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Booking & Scheduling Software (2026)

Which scheduling tool fits your work? Compare Calendly and Lunacal by free plan, pricing, discounts and who each one suits. Prices last checked October 2026.

Which scheduling tool fits you?

Meeting schedulers let people pick a time on your calendar. Booking tools also take payments, sell session packages and manage client appointments. Calendly is a simple meeting scheduler with a free plan. Lunacal adds paid bookings and multi-session packages.

If you need…

Start with

Simple meeting links and a free plan

Calendly

Paid sessions, packages and a branded booking page

Lunacal

Round robin or team scheduling

Either; Lunacal’s Teams plan and Calendly’s Teams plan both cover it

Scheduling tools compared

Tool

Free plan or trial

Paid from

You pay by

Watch out for

Calendly

Free plan

About $10/seat/mo

Seat

Payments need a paid plan; Salesforce integration is on Teams and Enterprise

Lunacal

7-day trial

$9/user/mo

User

Team routing takes time to configure; no “duplicate event type” option

Discount routes at a glance

Tool

Savings documented in our reviews

Calendly

About 20% lower on annual billing. Our review also mentions nonprofit and education discounts (typically 25 to 50%) through sales

Lunacal

10% lower on annual billing; 7-day free trial

Neither tool shows a public coupon code. Annual billing is the dependable saving.

How to choose

  1. Decide whether you need payments. Calendly collects payments through Stripe or PayPal on a paid plan. Lunacal includes payments on every plan and charges no commission.
  2. Check the free plan. Calendly has one. Lunacal doesn’t, only a 7-day trial.
  3. Count your seats. Both charge per user.
  4. Match the tool to your clients. Consultants and coaches selling packages suit Lunacal. Sales teams and recruiters suit Calendly.
  5. Check your calendar and meeting tools. Both sync with Google, Outlook and Apple calendars, and Calendly connects to Zoom, Teams and Google Meet on paid plans.

How we evaluate

We compare tools on ease of use, features, pricing clarity, plan limits and value. Our scoring is explained on the Rating Methodology page.

FAQs

It depends on how you take bookings. Calendly suits professionals and teams that want simple meeting links and a free plan. Lunacal suits consultants, coaches and service businesses that sell paid sessions or packages. Pick by whether you need payments and packages.
Calendly has a free plan. Lunacal has no free plan, only a 7-day free trial. Free plans have limits, so check what is included before you rely on one.
In our review, Calendly’s paid plans start at about $10 per seat per month, and Teams is $16 per seat per month. Annual billing is about 20 percent lower than monthly. Plan names and prices change, so confirm on Calendly’s site.
Lunacal’s official pricing lists Standard at $9 per user per month, Teams at $15 and Enterprise at $25, billed monthly. Annual billing saves 10 percent, and there is a 7-day free trial.
Yes. Calendly supports Stripe and PayPal on a paid plan. Lunacal supports Stripe and PayPal on every plan and says it does not charge commission on bookings. Check each payment processor’s own fees separately.
Calendly is a widely used meeting scheduler with a free plan. Lunacal focuses on booking pages with testimonials and videos, paid bookings and multi-session packages. Lunacal’s packages and round robin scheduling are on its Teams plan.
Neither shows a public coupon code in our reviews. The reliable savings are annual billing, about 20 percent on Calendly and 10 percent on Lunacal. Check each vendor’s site for current offers before you buy.
Yes. Calendly connects with Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams on paid plans and adds a video link to each meeting invitation.

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