How Calendly and Heartbeat compare
Calendly is the standard for booking meetings. Calendar sync, a clean booking page, reminders, round-robin for teams, routing forms, and payment at booking, all refined over years. If the whole job is letting people pick a time with you, Calendly does that job about as well as it can be done.
Heartbeat is a friendly place to start a paid community without a big budget. For $49 a month you get channels, threads, chat, voice rooms, DMs, unlimited courses and events, a custom domain, checkout pages, five automation workflows, and Pulse, an AI that actually sets up channels, offers, and pages for you. Grow adds unlimited workflows, DM rules, an affiliate program, and white-label email; Scale adds a branded app. For a founder with a small group who wants courses and calls next to the conversation, Heartbeat covers a lot for the price.
Where they are different
Choose Calendly when you only need scheduling, or your team needs routing and round-robin.
Choose Heartbeat when a small paid community with courses, calls, and member chat is the product.
Compare features
What's on Calendly and Heartbeat
A check means that capability is available. Calendly and Heartbeat are marked only when the offer is comparable, not the same product.
Site and brand
- Workspace siteCalendly: Not includedHeartbeat: Included
- Custom domainCalendly: Not includedHeartbeat: Included
Audience and email
- AudienceCalendly: IncludedHeartbeat: Included
- Marketing emailsCalendly: Not includedHeartbeat: Included
Commerce
- Scheduling and bookingsLink to external scheduling available on Starter.Calendly: IncludedHeartbeat: Not included
* Note: This table does not capture every feature of Calendly or Heartbeat, and is not intended as a comprehensive list. We keep this page current, but Calendly or Heartbeat may add or remove features that are not shown here.
Calendly vs Heartbeat pricing
Compare plans, prices, and what it costs to get started.
Calendly
Current plans and prices
See what Calendly charges on their pricing page.
Heartbeat
Current plans and prices
See what Heartbeat charges on their pricing page.
Cardel: An alternative to
Calendly and Heartbeat
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 Calendly or Heartbeat?
Cardel is a home for your craft: a site of your own with a blog, newsletter, shop, community, and one inbox. It can replace Calendly or Heartbeat when you want your work, audience, and sales in one place. The feature list on this page shows where Calendly and Heartbeat are marked.
Can I use Cardel with Calendly or Heartbeat?
Yes. Cardel pages can link out to other products, so you can keep Calendly or Heartbeat for what it does best and bring the rest of your work to Cardel.
How much does Cardel cost compared with Calendly and Heartbeat?
You don't pay for Cardel until you publish. Choose Starter, Pro, or Studio when your site goes live. Calendly and Heartbeat set their own prices, so check their pricing pages on this page for current plans.
How do I switch from Calendly or Heartbeat 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.