Head to head
Setmore vs Cal.com
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
53/100 | 58/100Higher score | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #6 | #5 |
| Confidence | High confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 87 | 81 |
| AI Authority | 33 | 51 |
| Web Authority | 16 | 18 |
| Expert Assessment | 70 | 74 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | $12 per user/month billed monthly (Pro) · free tier: Free — $0 per user/month for up to 4 users: unlimited appointments, payments, branded Booking Page, branded mobile app, email reminders and confirmations, integrations, iOS/Android apps, team collaboration, 24/7 human support | $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 | Freemium subscription, per user per month | Freemium subscription (per user, annual billing shown) |
| Best for | Solo practitioners and micro-teams of up to four — barbers, tutors, coaches, therapists, tradespeople, small clinics — who need customer-facing booking with payments, want to start free, and value setup speed and low per-seat cost over configurability. | 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 | You depend on flawless two-way Google Calendar or Zoom sync, run group or multi-attendee sessions, need side-by-side multi-staff calendars, require financial or filtered service-level reporting, want conditional workflow automation, or must have published SOC 2/ISO assurance and enterprise admin controls. | 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 | Freelancers, SMB, Mid-market, Enterprise (custom, unpriced), Service providers | SMB, Startups, Developer-led teams, Enterprise, Individuals |
| Founded | — | — |
| Headquarters | — | — |
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.