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The Calendly alternative

If you’re weighing up Calendly, here’s an honest look at how Booked compares — and why businesses move across.

Where Calendly is strong. Calendly is superb for personal meeting links and calendar-based scheduling. This isn’t a hit piece — it’s about which model fits how you want to run your business.

Feature Booked Calendly

Where it runs Your WordPress, your server, your data Their cloud — your data lives on their servers

Pricing model One licence — every feature included Monthly subscription, per seat, forever

Own the code & data Yes — it’s your install No — you rent access; export if you leave

Video consultations Built in — in-browser, no add-on Not included

AI note-taker Included with video No

AI growth advisor Reads your numbers in plain English No

Payments Booked Payments day one, or bring your own key Their processor, their rate

Deposits · courses · bundles · groups All included Partial / via add-ons

Multi-location & staff rosters Included Usually higher tier / add-on

Email & SMS reminders Email free · SMS from a managed number Often metered or add-on

Google / Microsoft calendar sync Included Varies by tier

Updates & security One team · signed, verified releases Handled by them (so is your access)

Comparison is based on publicly available information and typical plans at the time of writing, and describes common product models. Features and pricing change — check Calendly’s current site before you decide.

Why teams choose Booked

What you get with Booked that you don’t with Calendly.

A full business booking system — staff, locations, services, deposits and courses.

Lives on your own site and brand, not a calendly.com link.

Managed card payments, reminders and an AI advisor.

Everything in one plugin, on your own site.

One licence. Video, AI notes, an AI advisor, managed payments, reminders and calendar sync — already built.

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