FreeBusy vs Schedule.so
FreeBusy
freebusy.io
Schedule.so
schedule.soSide by side
| Figure | FreeBusy | Schedule.so |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.42/mo | $49/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 6 | 4 |
| Spec score · Meeting Scheduling Software | 9.3 (#3) | 7.8 (#21) |
| Compliance | FreeBusy states that it is GDPR compliant and offers a data-processing addendum. | Schedule.so states that it supports SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001:2013, GDPR, CCPA, and PIPEDA, among other frameworks. |
| Security | FreeBusy says calendar credentials are encrypted with AES 256-bit keys wrapped by RSA 4096-bit keys, and data is encrypted in transit and at rest. | The security page states that data is encrypted at rest and in transit, with regular backups and spam protection on booking pages. |
| Team scheduling | Business and Enterprise plans provide pooled team availability, configurable required members and round-robin style assignment capabilities. | Team options include round-robin assignments, fixed-host routing, collective events, and team member permissions. |
Plans
FreeBusy
- PersonalFree
- Professional$5 a year
- Professional$5 a month
- Business$10 a year
- Business$10 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Schedule.so
- StarterFree
- Essentials$49 a month
- Pro$99 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
FreeBusy
FreeBusy automates meeting scheduling by sharing availability and helping participants find meeting times. It can combine availability from work, personal, and school calendars while keeping calendar data separate. Users can set preferences to avoid back-to-back meetings and meetings that are too soon or too far in the future. Teams can share pooled availability, find available teammates, assign delegates, and add co-organizers. Calendar connections include Google Calendar, Office 365 and Outlook, Exchange, iCloud, Salesforce Calendar, Yahoo, Zimbra, Zoho, and Amazon WorkMail. It also connects with conferencing services including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, RingCentral, Webex, and Google Meet. For websites, FreeBusy offers embeddable scheduling widgets, a Pick-a-Time button, and webhooks for scheduling changes. The company says it does not store calendar data, while noting that it stores credentials for some password-based calendar connections. It describes encryption for calendar credentials and data, and states that it is GDPR compliant. Personal is free; Professional is listed at $5/mo (annual), and a 14-day trial is available.
Schedule.so
Schedule.so has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.