Calendly vs Rallly
Thinking of swapping Calendly for the open-source Rallly? Here’s the honest trade-off.
5k TypeScript AGPL-3.0 25 days ago
What you give up vs Calendly
- Focused on group availability polling rather than one-on-one booking pages, so it does not replace Calendly's personal booking links.
- No direct calendar-availability checking or two-way calendar sync to auto-block busy times.
- No built-in payment collection or paid-appointment support.
- Requires PostgreSQL and SMTP configuration to self-host; not a single-binary deploy.
What you gain
- • Full data ownership — self-host Rallly on your own infrastructure.
- • No per-seat SaaS bill (Calendly: per-seat fees for multiple event types).
- • Open-source code you can audit and extend (AGPL-3.0).