Comparison
Cal.com has an excellent free plan and an open-source edition. Meetario focuses on messenger notifications, built-in video and simple flat pricing.
Cal.com is the better choice if you want a free plan with unlimited event types or need to self-host. Meetario wins if your bookings live in Telegram, WhatsApp or Viber, or if you want clients to get reminders in a messenger.
Cal.com is a popular scheduling platform with a generous free plan for individuals — unlimited event types and calendars — and a community open-source edition you can self-host. Its hosted product competes directly with Calendly.
Meetario is a fully hosted alternative with a different focus: messenger notifications. Booking alerts can go to Telegram on every plan and to WhatsApp, Viber, Slack and Discord on paid plans, and clients can choose to get their own reminders in a messenger. Cal.com offers WhatsApp messages through workflows with fixed text, but no Telegram or Viber.
Pricing also works differently. Cal.com Teams is $12 per user per month on yearly billing; Meetario Business is also $12 per user per month, billed monthly. On the free tier, though, Cal.com is more generous: unlimited event types against Meetario's one.
A fully hosted scheduling platform: booking pages, calendar sync, alerts in Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber, Slack and Discord, free Jitsi video calls, paid bookings through 9 gateways with 0% platform commission, and team scheduling on the Business plan.
A modern scheduling platform with a generous free plan for individuals, team and organization plans, workflows with email, SMS and WhatsApp actions, and an open-source community edition for self-hosting.
| Feature | Meetario | Cal.com |
|---|---|---|
| Telegram booking alerts | ||
| WhatsApp messages | Premium+ | Workflows (fixed text) |
| Viber booking alerts | Premium+ | |
| Event types on the free plan | 1 | Unlimited |
| Fully hosted | ||
| Open-source self-hosted edition | ||
| Built-in video calls (Jitsi) | Cal Video | |
| Google & Outlook calendar sync | ||
| Zoom integration | Premium+ | |
| Team scheduling | $12/user/mo | $12/user/mo (yearly) |
| Stripe/PayPal payments | Premium+ | |
| API access | Business |
Cal.com's free plan is one of the most generous in the category: unlimited event types and calendars for one user. Meetario's free plan allows one event type. If you need many event types without paying, Cal.com wins.
Cal.com workflows can send email, SMS and WhatsApp messages, but WhatsApp text cannot be customized, and there is no Telegram or Viber. Meetario sends booking alerts natively to Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber, Slack, Discord and Google Chat, and lets clients opt in to their own confirmations and reminders in Telegram, Viber or WhatsApp.
Cal.com Teams costs $12 per user per month on yearly billing, so a 5-person team pays about $60/month. Meetario Business is also $12 per user per month, without requiring yearly billing. Cal.com offers more advanced team and organization features at higher tiers.
Cal.com publishes an open-source community edition you can self-host and modify; Cal.com itself recommends it for personal, non-production use. Meetario is hosted only. If you need to run scheduling on your own servers, Cal.com is the option here.
Free: 1 event type, Jitsi video and Telegram alerts. Premium $7/month: all messengers, Zoom and paid bookings. Business $12 per user per month: team scheduling, round-robin, API and webhooks.
Free for individuals (unlimited event types and calendars). Teams $12/user/month and Organizations $28/user/month on yearly billing. Enterprise: custom.
Native booking alerts in Telegram, WhatsApp and Viber
Clients can opt in to reminders in Telegram, Viber or WhatsApp
Free built-in Jitsi video calls
9 payment gateways with 0% platform commission
No. Meetario is a hosted product only — there is nothing to install or maintain, but you cannot self-host it.
Yes. Both connect to Google and Outlook calendars. Create your Meetario account, connect your calendar, recreate your event types and update your booking links.
They cost about the same per person: Meetario Business is $12 per user per month, and Cal.com Teams is $12 per user per month on yearly billing. Cal.com has more advanced organization features; Meetario adds messenger alerts.
Yes, on the Business plan: webhooks for created, cancelled and updated bookings, plus a REST API for events, event types and users.
Meetario does not offer a HIPAA BAA or a choice of data region. Self-hosting Cal.com's community edition gives you more control over where data lives.
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