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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Calendly

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ACalendly helps organizations globally automate the meeting lifecycle by removing the scheduling back and forth, with the goal of enabling companies to close deals, hire candidates faster, and build relationships.

    $12

    per month per seat

    YouCanBookMe

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/AYouCanBook.me is appointment scheduling software from the UK company of the same name.

    $0

    (free with one calendar connection and one booking page)

    Pricing
    CalendlyYouCanBookMe
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $10
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Teams
    $16
    per month (billed annually) per seat
    Enterprise
    Starts at $15k
    per year
    Individual
    $9
    per month
    Professional
    $13
    per month
    Teams
    $18
    per month per member
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CalendlyYouCanBookMe
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMonthly billing also available.10% discount available for annual pricing, and 20% discount for 2-year pricing. Special discounts available for educators.
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    Community Pulse
    CalendlyYouCanBookMe
    Considered Both Products
    Calendly
    Chose Calendly
    I would say Calendly has the best interface and usability of these tools, however Interview Schedule is (predictably) better at scheduling full interview panels and more complex scheduling needs. YouCanBook.Me is good for coordinating a meeting between two individuals from …
    Incentivized
    Chose Calendly
    I used You Can Book Me to set up meetings, but there were a number of things I didn't like about it. When using the free version of You Can Book Me, I could only make my meeting times available in one-hour increments. With Calendly, I can select the length of meetings that I …
    Incentivized
    Chose Calendly
    Ease of use
    Incentivized
    Chose Calendly
    When I started using it, there were not many competitors in this space. I've seen some like Mixmax that seem to work well for solopreneurs or where free version might be better than Calendly's free version. I use the paid version of Calendly and it's just kept serving us well …
    Incentivized
    Chose Calendly
    Great customer support and ease of use. Will probably never switch.
    Incentivized
    YouCanBookMe
    Chose YouCanBookMe
    YouCanBook.Me allows fuller messaging in addition to appointments. Calendly is more minimalist than YouCanBook.Me. I prefer having more control over the look and feel, and functionality than it offers.
    Incentivized
    Chose YouCanBookMe
    They're all pretty straightforward. I didn't select YCBM personally. I just use it as it's the existing tool the company uses. Booking meetings isn't a complicated thing to do so I appreciate how straightforward YCBM is for doing it.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    62 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    61 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    63 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    No answers on this topic
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Chili Piper
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Doodle
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CalendlyYouCanBookMe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (90 ratings)
    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (32 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CalendlyYouCanBookMe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Calendly
    It's well suited for music students' lessons. It's well suited for online coaching, primarily through places like Zoom and more. It helps simplify things for your clients, lets you program your schedule, and allows it all to go automatically! If you are working with a senior population, it may be a little tricky for them to sign up and then really hard for them to cancel lessons. There isn't a way to go to the site and cancel. You have to pull up the confirmed email and cancel from there, but people can lose emails.
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    YouCanBookMe
    Youcanbook.me is great for small businesses or for self-employed professionals who need an easy-to-use and cost-effective solution for handling large numbers of clients. It's great for eliminating inconvenient miscommunication and tedious back-to-back emails in order to set a proper date and/or meeting details. However, if you need a more sophisticated system that fits into your company's IT procedures and carries sensitive data, an in house solution would fit best.
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    Pros
    Calendly
    • Sync with multiple calendar types so my schedule is always current.
    • Integration with Zoom to schedule meetings, send invites, and populate my Zoom app accordingly.
    • Automatic email communication to all parties with all relevant details in a clear format.
    • Allowing team members to do the same in a way that I'm also notified of what meetings are taking place saves a lot of time in terms of coordinating to find out what other people are doing.
    • Well-designed interface that simplifies everything down to its clearest expression. Language instruction and interaction are wonderfully simple and clear.
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    YouCanBookMe
    • One really helpful feature of YouCanBook.Me for our organization is that everyone can see appointment times in their own time zone. We frequently schedule interviews with applicants nationwide, as well as communicating with team members located in 32 different countries, so this has really simplified scheduling.
    • We rely heavily on Google Calendar for staff scheduling, so it is great that YouCanBook.Me can sync your availability straight from your calendar as well as automatically adding meetings to your calendar when they are booked.
    • We use YouCanBook.Me to schedule follow-up calls with people we meet at conferences and other recruiting events. It's really simple to have someone sign up for a call, and this has been a really effective tool for us to stay in communication with prospects.
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    Cons
    Calendly
    • After a meeting is booked, having the ability to change the location without canceling the entire booking.
    • Being able to offer 2 different locked in locations for certain time periods of the day within the same event. So you're not having to create 2 events for the same thing, only different locations.
    • Giving users permission to create their own routing forms. We run an independent business model where our users like to have control over their subscriptions.
    Incentivized
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    YouCanBookMe
    • I don't like the generic email invite to a Zoom meeting it sends out. Once I get the date sent to me in my email, I have to cancel the meeting and re-set the meeting with my own personalized Zoom Invite. Sometimes that is confusing for the prospect. However, now that I write this...I see an article on the web site about creating a unique Zoom meeting invite. I will have to check that out.
    • I set my work days as 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. but on the calendar it shows a time available at 6 p.m. My last appointment should be listed as 5 p.m., as my appointments are in 30-minute increments and I leave at 5:30 p.m. So that is confusing and resulted in a few appointments booked when I am not actually working.
    • I book demos for a coworker, and if he is busy in another meeting, I have to block it off in my calendar as "Jack is Busy" so that prospects won't pick a time that is not available for Jack. I wish there was a way I could link his Outlook calendar to my YouCanBook.Me. Perhaps there is, but I am unaware of it.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Calendly
    For all reasons like workflows, UI, and the way Calendly keeps all of us engaged through the Collective forum. It's indeed undeniable that no other product covers all business needs like Calendly does. On the other side, this has also reduced the workload by enabling us to focus more on other tasks for the day
    Incentivized
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    YouCanBookMe
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    Usability
    Calendly
    Calendly is extremely easy to use for selecting times and days for meetings. From my end, it's very easy to indicate the days and times that I am available for meetings. I have used other scheduling products, but Calendly has the smoothest way of operating. I highly recommend it for scheduling meetings
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    YouCanBookMe
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Calendly
    There is a lot of support for Calendly. Whenever I have had issues navigating through it, especially as a new user, I found multiple support on the web addressing my questions or concerns. There is a lot of in app informative notes accessible to users to navigate through Calendly when needed.
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    YouCanBookMe
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    Alternatives Considered
    Calendly
    When I started using it, there were not many competitors in this space. I've seen some like Mixmax that seem to work well for solopreneurs or where free version might be better than Calendly's free version. I use the paid version of Calendly and it's just kept serving us well so why change?
    Incentivized
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    YouCanBookMe
    YouCanBook.Me allows fuller messaging in addition to appointments. Calendly is more minimalist than YouCanBook.Me. I prefer having more control over the look and feel, and functionality than it offers.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Calendly
    • Positive: When people want to meet, I can simply send my Calendly link and it takes less than 5 seconds to do.
    • Positive: It integrates well with Zoom, which means that by default all my appointments include Zoom information for a remote call.
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    YouCanBookMe
    • It's helped our Professional Services Team immensely. Although we don't have numbers as far as an ROI, we use it daily across our whole team of 8 project managers.
    • We also use youcanbook.me to schedule in interviews with our 20+ researchers who are moderating sessions. Our admin team also uses youcanbook.me to allow our employees to schedule our weekly massages.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Calendly Screenshots

    Screenshot of how to share a scheduling linkScreenshot of automated workflowsScreenshot of browser extensionsScreenshot of routing formsScreenshot of round robin & collective eventsScreenshot of admin management

    YouCanBookMe Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example appointment, in YouCanBookMe.Screenshot of A customized booking page. Users can create a unique scheduling experience with multiple display options and customizable notifications.Screenshot of YouCanBookMe's security features.Screenshot of an example of YouCanBookMe's automations, including automated video links, CRM updates, reminders, follow-ups and no-show tracking.Screenshot of an example booking experience, on a mobile device.Screenshot of YouCanBookMe's customer support team.