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Above that its cost climbs steeply while Zitadel's does not, so check your own MAU before trusting this comparison.", "Twenty hours assumes you have migrated an identity provider before. 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The 4 GB requirement is not padding.", "Parts of Cal.com are under a commercial licence rather than the AGPL core. Check the /packages/features/ee directory against what you need before committing.", "Google Calendar OAuth setup is fiddly and is the most common place this migration stalls." ], "category": "scheduling", "updated_at": "2026-10-19" }, { "slug": "calendly-to-easyappointments", "title": "Calendly Standard to self-hosted Easy!Appointments", "summary": "The lightest scheduling swap here — a PHP app on a $6 box. 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The 40 GB backup assumption fits a chatty 12-person team for about two years; re-check if you migrate years of logs in.", "Migration means re-creating channels and re-inviting people — Slack does not export member relationships to a competitor. 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[ "This is the least like-for-like swap on the site. If the people building your automations are not programmers, Windmill is not a Zapier replacement and the arithmetic is beside the point.", "The 14-hour estimate assumes you are comfortable writing the integrations yourself. There is no importer.", "Windmill's licence is not one GitHub recognises automatically, and some features are enterprise-gated. Check before committing." ], "category": "automation", "updated_at": "2026-10-19" } ] }