Calendly vs Plutio
| Calendly | Plutio | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | An all-in-one business app for freelancers and small teams: projects, tasks, time tracking, proposals, contracts, invoices, scheduling, forms and a branded client portal, with a built-in AI assistant. |
| 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) | Core $19/mo (solo, up to 9 active clients); Pro $49/mo (unlimited clients, up to 30 contributors); Max $199/mo (unlimited contributors, white-label and SSO); annual billing gives 2 months free; 7-day free trial, no card; no transaction fees (official) |
| Website | https://calendly.com/ | https://www.plutio.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. Plutio wins when you want to replace several freelancer tools with one branded workspace and pay no transaction fees.
- Choose Calendly if you sell calls, consults or sessions and need clients to book and pay without back-and-forth.
- Choose Plutio if you want projects, proposals, contracts, invoices and a client portal in one app.
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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