Editor Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published November 14, 2026 · Updated November 14, 2026
People look past Google Calendar when they want a different privacy model, a calendar that plans their time for them, or a client with faster scheduling. Most go to Morgen or Fantastical for a richer front end, or to Proton Calendar for encrypted events.
Short answer: The closest replacements for Google Calendar in our calendar apps ranking are Morgen, Fantastical and Proton Calendar. Choose Morgen if you want one planner over several calendars and tasks, with data hosted in Switzerland or the EU. Each of the 11 options is a ranked entry in Best Calendar Apps in 2026; the notes explain how it differs from Google Calendar and where Google Calendar still wins.
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On Google Workspace, Calendar is one part of a per-user plan. Starter, Standard and Plus can be bought for at most 300 users, and larger organizations are sent to Enterprise, which has no user limit and no price shown on the page.
The Workspace pricing page pools storage per organization: 30 GB per user on Starter, 2 TB on Standard, 5 TB on Plus. A team that only wants a calendar still picks a plan by its mailbox and file needs.
Google's help page says calendar export works from a computer, not the Calendar app, as one .ics file per calendar or a .zip for all. On work accounts an administrator may restrict export, so leaving can depend on an admin.
These 11 are sorted by suitability as a Google Calendar replacement, and the final column gives their position in our 13-product list.
| # | Alternative | Headquarters | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Morgen | Switzerland | you want one planner over several calendars and tasks, with data hosted in Switzerland or the EU | #1 |
| 2 |  Fantastical | United States | your team lives on Apple devices and wants fast natural-language event entry | #3 |
| 3 |  Proton Calendar | Switzerland | you need encrypted event data and no longer want your calendar tied to a Google account | #2 |
| 4 |  Apple Calendar | United States | everyone you work with already uses Mac, iPhone and iPad and you want fewer apps | #6 |
| 5 |  Zoho Calendar | India | you want a free calendar that can take your Google exports and sync with other calendars | #10 |
| 6 |  Tuta Calendar | Germany | you want zero-knowledge encryption from a vendor that presents itself as European | #13 |
| 7 |  Vimcal | United States | you keep Google accounts but want a faster, keyboard-driven way to schedule heavy meeting days | #7 |
| 8 |  Reclaim.ai | United States | you want focus time and habits scheduled automatically around the meetings you already have | #9 |
| 9 |  Sunsama | United States | you want a guided daily plan that turns tasks into timed blocks beside your meetings | #11 |
| 10 |  Motion | United States | you want software to block your tasks into the calendar automatically and accept credit limits | #12 |
| 11 |  Notion Calendar | United States | your team already works in Notion and wants dates from its databases beside your meetings | #8 |
A planner that sits across several calendar accounts and a task list, with Swiss hosting stated on its pricing page. It bills per seat and asks for two seats on the team plan. It is a front end for your calendars, not a mail suite.
Switch from Google Calendar if you want one planner over several calendars and tasks, with data hosted in Switzerland or the EU.
A client app for Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPad rather than a hosted suite. It has a free tier, then Individual, Family and Team plans, with prices shown only at checkout. Android support is listed as coming in 2027, so mixed-device teams should check first.
Switch from Google Calendar if your team lives on Apple devices and wants fast natural-language event entry.
Calendar events are end-to-end encrypted, and the company is incorporated in Switzerland. A free account exists, and further capacity depends on the Proton plan you hold. It is a poorer match for teams that rely on Google's wider document and meeting tools.
Switch from Google Calendar if you need encrypted event data and no longer want your calendar tied to a Google account.
The calendar that ships on Apple devices, written about in Apple's Mac guide with iCloud and Google among the accounts it names. The guide has an import and export topic. It covers one vendor's hardware, so it suits households and Apple-only offices.
Switch from Google Calendar if everyone you work with already uses Mac, iPhone and iPad and you want fewer apps.
Described on its own page as a free online calendar for individuals and teams. It imports Google Calendar format, iCal and CSV files, and shows syncing with Google and Outlook. The page describes no paid tiers, so check what a team actually receives.
Switch from Google Calendar if you want a free calendar that can take your Google exports and sync with other calendars.
An encrypted calendar from a German company that calls itself European, described as zero-knowledge. The calendar is presented as free with paid tiers that its page does not price. Hosting location is not stated there, so ask before you assume a country.
Switch from Google Calendar if you want zero-knowledge encryption from a vendor that presents itself as European.
A layer that sits on top of Google Calendar and Outlook instead of replacing them, so your Google account stays. It starts at USD 35 a month or USD 300 a year after a trial. Teams and enterprises are its stated audience.
Switch from Google Calendar if you keep Google accounts but want a faster, keyboard-driven way to schedule heavy meeting days.
Four per-seat plans from a free Lite tier up to Enterprise with SSO and SCIM. Lite covers one user, Starter up to ten seats and Business up to 100. It adds scheduling logic to a calendar you already have, so it complements Google rather than leaving it.
Switch from Google Calendar if you want focus time and habits scheduled automatically around the meetings you already have.
A daily planning tool that pulls tasks and calendar events into one timeboxed day. Pro is priced per user per month, with a 14-day trial and a custom Enterprise tier with SSO and SAML. It syncs with Google, Outlook and Apple calendars and is not a calendar host.
Switch from Google Calendar if you want a guided daily plan that turns tasks into timed blocks beside your meetings.
Charges per seat on two AI tiers, Pro AI at USD 19 and Business AI at USD 29 a month, each with a credit allowance. It places tasks onto your calendar by itself. Annual billing is advertised as 33% cheaper, but credits can run out.
Switch from Google Calendar if you want software to block your tasks into the calendar automatically and accept credit limits.
Positioned as a calendar client linked to Notion databases. The vendor's pricing page rendered only by script when we tried it, so we state no price, plan or integration detail. Read the live page before you decide, especially for team use.
Switch from Google Calendar if your team already works in Notion and wants dates from its databases beside your meetings.
Stay with Google Calendar when your organization already runs on Workspace and the calendar is used mostly through Gmail, Meet and shared team calendars. Switching then adds a second login and a sync layer for little gain. It is also the right default when your clients invite you from Google accounts and you need nothing beyond scheduling.
Open Settings, then Import & export, on a computer and choose Export. You get a .zip of .ics files, one per calendar. You need edit or manage-sharing rights on each calendar, and a work account may have export switched off by its administrator.
Google's import page says guests and conference data are not imported when events arrive from other apps as CSV or vCard. Plan to re-add video links and attendee lists to recurring meetings, and test one shared calendar before you move them all.
Several alternatives, such as Vimcal, Reclaim.ai, Sunsama and Motion, read your existing calendar rather than replace it. These moves leave your events and the Google Calendar API connection in place, so there is nothing to export.
Yes, from a computer: Export gives one .ics file per calendar or a .zip for all of them. The Calendar app cannot export, and on a work or school account your administrator may restrict it.
No. Google's import help says guests and conference data are not imported when you bring in events as CSV or vCard. Re-create them in the new tool for any recurring meeting that matters.
Yes, for three plans. Starter, Standard and Plus can be bought for a maximum of 300 users, and the pricing page says Enterprise has no user limit and is priced through sales.
On the pricing page, billed monthly, Starter is EUR 6.80, Standard EUR 13.60 and Plus EUR 21.10 per user per month. Prices exclude tax, and a 1-year commitment is shown as saving 16%.
No, we found no self-hosted option. The Enterprise plan lists enterprise data regions on the pricing page, but we did not read which regions, so check with Google before relying on one.
It matters if other tools write to your calendar. The API is RESTful and exposes events, calendars and access rules, with per-minute quotas by project and by user, so integrations may need rebuilding.
Figures for Google Calendar and the alternatives come from the vendors' public pages, read on November 14, 2026. Treat them as a snapshot; rates and caps get revised often.
Sebastiaan Smits, Founder, wrote, edited and fact-checked this page.
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