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Calendly LLC logoCalendly

Calendly LLC

4.5/5
Act-On Software logoAct-On

Act-On Software

3.8/5
ROI categoryrevenue velocityrevenue velocity
Time-to-ValueUnder a week (~3d)4–6 weeks (~30d)
Typical annual TCO$4,800/yr$24,000/yr
Starting price$120/yr$10,800/yr
Implementation feeNoneNone
Seat tiersFree: 1 user. Standard and Teams: per-seat, seats required for anyone connecting a calendar or hosting meetings. Enterprise: starts at 50 seats.Not seat-based; published example is Professional at 2,500 contacts emailed per month for $900/month
Implementation friction2/53/5
Friction meter
Best forSales and marketing teams booking inbound demos, discovery calls and routed lead meetings at volume; Professional-services firms, coaches and consultants who sell sessions and want payment at booking; Recruiting and HR teams coordinating high-volume interview scheduling across many interviewers; Customer success and support teams running scheduled client interactions and follow-ups; Organizations consolidating scheduling, payments, contacts and meeting notes into one toolMidsize and enterprise marketing teams running lifecycle campaigns across email, web, SMS and social; Organizations that want an open ecosystem platform rather than a CRM-locked add-on; Brands running distributed marketing through branch offices, franchisees, agents and partners; Teams that want CRM choice (Salesforce, Dynamics, Sugar, NetSuite, Zendesk) with Act-On embedded in the CRM UI; Marketers who need advanced automation in an approachable, non-technical interface
Not forTeams that need project, resource or workforce capacity scheduling rather than meeting booking; Buyers requiring on-premises, self-hosted or single-tenant deployment; Very small teams that only need a shared internal calendar and no external booking pages; Organizations with hard data-residency rules that a multi-tenant SaaS cannot satisfyVery small teams needing a free tier or sub-$500/month entry point; Buyers who require published, self-serve list pricing before a sales call; Companies that want an all-in-one CRM plus marketing suite from a single vendor; Regulated buyers who need publicly documented SOC 2 or ISO 27001 attestations; Teams needing native Snowflake, AWS or Slack integrations out of the box

Stack fit matrix

SalesforceNativeIntegration
AWSNot supportedNot supported
SnowflakeNot supportedNot supported
HubSpotNativeNot supported
Google WorkspaceNativeNot supported
Microsoft 365NativeNot supported
SAPNot supportedNot supported
SlackNot supportedNot supported
MCP (Model Context Protocol)Not supportedNot supported

Compliance

SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
HIPAA
FedRAMP
ISO 42001
IAPP AIGPnamed staff

Company & support

Who is behind each solution, and how you reach support. “Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention a channel, not that it is unavailable.

Founded2013 (13 yrs)2008 (18 yrs)
HeadquartersNot recordedPortland, US
PhoneEnterprise onlyNot listed
EmailPaid plansAll plans
Live chatPaid plansNot listed
Support portal / ticketsNot listedNot listed
Community forumAll plansNot listed
Help centre / docsAll plansAll plans
Dedicated account managerEnterprise onlyNot listed
In person / on-siteEnterprise onlyNot listed
Support hours24/7Not recorded
Response timeNot statedNot stated

AI & MCP readiness

Whether each solution can join your AI stack, and what it asks of you to do so.

MCP connectionreaches AI clientsNot supportedNot supported
AI featuresCopilot / assistant; Agentic workflows; NLP automationAgentic workflows; Predictive analytics; NLP automation
Model keyNot recordedNot recorded
AI usage auditNot recordedNot recorded

Quadrant view

Where the 2 selected solutions land on the same value plane. Toggle axes to compare on cost, speed, friction, or buyer score.

Quadrant view

Typical annual cost × Time-to-value

$3k/yr$9k/yr$14k/yr$20k/yr$25k/yr0d8d17d24d32dAnnual TCO ← betterDays to value better →Quick & CheapQuick & PriceySlow & CheapSlow & Pricey

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