Fillout: The powerful Cal.com alternative
Create professional scheduling experiences with modern designs and advanced features, with the flexibility of a full form builder.
Cal.com vs Fillout Scheduling
Hello! Looking for a more flexible alternative to Cal.com? Or trying to decide which scheduling tool best fits your needs?
We've put together a comprehensive comparison between Fillout and Cal.com to help you make an informed decision.
Comparing the scheduling experience
First, let's compare the scheduling capabilities of both services. Both allow you to create scheduling pages and manage bookings, but the key differences lie in the calendar features, availability options, and integration capabilities:
Fillout free | Cal.com Basic | |
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Form builder | Advanced form builder | Basic fields only |
Native integrations | 30+ native integrations | Limited integrations |
Workflow automation | Limited on free plan | |
Workflow branching | ||
Calendar sync | Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook | Google Calendar, Microsoft Outlook |
Custom booking page | ||
Team scheduling |
Ready to try a modern scheduling solution?
Create Your Free Scheduling FormWhile Cal.com is open source and can be self-hosted for free, their hosted solution has limitations on the free tier - including limited event types and basic scheduling features. Fillout's free plan allows unlimited event types, up to 1000 bookings per month, and includes features like team scheduling, custom branding, and integrations.
Fillout Scheduling offers all the essential features to manage your calendar and bookings on the free plan. What's more, if you sign up you'll have lifetime access to the free scheduling features - no strings attached. Learn more about Fillout Scheduling's free plan and pricing here.
Thousands of teams trust Fillout for building secure and powerful forms.
What's the overall summary?
Fillout brings the best of both worlds: a generous free tier and enterprise-grade security, plus unique workflow capabilities that set it apart. We built our scheduling solution from the ground up to be simple yet powerful, with seamless calendar integrations for Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook, automated reminders, and team scheduling - all available on the on the free plan. What makes Fillout special is how it combines powerful form building with scheduling - you can create complex booking workflows with conditional branching based on form responses, letting you automatically route meetings to the right team members. You can create professional booking pages, manage group scheduling, customize your availability, and build sophisticated forms with conditional logic and calculations all in one platform. See the difference for yourself when you try it out.
Cal.com is open source and can be self-hosted, giving users complete control over their data and infrastructure. However, this requires technical expertise to set up and maintain.
Ok, but what about advanced features?
The Fillout scheduling platform makes it easy to create modern booking experiences quickly, while also supporting advanced scheduling use cases.
Fillout offers two primary paid tiers, a starter tier for $15/month and a business tier for $75/month (paid annually). More details on the Fillout pricing page.
Here's how some of the paid features stack up with Cal.com:
Fillout | Cal.com | |
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Advanced workflows | Starter plan | $15/month (Team) |
Enterprise integrations | Pro plan | Enterprise only |
Custom API access | Starter plan | $15/month (Team) |
White labeling | Pro plan | $15/month (Team) |
Advanced analytics | Pro plan | $15/month (Team) |
Priority support | Pro plan | $15/month (Team) |
Enterprise features | Enterprise plan | Enterprise only |
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Create unlimited booking pages and schedule meetings for free. See pricing for details.