# Calendly

> Calendly is an Atlanta-founded, remote-first software company that turns availability into bookable links and embeds, then automates the work around a meeting - qualification, routing, reminders, payments, contact context, notes, follow-up and analytics. Founder Tope Awotona built the product around a universal annoyance: the email chain required to find a time. Its freemium, per-seat model serves individuals through large enterprises, while every invite exposes another person to the product.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Atlanta, United States (remote-first)
- **Founders:** Tope Awotona (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 580 employees (supplied company estimate)
- **Products:** Scheduling, Routing, Workflows and analytics, Payments, Contacts
- **Notable:** Built a product used by more than 20 million people across more than 100,000 organizations, according to Calendly., Scheduled more than 100 million meetings in 2020, according to investor OpenView., Reached a reported $3 billion valuation in a $350 million Series B in January 2021.

## Products & services

- **Scheduling** — Custom booking links, availability rules, one-on-one, group, collective and round-robin event types, embeds, calendar sync and time-zone handling.
- **Routing** — Qualifies website visitors and sends leads or customers to the correct person or team using form answers and CRM ownership data.
- **Workflows and analytics** — Automated reminders and follow-ups, team scheduling reports, booking trends and performance visibility.
- **Payments** — Collects Stripe or PayPal payments at booking and now supports payment links and Stripe-powered invoices.
- **Contacts** — Centralizes contact details, scheduling history and related meeting context, with CSV import and export.
- **Calendly Notetaker** — Captures meeting transcripts, recaps and action items across supported video-meeting platforms; recaps are private by default.
- **Developer platform and MCP server** — APIs, webhooks and a hosted Model Context Protocol server let apps and AI assistants read availability, create event types and manage bookings.

## Achievements

- Built a product used by more than 20 million people across more than 100,000 organizations, according to Calendly.
- Scheduled more than 100 million meetings in 2020, according to investor OpenView.
- Reached a reported $3 billion valuation in a $350 million Series B in January 2021.
- Ranked No. 1 in G2's Fall 2024 report for online appointment scheduling, according to Calendly.
- A commissioned Forrester study reported a 318% three-year ROI for a composite enterprise organization using Calendly.
- Churchill Mortgage reported 1,037% ROI and 26,767 hours reclaimed in a Calendly customer case study.
- Expanded from scheduling into routing, payments, contacts, AI meeting notes, invoices and agent-compatible scheduling.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Calendly introduced Stripe-powered invoices with branded line items, taxes, discounts, due dates, hosted payment pages and status tracking.
- **2026-07** — The PayPal integration added broader card support and Venmo for eligible U.S. invitees.
- **2026-06** — Contacts gained CSV import/export, duplicate merging, multiple email and phone fields and bulk management.
- **2026-06** — Zapier support expanded to contacts, Notetaker recaps, booking on behalf of invitees and no-show automation.
- **2026-05** — Calendly released an app in ChatGPT for creating event types, changing availability and managing bookings in conversation.
- **2026-03** — Calendly announced a hosted MCP server for AI assistants and agentic scheduling workflows.
- **2025-03** — Calendly and LinkedIn announced an integration for sharing availability while networking.

## Links

- Website: https://calendly.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/calendly/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/calendly
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Calendly
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calendly/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Calendly

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Last updated: 2026-08-18