SplitForms Booking vs Calendly
A Calendly alternative for appointment businesses
SplitForms Booking is a Calendly alternative for salons, spas, clinics, coaches and studios that costs $100/year per account instead of per seat, with 10,000 bookings a year and a 14-day free trial. It is not free after the trial. You get a booking page and website widget, deposits through your own Stripe account, email reminders, intake questions and staff schedules. Calendly is still the better pick for a free single-calendar plan or for sales teams that need round-robin and CRM routing.
14-day free trial, no card. Then $100/year for 10,000 bookings.
Side by side
SplitForms Booking vs Calendly
| Feature | SplitForms Booking | Calendly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $100/year (USD) per account, after a 14-day trial with no card | Free plan; Standard $10/seat/mo billed yearly ($12 monthly); Teams $16/seat/mo yearly ($20 monthly) |
| Free plan | No free Booking plan. The forms plan can stay Free while Booking is on. | Yes: one event type and one calendar connection, one-on-one scheduling |
| Bookings included | 10,000 per billing year | Not stated as a cap on the pricing page |
| Services / event types | Unlimited services and staff profiles | One on Free, unlimited from Standard |
| Collect payment at booking | Deposit or full payment through your own connected Stripe account | Stripe and PayPal from Standard |
| Reminders | Email confirmations and reminders; texts to customers who opt in (SMS credits, bought separately) | “Automations & reminders” listed from Standard |
| Calendars | Google Calendar (busy times and new events); ICS feed for Outlook, Apple and others | One calendar on Free, multiple from Standard |
| Intake questions | Templates for clinics, spas, coaches and fitness; private answers encrypted at rest; file uploads | Not compared here (not on the pricing page) |
| Team scheduling | Staff with their own hours; roles for manager, front desk and practitioner | Round-robin, team scheduling and lead routing on Teams |
| CRM integrations | Not built into Booking | HubSpot and Mailchimp on Standard; Salesforce and Marketo on Teams |
Calendly plans and prices (USD) checked on 2026-11-01 at calendly.com/pricing. Prices can change; check their page before you decide.
Price
Per account, not per seat
One person on Calendly Standard billed yearly pays $10 a month, which is $120 a year. SplitForms Booking is $100 a year for the account, and adding staff profiles does not change it. Dashboard logins for staff use the team seats on your forms plan (Pro at $5/mo includes 3). Text messages use SMS credits bought separately.
Which one fits
Where each tool is stronger
Calendly is stronger for
A free plan that never expires
If you only need one meeting type and one calendar, Calendly Free costs nothing. SplitForms Booking has a trial, then a yearly price.
Sales teams and routing
Calendly Teams adds round-robin, lead qualification and routing, and sends meetings to Salesforce. SplitForms Booking is built for appointments, not sales pipelines.
Integrations and calendars
Calendly connects to more calendars and tools out of the box, plus a browser extension. SplitForms reads busy times from Google Calendar only; other calendars get a read-only ICS feed.
SplitForms Booking is stronger for
One price for the whole business
$100/year covers the account, not each person. Add every practitioner as a staff profile with their own hours at no extra Booking cost.
Deposits, intake and no-shows in one place
Take a deposit through your own Stripe account, collect intake answers and files, offer cancelled slots to a waitlist, and see no-shows and money collected in reports.
Your forms and bookings together
If you already use SplitForms for website forms, Booking sits in the same dashboard and login, and a form can hand people straight to your booking page.
Feature guides: appointment reminder texts and emails and the Google Calendar booking page. Running a salon or spa? See salon booking software.
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Is SplitForms Booking a free Calendly alternative?
No. It has a 14-day free trial with no card, then costs $100/year (USD) for 10,000 bookings a year. If you need a scheduler that stays free forever, Calendly's Free plan (one event type, one calendar) is the better fit.
Is it cheaper than Calendly?
For one person on Calendly Standard billed yearly, Calendly is $120 a year against $100/year. The gap grows with staff, because Calendly prices per seat and SplitForms Booking prices per account. Calendly Free is cheaper if its limits work for you. Calendly prices checked on 2026-11-01.
Do my staff need their own seats?
No seat is needed to put someone on the booking page: staff profiles with their own hours are unlimited. To give a staff member their own dashboard login, you use team seats from your SplitForms forms plan. Free has none and Pro ($5/mo) includes 3.
Can I take deposits like Calendly's Stripe integration?
Yes. Connect your own Stripe account and choose no payment, a deposit percentage or payment in full. Customers pay on Stripe-hosted Checkout and the money is charged on your Stripe account; splitforms never holds it.
When should I stay on Calendly?
Stay if you run sales meetings with round-robin and routing, rely on its Salesforce or HubSpot integrations, need several calendars other than Google checked for conflicts, or only need Calendly Free.
More booking guides
Appointment reminder texts and emails
Reminder timing, what the text says and how SMS credits work.
Google Calendar booking page
Two-way sync, busy times, Google Meet links and per-staff calendars.
Salon booking software
Stylist calendars, service menus with deposits, and client intake questions.
Barber booking app
Book a barber from your bio link in the phone browser, with deposits and reminders.
No-show fees and deposits
Take a deposit through Stripe at booking, or email a payment link after a no-show.
Massage booking software
60 and 90-minute sessions, a break between clients, intake questions and deposits.
Spa booking software
Staff mode or spaces per time for a day spa, with intake per treatment.
Tattoo booking software
Free consultations, session deposits, artist calendars and reference images.
Personal trainer booking app
1:1 and small-group sessions, a health check and waiver, payment at booking.
Yoga studio booking software
Class spaces per time, a health waiver, waitlist emails and reminders.