Calendly vs Vimcal

We've implemented Calendly into many businesses over the years as it once was the market leader when it came to online meeting scheduling. But we recently evaluated a new tool called Cal.com and we found that they are much more modern than Calendly. It is are faster, and their workflows are so much more flexible for teams looking to add automated scheduling into their business processes.

Compared to Cal.com, Calendly are feels like the older tool that feels outdated.

So if you are looking for a new scheduler, skip Calendly and grab Cal.com instead, you'll thank us for it!

Vimcal markets itself as "the calendar for people with too many meetings." It’s an iOS-focused calendar aimed at helping heavy schedulers, mainly executive assistants, coordinate complex meetings more efficiently. It's not for booking appointments (e.g. you can't take payments upon bookings), so it's not the same as Cal or Calendly, but if you specifically have a lot of meetings specifically Vimcal can be a useful scheduler.

Vimcal makes the most sense for executive assistants or operators managing packed calendars for leaders, especially when meetings involve 5–10+ participants and careful coordination. For those users, features like group polling and natural language scheduling can reduce back-and-forth.

However, for individual professionals with more straightforward scheduling needs, you can probably just get away with using a scheduling feature that is a part of an app you already use.

• Built for heavy meeting schedulers
• Group polling for coordinating large meetings
• Natural language event creation
• Clean iOS interface
• Replaces booking tools with a full calendar system

• iOS-only (no Android support)
• iOS app can feel laggy/buggy
• Over-engineered interface with too many shortcuts
• Expensive in terms of value

With Vimcal, you also get a full-fledged calendar that is the main interface you operate from, so it can also replace your Google Calendar. From there you can quickly share your availability.

Vimcal has a desktop app that works on Mac and Windows, and an iOS app, but no Android app at the moment.

Vimcal was clearly designed with EAs in mind, who are usually managing complex scheduling workflows. For example, if your EA needs to coordinate a 10+ person meeting across multiple time zones, Vimcal lets them quickly propose several time slots and send a poll so participants can vote on what works.

Instead of manually emailing everyone back and forth, the EA can gather availability in one place and lock in the best time.

Instead of going back and forth over email, you can send out availability polls and let your team vote on time slots. This is helpful when you have to find the perfect time for company retreats or those constant leadership meetings.

• Free: Best for iOS users, both mobile and desktop versions available
• Paid plans: Start around ~$16/month for individuals
• Enterprise: Price by contact only. Includes extra security and custom billing.