Comparison

Acuity Scheduling vs Cal.com

On the evidence we track, Cal.com leads this comparison with a composite score of 82/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Acuity Scheduling full profile →Cal.com full profile →

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Acuity Scheduling61

★Cal.com82

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Acuity Scheduling	Cal.comLeader
vioscaleAI score	61 / 100high · 75%	82 / 100medium · 55%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✗	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	mid	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$16	$12
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	500	100
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	-	SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR, CCPA
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	-	https://cal.com/compliance
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	6 items	7 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Acuity Scheduling61 / 100high · 75%

Cal.com82 / 100medium · 55%

Pricing

Free tier

Acuity Scheduling✗

Cal.com✓

Model

Acuity Schedulingcommercial

Cal.comfreemium

Price level

Acuity Schedulingmid

Cal.comlow

Starting price

Acuity Scheduling$16

Cal.com$12

Transparent

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

Integrations

Count

Acuity Scheduling500

Cal.com100

Security

Certifications

Acuity Scheduling–

Cal.comSOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR, CCPA

Disclosure policy

Acuity Scheduling–

Cal.com✓

Gdpr

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

Hipaa

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

Iso27001

Acuity Scheduling–

Cal.com✓

Pci

Acuity Scheduling–

Cal.com✓

Soc2

Acuity Scheduling–

Cal.com✓

Trust center

Acuity Scheduling–

Cal.comhttps://cal.com/compliance

Market

Availability

Acuity SchedulingAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Cal.comAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Content

Faq

Acuity Scheduling6 items

Cal.com7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for calendar scheduling. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Calendar Scheduling
Capability	Acuity Scheduling	Cal.com
Capabilities
Architecture model	Managed cloud saas	Managed cloud saas
Public booking link generation for external clients	✓	✓
Team round robin lead routing and availability	-	✓
Multi party collective scheduling finding overlap	-	✓
Paid consultation stripe checkout gate	✓	✓
Automated email and SMS meeting reminders	✓	✓
Automatic time zone detection and translation	✓	✓
Native zoom google meet teams link generation	✓	✓
AI automated task and calendar tetris scheduling	✓	-
Dynamic buffer times between back to back meetings	-	✓
SOC2 type ii	-	✓
GDPR and CCPA compliance for attendee data	✓	✓
Pricing model	flat_subscription	Per user seat monthly

Capabilities

Architecture model

Acuity SchedulingManaged cloud saas

Cal.comManaged cloud saas

Public booking link generation for external clients

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

Team round robin lead routing and availability

Acuity Scheduling-

Cal.com✓

Multi party collective scheduling finding overlap

Acuity Scheduling-

Cal.com✓

Paid consultation stripe checkout gate

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

Automated email and SMS meeting reminders

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

Automatic time zone detection and translation

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

Native zoom google meet teams link generation

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

AI automated task and calendar tetris scheduling

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com-

Dynamic buffer times between back to back meetings

Acuity Scheduling-

Cal.com✓

SOC2 type ii

Acuity Scheduling-

Cal.com✓

GDPR and CCPA compliance for attendee data

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

Pricing model

Acuity Schedulingflat_subscription

Cal.comPer user seat monthly

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Acuity Scheduling

A SaaS platform that helps businesses manage appointments, accept payments, and automate client interactions through self-service booking pages, calendar syncing, and integrated reminders.

Independently observed

Cal.com

Leader

Cal.com is a scheduling application that lets users and teams share booking links for meeting scheduling. It automatically handles calendar synchronization across multiple services, timezone detection, reminders, payments, and video conferencing integration.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Acuity Scheduling

from $16/moSubscription7-day trial

From $16/month (annual) or $20/month (monthly), plus a 7-day free trial with no credit card required

Starter$16/month (annual billing) or $20/month (monthly billing)
- 1 calendar
- Payments via Stripe, Square, PayPal, Venmo
- Email reminders
- Custom client forms
- Automatic time zone conversion
Standard$27/month (annual billing) or $34/month (monthly billing)
- Up to 6 calendars
- Text reminders
- Appointment waitlist
- Sell memberships and packages
- Sell gift certificates
- +2 more
Premium$49/month (annual billing) or $61/month (monthly billing)
- Up to 36 calendars
- AI Booking Assistant
- AI chat bot for clients
- HIPAA compliance (with BAA)
- Hide Acuity logo on scheduling page
- +2 more

as of 2026-09-24verify ↗

Cal.com

Leader

from $12/seat/moSubscriptionFree tier14-day trial

Free forever for individuals. $12/user/month for teams (14-day free trial). Enterprise plans available.

FreeFree
- Unlimited event types & calendars
- Email & SMS notifications
- Accept Stripe & PayPal payments
- Two-way Salesforce & HubSpot sync
- 1-click import Calendly events
Teams$12/user/month, 14-day free trial
- Free plan features, plus:
- 1 team, shared availability
- Round-robin scheduling
- Managed & collective event types
- Routing forms
EnterpriseContact sales
- Teams plan features, plus:
- SAML SSO and SCIM
- SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001 compliant
- Instant meetings
- SLA & uptime guarantees
- +1 more

as of 2026-10-02verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Acuity Scheduling	Cal.com
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
iOSPlatforms	✓	✗
AndroidPlatforms	✓	✗
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

iOS

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✗

Android

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✗

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Acuity Scheduling✓

Cal.com✓

Self-hosted

Acuity Scheduling✗

Cal.com✓

On-premise

Acuity Scheduling✗

Cal.com✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (9)

Zoom
Zoho CRM
Stripe
Square
Paypal
Google Calendar
Microsoft Outlook
Salesforce
Google Meet

Acuity Scheduling

41 total - 32 not shared

Squarespace Email Campaigns
MailChimp
ActiveCampaign
Simplero
Constant Contact
Drip
ConvertKit
AWeber
FreshBooks
QuickBooks
Google Hangouts Meet
GoToMeeting
JoinMe
ReferralCandy
ReviewRail
Wufoo
Daylite
ClassPass
iCloud
Facebook Business
Instagram
Squarespace
Google Analytics
Zoho Flow
+8 more

Independently observed

Cal.com

Leader

19 total - 10 not shared

Slack
Apple/CalDAV
Zoho
Microsoft Teams
HubSpot
Pipedrive
Apple Calendar
Zoho Calendar
Basecamp
Cal Video

Independently observed

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