Cal.com vs Tymeslot: privacy compared
Cal.com and Tymeslot are both rated in scheduling against the same 9 public criteria. Cal.com does better on independent audit. Tymeslot does better on open source and no trackers or telemetry. Cal.com is based in the United States (Five Eyes); Tymeslot is based in Estonia.
| Criterion | Cal.com Our pick | Tymeslot |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | Grade F F (38/100) | Grade D D (59/100) |
| Jurisdiction | United States Five Eyes | Estonia Outside Eyes |
| Open source Is all the source code needed to run the product public? | No source | Yes source |
| No trackers or telemetry Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default? | No source | Partial source |
| No ads or data sales Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data? | Yes source | Yes source |
| Independent audit Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years? | Partial source | No |
| Transparency report Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds? | No | No |
| Tells users about requests Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it? | No | No |
| TLS configuration Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better? | Yes source | Yes source |
| Security headers Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better? | Yes source | Yes source |
| Modern web standards Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test? | Not tested yet | Not tested yet |
Summaries
Cal.com. Cal.com scores 38 out of 100 (grade F) on the scheduling criteria. It meets 3 of 8 criteria: no ads or data sales, TLS configuration and security headers. It partly meets independent audit. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A+.
Tymeslot. Tymeslot scores 59 out of 100 (grade D) on the scheduling criteria. It meets 4 of 8 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration and security headers. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in Estonia: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A+.