alignd vs Calendly
alignd or Calendly? The short answer.
Choose Calendly if people mostly book one-to-one time with you from your own calendar. Choose alignd if you regularly need several people, often in different organisations and time zones, to agree on one time: guests paint their free time or vote, alignd ranks the overlap, and one invite goes to everyone. alignd is priced per host from $5.99 a month; Calendly's paid plans are priced per seat.
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Which should you choose?
Choose alignd if
- You often need three or more people, inside and outside your organisation, to agree on one time.
- You want guests to mark their actual free time, not just vote on slots you guessed.
- You want one flat price per host instead of paying per seat.
Choose Calendly if
- Most of your meetings are one-to-one bookings against your own calendar (sales calls, interviews, office hours).
- You need routing, workflows or team round-robin.
- Your organisation already pays for Calendly seats.
Feature by feature
alignd vs Calendly, side by side.
| Feature | alignd | Calendly |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Finding a time across a group, then sending the invite | Booking time on your own calendar; Meeting Polls for groups |
| Free plan | 5 confirmed bookings a month, both modes, Google Meet | One event type, one calendar, one-on-one scheduling |
| Paid plans from | $5.99/month (Premium), per host, not per seat | $10 per seat/month (Standard) |
| Find a time across a groupPeople outside your organisation, whose calendars you can't see | Yes. Yes | Yes. Meeting Polls, up to 40 participants |
| Guests paint their free timeFree-form availability with an overlap view | Yes. Overlap view, slots ranked by how many can make it | Not documented |
| Vote on proposed times | Yes. Yes, maybe or no | Yes. Meeting Polls, all plans |
| Guests need an account | No. Optional 6-digit email code | No. No |
| Each guest sees their own time zone | Yes. Yes | Yes. Yes |
| Calendar invite to everyone once a time is picked | Yes. Calendar invite and .ics, all plans | Yes. When the host books the poll |
| Video link added automatically | Yes. Google Meet, all plans | Yes. Zoom and Google Meet integrations |
| Your own branding | Yes. Max plan | Partly. Remove Calendly branding on paid plans |
| Ads on the free plan | No. No | No. No |
| Open source / self-host | No. No | No. No |
Competitor details checked against each vendor's public pages on 11 October 2026. Prices in USD as shown by each vendor, excluding tax. “Not documented” means we couldn't confirm it from public sources. Spotted something out of date? Email hello@wearealignd.com and we'll fix it.
Key differences
What actually differs.
Whose calendar is the starting point
Calendly starts from your calendar: you publish your availability and other people pick a slot. alignd starts from the group: everyone says when they're free, and the slot comes out of the overlap.
Polls versus painted availability
Calendly Meeting Polls let invitees vote on times you propose, on all plans. Calendly's help pages note that votes are final and you can't add slots after publishing. alignd offers voting too, plus a mode where guests paint their free time so you don't have to guess options up front.
Pricing model
Calendly's paid plans are per seat. alignd charges per host account: $5.99 a month for 100 bookings, or free for 5 a month.
FAQ
Questions
Does Calendly do group scheduling?
Is alignd a Calendly alternative?
Can I use alignd and Calendly together?
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