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Cal.com vs Rallly
Pick Cal.com if someone publishes availability (a Calendly-shaped booking page). Pick Rallly if the meeting has no host calendar yet — a Doodle-shaped poll.
Facts checked 17 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Cal.com in the catalog Rallly in the catalogStart on Railway
How they compare
| Cal.com | Rallly | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT License (catalog) source | AGPL-3.0 (catalog) source |
| Language | TypeScript (catalog) | TypeScript (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 49,079 stars in the catalog | 5,308 stars in the catalog |
| Self-host | Scheduling infrastructure. Catalog tags include Next.js, Postgres, Prisma. | Meeting polls. Catalog tags include Next.js, Postgres, Prisma. |
| Best for | A public booking page on a calendar you own. | When can everyone meet, before anyone publishes availability. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Both are TypeScript/Next.js apps with Postgres in the catalog tags. Rallly is /stacks/rallly-scheduling. Cal.com is named on the office and meeting stacks. Rallly asks for an honor-based key on multi-user self-host; the repo stays AGPL.
FAQ
- Rallly or Cal.com?
- Rallly if the meeting has no host calendar yet — a poll. Cal.com if someone publishes availability. That is the stack FAQ.
- Where does Calendly go?
- A public booking page is Cal.com (or Mailflare's booking page). The video room after the booking is /best/video-conferencing.
- Easy!Appointments?
- See /compare/calcom-vs-easyappointments for a clinic/shop book.
- Are these free?
- OSI licenses as listed. You pay hosting. Rallly's honor-based key is documented on the scheduling roundup.
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