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Calendly

Calendly is a powerful scheduling tool designed to streamline the process of booking meetings and appointments. It connects with up to six calendars, automating scheduling and displaying real-time availability to prevent double-booking.

The platform offers customizable event types, automated workflows, and routing forms. It provides browser extensions for easy access and integrates seamlessly with popular tools like Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook, Zoom, and Salesforce.

Zencal

Zencal offers a comprehensive solution for scheduling and selling meetings, streamlining appointment management for businesses and professionals. The platform supports unlimited meetings and topics, connects with multiple calendar services including Google, Outlook, and iCloud, and provides a customizable hosted profile page to showcase services, prices, and client reviews. With integrated payment processing, automated email and SMS notifications, and advanced team features such as round-robin scheduling and team calendar management, Zencal empowers users to effortlessly manage both individual and team appointments.

Ideal for specialists like nutritionists, psychologists, dentists, coaches, beauty professionals, and lawyers, Zencal ensures data privacy with GDPR compliance and offers seamless migration from other tools. Additional unique features include subscription-based meeting packages, meeting bundles, instant calendar overlays for participants, and customizable rescheduling policies, delivering a flexible and scalable scheduling experience.

Pricing

Calendly Pricing

Freemium
From $10

Calendly offers Freemium pricing with plans starting from $10 per month .

Zencal Pricing

Freemium
From $4

Zencal offers Freemium pricing with plans starting from $4 per month .

Features

Calendly

  • Scheduling Automation: Automates the scheduling process by connecting to calendars and displaying real-time availability.
  • Customizable Availability: Allows users to set detailed availability preferences, scheduling rules, and buffers.
  • Calendar Connections: Connects with up to six calendars to prevent double-booking.
  • Event Types: Offers pre-built templates and allows users to create custom event types.
  • Automated Workflows: Automates meeting reminders, follow-ups, and other communication.
  • Routing Forms: Qualifies and routes leads and customers directly from a website.
  • Integrations: Integrates with 100+ tools, including Google Workspace, Microsoft suite, and various CRM and marketing platforms.
  • Admin Management: Provides tools for team admins to streamline onboarding, track scheduling trends, and maintain security standards.

Zencal

  • Unlimited Meetings: Host unlimited appointments without restrictions.
  • Custom Meeting Topics: Define unique types of meetings with individual booking links.
  • Multiple Calendar Integrations: Sync Google, Outlook, iCloud, and more for unified scheduling.
  • Hosted Profile Pages: Create branded landing pages with services, reviews, and booking options.
  • Integrated Payments: Accept appointments with Stripe, PayPal, and various payment gateways.
  • Automated Email & SMS Notifications: Custom reminders and follow-ups for scheduled meetings.
  • Subscription & Bundle Sales: Offer meeting packages and recurring appointments to clients.
  • Advanced Team Scheduling: Round robin, team topics, access management, and team landing pages.
  • Customizable Branding: Remove platform branding and add organization logos and colors.
  • GDPR Compliance: Secure data management and privacy controls for EU-based users.

Use Cases

Calendly Use Cases

  • Scheduling client meetings
  • Arranging team meetings
  • Booking sales calls
  • Coordinating interviews
  • Managing appointments for service-based businesses
  • Scheduling webinars and online events
  • Setting up consultations
  • Organizing coaching sessions

Zencal Use Cases

  • Scheduling and selling dietary consultations for nutritionists.
  • Automating appointment bookings for psychologists and therapists.
  • Streamlining patient scheduling and reminders for dental practices.
  • Managing client bookings and paid sessions for business coaches.
  • Allowing beauty professionals to showcase and book treatments.
  • Facilitating client meeting scheduling and payments for lawyers.
  • Organizing internal and external meetings across teams within a company.
  • Providing subscription-based consultation services with automated renewals.

FAQs

Calendly FAQs

  • What happens at the end of my trial?
    At the end of your 14-day trial, you'll automatically be downgraded to the Free tier and you’ll be able to continue to use Calendly as long as you’d like. If you decide to upgrade to a paid plan, you can do so from the billing page in your account.
  • What payment methods do you accept?
    We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB, and Diners Club credit and debit cards. Payment via PayPal is accepted for customers located outside the United States.
  • Can we try Calendly with multiple users?
    Absolutely! You can invite team members to join your trial account at no cost. At the end of your 14-day trial, all members will be automatically downgraded to the Free plan.
  • How do I upgrade or downgrade?
    Visit your billing page by going to My Account > Billing. From there, you can change your plan, add or remove user seats, and update your payment information.

Zencal FAQs

  • Can I embed Zencal on my website?
    Yes, Zencal offers built-in embedding and pop-up options, allowing you to customize styles or create a branded landing page for appointment bookings.
  • Can I set custom availability for appointments?
    You can create multiple availability templates for different types of work and associate them with specific meeting topics.
  • Is there a free version of Zencal?
    Zencal offers a 14-day free trial of the Pro version, after which you can continue with a Basic free plan or upgrade to a paid subscription.
  • Does Zencal support integration with other calendar and payment tools?
    Zencal integrates with Google, Outlook, and iCloud calendars, as well as payment platforms like Stripe and PayPal.
  • How can I create a meeting link?
    Set up an availability template and a meeting topic in Zencal, then generate and share the unique link with your guests.

Uptime Monitor

Uptime Monitor

Average Uptime

99.86%

Average Response Time

237.43 ms

Last 30 Days

Uptime Monitor

Average Uptime

99.75%

Average Response Time

210.65 ms

Last 30 Days

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