Cal.com vs PostHog
Side-by-side plans, pricing, and feature gates for Cal.com and PostHog, verified . Cal.com is primarily scheduling; PostHog is primarily analytics.
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
PostHog
- Free + Pay-as-you-go
Generous free tier across every product
Free - Boost
Add-on: Boost
$250/mo - Scale
Add-on: Scale
$750/mo - Enterprise
Add-on: Enterprise
Custom
Limits at the entry paid tier
Compares Teams (Cal.com) against Boost (PostHog). Both are the lowest-priced non-free, non-custom plan on each side.
| Limit | Cal.com | PostHog |
|---|---|---|
| Team seats | 1 seat (per-seat pricing) | · |
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 PostHog wins
- Technical product teams that want one tool covering analytics, experiments, replay, and surveys
- Startups under 1M events per month, where the free tier covers the entire stack
- Companies committed to open-source infrastructure who want the option to self-host
Where PostHog is the wrong fit
- Marketing-only teams who need attribution and campaign analytics (Mixpanel or GA4 fit better)
- Enterprises with strict procurement that requires a SaaS-only vendor with no self-hosted option in scope
- Non-technical users who cannot navigate event-based analytics UIs and SQL-style insights
Common questions
- Is Cal.com cheaper than PostHog?
- Both Cal.com and PostHog have free or custom entry pricing, so a direct entry-tier price comparison is not meaningful.
- Does Cal.com or PostHog have a free plan?
- Both have free plans. Cal.com: Free for solo professionals, unlimited event types. PostHog: Generous free tier across every product.
- Are Cal.com and PostHog in the same category?
- No. Cal.com is primarily a scheduling tool; PostHog is primarily a analytics 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 PostHog?
- Both Cal.com and PostHog 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 PostHog?
- Each tool has a dedicated alternatives page on TierGauge with ranked options and verified pricing: /alternatives/cal for Cal.com and /alternatives/posthog for PostHog. Alternatives are derived from each tool's editor-flagged competitors plus same-category tools we track.
Cal.com: https://cal.com/pricing · PostHog: https://posthog.com/pricing
Last verified . Pricing changes between refreshes; confirm at the vendor before purchasing.