Cal.com vs Google Workspace for Nonprofits for nonprofits

Choose Cal.com if…

Charities booking appointments with advisers or volunteers

Not ideal for: Organisations needing a full multi-user free plan

Choose Google Workspace for Nonprofits if…

Small teams and volunteer-heavy groups who work in a browser and co-edit documents live

Not ideal for: Organisations whose funders, partners or staff depend on desktop Word, Excel and PowerPoint with complex formatting or macros

	Cal.com	Google Workspace for Nonprofits
Our rating	●●●●○	●●●●●
Price	Free plan · paid from US$12/user/month (Teams, billed yearly)	Free for eligible nonprofits
Nonprofit offer	Cal.com says it offers special nonprofit discounts on a nonprofit page, but publishes no percentage or process.	Free Google Workspace for Nonprofits edition for up to 2,000 users, with discounted paid editions (Business Standard from US$3.50 per user per month); available in many countries but not every country.
Type	Specialist	Suite
Suits	Volunteer-run, Small, Medium	Volunteer-run, Small, Medium, Large
Available in	🌍 Anywhere	🌍 Anywhere
Strengths	Free plan with unlimited bookings Open source and self-hostable Team scheduling available	Free for eligible nonprofits with generous storage Best real-time collaboration in a browser Easy to administer without an IT team
Watch out for	Free plan is for a single user Nonprofit discount terms are not published Some features need paid plans	Eligibility excludes hospitals, schools, government bodies and some fiscally sponsored groups Free edition has a 2,000-user cap and fewer security and meeting features than paid editions Weaker desktop Office compatibility than Microsoft 365
Key features	Booking pages Calendar sync Round-robin team scheduling	Gmail at your own domain Shared Drive with pooled 100 TB storage on the free nonprofit edition Docs, Sheets, Slides with real-time co-editing

Our ratings: Cal.com: Open-source scheduling with a generous free plan. Google Workspace for Nonprofits: Free for eligible nonprofits and the default office suite for most small teams.

General information, not professional advice. Prices and nonprofit offers change and our research is AI-assisted, so confirm with the vendor before you buy. Names and logos belong to their owners. Full disclaimer

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