10 Best ChiliCal Alternatives in 2026 (Free & AI-Powered)
ChiliCal is a lightweight, free Calendly-style booking tool — unlimited event types, booking pages, and calendar integrations without a price tag. If you just need a simple link people can book from, it does the job.
Because it’s a lean booking tool, it stops where booking links stop. It doesn’t help a group converge on a time, and it doesn’t do the scheduling for people who won’t click a link.
Here are 10 ChiliCal alternatives worth a look.
1. Carly
Carly gives you a free booking page like ChiliCal, then adds the two things a plain link can’t do. An AI scheduling agent that works over email — CC it on a thread and it checks your calendar, proposes times, and sends the invite. And a group scheduling tool where participants connect Google Calendar or Outlook and the availability grid auto-fills their busy times.
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What makes it different from ChiliCal: ChiliCal is a booking link. Carly is a booking link plus group availability plus an email agent — and a full AI platform with 200+ integrations, so scheduling connects to your CRM, project tools, and more.
Pricing: Free booking pages; AI agent from $35/month.
2. Cal.com
Open-source scheduling platform with a generous free tier, self-hosting, and a full API. Team event types, round-robin routing, and embeddable widgets — the most feature-complete free booking tool.
Best for: Developers and teams who want self-hosted, API-driven scheduling.
Pricing: Free for individuals; Teams from $15/user/month.
3. SimplyMeet.me
A genuinely generous free booking tool. Unlimited event types on the free plan, plus 1:1, group, round-robin, and collective meeting types with Zoom, Meet, and Teams integrations.
Best for: Solo users who want a fuller free booking tool.
Pricing: Free plan; Pro from around $8.40/month.
4. Zencal
A polished booking tool with a focus on paid meetings — take payment at booking. Group event types and round-robin included. A step up from ChiliCal for coaches and consultants.
Best for: Coaches and consultants who charge for calls.
Pricing: Free plan; paid tiers available.
5. Calendly
The category incumbent. Polished, widely recognized, and packed with integrations. Round-robin, routing, and payments live on higher-tier paid plans.
Best for: Teams that want a name recipients already trust.
Pricing: Free tier; paid from $10/seat/month.
6. SavvyCal
Booking pages that let recipients overlay their calendar on yours to find overlap, plus ranked-time preferences. A more collaborative booking feel than a plain slot list.
Best for: People who find standard booking links a little impersonal.
Pricing: Free tier; paid from $12/month.
7. TidyCal
A cheap, no-nonsense booking tool best known for its lifetime deal. Unlimited booking types, paid appointments, and calendar integrations for a flat one-time fee.
Best for: Solo users who want to pay once and be done.
Pricing: Free tier; lifetime deal around $29.
8. Microsoft Bookings
Included with most Microsoft 365 business plans. Booking pages, staff calendars, and automatic Teams links inside the Microsoft ecosystem.
Best for: Microsoft 365 teams who want booking at no extra cost.
Pricing: Included with Microsoft 365 Business.
9. Doodle
When the job is finding a time across a group rather than taking bookings, Doodle’s meeting polls let everyone vote on candidate times.
Best for: Group scheduling where a booking link doesn’t fit.
Pricing: Free with ads; Pro from $8.95/month.
10. When2Meet
The bare-bones availability grid. Everyone paints when they’re free and you read the overlap — free, ad-free, no account. Aimed at groups, not bookings.
Best for: One-off group coordination with zero setup.
Pricing: Free.
ChiliCal Alternatives Compared
| Tool | Model | Free tier | Group scheduling | AI/email scheduling | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carly | Booking + group + email agent | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Cal.com | Booking links | Yes | Team events | No | Yes |
| SimplyMeet.me | Booking links | Yes | Round-robin/group | No | No |
| Zencal | Booking links | Yes | Round-robin | No | No |
| Calendly | Booking links | Yes | Paid tiers | No | No |
| SavvyCal | Booking links | Yes | Overlay availability | No | No |
| TidyCal | Booking links | Yes | Limited | No | No |
| Microsoft Bookings | Booking links | With M365 | Staff calendars | No | No |
| Doodle | Meeting polls | With ads | Yes | No | No |
| When2Meet | Availability grid | Yes | Yes | No | No |
A free link is a start, not the whole job
ChiliCal covers the simple case well: a free link people can book from. The scheduling that a link can’t touch is coordinating across a group and reaching people who won’t click one.
Carly keeps the free booking page and adds both — a group availability grid that pulls busy times from connected calendars, and an email agent that runs the back-and-forth on threads.
More on scheduling: Calendly alternatives · SimplyMeet.me alternatives · Zencal alternatives · Group scheduling tools · WhenAvailable alternatives · WhenIsGood alternatives · StrawPoll Meetings alternatives
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