Appointment Scheduling
TidyCal
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TidyCal at a glance
- Vendor
- Sumo Group, Inc.
- Headquarters
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 28 Oct 2026
- Data hosting
- Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 28 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes, per the vendor’s own page source, captured 28 Oct 2026
- Panel verdict
- The AI panel rates TidyCal 3/5, the mean of 6 judges. TidyCal is an appointment scheduling product from Sumo Group, Inc. how scores are made
- As of
- Vendor pages captured 28 Oct 2026; evaluated by the panel 29 Oct 2026. all sources
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The panel's verdict
TidyCal is an appointment scheduling product from Sumo Group, Inc. of Austin, Texas, contracting under Texas law. Pricing transparency is its strongest area, a flat 7: every plan is public — Free at $0 forever, Individual Lifetime at $29 one-time, Agency Lifetime at $79 one-time, Pro at $12 per month or $99 per year — with the 1% platform fee on non-Pro Stripe payments and the $10,000 monthly gross merchandise value cap stated. Booking experience and reminders and no-shows follow at 6 to 7, backed by captured live pages showing session choice, durations, prices, group bookings, deposits and waitlists. Calendar and availability sits at a flat 6, with team scheduling and integrations and data at 5 to 6, where judges found no public information on buffers, minimum notice, routing or webhooks. Sovereignty is the outlier at 3: a US contracting entity, a privacy policy stating personal data may be transferred to and processed in other countries, and no public information on hosting location or subprocessors, offset by a published GDPR-referenced data processing agreement with EU standard contractual clauses.
Speaks for it
- Every tier is priced publicly — Free at $0 forever, Individual Lifetime at $29 one-time, Agency Lifetime at $79 one-time, Pro at $12 per month or $99 per year — with a 7-day subscription refund window stated.
- Captured live booking pages show clients choosing a session type, day and time, with durations, prices, group bookings, a waiting-list join on a full session and a $50 deposit flow.
- Google, Microsoft and Apple calendars sync with conflict prevention, up to ten readable connections on the lifetime plans and unlimited on Pro.
- Clients pay when they book through Stripe or PayPal, with host controls to charge cancellation and no-show fees.
- A GDPR-referenced data processing agreement with EU standard contractual clauses, audit rights and deletion within 10 business days is published.
Held against it
- Sovereignty scored 3 at minimum and maximum: you contract with Sumo Group, Inc. of Austin, Texas under Texas law, and we found no public information on hosting location or a subprocessor list.
- SMS reminders are stated for US and Canadian phone numbers only, and none are included on the Free and Individual Lifetime plans.
- We found no public information on buffers, minimum notice or working hours with exceptions, leaving calendar and availability at a flat 6.
- We found no public information on webhooks, published API documentation, rate limits or native CRM integrations — Zapier is named without a described connection.
- The one captured cancellation policy asks clients to change or cancel by email or phone, and we found no public information on self-service reschedule links.
Best for
- You are a solo host or small shop that wants paid bookings, packages and group sessions at a published one-time price — $29 or $79 — or $0 forever.
- You want to try before you pay: signup is stated to need no credit card and the free plan is $0 forever.
- You want no-show protection handed to you — payment at booking, cancellation and no-show fee controls, deposits and a waitlist.
- You run a small team that needs round-robin distribution, collective meetings and a page where attendees choose a member.
Avoid if
- You must show a regulator a European data chain — the contracting entity is Sumo Group, Inc. of Austin, Texas under Texas law, and we found no public information on hosting location or a subprocessor list.
- Your clients are outside the US and Canada and count on SMS reminders, which are documented for US and Canadian numbers only.
- Your team needs routing by form answers, granular roles and permissions or per-staff reporting — the documented team features are round robin, collective meetings and a member-choice page.
- You process more than $10,000 in monthly bookings and need a fixed cost, since custom pricing may apply above the cap and the vendor reserves the right to change fees at any time.
The scores
| Criterion | Panel median |
|---|---|
| Booking page & client experience | 3.5 of 5 |
| Calendar sync & availability rules | 3 of 5 |
| Team, staff & location scheduling | 3 of 5 |
| Reminders, payments & no-show protection | 3.5 of 5 |
| Integrations, API & data export | 3 of 5 |
| European sovereignty | 1.5 of 5 |
| Pricing transparency | 3.5 of 5 |
Booking page & client experience
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How this is scored
What the person booking sees and can do: a booking page with the services or meeting types on offer, their durations and prices, booking questions, an embed or widget for the business's own website, time zones and languages, group or class bookings, and links to reschedule or cancel without calling.
0 — Not a booking product: no page or widget where a customer picks a slot; appointments are entered by staff only.
3 — A booking page or form exists, but the pages say little about how it works: types of appointment, booking questions, embedding and rescheduling are not described.
5 — A booking page with several appointment or service types of their own duration, custom booking questions, and a way to put it on the business's website (link, embed or widget); confirmations carry a link to reschedule or cancel.
8 — In addition: group or class bookings with seat limits, booking pages in several languages with automatic time-zone handling, branding without the vendor's logo, multi-step selection of service, staff member and location, and a booking flow the vendor states is accessible or mobile-optimised.
10 — Booking as a finished storefront: packages, memberships or recurring bookings, intake forms with conditional questions, booking from Google or other directories, a customer account with booking history, and an accessibility statement for the booking pages published.
The Practice Owner
Clients pick session type, day and time on live pages, with durations shown, group bookings with a stated seat cap, pre-paid packages and recurring bundles, one-click page translation, and the vendor's badge removable on the top tier — enough that most of my patients could self-serve. We found no public information on confirmations carrying reschedule or cancel links, and one example page tells clients to cancel by email or phone, which pushes work back onto my front desk. We also found no public information on an embeddable widget for our own website, beyond a shareable link and a custom domain on Pro. 1 2 6 7 10 12
The Salon Owner
Booking pages carry each service's own duration and price — a 60-minute session at €50 with 24% VAT included, a 45-minute call — plus group sessions capped at 25 people, five-packs and custom bundles, and one-click translation; Pro removes TidyCal branding. I found no public information on an embed or widget, automatic time-zone handling, reschedule or cancel links in confirmations, or an accessibility statement. 2 6 7 10 11
The Sales Team Lead
The captured pages show a working booking page where the client picks session type, day and time, plus group sessions with a stated capacity, one-click translation, packages and recurring bookings, and TidyCal branding that disappears on Pro. We found no public information on an accessibility statement, automatic time-zone handling, or a self-service reschedule link — one captured example page instructs clients to change or cancel by email or phone. 2 6 7 10
The Independent Consultant
Live booking pages show the full flow — pick a session type, day and time, see duration, price with VAT, booking questions and cancellation links — plus a waiting-list join on a full session, and captured pages in Greek, French and English backed by a one-click translation feature. Group bookings with seat caps, packages and recurring bookings are listed on every plan. Making it look like my own site means the custom domain and no vendor branding, which sit only in Pro, and we found no public information on accessibility or a customer account with booking history. 1 2 6 7 9 10
The Data Protection Officer
Live booking pages let customers choose a session type, day and time, with durations, booking questions and a linked cancellation policy, and the plan pages add group bookings, packages, one-click translation and a paid tier with no vendor branding. We found no public information on embedding the page on a business's own website, automatic time-zone handling, or a confirmation link to reschedule without contacting the office. 2 6 7 10
The Skeptic
Live pages let clients pick a session type, day and time with durations and prices shown, booking questions are evidenced by the privacy policy's list of attendees' answers, and the free plan includes group bookings and one-click translation. But every captured page carries the vendor's "POWERED BY" badge (removal only on the top tier), and the one cancellation policy we saw asks clients to email or call; we found no public information on embedding the page elsewhere, conditional intake questions, customer accounts or an accessibility statement. Packages and 5-packs reach toward storefront territory, but the page itself stays the vendor's own. 1 2 3 6 7 8
Calendar sync & availability rules
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How this is scored
How the product knows when someone is free: two-way sync with Google, Microsoft 365 and Outlook, iCloud or CalDAV, conflict checks across several calendars, working hours and exceptions, buffers, minimum notice and booking windows, daily limits, and rooms or equipment that must be free as well.
0 — No calendar: no availability is kept and no sync with any calendar is offered.
3 — An internal calendar or a one-way export (iCal feed), but no stated two-way sync and few availability rules beyond opening hours.
5 — Two-way sync with Google and Microsoft calendars that blocks booked times, working hours with exceptions, and buffers or minimum notice per appointment type.
8 — In addition: several calendars per person checked for conflicts, iCloud or CalDAV, booking windows and daily or weekly limits, holidays and absences, and resources (rooms, equipment, chairs) that must be free alongside the person.
10 — Availability that runs a multi-site business: per-location and per-resource schedules, capacity rules across staff and rooms, sync behaviour and latency documented, and changes in any connected calendar reflected without double bookings, as stated in the documentation.
The Practice Owner
Calendars sync with Google, Microsoft and Apple to prevent double bookings, each person can connect several readable calendars (up to ten on lifetime plans, unlimited on Pro) with one writable, and daily, weekly or monthly booking caps exist. We found no public information on buffers, minimum notice, working hours with exceptions, or rooms and equipment being checked for conflicts alongside the therapist — the room check is exactly what my two treatment rooms need, and I could not see it described. 1 2 3 12
The Salon Owner
The calendar syncs with Google, Microsoft and Apple with no double bookings, paid plans connect up to ten readable calendars used to prevent conflicts, and booking caps can be set daily, weekly or monthly. I found no public information on working hours and exceptions, buffers, or minimum notice — the rules my stylists' Saturdays actually run on. 1 2 3
The Sales Team Lead
Sync with Google, Microsoft and Apple is stated with a no-double-booking claim, multiple readable calendars per person are supported (ten on Lifetime plans, unlimited on Pro, one writable), and daily, weekly or monthly booking caps are listed. We found no public information on two-way write-back behaviour, working hours, buffers, minimum notice, or rooms and resources — the gaps that would worry my reps running three time zones. 1 2 3
The Independent Consultant
Google, Microsoft and Apple calendars sync with conflict prevention, up to ten readable calendars on the lifetime tiers and unlimited on Pro, plus daily, weekly and monthly booking caps — that respects my private calendar the way I need. We found no public information on buffers, minimum notice or working-hours exceptions, and the buffer I want after every coaching call is among the undocumented pieces. 1 2 3
The Data Protection Officer
Sync with Google, Microsoft and Apple calendars is advertised with conflict prevention across multiple connected calendars, up to ten readable connections on lifetime plans and unlimited on the subscription, plus daily, weekly and monthly booking caps. We found no public information on working hours with exceptions, buffers, minimum notice, or resources such as rooms that must also be free. 1 2 3
The Skeptic
Google, Microsoft and Apple calendars sync with conflict prevention across multiple readable calendars (10 on Lifetime plans, unlimited on Pro), and booking caps run daily, weekly or monthly. We found no public information on buffers, minimum notice, working hours and exceptions, booking windows, or rooms and equipment, and the "no double bookings" line is a homepage slogan rather than documented sync behaviour. 1 2 3
Team, staff & location scheduling
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How bookings are shared out across more than one person: staff profiles and the services each offers, round-robin and collective (all-hands) meetings, routing forms that send a booking to the right person, several locations, roles and permissions for admins and staff, and single sign-on for larger teams.
0 — A single-user tool with no way to add staff or a team.
3 — Several users or staff calendars can be added, but how bookings are distributed among them and who may change what is not described.
5 — Several staff or team members with their own availability, the customer choosing a person or the system assigning one (round-robin or "any available"), and an admin role that manages the team.
8 — In addition: weighted or priority round-robin, collective bookings that need several people at once, routing by form answers, several locations with their own staff, granular roles and permissions, and reporting per staff member.
10 — Scheduling as a team system: SSO and user provisioning (SAML, SCIM), routing that takes ownership from a CRM, managed templates the organisation pushes to every member, audit logs of changes, and distribution fairness reported.
The Practice Owner
Round robin distributes bookings automatically, collective meetings take several hosts at once, a dedicated team page lets the client choose a member, and separate teams per brand run from one login. We found no public information on roles and permissions, routing bookings by the client's answers, per-therapist reporting, or several locations with their own staff — with six therapists I would be guessing about who may change what. 2 3 8 9
The Salon Owner
A dedicated teams page lets clients choose their stylist, round robin spreads bookings across members, collective meetings bring several hosts together, and each brand gets its own team from one login. I found no public information on roles and permissions for admins and staff, weighted distribution, routing, or reporting per team member. 2 3 8 9
The Sales Team Lead
Round-robin distribution, collective meetings and a dedicated team page where the attendee chooses a member sit on the Agency Lifetime and Pro plans, and each brand can have its own team with its own page. For routing my inbound demos, we found no public information on routing by form answers such as company size or region, weighted round-robin, fairness reporting, admin roles and permissions, or single sign-on. 2 3 8 9
The Independent Consultant
Round-robin distribution, collective meetings with several hosts, a dedicated team page where the attendee chooses a person, and a separate team per brand from one login are all stated features. We found no public information on roles and permissions, per-staff reporting, locations or routing rules, which keeps this at solo-and-small-team level rather than an organisation system. 2 3 8 9
The Data Protection Officer
Round-robin distribution, collective meetings with multiple hosts, a dedicated team page where the attendee chooses a member, and separate branded teams per business are documented on the plan pages and visible on live booking pages. We found no public information on weighted round-robin, routing by form answers, granular roles and permissions, or single sign-on. 2 8 9
The Skeptic
Round robin and collective meetings are paid-plan features, a dedicated teams page lets attendees choose a member, and one login can run a team per brand with its own name, URL and booking types. We found no public information on roles and permissions, weighted or priority distribution, routing by form answers, several locations, per-staff reporting or single sign-on. 2 3 12
Reminders, payments & no-show protection
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How the product keeps a booked slot from turning into an empty one: confirmations and reminders by email and SMS, payment or deposit at booking, cancellation and late-cancellation policies, fees for no-shows, waiting lists that refill cancelled slots, and follow-ups after the appointment.
0 — No notifications to the person booking: no confirmation, no reminder.
3 — Email confirmations are sent, but reminders, payments and cancellation rules are not described.
5 — Automatic email reminders with configurable timing, SMS reminders (included or as a paid add-on), and payment at booking through at least one named provider such as Stripe or PayPal.
8 — In addition: deposits or partial prepayment, a cancellation deadline the system enforces, no-show or late-cancellation fees, a waiting list that fills freed slots, and follow-up or review messages after the appointment.
10 — No-show protection as a measured process: no-show rates reported, card-on-file or pre-authorisation charged by policy, reminder channels per customer (email, SMS, messenger), refunds and vouchers handled in the product, and the cancellation and payment terms shown to the customer configurable per service.
The Practice Owner
Automated email and SMS reminders, payment at booking through Stripe and PayPal, controls to charge fees for cancellations and no-shows, deposits on paid booking pages, and a join-the-waitlist option on a full page are all documented. The SMS reminders are stated for US and Canadian numbers only, capped at 10 per month on the team tier with unlimited on Pro, which for my European patients still means phone calls. We found no public information on reminder timing, post-appointment follow-ups, or measured effects on no-show rates. 1 2 4 9 11
The Salon Owner
Automated email and SMS reminders, payment through Stripe or PayPal at booking, and controls on the paid plans to charge a fee for cancellations and no-shows — hosts even run $50 deposits through it, and a waitlist appears on full sessions. But SMS reminders reach only U.S. and Canadian numbers, which leaves my European client list on email alone, and I found no public information on follow-up messages after the appointment. 1 2 4 10 11
The Sales Team Lead
Automated email and SMS reminders are stated with public per-plan SMS limits (unlimited on Pro), Stripe and PayPal take payment at booking, hosts can charge fees for cancellations and no-shows, and captured pages show a working waitlist and a real deposit flow. We found no public information on configurable reminder timing, follow-up or review messages after the appointment, or a waitlist that automatically refills a freed slot. 1 2 10 11
The Independent Consultant
Payment is taken when the client books through Stripe or PayPal, cancellation and no-show fees are a stated host control, and live pages show a $50 deposit booking type and a fully booked session with a waiting-list join — that is the no-show protection I want handed to me. Two gaps: SMS reminders are stated for U.S. and Canadian numbers only, which leaves my German and Swiss clients on email alone, and we found no public information on reminder timing or follow-ups after a session. 1 2 4 9 11
The Data Protection Officer
Automated email and SMS reminders are advertised with SMS limited to US and Canadian numbers by plan, alongside cancellation and no-show fee controls, deposits and a joinable waitlist on live pages, and payment at booking through Stripe or PayPal. We found no public information on configurable reminder timing, follow-up messages after the appointment, or reported no-show rates. 1 2 10 11
The Skeptic
Automated email and SMS reminders are advertised — SMS only for US and Canadian numbers, none on Free and Individual Lifetime, 10 a month on Agency Lifetime, unlimited on Pro — and payments run at booking through Stripe and PayPal, with cancellation and no-show fee controls named as a feature. A waitlist signup appears on a full page, but we found no public information on configurable reminder timing, automatic refilling of freed slots, deposits as a product feature, or follow-up and review messages after the appointment. 1 2 4 9 11
Integrations, API & data export
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What the product connects to and how the data gets out again: video-meeting links (Zoom, Teams, Google Meet), CRM and marketing tools, automation platforms (Zapier, Make), a documented API and webhooks, website and app-store integrations, and an export of bookings and customer records.
0 — No integrations and no export; bookings stay in the product.
3 — A few named integrations or an export of bookings, but no API or webhooks described.
5 — Video-meeting links created automatically for at least one named tool, a connection to an automation platform or a few named CRM or marketing tools, and an export of bookings or customers.
8 — In addition: a documented public API and webhooks, native CRM integrations named (HubSpot, Salesforce or similar), an integrations directory, and a full export of bookings, customers and booking-form answers.
10 — Built to be connected and left: an API covering every object with its documentation and rate limits published, embeddable components or an SDK, a self-hosting or open-source option or a stated migration path, and the complete account data exportable in a documented format.
The Practice Owner
Zoom, Google Meet and Teams meeting links are created automatically, Zapier, Google Analytics and Tag Manager are named, Calendly event types import, booker data exports to CSV, and API access is listed on the paid plans with documentation referenced only as MCP docs. We found no public information on webhooks, native CRM connections, or API rate limits. 2 3 12
The Salon Owner
Zoom, Google Meet and Teams links are created automatically, Zapier is listed on the pricing page, and paid plans add API access, CSV export of booker data, Google Analytics and Tag Manager. I found no public information on webhooks or native CRM connections. 1 2 3
The Sales Team Lead
Automatic meeting links for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams on paid plans — a captured invite carried a Google Meet link — plus a named Zapier connection, API access on all plans, MCP documentation, and a CSV export of booker data. We found no public information on a native CRM integration, webhooks, or published API documentation and rate limits, so getting the booking into the CRM before the call would rest on Zapier or the API without visible docs. 1 2 8
The Independent Consultant
Zoom, Google Meet and Teams links are created automatically, Zapier, Google Analytics and Tag Manager are named, booker data exports to CSV, and API access is listed for the paid tiers. We found no public information on webhooks, named CRM integrations or what the API actually covers, so the connection story stops short of full programmability. 1 2 3
The Data Protection Officer
The pricing page names API access, a CSV export of booker data, Google Analytics and Tag Manager, and automatic Zoom, Google Meet and Teams links, with Zapier in the advanced tier and a Calendly importer. We found no public information on API documentation, webhooks, native CRM integrations or an integrations directory, so what the export covers beyond booker data is not described. 1 2 12
The Skeptic
Zoom, Google Meet and Teams links are created automatically on paid plans, Zapier is named in the advanced plan list, booker data exports as CSV, and the pricing page claims API access with MCP docs listed as a resource. But we found no public information on webhooks, native CRM connectors, or published API documentation and rate limits — "Use our API endpoints" is a pricing-page bullet, and the booking page named after a Zapier discovery call describes no connection. 1 2 3 8 12
European sovereignty
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Who the contracting entity and the parent company are, where booking and customer data is hosted, and who the subprocessors are: hosting, the SMS gateway, email delivery, payment providers, video tools and analytics. Independently sourced by the sovereignty pipeline; booking data names who sees a doctor, a lawyer or a therapist and when, so the whole chain counts, not only the database.
0 — Non-EU vendor and contracting entity, no data processing agreement offered, and neither hosting location nor subprocessors stated.
3 — A privacy policy and a data processing agreement exist, but the vendor and hosting are outside the EU (or hosting is unstated) and subprocessors are not listed.
5 — A data processing agreement and a subprocessor list are published, and either EU hosting or an EU contracting entity is stated, while parts of the chain (SMS, email, analytics, support) run through non-EU providers.
8 — EU contracting entity and EU hosting on named infrastructure, subprocessors listed with their locations, a data processing agreement published, and security certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2) stated.
10 — Sovereign end to end and evidenced: European ownership, entity, hosting and every subprocessor including SMS and email, data export and deletion documented, and certifications published with their scope rather than implied.
The Practice Owner
The contracting entity is Sumo Group, Inc. of Austin, Texas under Texas law, and the privacy policy states the company is based in the United States with personal data transferred to and processed in other countries. A data processing agreement referencing GDPR, with standard contractual clauses, audit rights and deletion within 10 business days, is published, but we found no public information on where booking data is hosted or on a subprocessor list, while payments run through Stripe and PayPal. I could not show my regulator a European chain for who sees a therapist and when. 3 4 5
The Salon Owner
You contract with Sumo Group, Inc. of Austin, Texas, the privacy policy states the company is based in the United States, and I found no public information on subprocessors or the hosting provider — a GDPR-referenced data processing agreement with standard contractual clauses exists, but the chain including the AI provider and payment processors sits with US companies. Nothing here approaches an EU entity or EU hosting. 3 4 5
The Sales Team Lead
The contracting entity is Sumo Group, Inc. of Austin, Texas, which states it is based in the United States and may transfer personal data abroad, and a GDPR-referenced data processing agreement with EU standard contractual clauses, audit rights and ten-business-day deletion is published. We found no public information on hosting location, a subprocessor list covering things like SMS, email and payments, or security certifications. 3 4 5
The Independent Consultant
I would contract with Sumo Group, Inc. of Austin, Texas under Texas law; the privacy policy states the company is based in the United States and that personal data may be transferred to and processed in other countries, with Stripe and PayPal taking booking payments and OpenAI named in the AI chain. A GDPR-referenced data processing agreement with EU standard contractual clauses, breach notification and audit rights is published — the one comfort for my EU clients. We found no public information on hosting location or a subprocessor list, so for clients in Germany, Austria and Switzerland the chain is largely unaccounted for. 3 4 5
The Data Protection Officer
The contracting entity is Sumo Group, Inc. of Austin, Texas under Texas law, and the privacy policy states the company is based in the United States with personal data transferred to and processed in other countries, while no hosting provider, data residency or subprocessor list is published — leaving the SMS gateway, email delivery and analytics unnamed even though Stripe, PayPal, Zoom and OpenAI appear in the chain. A GDPR-referenced data processing agreement with standard contractual clauses, audit rights and deletion within ten business days is published, which is more than many US vendors offer, but for practices whose appointments reveal patients and clients I cannot sign off without a named hosting location and a full subprocessor register. 1 3 4 5
The Skeptic
A GDPR-referencing data processing agreement exists with EU standard contractual clauses, audit rights and deletion within 10 business days, but the contracting entity is Sumo Group, Inc. of Austin, Texas under Texas law with American Arbitration Association arbitration, and the privacy policy states "We are based in the United States of America". No subprocessor list is published — OpenAI processes content for AI features and Stripe and PayPal process booking payments — and we found no public information on hosting location or security certifications. 3 4 5
Pricing transparency
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How this is scored
Whether a buyer can compute the real annual cost from public pages alone: price per user, staff member, location or calendar, what the free plan covers, which features (SMS reminders, payments, round-robin, SSO, branding removal) sit in which tier, the cost of SMS credits and payment fees, setup and minimum term.
0 — No public prices at all; every customer is a sales call.
3 — A starting price or a free plan is published, but what scales the cost (users, staff, bookings, SMS) and what each tier includes is unclear.
5 — Tiers are public with their prices per user, staff member or location and their main features, while at least one commonly needed piece (SMS credits, payment fees, an enterprise tier) is unpriced or "on request".
8 — Every tier priced publicly with its scaling unit, add-ons and SMS credits priced, monthly and annual prices both shown, and VAT treatment and minimum term stated.
10 — Complete price computability: annual cost derivable for a given team size, location count and SMS volume, with every add-on, setup, support and payment fee and the cancellation and data-return terms published.
The Practice Owner
Every plan is public: $0 forever free, Individual Lifetime at $29 one-time, Agency Lifetime at $79 one-time, Pro at $12 per month or $99 per year, a 1% platform fee on Stripe payments for free and lifetime plans with none on Pro, a $10,000 monthly processing cap above which custom pricing may apply, a 7-day refund window and cancel-anytime terms. We found no public information on the vendor's own VAT treatment or the cost of SMS beyond the stated tier inclusions. 1 2 4
The Salon Owner
Every tier is public — $0 free, $29 and $79 one-time lifetime deals, Pro at $12 per month or $99 per year — with features listed per tier, and a flat bill that does not grow with every chair is what I want. But a 1% platform fee applies to Stripe payments below Pro, the no-platform-fee plans stop at $10,000 in gross merchandise value per month before custom pricing may apply, the company reserves the right to change fees at any time, and I found no public information on VAT treatment. 2 4
The Sales Team Lead
Every tier is public — Free at $0 forever, Individual Lifetime at $29 one-time, Agency Lifetime at $79 one-time, Pro at $12 per month or $99 per year — with the 1% platform fee on Free and Lifetime plans (none on Pro), a $10,000 monthly GMV cap, and a 7-day subscription refund window stated openly. What stops me computing a full team cost: VAT treatment is not stated, pricing above the monthly GMV cap is 'custom pricing may apply', and how a team scales across plans is not spelled out. 1 2 4
The Independent Consultant
The tiers are public and detailed: Free at $0 forever, Individual Lifetime at $29 one-time, Agency Lifetime at $79 one-time, Pro at $12 per month or $99 per year, each with its feature list, and even the 1% platform fee on Stripe payments for non-Pro plans is stated with the choice of who pays it. As a one-person business I can nearly compute my year from these pages. The gaps are VAT treatment of the plans, Stripe's own per-payment fee, and above $10,000 in monthly bookings 'custom pricing may apply'. 1 2 4
The Data Protection Officer
Every tier is public — Free at $0 forever, Individual Lifetime $29 and Agency Lifetime $79 as one-time payments, Pro at $12 per month or $99 per year — with itemised features per plan, the 1% platform fee and who pays it, a 7-day subscription refund window and cancel-anytime terms. The pages give per-plan SMS limits but we found no public information on the cost of SMS credits, the pages state the platform fee sits on top of Stripe's own processing fees without quoting that figure, custom pricing may apply above $10,000 in monthly processed value, and VAT treatment of the plans is not covered. 2 4
The Skeptic
Every tier is priced publicly — Free "$0 Forever free", Individual Lifetime "$29" one-time, Agency Lifetime "$79" one-time, Pro "$12 per month, or $99 per year" — alongside the 1% platform fee on non-Pro Stripe payments, who pays it, a "$10,000" monthly gross merchandise value cap above which custom pricing may apply, per-tier SMS allotments, a 7-day refund window and cancel-anytime terms. Stripe's own processing fees, VAT treatment and how team pricing scales per seat are not stated, the vendor reserves the right to change payment fees at any time, and the lifetime plans are sold on AppSumo at "$29" rather than on the vendor's own pricing page. 1 2 4
European sovereignty — proven facts
0 of 6 dimensions provenBuilt only from facts shown on the vendor's own pages. A dimension we could not prove is left open, not scored as zero.
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Questions about TidyCal
Is TidyCal European?
No. whats-best.ai classifies TidyCal as Rest of world.
Where does TidyCal store data?
Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 28 Oct 2026.
Does TidyCal have a free plan?
Yes. TidyCal has a free plan, per the vendor’s page captured 28 Oct 2026.
What are the best alternatives to TidyCal?
As of 3 Nov 2026, the panel rates zeeg (3.5/5), YouCanBookMe (3.5/5) and SimplyBook.me (3.5/5) highest among the other 18 Appointment Scheduling products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is zeeg (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: how scores are made. The full list, with European products first: TidyCal alternatives.
Where this could be wrong
- Evidence ages. The oldest capture behind this page is from 28 Oct 2026. Vendors change pricing and policies without notice; every fact reflects its source as of the capture date shown in the registry.
- Weak sourcing — Data processing agreement, Legal entity. Not confirmed on the vendor’s own pages as captured.
- AI can misread a source. Extraction and judgement are automated; a citation guarantees traceability, not infallibility. If something here is wrong, say so — no account needed, every report is decided within 5 business days, and accepted corrections are published.
What we left out
A claim that does not survive our checks costs us the claim, not the page. This is what was taken off this one.
- 7 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 6 legal facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 compliance fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 1 support fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. Know more? Tell us
- 2 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown. Know more? Tell us
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement. Know more? Tell us
Sources (13)
The pages every claim on this page was read from — each one checked, dated, and kept verifiable.
- 1 Vendor homepage tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 2 Pricing page tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 3 Privacy policy tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 4 Terms of service tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 5 Data processing agreement tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 6 Booking page & client experience — found from sitemap tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 7 Booking page & client experience — found from sitemap tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 8 Team, staff & location scheduling — found from sitemap tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 9 Team, staff & location scheduling — found from sitemap tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 10 Reminders, payments & no-show protection — found from sitemap tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 11 Reminders, payments & no-show protection — found from sitemap tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 12 Integrations, API & data export — found from sitemap tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →
- 13 Integrations, API & data export — found from sitemap tidycal.com Checked 28 Oct 2026 Details →