# Vonza vs Calendly: which scheduler fits your business?

> Calendly is the best-known scheduling link: a free plan for one event type, per-seat paid plans, routing and round robin for teams, and integrations that pass each booking on to your other tools. The new Vonza Scheduling gives you six meeting types, 137 templates, payments with deposits and session packs, and automations, in the same account as your courses, community, email, SMS and CRM. Calendly’s figures below come from its own pricing page, read on 2026-11-14.

Vendor figures read on 2026-11-14 from each vendor’s own pages. [See how migration works](https://vonza.net/free-migrations).

## Vonza or Calendly: the short answer

Calendly is the specialist scheduling link. Vonza puts the booking next to everything that happens after it.

### Choose Vonza if

- You sell what you book: deposits, session packs, subscriptions and pay-what-you-want prices per meeting length, paid by card, wallet, Klarna, PayPal or Paystack.
- You want every booker in your CRM, tagged, and a booking that can enrol them in a course, add them to a list or start an email or text sequence.
- You want a booking page drafted by Vonza AI from one line, or started from 137 templates, with meeting polls, routing forms and one-time links beside it.
- You already run courses, a community, email or funnels on Vonza and want scheduling in the same plan rather than another per-seat subscription.

### Choose Calendly if

- Scheduling is all you need, and its free plan (one event type, one calendar connection) or Standard at $12 per seat a month covers you.
- Your bookings must land in Salesforce, Marketo, Pardot or Microsoft Dynamics through Calendly’s native connections.
- You want Calendly’s mobile app and browser extension, or a Notetaker that joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams calls on the Plus plans.
- You are a sales team that qualifies and routes leads before they see a calendar, on Calendly Teams.

## Calendly vs Vonza pricing

Calendly’s figures as its pricing page stated them on 2026-11-14. Vonza’s price is its live price today.

| Pricing | Vonza | Calendly |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lowest monthly price | See vonza.com/pricing | $12 per seat a month (Standard); a free plan with one event type |
| Higher plans | Higher plans and their live prices are on the pricing page | Teams $20 per seat a month; Standard Plus $18 per seat billed annually; Teams Plus $32 per seat; Enterprise from $15k a year for 50 seats |
| Annual billing | Pay monthly, or save up to 30% with annual billing. | Standard $10 and Teams $16 per seat a month billed annually; Teams Plus $24 |
| Transaction fee | Your payment provider’s own processing fee, plus a Vonza platform fee per transaction that depends on your plan (see the pricing page). | Not published on Calendly’s pricing or payments page; payments through Stripe and PayPal |
| Free trial | Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial. | A free plan: one event type, one calendar connection, one-on-one meetings |
| Seats and hosts | Hosts are staff members with Scheduling turned on; up to 20 hosts on one meeting | A seat is required for every user who connects a calendar and hosts meetings; invitees need none |

Sources: [calendly.com](https://calendly.com/pricing) (calendly.com/pricing, /payments and /integration/zoom, read on 2026-11-14). A copy of each page as read is kept so the figures can be checked. Vonza’s price is its live price on the day you read this page.

## Vonza and Calendly feature by feature

Calendly’s column quotes its pricing page as read on 2026-11-14. “Not listed” means the page did not mention it, not that Calendly lacks it. Vonza’s column is the new Vonza Scheduling, which you opt into beside the classic scheduler.

| Area | Vonza | Calendly |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Meeting types | Six: one-on-one, group sessions with a seat count, round robin, collective, one-off links and meeting polls; 137 templates in 15 categories, or a page drafted by Vonza AI from one line (uses AI credits) | One-on-one meetings on the free plan; unlimited event types from Standard; group, collective and other shared formats; meeting polls and one-off meetings; round robin on Teams |
| Booking page | A /book directory and one page per meeting; up to 30 questions in 13 types including file upload and signature; 88 languages; 16 colour pairs or your brand colour, logo and cover; inline, floating-button or text-link embed; QR code; secret meetings and one-time links | A customizable booking page; embed on your website with custom colours; Calendly branding removed on a paid plan (which plan is not stated); a mobile app and browser extension |
| Calendars and conflicts | Google Calendar and Outlook / Microsoft 365: busy times checked and bookings added, each a switch per calendar; Apple iCloud busy times read only; up to 6 calendars checked; bookers get Google, Outlook, Office 365, Exchange and .ics links | Google, Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Office 365 calendars; one calendar connection on the free plan, six on paid plans; availability and booked meetings kept in sync |
| Availability rules | Reusable schedules with date overrides; minimum notice, buffers before and after, a daily cap, a booking window in calendar or business days and a start-time step per meeting; time off with a holiday list; a locked time zone for in-person meetings | Rules for when you are available; unlimited meetings with no booking cap; booking on behalf of teammates on team plans |
| Payments | Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Klarna through Stripe, PayPal for one-time prices, Paystack in Nigerian naira; nine price kinds per length including deposits and session packs (deposits, instalments and flexible prices on eligible plans); up to 5 add-ons and coupons | Collect payments at booking through Stripe and PayPal from Standard; custom payment links for one-off services, deposits and fees; the fee is not published on the pricing page |
| Reminders and no-shows | Confirmation, reminder and follow-up emails on by default; reminders by minutes, hours or days before, or at a set time the day before; text reminders from your SMS allowance; approval before a booking is confirmed; a 1 to 5 feedback email after the meeting; mark no-shows and reassign | Automations & reminders from Standard; Workflows send customizable emails and texts to cut no-shows |
| Team scheduling | Each host keeps their own hours and calendar; round robin shares bookings evenly or to the host with the lightest day, with priorities and weights; collective meetings every host attends; a team page listing every host; up to 20 hosts per meeting | Round-robin distribution, team scheduling, centrally managed event types and lead qualifying and routing on Teams; every host needs a seat |
| Integrations and automations | Vonza Stream, Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams joining links; HubSpot and Mailchimp; signed webhooks to Zapier, Make, n8n or your own server (no native Zapier app); Slack, Discord and Teams channel posts; 16 booking triggers with email, text, tag, list, webhook and course-enrolment steps | Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams and other video tools; HubSpot, Mailchimp and Zapier; Marketo, Pardot and Salesforce on Teams; Microsoft Dynamics 365 on Enterprise; 100+ integrations stated |
| Analytics | Booked, completed, rescheduled and cancelled meetings, no-show rate, lead time, busiest hours, where bookers are, revenue and top hosts; Vonza AI explains the period and flags no-show risk per booking (uses AI credits) | Team scheduling analytics and insights (plan not stated); Google Analytics and Meta Pixel for conversion tracking |
| Courses and CRM | Every booker becomes a Vonza CRM contact; a booking can enrol them in a course, tag them or start an email sequence; courses, community, email, SMS, funnels, invoicing and a store in the same plan | Invoices for project-based work; connections to HubSpot, Salesforce and Dynamics rather than a CRM of its own; courses, community and email marketing are not listed on the pages we read |
| Pricing | See vonza.com/pricing | Free; Standard $12 per seat a month; Teams $20 per seat; Enterprise from $15k a year |

## Where Calendly is stronger, and where Vonza is

An honest split, from the same pages as the tables.

### Calendly is stronger at

- A free plan: one event type and one calendar connection cost nothing, and paid plans are per seat.
- Enterprise sales tools: lead qualifying and routing, Salesforce lookup, Marketo, Pardot and Microsoft Dynamics connections, SSO and SAML.
- Apps: a mobile app and a browser extension, plus a Notetaker and an email assistant on the Plus plans.
- Reach: 100+ integrations stated on its features page, and the name every invitee already knows.

### Vonza is stronger at

- Payments: nine price kinds per meeting length, including deposits with the balance charged before the meeting and session packs booked with a code, with PayPal and Paystack beside Stripe.
- What happens after the booking: every booker becomes a CRM contact, and 16 booking triggers can email, text, tag, enrol in a course or call a webhook.
- Starting points: 137 templates in 15 categories, or a booking page drafted by Vonza AI from one line.
- One account: scheduling beside courses, community, email, SMS, funnels, invoicing and a store, in one plan with a 14-day free trial.

## Move from Calendly to Vonza for free

Switch to Vonza effortlessly. We’ll migrate your courses, communities, and calendar for free with any Annual Pro or Business plan. Tell support what you are bringing from Calendly and the team handles the move; anything beyond courses, communities and your calendar can be moved for a fee.

1. **Choose Your Plan**: Sign up for an Annual Pro or Business plan to get started.
2. **Request Migration**: Contact Vonza Support and tell us what you want migrated.
3. **We Handle Everything**: Our team manages your migration and keeps you updated.

[See how migration works](https://vonza.net/free-migrations)

## Vonza vs Calendly: your questions

### Is Vonza or Calendly better?

Calendly is better when a scheduling link is all you need: its free plan covers one event type, its paid plans are priced per seat, and it connects to the sales tools a team already runs. Vonza is better when a booking is the start of a sale or a course: the booking page takes deposits, packs and subscriptions, the booker lands in your CRM, and an automation can enrol them or follow up, all in the account that also sells your courses and community.

### Is Vonza cheaper than Calendly?

Not for a scheduling link on its own. Calendly’s free plan allows one event type, and its Standard plan was $12 per seat a month billed monthly, or $10 billed annually, when we read its pricing page on 2026-11-14; Teams was $20 ($16). Vonza’s live price is in the table above, and it covers scheduling alongside courses, community, email, SMS, funnels, invoicing and a CRM, so the comparison is a per-seat link against a plan that runs the rest of the business.

### Does Vonza have a free plan like Calendly’s?

No. Calendly’s page lists a free plan with one event type, one calendar connection and one-on-one meetings. Vonza has no permanent free plan: scheduling is included in every Vonza plan, and every plan starts with a 14-day free trial.

### Does Vonza do round robin and team scheduling like Calendly Teams?

Yes, in the new Vonza Scheduling. Round robin sends each booking to one of your hosts, either evenly or to the host with the lightest day, with a priority and share weight per host; collective meetings show only the times every host is free and all of them attend; a team page lists every host and their meetings. Each host keeps their own hours and calendar, and a meeting can have up to 20 hosts. Calendly lists round-robin distribution, team scheduling and lead routing on its Teams plan.

### Can I take payments and deposits on a Vonza booking page?

Yes. Each meeting length can carry one of nine price kinds, including a deposit with the balance charged before the meeting and a session pack booked later with a code; deposits, instalments and flexible prices need an eligible plan. Bookers pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Klarna through Stripe, by PayPal for a one-time price, or by Paystack in Nigerian naira, with up to five add-ons and coupons at checkout. Calendly collects payments through Stripe and PayPal from Standard and lists payment links for deposits and one-off fees; its fee is not published.

### Which calendars does Vonza check for conflicts?

Google Calendar and Outlook, Office 365 and Hotmail calendars: each connected calendar has a Check for conflicts switch and an Add bookings switch, so busy times are never offered and new bookings appear in that calendar. Apple iCloud calendars are read for busy times only. Up to six calendars are checked per host, and bookers get Google, Outlook, Office 365, Exchange and .ics links on the confirmation. Calendly lists Google, Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Office 365 calendars, with one connection on the free plan and six on paid plans.

### Does Vonza connect to Zapier, HubSpot or Salesforce like Calendly?

HubSpot and Mailchimp connect natively: every booker becomes a HubSpot contact with the meeting on their record, or a tagged Mailchimp audience member. Zapier, Make and n8n connect through signed webhooks that are retried if they fail, with step-by-step recipes, rather than a native Zapier app, and there is no Salesforce connection. Calendly lists HubSpot, Mailchimp and Zapier on paid plans and Salesforce, Marketo and Pardot on Teams.

### Can I move my Calendly bookings to Vonza?

Your scheduling calendar is one of the things the team moves for free with any annual Pro or Business plan: choose the plan, tell support what you are bringing from Calendly, and the team moves it along with your courses and communities. You can keep Calendly running until you have checked everything, and the new Vonza Scheduling lets you start from one of 137 templates or describe the meeting to Vonza AI while the move happens.

## Try Vonza Scheduling beside Calendly

Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, so you can publish one booking page on Vonza, take a test booking and see the contact land in your CRM before you move the rest.

## Related pages

- [Calendly alternatives](https://vonza.net/compare/calendly-alternatives): Vonza and other platforms beside Calendly, with Calendly’s dated prices and free-plan limits.
- [Vonza Scheduling](https://vonza.net/appointment-scheduling): Six meeting types, 137 templates, payments, reminders and automations, included in every Vonza plan.
- [Meeting polls](https://vonza.net/meeting-polls): Offer a few times, let people vote, then book the favourite in one click.
- [Team scheduling](https://vonza.net/team-scheduling): Round robin, collective meetings and a team page for every host.
- [Calendly vs Acuity](https://vonza.net/compare/calendly-vs-acuity): The two best-known schedulers side by side, with Vonza as a third option.
- [Best appointment scheduling software](https://vonza.net/best/appointment-scheduling-software): Twelve scheduling tools compared from their own pricing pages.