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Best scheduling app for a team in 2026
Booking tools look identical until you need round-robin routing or a second seat. Here is what the three schedulers we track charge per seat, and which one is priced per account instead.
Prices last re-checked 2026-09-27. Every number below is read from the vendor's own pricing page.
The short answer
Best free tier for a solo operator: Cal.com
Cal.com is free for one user with unlimited event types. Calendly's free tier is one user and one event type only.
See Cal.com pricingBest known booking link: Calendly
Standard is $10 per seat per month billed annually ($12 monthly) and Teams is $16 per seat for round-robin and routing.
See Calendly pricingCheapest for a team of five: Acuity Scheduling
Acuity prices per account, not per seat: Growing is $20 per month billed annually for six calendars and 500 SMS credits, so five people cost the same as one.
See Acuity Scheduling pricingOne-minute chooser
- Best free tier for a solo operator → Cal.com
- Best known booking link → Calendly
- Cheapest for a team of five → Acuity Scheduling
The prices, plan by plan
Calendly
Calendly is free for one event type, then $10 per seat per month on Standard, $16 on Teams and a custom quote for Enterprise, billed annually.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo (no annual discount published) | 1 user, 1 event type, unlimited bookings, calendar connections |
| Standard | $12/mo, or $10/mo billed annually | Per seat. Unlimited event types, 6 calendar connections, integrations, workflows |
| Teams | $20/mo, or $16/mo billed annually | Per seat. Round-robin and collective events, meeting routing, Salesforce integration |
| Enterprise | custom quote | Custom quote. SSO, SCIM, audit logs, custom reporting |
What to watch: Calendly prints the annual per-seat rate by default; the monthly-billing rates come from the page's monthly toggle. The free tier is one event type only, which is the tightest free tier in this cluster.
Source: https://calendly.com/pricing, read 2026-09-27.
See Calendly pricingCal.com
Cal.com is free for one user with unlimited event types, then $15 per user per month on Teams and $37 on Organizations, billed monthly; self-hosting is free.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo (no annual discount published) | 1 user, unlimited event types, unlimited bookings, calendar connections |
| Teams | $15/mo (no annual discount published) | Per user. Round-robin, collective events, team booking pages, workflows |
| Organizations | $37/mo (no annual discount published) | Per user. Sub-teams, SAML SSO, managed event types, admin controls |
What to watch: Cal.com's free tier is one user but unlimited event types, which is more generous than Calendly's free tier. Cal.com is open source and can be self-hosted at no licence cost, but that is your own server bill, not a vendor price, so it is not in the table.
Source: https://cal.com/pricing, read 2026-09-27.
See Cal.com pricingAcuity Scheduling
Acuity Scheduling starts at $16 per month on Emerging, $27 on Growing and $49 on Powerhouse, billed monthly; annual billing is cheaper.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Emerging | $16/mo, or $12/mo billed annually | 1 calendar, unlimited appointments, 100 SMS credits/mo, payment processing |
| Growing | $27/mo, or $20/mo billed annually | 6 calendars, 500 SMS credits/mo, coupons, gift certificates, add-ons |
| Powerhouse | $49/mo, or $36/mo billed annually | 36 calendars, 1,500 SMS credits/mo, custom packages, advanced reporting |
What to watch: Acuity prices per account rather than per seat, so a team of five pays the same as a team of one - the opposite of Calendly and Cal.com. That makes it cheaper for teams and more expensive for a solo operator.
Source: https://acuityscheduling.com/pricing, read 2026-09-27.
See Acuity Scheduling pricingQuestions people ask
What is the cheapest option here?
Cal.com - Cal.com is free for one user with unlimited event types. Calendly's free tier is one user and one event type only.
Are these prices first-party?
Every number on this page is read from the vendor's own pricing page or from the source named under each tool. Where a vendor renders prices in JavaScript, the caveat under that tool says so and names the source we used instead.
How often are these prices re-checked?
The dataset behind this page was last re-checked on 2026-09-27. Prices change without notice, so confirm on the vendor's page before you buy.
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