Head to head
Doodle vs Cal.com
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
50/100 | 58/100Higher score | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #9 | #5 |
| Confidence | High confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 86 | 81 |
| AI Authority | 27 | 51 |
| Web Authority | 14 | 18 |
| Expert Assessment | 63 | 74 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | USD 15/month (Pro), or USD 132/year annually · free tier: USD 0, no card needed — one Group Poll, one Booking Page, one 1:1 and basic Sign-up Sheets; ad-supported | $12 per user/month billed yearly (Teams, 14-day free trial) · free tier: Individuals — Free forever: 1 user, unlimited event types and calendars, email & SMS notifications, 100+ app integrations, mobile app, browser extension, Stripe & PayPal payments, two-way Salesforce & HubSpot sync, 1-click Calendly import |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Freemium subscription (per user, annual billing shown) |
| Best for | Committees, boards, faculties, HR and recruiting panels, educators and volunteer coordinators who repeatedly need one time that suits 5–30 people — many of them outside the organisation — plus solo consultants who want group polling and a booking page in one USD 15/month tool. | Developer-led teams and startups embedding scheduling into their own product via API or React atoms, individuals wanting a genuinely free Calendly replacement, and privacy-conscious organisations that value open-source and self-hosting. |
| Avoid if | Your scheduling is purely 1:1 inbound booking, you depend on reliable automated reminders to cut no-shows, you need SSO/MFA without a USD 15k enterprise budget, you cannot show third-party branding to clients, or you hope to run a professional operation on the ad-supported free plan. | You need guaranteed fast support without an Enterprise contract, need month-to-month billing at the advertised price, are a small non-technical team that would pay per seat for features bundled free elsewhere, or are HIPAA-covered but unwilling to buy the Organizations tier. |
| Markets | SMB, Freelancers and solo professionals, Education, Non-profits, Enterprise, HR and recruiting teams | SMB, Startups, Developer-led teams, Enterprise, Individuals |
| Founded | — | — |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | — |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.