Cal vs Hub Spot
Choosing between Cal.com and Hubspot Meetings Scheduling?
Find out what makes Cal.com a better choice for companies and individuals.
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About Cal.com
Cal.com is a calendar scheduling product that prioritizes security, privacy, flexibility, and customization. As the world's leading open-source scheduling infrastructure solution, Cal.com practices what it preaches. This means that the product is user-friendly and packed full of innovative features designed to help organizations and individuals alike save time. In addition, Cal.com offers no-code modular customization and has a built-in app store. On top of all of this, Cal.com also comes with data encryption and enterprise-level security compliance certifications.
About Hubspot Meetings Scheduling
HubSpot is one of the world's best known CRM and sales solutions. Their Meetings Scheduling is designed it to help people save time by taking the guesswork out of meeting coordination. This resource is available to all users with a Sales Hub subscription.
Shared features
Cal.com and HubSpot Meeting Scheduling are both products devoted to helping people save time by eliminating scheduling inefficiencies. Each product offers solutions to help get rid of the guesswork that’s unfortunately a normal part of appointment coordination. Choosing to use a product like, Cal.com and HubSpot Meeting Scheduling means users can opt-out of needlesly time consuming tasks by share a booking link instead.
Cal.com & HubSpot Meeting Scheduling shared features include:
One-on-one, group, round-robin booking options
SOC2 and ISO 27001 security
Appointment reminders & follow-ups
Round Robin Scheduling
Video conferencing
Shareable booking pages
The ability to sync meetings to your calendar
The ability to connect calendars like Google, and Office 365
Similar to Cal.com, HubSpot Meeting Scheduling also offers a free plan that lets prospective users get a feel for the ecosystem without having to make a financial commitment.
Why Cal?
Why are people choosing Cal.com?
Free plan with customer support
Cal.com offers advanced features and unlimited event types completely free of charge for individual users. It also comes with a free support for all its plans.
Beautiful and intuitive UI
User-friendly interface and sleek, minimalistic design differentiate Cal.com from its competitors.
Memorable links
With Cal.com, you can fully customize your own link to make yourself easier to remember.
Main differences
The biggest difference between Cal.com and HubSpot Meeting Scheduling is one of customization, scalability, and value. Cal.com simply offers access to more resources at a better price compared to HubSpot Meeting Scheduling.
HubSpot Meeting Scheduling users miss out on:
Free & unlimited meeting links
Free & unlimited calendar connections for all account types
Unlimited integrations and analytic options for all account types
Unlimited booking pages for all account types
Unlimited availability schedules
A product capable of scaling with your growth that can even power a time-based marketplace
In addition, Cal.com is also open-source, developer-friendly, and comes with a longevity guarantee. This means that we've taken steps to ensure that our core product will always exist and be available to those who need it.
When to choose Cal.com?
Cal.com is perfect for those who value customization, flexibility, and security.
Cal.com's free plan is powerful enough to meet the needs of everyday users, freelancers, sole proprietors, and students. In addition, the scalable nature of the product means that it grows with your business needs.
All Cal.com accounts come with:
Unlimited active events
Unlimited active meeting types
Unlimited calendar connections
Unlimited booking pages
Month, week, and day view displays
Easy embeds, including inline and pop-up
Monetization options and the ability to use held payments
No-code integrations like Zapier via the Cal.com app store
Access to cool merch when they sign up for our marketing newsletter
Upgrading to a team plan supercharges your scheduling experience by adding:
Round-robin booking capabilities
Collective events with pre-designated hosts
Team pages and white-labeling options
Managed booking templates
Advanced routing forms
And much more
Cal.com even has options that allow organizations to use the service to build time-based marketplaces. This means that users can use Cal.com to build:
A ride-sharing service like Uber
A delivery service like DoorDash
A mental health platform like BetterHelp
A practical skills-matching marketplace like TaskRabbit
The best deal
It's important to remember that while HubSpot Meeting Scheduling does come with useful features like booking pages and round-robin scheduling, it's not an open-source scheduling infrastructure platform. This means that the product hasn't been built to accommodate rapid large-scale growth and customization.
This means that using HubSpot Meeting Scheduling limits the resources that you and your organization can use to increase efficiency.
This is why Cal.com is the best choice for anyone who's looking for a product that can be customized based on evolving business needs.
Testimonials
Real Stories, Real Success
Discover how Cal.com has transformed scheduling for businesses and individuals alike. Hear directly from our users about their experiences.
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CEO, Theatre.JS
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Founder of EpicWeb.dev
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Product Marketing, Mintlify
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Making the Switch
Ok, I get it. How do I make the switch?
Switching to Cal.com is very easy. We offer multiple resources to help you getting started and you can always count on our support.
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Migration
Migrate your account
If you are using alternative, you can use our service which wil help you to migrate.
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