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Cal.comvsTeachable

Cal.com is open-source scheduling with team routing, workflows, and payments you can self-host. Teachable runs courses, coaching, and downloads with checkout and tax handled.

How Cal.com and Teachable compare

Cal.com is scheduling infrastructure you can own. Open source and self-hostable, with calendar sync across Google, Outlook, and iCloud, event types, round-robin and collective team booking, routing forms, workflows for reminders, payments at booking, and an API and embeds developers actually like. Individuals get a generous free plan.

Teachable is a mature course platform. Curriculum, quizzes, certificates, coaching products, digital downloads, and a checkout that handles tax and payouts have carried a great many creators from first sale to real business. If teaching is your product, Teachable knows the job.

Where they are different

Cal.com

  • Cal.com is a booking page and API.
  • Cal.com confirms by email.
  • Cal.com charges at booking.

Teachable

  • Teachable is a school with a few site pages around it.
  • Teachable coaching relies on a Calendly link.
  • Teachable emails students.

Choose Cal.com when scheduling is the whole need, especially for teams or developers who want control.

Choose Teachable when you sell courses or coaching and want the checkout, tax, and student experience handled.

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What's on Cal.com and Teachable

A check means that capability is available. Cal.com and Teachable are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.

Site and brand

  • Workspace site
    Cal.com: Not included
    Teachable: Included
  • Custom domain
    Cal.com: Not included
    Teachable: Included

Audience and email

  • Audience
    Cal.com: Included
    Teachable: Included
  • Marketing emails
    Cal.com: Not included
    Teachable: Included

Commerce

  • Shop payments
    Cal.com: Not included
    Teachable: Included
  • Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.
    Cal.com: Included
    Teachable: Not included

Team

  • Admin users
    Cal.com: Included
    Teachable: Included
  • Per-admin permissions
    Cal.com: Included
    Teachable: Included

* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Cal.com or Teachable, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Cal.com or Teachable may add or remove features that are not shown here.

Cal.com vs Teachable pricing

Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.

  • Cal.com

    Current plans and prices

    See what Cal.com charges on their pricing page.

  • Teachable

    Current plans and prices

    See what Teachable charges on their pricing page.

Cardel: An alternative to
Cal.com and Teachable

You don't pay until you publish.

Cardel provides a home for your craft. Share and sell your work, grow your audience, and bring your community together on a site of your own.

Common questions

  • Is Cardel an alternative to Cal.com or Teachable?

    Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Cal.com or Teachable when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Cal.com and Teachable are marked.

  • Can I use Cardel with Cal.com or Teachable?

    Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Cal.com or Teachable for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.

  • How much does Cardel cost compared with Cal.com and Teachable?

    You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Cal.com and Teachable set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.

  • How do I switch from Cal.com or Teachable to Cardel?

    Start with Build Your Site, set up your home, and bring your work over at your own pace. You do not have to move everything on day one.