Calendly charges $8-16/user/month. Most freelancers and consultants get 10-20 bookings/month. That's $0.40-1.60/booking. FairCal: $0.05/booking. 90% cheaper. Creating event types is free.
Calendly made scheduling easy. Then they made it $12/month per user — even for freelancers who get 5 bookings a month. The actual cost to process a booking? About $0.01.
Every person who takes meetings needs their own seat. 5 team members = $60-80/month.
Free plan gets one event type. Need a 15-min call AND a 30-min call? That's $8/month.
Reminders require Standard ($10/mo). Custom branding requires Teams ($16/mo). Group events require Teams.
Teams plan requires annual billing. $192/user/year, paid upfront.
Same scheduling. Same calendar sync. Same reminders. $0.05 per booking.
5 free bookings. No credit card required.