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Calendly vs Contra

	Calendly	Contra
What it says it does	Calendly connects and simplifies all of the work around meetings, from scheduling, payments, and meeting prep to notetaking, contact management, and follow-up.	Connect with next-gen talent and tools to get work underway. Hire more independents. Start more projects. Get more creative.
Pricing	Free plan (one event type, one calendar connection); Standard $10/seat/mo and Teams $16/seat/mo billed yearly; Enterprise from $15k/yr; Notetaker and Callie (AI assistant) are add-ons (official)	Commission-free for freelancers; Free plan ($0, clients pay $15 or $29 per payment over $500, 5% capped fee on digital products); Pro $29/mo or $199/yr waives client and product fees (official)
Website	https://calendly.com/	https://contra.com

Which to use

Calendly wins when bookings are the bottleneck: a free booking page, Stripe or PayPal payments on Standard, and optional AI notetaking. Contra wins when you are looking for clients and want to keep the commission, not when you need a back office.

Choose Calendly if you sell calls, consults or sessions and need clients to book and pay without back-and-forth.
Choose Contra if you want a commission-free network to find independent work.

This is an editorial fit note from each vendor's public site and docs, not a sponsored ranking and not a price quote. Descriptions in the table come from those sites. Confirm current prices there. How we review tools.

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