--- title: "Cal.com vs Ticket Fairy: fees and features (2026)" description: "Cal.com vs Ticket Fairy: booking links, team meetings, routing and the cost per seat. More for event organizers, promoters and venues with Ticket Fairy." canonical: "https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/meeting-scheduling/ticket-fairy-vs-cal-com" --- 1. [Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/) 2. [Compare](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare) 3. [Meeting scheduling](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/meeting-scheduling) 4. Cal.com vs Ticket Fairy # Cal.com vs Ticket Fairy Fai, your AI teammate, can check sales, update your event or change a ticket when you ask. With Ticket Fairy, your event team books calls with sponsors, agents and suppliers from the same account where you sell tickets and plan the show, Fai can find a time and book it, and every plan includes meetings with no price per seat. Cal.com is a scheduling platform with a free plan for one person; as shown to US visitors on 28 October 2026, its Teams plan is US$12 a user a month, billed yearly, and it can be self-hosted. Also on Ticket Fairy - [Referral rewards](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing) - [Add-ons & upsells](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells) - [Promoters & sales teams](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/promoters-and-sales-teams) [See all 19 tools](#whole-platform) [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-meeting-scheduling-ticket-fairy-vs-cal-com) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) Ticket Fairy publishes this comparison and also sells event ticketing and event management software. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) - **12 of 12** of the things you need, included on Ticket Fairy - **9 of 12** of the things you need, confirmed on the published pages of Cal.com - **2** things you need that Ticket Fairy includes and we did not find on Cal.com's pages ## The short answer Which should you choose? ### Why choose Ticket Fairy over Cal.com? - Your team can add colleagues and outside guests in any timezone and see the times that suit everyone, inside each person's working hours first, with the person who blocks a near miss named.[1](#source-1) - Fai can find a time, book, move, cancel and hand over meetings, set your hours and time off and set up meeting types, and she shows you each change and asks you to approve it first.[1](#source-1) - Every plan includes meetings with no price per seat: Free includes 3 meeting types with one person on each, and Pro and every plan above it remove the limits and add meetings your team shares and routing.[2](#source-2) ### Cal.com's strongest features - Cal.com can be self-hosted.[3](#source-3) - Cal.ai is an AI phone agent that calls people to book, confirm and remind them of meetings.[4](#source-4) - You can choose US or EU hosting for your data.[5](#source-5) Ticket Fairy is the better fit when the people who take your event calls also run your tickets and shows, and you want meetings on every plan with no price per seat. Cal.com suits you if you want to host your scheduling yourself, choose US or EU hosting, or have an AI agent phone people about their bookings. [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-meeting-scheduling-ticket-fairy-vs-cal-com) No credit card needed to start ## What both platforms include Ticket Fairy and Cal.com both include these, so they do not decide between them. - Booking pages and links your guests open themselves - Booking on your own website - Guests pay when they book - Reminder and follow-up messages - Google and Microsoft calendars, and Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams links - An API and webhooks for bookings - What it costs your team ## What each platform does for your event What can Cal.com and Ticket Fairy each do for booking calls about your events? ### Where does each platform win on what you need? Every difference, in words - **Finding a time with a group, including meeting polls** Ticket Fairy: Included. Cal.com: Not found. - **An AI assistant that books and moves meetings** Ticket Fairy: Included. Cal.com: Extra cost. Ticket Fairy wins - **Ticket sales and event planning in the same system** Ticket Fairy: Included. Cal.com: Not found. - **9 things you need are the same on both:** Booking pages and links your guests open themselves, Booking on your own website, Guests pay when they book, Meetings your team shares, and meetings everyone attends, Sending each enquiry to the right person, Reminder and follow-up messages, Google and Microsoft calendars, and Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams links, An API and webhooks for bookings, What it costs your team Ticket Fairy comes out ahead on 1 of these. | What you need | Ticket Fairy | Cal.com | | --- | --- | --- | | Booking | | | | Booking pages and links your guests open themselves | Included[6](#source-6) Every person and meeting type on your team gets a booking page and a link to share, with one-off links and meeting types only people with the link can book | Included[7](#source-7) Booking pages with your colors and logo, and unlimited event types on every plan including Free | | Booking on your own website | Included[6](#source-6) Your booking page fits into any website, inline on a page or as a pop-up from a button | Included[8](#source-8) Embeds put Cal.com booking into your website | | Guests pay when they book | Included[6](#source-6) Guests pay through TF Pay when they book, so the meeting is paid before it is confirmed | Included[9](#source-9) Takes Stripe and PayPal payments before a booking is complete, on every plan including Free | | Finding a time with a group, including meeting polls | Included[6](#source-6) Your team finds a time that suits colleagues and outside guests in every timezone, and a meeting poll lets a group vote on a time | Not found in Cal.com's public documentation[10](#source-10) No meeting polls found; dynamic group links combine several people's availability into one link | | Your team | | | | Meetings your team shares, and meetings everyone attends | On a paid plan[11](#source-11) On Pro and above, a meeting your team shares goes to whoever is free, shared fairly, or everyone you choose attends; group sessions take several guests up to the seats you set | On a paid plan[12](#source-12) Round-robin, collective and managed event types on the Teams plan Plans: Teams, Organizations, Enterprise | | Sending each enquiry to the right person | On a paid plan[6](#source-6) On Pro and above, each enquiry goes to the colleague who looks after that contact in your CRM, then to rules on their answers, then to whoever is free, with a test before you switch it on | On a paid plan[13](#source-13) Routing forms on Teams, and routing by custom variables on Organizations Plans: Teams, Organizations, Enterprise | | An AI assistant that books and moves meetings | Included[1](#source-1) Fai finds a time, books, moves, cancels and hands over meetings and sets up meeting types, and asks you before each change | Extra cost[14](#source-14) Cal.ai makes AI phone calls for bookings, confirmations and reminders at US$0.29 a minute | | Around each meeting | | | | Reminder and follow-up messages | Included[6](#source-6) Confirmation emails, reminders by email and text 24 hours and 1 hour before, and reminder and follow-up messages you can edit | Included[15](#source-15) Email and text notifications on every plan, and custom workflows on Teams | | Google and Microsoft calendars, and Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams links | Included[6](#source-6) Google Calendar or Microsoft 365 and Outlook calendars, with Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams links, or a phone number, an address or any link you enter | Included[16](#source-16) Google, Outlook, Apple and Zoho calendars, and Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Cal Video links | | An API and webhooks for bookings | Included[6](#source-6) The Ticket Fairy API and webhooks send each booking, change and cancellation to your other tools | Included[17](#source-17) Webhooks on booking changes, with custom APIs on Teams and more APIs on Organizations | | Events and cost | | | | Ticket sales and event planning in the same system | Included[6](#source-6) Your meetings are booked in the same account where you sell tickets, sign contracts and plan the show | Not found in Cal.com's public documentation[18](#source-18) Selling tickets and running events were not found in Cal.com's public pages | | What it costs your team | Included[2](#source-2) Every plan includes meetings with no price per seat. Free includes 3 meeting types with one person on each, and Pro and above remove the limits | Included[19](#source-19) As shown to US visitors on 28 October 2026, Free for one person; Teams is US$12 and Organizations US$28 a user a month, billed yearly | ## Everything you need to sell and run your events Run your events like a company many times your size. The same free Ticket Fairy account helps you sell more tickets, answer fewer questions and run a smoother show day. ### Sell more tickets You reach more buyers and earn more from each one. - #### [Referral rewards](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing) Events sell 20% more tickets on average with referral rewards: buyers earn back part or all of their ticket price as their friends buy.[20](#source-20) - #### [Add-ons & upsells](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells) You earn more from each buyer: parking, camping, merchandise and upgrades sell with the ticket, VIP tables book with a deposit, and one pass can cover several of your events.[21](#source-21) - #### [Promoters & sales teams](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/promoters-and-sales-teams) Each promoter gets their own link and artwork, one promoter team can sell across your events, and you see who sold what and the commission you owe.[22](#source-22) - #### [Seating & timed entry](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/seating-and-timed-entry) You can sell numbered seats or seated areas, or timed entry with a capacity and price for each slot, and follow arrivals slot by slot.[23](#source-23) - #### [Advertising & tracking](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/advertising-and-tracking) You see which ad, post and partner sold each ticket, with Meta, TikTok, Google and your other ad networks connected once for your brand.[24](#source-24) - #### [Social media](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/social-media) In the staff-only Social preview, you sell more tickets from your social accounts: Fai drafts posts and campaign plans, your team answers comments and messages together, and fans who ask get ticket links.[25](#source-25) - #### [Website builder](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/website-builder) Your event, venue or brand gets its own website on your own domain: Fai drafts it, your events show live prices and visitors can send you enquiries.[26](#source-26) ### Fewer questions from buyers Buyers find their answers and sort out their own orders. - #### [AI ticket concierge](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ai-ticket-concierge) Fewer questions reach your inbox: your ticket concierge answers buyers on your website from your own pages, sells tickets in the chat and hands anything it can't answer to your team.[27](#source-27) ### Less work for your team Your whole team works from one place, and Fai takes on the admin. - #### [Artists & line-up](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/artists-and-line-up) You can advance every act and speaker within their allowances, catch running-order clashes early and publish a line-up fans can add to their calendar.[28](#source-28) - #### [Crew & volunteers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/crew-and-volunteers) You can offer open shifts to the people who fit them, each person's shifts, skills and confirmed age follow them across all your events, and you can recruit, look after and reward your volunteers.[29](#source-29) - #### [Traders & markets](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/traders-and-markets) You pick the right mix of traders, get their paperwork and payments in before load-in, place each pitch on your map and invoice your share of their sales.[30](#source-30) - #### [Fai](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/fai) You get answers about your sales in seconds, and Fai takes on your event setup, promotions and emails, with you approving every change first.[31](#source-31) ### A smooth show day Every team on site knows what happens next, and problems get sorted fast. - #### [Guest lists & comps](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/guest-lists-and-comps) You can send guests free tickets your door team scans, upload a whole list at once and let partners hand out their own allocation.[32](#source-32) - #### [Front of house](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/front-of-house) Walk-ups can buy at your box office, guests prove their age once, VIPs get a host, and fans pay cashless with their wristband.[33](#source-33) - #### [Show day](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/show-day) Every team knows what's on each stage now and next, and incidents reach the right people fast.[34](#source-34) ### Know your numbers You see what each event earns and costs, and pay everyone you owe. - #### [Contracts & payments](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/contracts-and-payments) You get deals signed online, and Fai checks agents' paperwork against your offers. Suppliers get paid on time, and you settle each show from what it actually sold.[35](#source-35) - #### [Sales reports](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/sales-reports) Ticket sales and revenue update live, and you can share a report on any part of your sales with your partners.[36](#source-36) - #### [Vault](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/vault) You can pay artists, suppliers and crew from your ticket money as it arrives, your team spends on cards with limits you set, and deposits and invoices land in the same balance.[37](#source-37) - #### [Budget & costs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/budget-and-costs) You can see the all-in cost of each act, your whole team works from one shared budget, and you can compare costs and sales pace across your events.[38](#source-38) No per-seat pricing: your whole team joins any paid plan at no extra cost.[2](#source-2) [See the whole platform](https://www.ticketfairy.com/platform) ## Your questions about Cal.com and Ticket Fairy How much does Cal.com cost for an event team? As shown to US visitors on 28 October 2026, Cal.com is free for one person, and Teams is US$12 and Organizations US$28 a user a month, billed yearly. Every Ticket Fairy plan includes meetings with no price per seat, and Free includes 3 meeting types. [39](#source-39) [40](#source-40) [2](#source-2) Can my festival team share sponsor calls on Cal.com? Cal.com has round-robin, collective and managed event types on its Teams plan. On Ticket Fairy, a meeting your team shares goes to whoever is free, shared fairly with each person's share, priority and daily cap, or everyone you choose attends, on Pro and every plan above it. [41](#source-41) [11](#source-11) Can I find a time with an agent, a sponsor and my team at once? On Ticket Fairy, you add your colleagues and your outside guests with their timezones and see the times that suit everyone, with the person who blocks a near miss named, and a meeting poll lets a group vote. We did not find meeting polls on Cal.com's pricing page; its dynamic group links combine several people's availability into one link. [1](#source-1) [6](#source-6) [42](#source-42) Can guests pay for a meeting when they book? Yes, on both. Cal.com takes Stripe and PayPal payments on every plan. On Ticket Fairy, guests pay through TF Pay when they book, so a paid consultation or a workshop place is paid before it is confirmed. [43](#source-43) [6](#source-6) Does Cal.com have an AI assistant? Cal.com offers Cal.ai, an AI phone agent that calls people to book, confirm and remind them, at US$0.29 a minute. On Ticket Fairy, Fai can find a time, book, move, cancel and hand over meetings from your dashboard, and she asks you before each change. [44](#source-44) [1](#source-1) 1 more question Can I move my Calendly or Cal.com meeting types to Ticket Fairy? You set up each meeting type on Ticket Fairy with its length, gaps between meetings, notice, questions and the people who take it, and each person connects their calendar. Cal.com imports Calendly event types in one click. [11](#source-11) [45](#source-45) - **25,000+** events powered - **10M+** tickets issued - **10+** countries - **20%** more tickets from referral rewards Featured in **TechCrunch** and **Forbes** ## More comparisons for your team Which other tools are you considering? - [Cal.com alternatives](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/meeting-scheduling/cal-com-alternatives) - [Calendly vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/meeting-scheduling/ticket-fairy-vs-calendly) - [Chili Piper vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/meeting-scheduling/ticket-fairy-vs-chili-piper) - [Meeting scheduling compared](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/meeting-scheduling) Every fact about another platform comes from its own published pages, quoted word for word with the date we read them. Where we did not find something in those pages, we say exactly that. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) Show all 45 sources 1. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Find a time for an event meeting that suits everyone, and book it](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/find-a-time-for-an-event-meeting-and-book-it) 2. Ticket Fairy [Ticket Fairy pricing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing) 3. Cal.com Cal.com can be self-hosted. "Self-hosted" [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 4. Cal.com Cal.ai is an AI phone agent that calls people to book, confirm and remind them of meetings. "Automate reminders, confirmations, and bookings, freeing your team from repetitive calls." [cal.com/ai](https://cal.com/ai), read on 28 October 2026. 5. Cal.com You can choose US or EU hosting for your data. "Choose where your data is hosted to meet regional data residency requirements." [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 6. Ticket Fairy [Give each team member the access their job needs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/teams-and-security) 7. Cal.com Booking pages and links your guests open themselves "Customize brand color, add your logo, and choose between light and dark mode to match your brand." [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 8. Cal.com Booking on your own website "Embed Cal.com into your website" [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 9. Cal.com Guests pay when they book "Request payment upfront before someone can complete a booking with you." [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 10. Cal.com Finding a time with a group, including meeting polls "Create a shared booking link on the fly by combining usernames" Where we looked: https://cal.com/pricing. [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 11. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Create a meeting type for your event calls](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/create-a-meeting-type-for-your-event-calls) 12. Cal.com Meetings your team shares, and meetings everyone attends "Distribute bookings across a team automatically based on availability, weights and/or priority rules." [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 13. Cal.com Sending each enquiry to the right person "Route bookings to the right person or team using simple rules." [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 14. Cal.com An AI assistant that books and moves meetings "every AI-powered phone call costs only $0.29 per minute" [cal.com/ai](https://cal.com/ai), read on 28 October 2026. 15. Cal.com Reminder and follow-up messages "Email & SMS notifications" [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 16. Cal.com Google and Microsoft calendars, and Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams links "Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Cal Video and 20+ other conferencing tools" [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 17. Cal.com An API and webhooks for bookings "Send booking data instantly to your systems when meetings are created, updated, canceled or choose from our other triggers." [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 18. Cal.com Ticket sales and event planning in the same system "Start scheduling for free, with no usage limits." Where we looked: https://cal.com/pricing; https://cal.com/ai. [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 19. Cal.com What it costs your team "Teams YEARLY $12 per user/month" [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 20. Ticket Fairy [Let your buyers sell tickets to their friends](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing) 21. Ticket Fairy [Earn more per buyer with extras they want](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells) 22. Ticket Fairy [Help promoters sell more, and know who sold what](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/promoters-and-sales-teams) 23. Ticket Fairy [Fill every time slot and seat, and never overfill](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/seating-and-timed-entry) 24. Ticket Fairy [Know which ads, posts and partners sell tickets](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/advertising-and-tracking) 25. Ticket Fairy [Social media: Staff only](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/social-media) 26. Ticket Fairy [Sell tickets right on your event website](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/website-builder) 27. Ticket Fairy [Answer buyers and sell tickets in one chat](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ai-ticket-concierge) 28. Ticket Fairy [Get every artist advance back complete and on time](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/artists-and-line-up) 29. Ticket Fairy [Cover every shift with the right people](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/crew-and-volunteers) 30. Ticket Fairy [Fill your site with the right mix of traders](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/traders-and-markets) 31. Ticket Fairy [Get your ticketing jobs done by asking Fai](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/fai) 32. Ticket Fairy [Get guests in as quickly as paying buyers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/guest-lists-and-comps) 33. Ticket Fairy [Sell at your door and look after every guest](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/front-of-house) 34. Ticket Fairy [Keep stages on time and respond fast to incidents](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/show-day) 35. Ticket Fairy [Close deals sooner and pay everyone on time](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/contracts-and-payments) 36. Ticket Fairy [Watch your on-sale as it happens](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/sales-reports) 37. Ticket Fairy [Pay artists, suppliers and crew from ticket sales](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/vault) 38. Ticket Fairy [Know what every act and event really costs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/budget-and-costs) 39. Cal.com As shown to US visitors on 28 October 2026, Free for one person; Teams is US$12 and Organizations US$28 a user a month, billed yearly "Teams YEARLY $12 per user/month" [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 40. Cal.com As shown to US visitors on 28 October 2026, Organizations is US$28 a user a month, billed yearly. "Organizations YEARLY $28 per user/month" [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 41. Cal.com Round-robin, collective and managed event types on the Teams plan "Distribute bookings across a team automatically based on availability, weights and/or priority rules." [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 42. Cal.com No meeting polls found; dynamic group links combine several people's availability into one link "Create a shared booking link on the fly by combining usernames" [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 43. Cal.com Takes Stripe and PayPal payments before a booking is complete, on every plan including Free "Request payment upfront before someone can complete a booking with you." [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. 44. Cal.com Cal.ai makes AI phone calls for bookings, confirmations and reminders at US$0.29 a minute "every AI-powered phone call costs only $0.29 per minute" [cal.com/ai](https://cal.com/ai), read on 28 October 2026. 45. Cal.com Cal.com imports your Calendly event types in one click on every plan. "1-click import Calendly events" [cal.com/pricing](https://cal.com/pricing), read on 28 October 2026. Updated 28 October 2026: First published. Cal.com is a trademark of its owner. Ticket Fairy is not affiliated with it. **Keep your ticketing where it is.** Your budgets, artist and crew coordination, and marketing can run on Ticket Fairy while another platform sells your tickets. If you choose to move ticketing too, our team can help with event setup, branding, customer data imports and training. ## Start free on Ticket Fairy You can create a free account and try it on your next event, alongside the tools your team uses today. No credit card needed to start Works alongside the tools your team uses today Our team helps with setup and training [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-meeting-scheduling-ticket-fairy-vs-cal-com) No credit card required The Ticket Fairy, Inc. is a fintech company and technology platform. The Ticket Fairy, Inc. is not a bank, financial institution, or regulated financial services provider. Vault banking services are provided through regulated banking partners. --- This page is on Ticket Fairy, a ticketing, marketing and operations platform for live events and the venues that host them: festivals, club nights, concerts, conferences and tours, and night clubs, beach clubs and concert venues. It grows revenue with fan rewards that turn an audience into a sales channel, and runs the money side with payments and payouts, Vault business banking, and working capital advanced against ticket sales. [How Ticket Fairy ticketing works](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing) ยท [Ticket Fairy for AI assistants](https://www.ticketfairy.com/llms.txt)