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OpenCal vs SavvyCal

Updated October 31, 2026

SavvyCal's pricing page says you can try it for free and upgrade when you are ready to share links. OpenCal is free, including the link you share. Both products check several calendars before offering a time.

Your decisionOpenCalSavvyCal
Price to share a linkOpenCal is free and has no paid plans.Basic costs $12 per user per month when billed monthly, or $120 per user per year when billed annually.
Several calendarsOpenCal connects several Google and Microsoft accounts, one iCloud account and private .ics feeds.Basic lists unlimited calendars from Google, Microsoft, iCloud and Fastmail.
A company calendar you cannot connectRead from screen adds reviewed busy times from the Teams or Outlook week view.Check SavvyCal's calendar connections against your company's app permission policy.
Teams, polls and paymentsOpenCal does not provide round-robin scheduling, meeting polls, event types or payment collection.Basic includes round robin, team links and polls. Premium adds Stripe payments for $17 per user per month billed annually.

How much does SavvyCal cost?

SavvyCal Basic costs $10 per user per month billed annually, or $120 per user per year. Billed monthly, Basic costs $12. Premium costs $17 per user per month billed annually, or $200 per year, or $20 billed monthly. SavvyCal gives students, educators and nonprofits 25% off.

Can I use SavvyCal for free?

SavvyCal lets you try the service for free. Its pricing page says you must upgrade before sharing links, so the person who shares the link needs Basic or Premium. OpenCal is free, has no paid plans and charges no fees under its terms.

What happens if my company blocks an outside calendar connection?

Microsoft administrators can restrict outside apps. OpenCal's Read from screen reads the Teams or Outlook week view in your browser. You review the busy blocks, and OpenCal saves only the times you approve. A screen read counts as checked for 24 hours. Follow the Teams setup guide for the exact steps.

  1. 1SavvyCal Basic includes unlimited scheduling links for $10 per user per month billed annually.
  2. 2SavvyCal's pricing page says you upgrade when you are ready to share your links.
  3. 3Your OpenCal page shows an icon for each kind of calendar that counts as busy.
  4. 4OpenCal has no event types. You pick a meeting length from 5 minutes to 8 hours.
  5. 5The OpenCal link you share is free.

When is SavvyCal a better fit?

Choose SavvyCal when you need round robin, team links, meeting polls, booking pages on your own domain or Stripe payments. OpenCal does not provide these features. Check SavvyCal's pricing page before you buy because this page's prices were read on October 31, 2026.

When is OpenCal worth trying?

OpenCal gives you one free link that shows free time across work and personal calendars. OpenCal also reads a calendar you can view when that calendar cannot connect to an outside app. When both people sign in, OpenCal shows times that work for both without showing either person's events.

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Sources checked October 31, 2026

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