About Cal.com

Cal.com is a scheduling tool that prioritizes security, privacy, flexibility, and customization. The product is priced competitively to ensure that businesses of all sizes can take advantage of its seamless integrations, user-friendly interface, and innovative features. Cal.com also offers options that facilitate advanced encryption and HIPAA compliance. This is one of the reasons Cal.com is typically the default choice for anyone who values reliability, efficiency, and innovation.

About Woven

Figuring out what Woven is and who it serves can be confusing. This is because there is more than one product with that name. The Woven we're talking about was a calendar scheduling product that was acquired and retired by Slack back in 2021.

Shared features

Cal.com and Woven are both calendar scheduling solutions that are designed to help users save time. Back when Woven existed as an independent product, it supported many of the same integrations as Cal.com. These included services like Zoom, Google, and Microsoft Outlook.

Main differences

The biggest difference between Cal.com and Woven is that Woven no longer exists as an independent scheduling solution. While some of its features are now available in Slack, the product in its entirety can no longer be found.

This stands in direct contrast to Cal.com, which is not only still in existence but constantly growing, improving, and investing in new features that will transform the way users schedule.

Even before Woven ceased to exist, it didn't have the same capabilities as Cal.com. It was never a tool that came with round-robin scheduling, managed meeting templates, advanced routing forms, or automated workflows.

In addition, Woven was never able to match Cal.com's accessible and competitive pricing. After all, Cal.com offers a free account that comes with unlimited calendar connections, active events, bookings, integrations, availability schedules, and monetization options.

When to choose Cal.com?

Cal.com is perfect for those who value customization, flexibility, and security. The product is ISO 27001, SOC2, GDPR, CCPA certified, and comes with options for HIPAA compliance.

Cal.com's free plan is powerful enough to meet the needs of everyday users, freelancers, sole proprietors, and students. In addition, the scalable nature of the product means that it grows with your business needs.

Upgrading to a team plan means that users have access to advanced features like round-robin scheduling, managed booking templates, advanced routing forms, and much more.

Cal.com even has options that allow organizations to use the service to build time-based marketplaces. This means that users can use Cal.com to build the next Uber, DoorDash, or TaskRabbit.

What about Woven?

Woven is unfortunately no longer a viable booking management or calendar scheduling choice since it no longer exists. However, some of its features have been incorporated into Slack, and in that way, a legacy of the product lives on. With this in mind Slack's built-in booking solution might be a solution if you're someone who only books occasional meetings.

The best deal

Ultimately, when it comes to choosing between Cal.com and Woven, the main question you have to ask yourself is whether you want room for growth.

All of Woven's features, some of which have since been incorporated into Slack, are available for free to Cal.com users; however, the opposite cannot be said.

In addition, unlike Woven, Cal.com is still independent and it comes with a longevity guarantee. This means you'll never have to worry about losing your favorite scheduling solution as long as it's Cal.com.