Tempi vs Calendly
A Calendly alternative that approves, repeats and talks to AI.
Tempi does what most people use Calendly for, for free, and adds what Calendly doesn’t: booking approval, recurring series, and booking pages any AI assistant can book. Here is an honest comparison.
- Free plan
- TempiUnlimited event types
- Calendly1 event type
- Approve bookings before they’re confirmed
- TempiYes, free
- CalendlyNo. Workarounds with Zapier
- Invitees book a recurring series
- TempiYes, free
- CalendlyNo
- Any AI assistant can book your public link, with no account or key
- TempiYes, over MCP
- CalendlyNot documented. The booking API needs your credentials and a paid plan
- Connect your own AI assistant to your account
- TempiYes, over MCP
- CalendlyYes, over MCP, and Claude and ChatGPT apps
- Round robin
- TempiYes, free
- CalendlyTeams plan, $16–20 a seat
- Collective meetings
- TempiYes, free
- CalendlyStandard plan and up
- Hours per event type, buffers, daily and weekly limits
- TempiYes, free
- CalendlyYes
- Limit how often one person books, block whole domains
- TempiYes, free
- CalendlyBlock individual people only
- Embed on your website and in Notion
- TempiYes, free
- CalendlyYes
- Outlook and Microsoft 365 calendars
- TempiNot yet
- CalendlyYes
- Routing forms
- TempiNo
- CalendlyTeams plan
- Reminder emails and texts, workflows
- TempiBooking emails only
- CalendlyStandard plan and up
- Integrations
- TempiGoogle Calendar, iCloud, Google Meet, Zoom, Stripe
- Calendly100+, including HubSpot and Salesforce
| Feature | Tempi | Calendly |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Unlimited event types | 1 event type |
| Approve bookings before they’re confirmed | Yes, free | No. Workarounds with Zapier |
| Invitees book a recurring series | Yes, free | No |
| Any AI assistant can book your public link, with no account or key | Yes, over MCP | Not documented. The booking API needs your credentials and a paid plan |
| Connect your own AI assistant to your account | Yes, over MCP | Yes, over MCP, and Claude and ChatGPT apps |
| Round robin | Yes, free | Teams plan, $16–20 a seat |
| Collective meetings | Yes, free | Standard plan and up |
| Hours per event type, buffers, daily and weekly limits | Yes, free | Yes |
| Limit how often one person books, block whole domains | Yes, free | Block individual people only |
| Embed on your website and in Notion | Yes, free | Yes |
| Outlook and Microsoft 365 calendars | Not yet | Yes |
| Routing forms | No | Teams plan |
| Reminder emails and texts, workflows | Booking emails only | Standard plan and up |
| Integrations | Google Calendar, iCloud, Google Meet, Zoom, Stripe | 100+, including HubSpot and Salesforce |
Calendly details are from its own pricing and help pages, checked September 28, 2026. Tell us if something changed.
Where Tempi is different
Approval. Turn it on for an event type, and bookings arrive as requests that hold the time until you answer. Calendly has no native approval step.
Series. Clients book every week, or every 2 or 4 weeks, in one booking. Calendly books one meeting at a time.
AI assistants. Any Tempi link can be booked over MCP. Claude, ChatGPT or someone’s own agent can find a time and book it for them, with no account and no key. Calendly’s MCP server works on your own account.
Where Calendly is ahead
Calendly has been around for years. It has routing forms, reminder and follow-up workflows, Outlook calendars, and over 100 integrations, including CRMs like HubSpot and Salesforce. If your team runs on those, Calendly is the safer choice today.
Trying Tempi takes two minutes
- Sign in with Google. Your calendar is connected in the same step, so people only see times you’re free.
- You get a booking link and an Intro call event type right away. Change its length or hours if you like.
- Share the link, or embed it. Keep your Calendly link while you try it.