Companies Using Calendly
We detect Calendly on 158,003 domains, which makes it the most widely deployed appointment scheduling technology we track and gives it 62.56% of the category. A detection means the domain either embeds a Calendly booking widget or publishes an outbound link to a Calendly booking page, so the count captures businesses that have a Calendly account and point customers at it. For a large organisation that is usually a single team or department page rather than a company-wide rollout.
The companies using Calendly skew heavily towards businesses that sell time. Business consulting leads at 9.99% of matched companies, followed by professional training and coaching at 6.82%, and 79.29% of matched companies have 1 to 10 employees. The enterprise tail is thin but real, and includes Iron Mountain, Twilio, Deel, Box, and the City of Boston. Company data could be matched for 124,779 of the detected domains, and every breakdown below describes that matched subset.
Published Mar 29, 2026 · Updated Aug 29, 2026 · Data analysed on August 29, 2026.
Calendly Usage Statistics
Calendly is on 158,003 domains in our most recent monthly crawl, up from 143,441 in June 2026. Growth across the window is real but decelerating: the June to July step added 12,997 domains, while July to August added 1,565. Set against that, 16,732 domains have dropped a Calendly detection since we began tracking in March 2026, so the base is still expanding comfortably faster than it churns.
List of Companies Using Calendly
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| Company | Detection URL | Domain | Country | Industry | Employees | Type | Founded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| page.ironmountain.com | ironmountain.com | United States | IT Services and IT Consulting | 10001+ | Public Company | 1951 | https://linkedin.com/company/iron-mountain | |
| nieuws.securitas.nl | securitas.nl | Netherlands | Security and Investigations | 5001-10000 | Privately Held | 1934 | https://linkedin.com/company/securitas | |
| www.rws.com | rws.com | United Kingdom | Business Content | 5001-10000 | Public Company | 1958 | https://linkedin.com/company/rws-group | |
| library.torontomu.ca | torontomu.ca | Canada | Higher Education | 5001-10000 | Educational | — | https://linkedin.com/company/torontometropolitanuniversity | |
| pharmacy.cuanschutz.edu | cuanschutz.edu | United States | Higher Education | 5001-10000 | Educational | — | https://linkedin.com/company/cuanschutz | |
| www.sos.la.gov | la.gov | United States | Government Administration | 10001+ | Government Agency | — | https://linkedin.com/company/state-of-louisiana | |
| webinars.twilio.com | twilio.com | United States | Software Development | 5001-10000 | Public Company | 2008 | https://linkedin.com/company/twilio-inc- | |
| noseparis.com | noseparis.com | France | Retail | 11-50 | Privately Held | 2011 | https://linkedin.com/company/nose-sas | |
| app.deel.com | deel.com | United States | Human Resources Services | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 2019 | https://linkedin.com/company/deel | |
| cesltd.com | cesltd.com | United States | IT Services and IT Consulting | 1001-5000 | Public Company | 1996 | https://linkedin.com/company/ces |
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| Company | Detection URL | Country | Industry | Employees | Type | Founded | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| franchise.twomenandatruck.com | twomenandatruck.com | United States | Truck Transportation | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 1989 | https://linkedin.com/company/two-men-and-a-truck | |
| registry.boston.gov | boston.gov | United States | Government Administration | 10001+ | Government Agency | — | https://linkedin.com/company/city-of-boston | |
| dataverse-info.unr.edu.ar | unr.edu.ar | Argentina | Higher Education | 1001-5000 | Educational | 1968 | https://linkedin.com/company/unroficial | |
| events.box.com | box.com | United States | Technology, Information and Internet | 1001-5000 | Public Company | 2005 | https://linkedin.com/company/box | |
| www.coolblue.nl | coolblue.nl | Netherlands | Computers and Electronics Manufacturing | 5001-10000 | Privately Held | 1999 | https://linkedin.com/company/coolblue | |
| www.cedus.hhu.de | hhu.de | Germany | Higher Education | 1-10 | Educational | 1965 | https://linkedin.com/company/heinrich-heine-universitat-dusseldorf | |
| lbsa.lbschools.net | lbschools.net | United States | Primary and Secondary Education | 10001+ | Nonprofit | 1885 | https://linkedin.com/company/long-beach-unified | |
| portal.enpal.de | enpal.de | Germany | Services for Renewable Energy | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 2017 | https://linkedin.com/company/enpal | |
| leyton.com | leyton.com | France | Business Consulting and Services | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 1997 | https://linkedin.com/company/leyton | |
| experience.lutron.com | lutron.com | United States | Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 1961 | https://linkedin.com/company/lutron-electronics | |
| ri.gerdau.com | gerdau.com | United States | Manufacturing | 5001-10000 | Privately Held | 1901 | https://linkedin.com/company/gerdau-north-america | |
| library.amphenol-cs.com | amphenol-cs.com | United States | Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing | 10001+ | Public Company | 1932 | https://linkedin.com/company/amphenol-cs | |
| pgn.co.id | pgn.co.id | Indonesia | Oil and Gas | 1001-5000 | Public Company | — | https://linkedin.com/company/pt-perusahaan-gas-negara-tbk | |
| www.bwt.com | bwt.com | Austria | Food and Beverage Services | 5001-10000 | Public Company | — | https://linkedin.com/company/bwtgroup | |
| fi-group.com | fi-group.com | Brazil | Business Consulting and Services | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 2000 | https://linkedin.com/company/figroup | |
| nordson.com | nordson.com | United States | Machinery Manufacturing | 5001-10000 | Public Company | 1954 | https://linkedin.com/company/nordson-corporation | |
| sdl.com | sdl.com | United Kingdom | IT Services and IT Consulting | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 1992 | https://linkedin.com/company/sdl | |
| campusplus.um6p.ma | um6p.ma | Morocco | Higher Education | 201-500 | Educational | 2017 | https://linkedin.com/company/um6p | |
| www.wallem.com | wallem.com | China | Maritime Transportation | 501-1000 | Privately Held | 1903 | https://linkedin.com/company/wallemgroup | |
| www.ongandcompany.com | ongandcompany.com | United States | Accounting | 11-50 | Privately Held | 1982 | https://linkedin.com/company/ongandco | |
| exed.efrei.fr | efrei.fr | France | Higher Education | 51-200 | Educational | — | https://linkedin.com/company/efrei | |
| static.any.do | any.do | Israel | Technology, Information and Internet | 11-50 | Privately Held | 2011 | https://linkedin.com/company/any.do | |
| lifeatmattamy.com | lifeatmattamy.com | Canada | Real Estate | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 1978 | https://linkedin.com/company/mattamy-homes | |
| es.uplifteducation.org | uplifteducation.org | United States | Education Administration Programs | 1001-5000 | Nonprofit | 1996 | https://linkedin.com/company/uplift-education | |
| www.gotaxi.co.nz | gotaxi.co.nz | New Zealand | Financial Services | 11-50 | Privately Held | 2024 | https://linkedin.com/company/gotaxinz | |
| cec.ro | cec.ro | Romania | Banking | 1001-5000 | Public Company | 1864 | https://linkedin.com/company/cecbank | |
| dubai.sae.edu | sae.edu | Netherlands | Education Administration Programs | 1001-5000 | Educational | 1976 | https://linkedin.com/company/sae-institute | |
| www.mobileprogramming.com | mobileprogramming.com | United States | IT Services and IT Consulting | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 2001 | https://linkedin.com/company/mobileprogrammingllc | |
| my.neoma-bs.fr | neoma-bs.fr | France | Higher Education | 501-1000 | Educational | 1871 | https://linkedin.com/company/neoma-business-school | |
| www.protocol-education.com | protocol-education.com | United Kingdom | Staffing and Recruiting | 201-500 | Privately Held | 1994 | https://linkedin.com/company/protocol-education | |
| notredame.edu.au | notredame.edu.au | Australia | Higher Education | 1-10 | Educational | 1989 | https://linkedin.com/company/the-university-of-notre-dame-australia | |
| flex.10alytics.io | 10alytics.io | Canada | Technology, Information and Internet | 501-1000 | Privately Held | 2020 | https://linkedin.com/company/10alytics | |
| go.bayclubs.com | bayclubs.com | United States | Hospitality | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 1977 | https://linkedin.com/company/bayclubs | |
| go2.axway.com | axway.com | United States | Software Development | 1001-5000 | Public Company | 2001 | https://linkedin.com/company/axway | |
| objectways.com | objectways.com | United States | IT System Custom Software Development | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 2014 | https://linkedin.com/company/objectways | |
| my-cpe.com | my-cpe.com | United States | Financial Services | 1001-5000 | Privately Held | 2015 | https://linkedin.com/company/mycpeone | |
| kriss.ai | kriss.ai | United States | Technology, Information and Internet | 11-50 | Privately Held | — | https://linkedin.com/company/kriss-ai | |
| biblioteca.ucc.edu.ar | ucc.edu.ar | Argentina | Higher Education | 201-500 | Nonprofit | 1956 | https://linkedin.com/company/uccoficial | |
| alliance.edu.in | alliance.edu.in | India | Education Administration Programs | 501-1000 | Educational | 2010 | https://linkedin.com/company/allianceuniofcl | |
| mir.kyrene.org | kyrene.org | United States | Education Administration Programs | 1001-5000 | Educational | 1888 | https://linkedin.com/company/kyrene-school-district |
There are 158,003 companies and domains where we detect Calendly, sign up to download the entire Calendly dataset.
Recognisable companies using Calendly that we detect directly:
- Iron Mountain - Information management company, the largest organisation in our detected set
- Twilio - Communications platform, detected on twilio.com
- Deel - Global payroll and HR platform
- Box - Cloud content management platform
- City of Boston - Municipal government, detected on boston.gov
- Toronto Metropolitan University - Canadian university
- RWS Group - Language and content services company
- Coolblue - Dutch electronics retailer
- Enpal - German residential solar provider
- Leyton - International innovation funding consultancy
Which Countries Use Calendly the Most?
Which countries use Calendly the most? The United States leads with 45,327 matched companies, well ahead of the United Kingdom at 9,702. Germany (7,488) and France (7,307) are almost level, then Canada (5,848), India (4,920), Australia (4,529), and the Netherlands (3,949). The distribution is more English-speaking than most technologies we profile, which fits a product sold largely through self-serve signup in English, but continental Europe is substantial: Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and Belgium together add more than 23,000 matched companies.
Share of the 124,779 Calendly domains we matched to a company record — 79.0% of the 158,003 we detect. Top 15 countries shown, so these do not sum to 100%. Domains with no matching company record are not represented here and skew small and independent.
Calendly Market Share Among Appointment Scheduling
What is Calendly's market share? Calendly holds 62.56% of the appointment scheduling category and ranks #1 of 132 technologies we track in it. That is an unusually concentrated category: the next largest, Bookly, sits at 5.59% with 14,105 domains, so Calendly is more than eleven times the size of its closest tracked rival. One caveat on the shape of that lead. Calendly is detectable both from its embedded widget and from a plain outbound booking link, while several competitors are WordPress plugins or booking systems that only reveal themselves through a widget, so part of the gap reflects how visible each product is rather than how many businesses use it.
Top Competitors by Market Share
Calendly Customers by Company Size & Age
Is Calendly only for small businesses? Largely, yes. 79.29% of matched companies have 1 to 10 employees, and adding the 11 to 50 band takes it to 95.67%. This is a solo operator's tool first and a team tool second, which is exactly what a product sold through self-serve signup should look like. The other end of the distribution is thin but not empty: 46 matched companies have more than 10,000 employees, among them Iron Mountain, and a further 165 sit in the 1,001 to 5,000 band. Enterprises do run Calendly, they simply are not what the base is made of.
Company Size Distribution
Company Age (Founded Decade)
What Industries Use Calendly the Most?
Business Consulting and Services leads at 9.99%, followed by Professional Training and Coaching (6.82%), IT Services and IT Consulting (6.74%), Software Development (6.38%), and Advertising Services (6.14%). No industry passes 10%, so Calendly is a horizontal tool, but the centre of gravity is unmistakable. Consulting, coaching, advertising, and marketing services together account for roughly a third of matched companies, and all four share one trait: the core commercial activity is booking time with a client. The companies that use Mindbody, a studio booking system in the same category, show what a vertical tool looks like instead: 57.21% are in Wellness and Fitness Services, per the Mindbody profile.
Business consulting firms using Calendly form the single largest vertical at 9.99% of matched companies. Add advertising and marketing agencies on Calendly (6.14% and 5.48%) and professional trainers and coaches (6.82%) and you have the product's core market: businesses whose calendar is their inventory. Financial services companies using Calendly account for 5.58%, and accounting a further 2.6%, which are regulated industries that generally require SSO and audited security controls before adopting a booking tool.
Calendly Alternatives & Competitors
Appointment scheduling is the most top-heavy category we track. Calendly holds 62.56% while the entire rest of the field shares the remainder: Bookly (5.59%, 14,105 domains) and FareHarbor (4.63%, 11,684) lead the chasing pack, then BookThatApp (1.71%), Appointo (1.67%), and GetYourGuide (1.67%). Most of these are not really competing for the same buyer. FareHarbor and GetYourGuide serve tours and activities, BookThatApp and Appointo are Shopify apps, and Bookly is a WordPress plugin. Calendly's nearest true equivalent, Cal.com, is smaller still at 3,857 domains, which makes the migration data below more interesting than the share table.
| Technology | Domains | Market Share |
|---|---|---|
| 14,105 | 5.59% | |
| 11,684 | 4.63% | |
| 4,321 | 1.71% | |
| 4,214 | 1.67% | |
| 4,205 | 1.67% |
Calendly Customer Migration
Counts here are domains observed switching since we began tracking in March 2026, and the absolute numbers are small, so read the ratios rather than the totals. Calendly wins comfortably against the incumbents: 17 domains arrived from Acuity Scheduling against 4 lost (4.25:1) and 12 arrived from Bookly against 3 lost (4:1). The exception runs the other way and is worth watching. 66 domains left Calendly for Cal.com while only 2 came back, a 33:1 corridor against Calendly and by far the largest single flow in the category. Cal.com is roughly one fortieth of Calendly's size, so this is not a threat to the lead, but it is the only place where a competitor is consistently taking domains rather than losing them.
| Competitor | Gained | Lost | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
Cal.com | 0 | -17 | -17 |
+7 | -3 | +4 | |
+3 | -1 | +2 | |
+3 | 0 | +3 | |
+1 | 0 | +1 | |
+1 | 0 | +1 | |
0 | -1 | -1 | |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Tech Stack of Calendly-Powered Websites
The typical Calendly domain is a marketing site rather than an application. Google Analytics appears on 53.84% and jQuery on 54.58%, while WordPress runs on 38.09% with Elementor on 18.45%. The website builders tell the clearest story: Wix (7.88%), Squarespace (7.80%), and Webflow (6.07%) are all well represented, which is the signature of businesses that assemble a site themselves and add booking to it. Cloudflare fronts 33.79%, and Tailwind CSS (18.41%) now runs close behind Bootstrap (19.75%).
Web Analytics
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Calendly Customer Reviews with Pros and Cons
Based on aggregated G2 reviews (819 total mentions), Calendly scores highest for ease of use. The most common criticism concerns features missing from the free plan.
Generated from real user reviews on G2
- Users love the ease of use of Calendly, appreciating its intuitive interface that simplifies meeting scheduling.(171 reviews)
- Users love the ease of scheduling with Calendly, enjoying seamless calendar syncing and saving significant time.(139 reviews)
- Users appreciate the easy scheduling feature that simplifies booking and improves efficiency through automation and flexibility.(130 reviews)
- Users value the seamless calendar integration of Calendly, enhancing scheduling efficiency and reducing email back-and-forth.(87 reviews)
- Users praise the easy setup of Calendly, significantly reducing scheduling time and increasing organization in meetings.(87 reviews)
- Users find the missing features in the free version limiting, impacting the functionality and overall experience.(54 reviews)
- Users experience significant calendar syncing issues that disrupt scheduling and lead to potential financial losses.(46 reviews)
- Users find the pricing of Calendly to be expensive, particularly for accessing essential advanced features and capabilities.(38 reviews)
- Users face scheduling issues due to unstable connections and bugs, leading to lost opportunities and frustration.(34 reviews)
- Users face integration issues with Calendly, needing Google Calendar as a middleman instead of direct Apple/iCloud support.(33 reviews)
Expert Analysis: Calendly Growth Trends & Key Signals for Sales Teams in 2026

I have looked at Calendly's footprint across 158,003 detected domains and the 124,779 of those we could match to a company record. Calendly was founded in 2013 by Tope Awotona and reached a $3 billion valuation in its 2021 Series B. What follows is what our own detection data says, which is a narrower and more specific question than how many users the company has.
1. What a Calendly detection actually means
Worth being precise, because it shapes every number below. We record Calendly when a domain embeds the booking widget, exposes Calendly's popup functions, loads its assets, or simply publishes an outbound link to a Calendly booking page. That last case matters: a consultant whose contact page links to their booking link counts here, and rightly so, because they plainly have an account and are routing customers through it. But it means the count measures businesses that publish a Calendly booking route, not seats sold or meetings booked.
The detection is highly repeatable. When we crawl a domain that has Calendly, we find it essentially every time, which tells us the footprint below is a stable measurement rather than an intermittent one.
2. The base is small businesses, and unusually so
79.29% of matched companies have 1 to 10 employees. Adding the 11 to 50 band reaches 95.67%. That is one of the most micro-business-weighted distributions across the profiles on this site, and it is the natural result of a product bought with a credit card rather than a procurement process.
The age data points the same way. 44.21% of matched companies were founded in the 2020s and another 39.79% in the 2010s, so 84% are less than about sixteen years old. These businesses did not migrate to scheduling automation from something else. They never had anything else.
"A base that is 79% micro-businesses and 44% founded this decade is not a company that won an enterprise bake-off. It is a default that new businesses adopt without evaluating alternatives." - Mehmet Suleyman, CEO at TechnologyChecker.io
The enterprise tail is thin but genuine: 46 matched companies above 10,000 employees and 165 in the 1,001 to 5,000 band, including Iron Mountain, Twilio, Deel, Box, and the City of Boston. In organisations that size a detection is almost always one team's booking page, not a company-wide standard.
Sales Signal: With 95.67% of the base under 50 employees, net-new outbound is the wrong motion. The 11 to 50 band graduating into team scheduling is where the expansion revenue sits.
3. Industry concentration confirms the thesis
Business Consulting and Services leads at 9.99%, then Professional Training and Coaching (6.82%), IT Services and IT Consulting (6.74%), Software Development (6.38%), Advertising Services (6.14%), Financial Services (5.58%), and Marketing Services (5.48%). No industry breaks 10%, so this is a horizontal product, but consulting, coaching, advertising, and marketing together make up roughly a third of the base.
What unites them is that the calendar is the inventory. A consultant, a coach, or an agency owner sells blocks of their own time, so the booking link is not an administrative convenience but the point of sale. That is a materially different relationship with the product than a software company using it to book demos.
Sales Signal: Accounting (2.6%) and Financial Services (5.58%) are regulated verticals that typically need SSO and audited controls. They are the most credible upgrade path from self-serve to a paid security tier.
4. Geography
The United States accounts for 45,327 matched companies, more than four times the United Kingdom's 9,702. Germany (7,488) and France (7,307) follow almost level, then Canada (5,848), India (4,920), Australia (4,529), and the Netherlands (3,949).
The English-speaking skew is stronger here than in most categories we measure, which is what a product distributed through self-serve signup in English tends to look like. Continental Europe is nonetheless substantial once aggregated, and Switzerland (1,768) and Belgium (1,222) are both larger than their population share would predict.
5. Migration: winning the incumbents, losing to the challenger
These are counts of domains observed switching since we began tracking in March 2026, so the absolute numbers are small and the ratios carry the meaning.
Against the established competitors Calendly wins clearly. 17 domains arrived from Acuity Scheduling against 4 lost, a 4.25:1 ratio, and 12 arrived from Bookly against 3 lost, 4:1. Nothing in the incumbent field is taking domains from Calendly at any scale.
One corridor runs hard the other way. 66 domains left Calendly for Cal.com, and only 2 moved back. That is 33:1 against Calendly and the single largest flow anywhere in the category, which is striking given Cal.com holds just 3,857 domains to Calendly's 158,003.
"Calendly is beating every incumbent it faces and losing 33:1 to the one open-source challenger. At Cal.com's current size that changes nothing about the ranking, but it is the only competitive flow on the board that is consistently one-directional." - Mehmet Suleyman, CEO at TechnologyChecker.io
Sales Signal: Domains still on Acuity Scheduling and Bookly are the highest-probability conversion targets, since the observed flow already runs that way at better than 4:1.
6. The technology around it
Calendly domains look like marketing sites, not applications. Google Analytics appears on 53.84%, jQuery on 54.58%, and WordPress on 38.09% with Elementor at 18.45%. The site builders are the tell: Wix (7.88%), Squarespace (7.80%), and Webflow (6.07%) are all well represented.
This is a base of business owners who assembled a website themselves and bolted booking onto it. It also explains the shape of the competitive field, since the WordPress-native plugins compete for exactly these buyers by removing the third-party embed.
Sales Signal: The Wix, Squarespace, and Webflow concentration is a distribution channel as much as a statistic. Native integrations and templated embeds reach this base far more efficiently than outbound does.
7. What the reviews say
Across aggregated G2 reviews (819 mentions), ease of use dominates positive sentiment with 171 mentions, then ease of scheduling (139) and easy setup (87). The criticism is just as consistent: features missing from the free plan leads at 54 mentions, followed by calendar syncing issues (46) and pricing (38).
Our own data gives the pricing complaint some support. The flow towards Cal.com, which is open source and self-hostable, is the largest outbound corridor we observe, and free WordPress plugins retain a real if small pull. The net position still favours Calendly by a wide margin.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who uses Calendly?
We detect Calendly on 158,003 domains, including Iron Mountain Inc., Securion beveiliging, RWS Group. A detection means the technology is present on that domain, which for large organisations is often a single storefront or subdomain rather than a company-wide deployment. Among domains we matched to a company with a resolved industry, the most common is Business Consulting and Services (9.99%).
How many customers does Calendly have?
We detect 158,003 domains running Calendly across our monthly crawl of live business domains. Company data could be matched for 124,779 of them (79.0%), and every company-size, industry and country breakdown on this page describes that matched subset rather than the full detected base. A further 16,732 domains carried a Calendly detection previously and no longer do.
What is Calendly's market share?
Calendly holds 62.56% of the Appointment Scheduling category, ranking #1. This is a share of the domains we detect running a platform in this category — not a share of all websites, and not a share of spending — so it is not directly comparable to figures published on other denominators.
What are the best alternatives to Calendly?
The top alternatives to Calendly include Bookly (5.59% market share), FareHarbor (4.63% market share), BookThatApp (1.71% market share), Appointo (1.67% market share) — measured as a share of the domains we detect running a platform in this category.
Which countries use Calendly the most?
United States leads with 45,327 matched Calendly domains, followed by United Kingdom (9,702), Germany (7,488), France (7,307), Canada (5,848). These are counts within the 124,779 domains we could match to a company record, not the full detected base.
What size companies use Calendly?
The most common company size is 1-10 employees, representing 79.29% of the Calendly domains we could match to a company record and size — a subset of 124,779 matched companies, not of all 158,003 detected domains. This is followed by 11-50 employees (16.38%) and 51-200 employees (3.26%).
How old are companies that use Calendly?
Among the Calendly domains we could match to a company with a known founding date, the largest group was founded in the 2020s (44.21%), followed by the 2010s (39.79%). That matched subset is drawn from 124,779 companies and is not representative of all 158,003 detected domains. This suggests Calendly is most popular among relatively young companies.
What is the ideal customer profile for Calendly?
The ideal Calendly customer is: Company Size: 1-10 employees, Industry: Consulting, coaching, or agency services, Location: US, UK, Germany, or France, Founded: 2020-2026, Website: WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, or Webflow — based on our analysis of 124,779 enriched companies at TechnologyChecker.io.
Is Calendly a unicorn company?
Yes. Calendly reached unicorn status in January 2021 when it raised $350 million in a Series B round led by OpenView and Iconiq Capital. That funding round valued Calendly at $3 billion. The company was founded in 2013 by Tope Awotona and operates as a private, remote-first company with approximately 545 employees.
Is Calendly good for small businesses?
The data says it is built for them. Of the 124,779 detected domains we matched to a company record, 79.29% have 1 to 10 employees and a further 16.38% have 11 to 50, so 95.67% of the base is under 50 people. Calendly offers a free plan with one event type per user, and paid plans start at $10 per user per month for the Standard tier.
What are the downsides of Calendly?
Common criticisms include pricing that adds up quickly for teams (per-user billing means a 10-person team pays $100-$160/month), limited customization on the free plan (one event type, Calendly branding), and the learning curve for advanced features like routing and round robin. Some users also note that the mobile app lacks feature parity with the web version.
Is Acuity Scheduling better than Calendly?
It depends on your stack, but our switching data leans one way. Since we began tracking in March 2026 we observed 17 domains move from Acuity Scheduling to Calendly and 4 move the other way, a 4.25:1 ratio in Calendly's favour. Acuity's advantage is its native fit with Squarespace, since Squarespace acquired it in 2019. Calendly stayed platform-agnostic, which shows up in the direction of the flow. Note these are counts of domains and the absolute numbers are small.
How much does Calendly cost compared to Acuity?
Calendly offers four plans: Free (1 event type), Standard ($10/month per user), Teams ($16/month per user), and Enterprise (custom pricing starting around $300/user annually). Acuity Scheduling starts at $16/month for the Emerging plan. Both offer free trials, but Calendly's free tier is more generous for individual users.
Does Microsoft 365 have something like Calendly?
Yes. Microsoft Bookings is included with Microsoft 365 Business Standard and above at no extra cost, and handles appointment scheduling with calendar integration. It is the most credible threat to Calendly in organisations that already pay for Microsoft 365, which is why Calendly's enterprise tier leans on SSO, provisioning, and routing features rather than on booking alone.
What are the limitations of Calendly's free version?
Calendly's free plan includes one active event type per user, basic integrations with Google and Microsoft calendars, and Calendly branding on booking pages. You don't get custom branding, team scheduling, round robin routing, automated workflows and reminders, payment collection via Stripe, or analytics. The free plan works for solo users with simple booking needs.
Which is better, TidyCal or Calendly?
TidyCal, available as a lifetime deal on AppSumo, appeals to budget-conscious users who want a one-time payment instead of monthly fees. Calendly offers deeper integrations (HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoom), team features, and enterprise-grade security. For solopreneurs on a tight budget, TidyCal can work. For growing teams that need CRM integration and routing, Calendly is the stronger choice.
What industries use Calendly the most?
Across the 124,779 domains we matched to a company record, Business Consulting and Services leads at 9.99%, followed by Professional Training and Coaching (6.82%), IT Services and IT Consulting (6.74%), Software Development (6.38%), Advertising Services (6.14%), Financial Services (5.58%), and Marketing Services (5.48%). No single industry passes 10%. The common thread across the leaders is that the business sells its own time, so the booking link is the point of sale rather than an administrative convenience.
Can Calendly handle enterprise scheduling?
It can, but it is not what the base looks like. Only 0.04% of the companies we matched have more than 10,000 employees, though that thin tail includes Iron Mountain, and another 0.13% sit in the 1,001 to 5,000 band alongside Twilio, Deel, and Box. Calendly's Enterprise plan adds SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, admin analytics, and domain claiming. In organisations of that size a detection is usually one team's booking page rather than a company-wide deployment.
Is Calendly safe to use for business?
Calendly maintains SOC 2 Type II certification and GDPR compliance, offers SAML SSO on Enterprise plans, and does not store payment details directly, processing instead through Stripe or PayPal. Regulated industries are well represented in our data: Financial Services accounts for 5.58% of matched companies and Accounting a further 2.6%, which are sectors that generally require audited controls before approving a booking tool.
How does Calendly make money?
Calendly uses a freemium SaaS model with per-user, per-month pricing. Free users get basic scheduling; paid plans (Standard at $10/month, Teams at $16/month) unlock advanced features like team scheduling, routing, and integrations. Enterprise pricing is custom. The company reached a $3 billion valuation in 2021 on roughly $70 million in ARR, implying strong unit economics from its self-serve motion.
Does Calendly integrate with CRM tools?
Yes. Calendly integrates with HubSpot, Salesforce, and other CRMs. HubSpot is the most common CRM pairing in our data, appearing on 5.69% of Calendly domains. The integration creates contacts, logs meetings, and triggers workflows when a booking happens, which is why sales teams are a core use case even though the base is dominated by very small businesses.
Is Cal.com taking customers from Calendly?
In one direction, consistently. Since we began tracking in March 2026 we observed 66 domains leave Calendly for Cal.com while only 2 moved the other way, a 33:1 ratio and the largest single switching flow anywhere in the appointment scheduling category. Context matters though: Cal.com is on 3,857 domains against Calendly's 158,003, so this is a clear directional signal rather than a threat to Calendly's lead. Cal.com's draw is that it is open source and can be self-hosted, which speaks to the pricing complaints that show up in Calendly's review data.
Based on 124,779 company data
These insights include all TechnologyChecker.io detections of Calendly (free & paid plans).