SavvyCal vs Google Gemini API
The indie-darling scheduling tool — polished UX, overlay-first design
vs. Gemini 2.5 Pro, Flash, Flash-Lite — multimodal + 2M context
Pricing tiers
SavvyCal
Basic
$12/user/mo (or $120/year). Unlimited event types, round-robin, single signatures.
$12/mo
Premium
$20/user/mo (or $200/year). Custom branding, custom domain, ranked/round-robin routing, webhooks.
$20/mo
Lifetime
$199 one-time. Full Premium forever (for early supporters / occasional offers).
$199/mo
Google Gemini API
Free Tier (AI Studio)
Generous free tier with rate limits. Good for dev + prototyping. Data may be used to improve Google products.
Free
Paid API (Gemini API)
Pay-as-you-go per-token. Data NOT used for training.
$0 base (usage-based)
Vertex AI (GCP)
Enterprise deployment via Google Cloud. Same pricing structure + GCP features (IAM, VPC-SC, CMEK).
$0 base (usage-based)
Gemini Enterprise
Custom. Gemini 2.5 Deep Think model access + Google Workspace + Agentspace.
Custom
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing basic on SavvyCal vs free-tier on Google Gemini API.
| Metric | SavvyCal | Google Gemini API |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
SavvyCal · 15 features
- Automations — Reminders + follow-ups.
- Buffer Time — Before/after meetings.
- Calendar Overlay — See recipient cal overlayed on yours.
- Collective — Find time that works for all hosts.
- Collective Round-Robin — Best of both.
- Custom Branding — Logo + colors.
- Custom Domain — cal.yourbrand.com.
- Embed Widget — Inline + popup for websites.
- Group Events — Many attendees → 1 host.
- One-on-One — Standard solo meetings.
- Paid Bookings — Stripe integration.
- Ranked Availability — Suggest preferred times.
- Round-Robin — Distribute across hosts.
- Teams — Shared scheduling for teams.
- Webhooks — Real-time events (Premium).
Google Gemini API · 11 features
- Batch API — 50% discount for async processing.
- Code Execution — Python code interpreter tool (sandboxed).
- Context Caching — Cache system instructions + tools for up to 90% savings.
- File API — Upload large files (up to 2 GB) for multimodal prompts.
- Function Calling — JSON schema-based tool calling. Parallel supported.
- generateContent API — Core generation endpoint.
- Grounding with Search — Augment answers with Google Search results. Fact-checked citations returned.
- Model Tuning — Supervised fine-tuning via AI Studio.
- Multimodal Live API — Bidirectional streaming voice + video (WebSocket).
- Safety Settings — Configurable thresholds for harm categories.
- streamGenerateContent — Streaming variant with SSE.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | SavvyCal | Google Gemini API |
|---|---|---|
| SDK | — | @google/genai, google-genai-go, google-genai (Python) |
| REST | SavvyCal API | Gemini REST API, Vertex AI Endpoint |
| MCP | — | Gemini MCP |
| OTHER | Embed + Popup Widget, SavvyCal Dashboard, SavvyCal Webhooks | — |
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