 100 on Enterprise.
• Single sign-on needs an organization account, which starts at US$1,200 per year.
• Calendars are created and configured in a web browser; the iOS and Android apps provide mobile access to them.

GroupCal

Calendars joined by link

Create separate calendars for different groups, topics or resources, each with its own color and photo. Members join from a shared link or an invite sent to their phone number, without an email address.

Real-time updates and RSVP

Members get push notifications when they are added to a calendar and when events are added or changed. Each event shows who accepted or declined.

Roles and permissions

Calendars have Owner, Admin and Member roles. Paid plans let the owner choose who can add events or members, and from Team hide event details or limit members to editing their own events.

Personal calendars alongside

Events from Apple Calendar, Google Calendar and Outlook appear next to GroupCal calendars in one view. From Pro, events from connected Google, Outlook and iCloud accounts can be shared with a group.

Public channels and embeds

A public calendar can be embedded in a website, with a WordPress plugin and a Wix widget. On Organization, a calendar channel is listed in GroupCal's search and takes unlimited followers.

Linked calendars

On the Organization plan, calendars can be linked so events sync across them, which lets a master calendar reflect several related schedules.

Teamup

Sub-calendars and folders

A master calendar is split into color-coded sub-calendars that can be grouped into folders, and one event can be assigned to several sub-calendars.

12 calendar views

The same events can be shown in 12 views, among them Timeline, Scheduler, Table and Year, alongside the usual day, week and month layouts.

Nine permission levels

The calendar administrator sets one of 9 access levels for each user or group, and event details can be hidden from read-only users.

Sharing without accounts

A calendar can be shared through links that need no user account, and any single event can be published as a stand-alone web page.

Custom event fields

Events can carry custom text, choice and number fields: 1 on Free and Plus, up to 10 on Pro, 20 on Business and 50 on Enterprise.

iCalendar feeds and API

Inbound .ics feeds pull in other calendars, refreshed every 12 hours on Free and every 5 minutes on Enterprise. An API is documented for developers.

GroupCal

• Free$0

  Unlimited calendars and events, 25 event photo attachments and 1 admin. Aimed at sharing calendars with family or friends.

• Pro$10

  per month, billed annually at $120 ($15 billed monthly)

  150 photo attachments, control over who can add events and members, a color per member, advanced RSVP, and sharing of Google, Outlook and iCloud calendars.

• Team$50

  per month, billed annually at $600 ($75 billed monthly)

  3 calendar admins, 500 photo attachments, event ownership, hidden event details, members limited to editing their own events, a business page and priority support.

• Organization$150

  per month, billed annually at $1,800 ($225 billed monthly)

  Unlimited admins, 1,500 photo attachments, calendar channels, event sync across linked calendars, verified calendars and embedding several calendars together.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited attachments, REST API and webhooks, white-labeled web and mobile apps, a custom legal and security review and a dedicated success manager.

Teamup

• Free$0

  5 users, 5 sub-calendars, 1 custom field, 250MB of storage and 1 year of historical data.

• Plus$12

  per master calendar / month, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly)

  12 users, 12 sub-calendars, 1 custom field, 2GB of storage, the Daily Agenda email and 5 years of historical data.

• Pro$30

  per master calendar / month, billed yearly ($35 billed monthly)

  25 users with more at $3 per user / month, 25 sub-calendars, 10 custom fields, 100GB of storage and hourly inbound feed sync.

• Business$70

  per master calendar / month, billed yearly ($85 billed monthly)

  50 users, 70 sub-calendars, 20 custom fields, 400GB of storage, 15-minute inbound feed sync and 10 years of historical data.

• Enterprise$125

  per master calendar / month, billed yearly ($160 billed monthly)

  100 users, 150 sub-calendars, 50 custom fields, 1000GB of storage, 5-minute feed sync, 15 years of history and call-back support.

• Organization AccountsFrom US$1,200

  per year, scaling with the number of users

  Single sign-on, scalable user management, and central administration and billing for several master calendars. Sold through sales.

GroupCal

• Annual discount

  Save 33% with yearly billing

  The pricing page marks yearly billing as a 33% saving: Pro is $10 per month billed annually against $15 billed monthly, Team $50 against $75 and Organization $150 against $225.

Teamup

• Annual discount

  Lower rates with yearly billing

  Teamup's pricing page lists Plus at $12 a month billed yearly against $15 billed monthly, Pro at $30 against $35, Business at $70 against $85 and Enterprise at $125 against $160.