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cal.com

5/5 — AI Avengers rating

What we like

  • Free plan is genuinely complete - no upsell pressure
  • Open source - can self-host if needed
  • Stripe integration built in - payment at booking
  • Clean booking page with no cal.com branding on free tier
  • Works with Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud

Watch out for

  • Team features require paid plan
  • Custom domain requires paid plan
  • Workflow automations (reminders etc.) are limited on free
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Consulting calls are $197/hour. Payment happens at booking. cal.com handles both.

Before the sovereign stack, booking was part of GHL. Technically it worked. But it was one more reason I was locked into a $1,100/month platform. cal.com is free, open source, and does the job better.

Every tool in the sovereign stack has one job. cal.com's job is to make it frictionless to book and pay for a call. It does that. Nothing else required.

FAQ

Why cal.com instead of Calendly?
How is payment handled?