Cal.com vs Ghost
Side-by-side plans, pricing, and feature gates for Cal.com and Ghost, verified . Cal.com is primarily scheduling; Ghost is primarily content marketing.
Plans side by side
Every published plan from each vendor, with the headline monthly anchor price. Some prices scale with subscriber count or seats; full detail lives on each tool's page.
Cal.com
- Individuals
Free for solo professionals, unlimited event types
Free - Teams
Round-robin, routing forms, and team scheduling
$12/mo - Organizations
SSO, compliance, and sub-teams for larger orgs
$28/mo - Enterprise
Custom pricing with dedicated support and SLA
Custom
Ghost
- Starter
Personal publishing on Ghost(Pro), billed yearly
$18/mo - Publisher
Paid subscriptions, custom themes, integrations
$29/mo - Business
Higher limits, priority support, early access
$199/mo - Custom
Enterprise: unlimited members, dedicated IP, SLA
Custom
Limits at the entry paid tier
Compares Teams (Cal.com) against Starter (Ghost). Both are the lowest-priced non-free, non-custom plan on each side.
| Limit | Cal.com | Ghost |
|---|---|---|
| Contacts | · | 1,000 members |
| Emails / month | · | Unlimited |
| Team seats | 1 seat (per-seat pricing) | 1 |
When Cal.com wins
- Privacy-conscious teams that want self-hostable scheduling
- Teams already in the open-source ecosystem who ship their own infra
- Buyers who want SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance without Calendly's $15,000 Enterprise floor
Where Cal.com is the wrong fit
- Solo professionals where Calendly's Free tier is already sufficient
- Sales teams already on Calendly's Salesforce routing; Cal.com's Salesforce sync is two-way but not as deep
- Buyers who do not care about open-source or self-hosting
When Ghost wins
- Independent publishers who want to own their stack and keep migration optionality
- Paid-newsletter operators trying to avoid Substack's 10% revenue share at scale
- Publications that need staff seats, custom themes, and a real CMS rather than just an email tool
Where Ghost is the wrong fit
- Hobbyists who refuse to pay anything ever; Substack or Buttondown's free tiers fit better
- Podcast-first creators; Ghost is text and email native, not an audio platform
- Teams that need deep CRM, lead scoring, or marketing automation; this is a publishing tool, not a marketing-automation suite
Common questions
- Is Cal.com cheaper than Ghost?
- At the entry tier, Cal.com starts at Free versus Ghost at $18/mo. Cal.com is cheaper at the entry. Pricing scales differently above that, so check the full plan grid.
- Does Cal.com or Ghost have a free plan?
- Only Cal.com has a permanent free plan. Ghost only offers a free trial.
- Are Cal.com and Ghost in the same category?
- No. Cal.com is primarily a scheduling tool; Ghost is primarily a content marketing tool. They overlap on use case but sit in different primary categories, so the comparison is between adjacent tools rather than direct competitors.
- Which has more plans, Cal.com or Ghost?
- Both Cal.com and Ghost ship 4 plans. Tier counts match; the differentiation is in features and pricing structure rather than tier ladder depth.
- Where can I see alternatives to Cal.com or Ghost?
- Each tool has a dedicated alternatives page on TierGauge with ranked options and verified pricing: /alternatives/cal for Cal.com and /alternatives/ghost for Ghost. Alternatives are derived from each tool's editor-flagged competitors plus same-category tools we track.
Cal.com: https://cal.com/pricing · Ghost: https://ghost.org/pricing/
Last verified . Pricing changes between refreshes; confirm at the vendor before purchasing.