Cal.com packs more into a free plan than any other booking tool, paid calls included. Eden covers the same basics a solo coach needs, then puts every call on your store next to your courses, coaching, and AI, with applications, intake, and a space for each client after the sale.
Start freeChecked September 30, 2026
Cal.com is the most generous free booking tool, with unlimited event types, every major calendar, and paid calls with no commission on its free plan. Eden takes 5% of a paid call, but the call sits on your store next to your courses, coaching, and AI, and a coaching client gets applications, intake, and a private space after they buy. Pick Cal.com if all you need is bookings. Pick Eden if calls are part of what you sell.
On your store page. Each call type shows as a card with a Book button, beside your courses, coaching, and Custom AIs.
From your content and DMs. Auto-DM replies and content links can open a call's booking page, and paid bookings count toward them.
Cal.com is a booking page. A very good one. Courses, downloads, and a store live in another tool.
Your photo and your accent color. Plus a short video hello at the top if you add one.
The next open times, up top. Three one-tap times over the calendar, in the visitor's time zone.
Cal.com's branding stays on Free. Removing it starts on Teams, at $12 a month.
Applications before anyone pays. Invite an applicant to a sales call on their own private link, then approve them.
A space for every client. Their calls, the notes you share, and an AI that knows your method and their answers between calls.
One set of hours. Intro calls, paid sessions, and coaching calls all book into the same week.
Pay to book. Card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay, straight to your Stripe, with the time held for 10 minutes.
Codes, sales, and affiliates. The same discount codes, timed sales, and affiliate links you use on your products.
Cal.com costs less per call. It takes payments on its free plan with no commission. Eden needs Starter at $29 and takes 5% of each paid call.
Checked September 30, 2026. A dash means the tool does not do it.
If you only need bookings, want the most on a free plan, use Outlook or Apple Calendar, or need round robin or routing forms, Cal.com is the right tool.
If you're a solo coach or creator and calls are how people start working with you, Eden books them on your Google Calendar and carries them into your store and your coaching.
Connect Google Calendar. Pick the calendars that count as busy and the one new calls go on.
One call type per event type. Match the length, price, and questions. Set your weekly hours and booking rules once.
Keep Cal.com for coaching if you like. A coaching product can still use your Cal.com link, and those calls show up in your Calendar tab.
Verified September 30, 2026. Competitor pricing changes; check their site to confirm.
Cal.com is the cheapest way to take bookings, paid ones included. Eden costs more because the calls come with your store, your coaching, and your AI.
For a solo coach or creator, yes. Make a call type for each kind of call, share its link, and people book into your Google Calendar with a Meet link. They get emails and reminders, and they can move or cancel on their own. If you need round robin or routing forms, or use Outlook or Apple Calendar, keep Cal.com.
No. Cal.com's free plan takes paid calls with no commission. Eden's free plan takes free calls; paid calls need Starter at $29 a month, and Eden takes 5% of each one. What the $29 adds is your store, your coaching, and your AI.
Not anymore. Cal.com went closed source on April 14, 2026. A community fork, Cal.diy, stays open source for personal self-hosting, without the team and workflow features.
Not yet. Eden connects one Google account and checks the calendars you pick for conflicts. Cal.com connects Google, Outlook, Apple, and Zoho.
Yes. A coaching product can use your Cal.com link, and when you connect Cal.com, booked, moved, and canceled calls show up on the right client and in your Calendar tab.
Yes. Cal.com has an official MCP server at mcp.cal.com that signs in with OAuth, for AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT. Eden's MCP manages your calendar too: it lists your calls, sets your hours, takes time off, and creates or changes call types, alongside your products, customers, and content.
Free intro calls, paid sessions, and coaching, booked into the same hours and sold from your store.
Make your first booking link