Free scheduling and booking tools for freelancers and consultants with international clients

For a freelancer or consultant with clients abroad, the most useful free scheduling tool is a link that shows your availability in the client's own time zone, so the client never has to convert anything. Pair that with a way to send one proposed time as a link and a quick converter for times clients mention in email, and most of the scheduling friction disappears. MeetETA provides all three on its free plan, and a full self-serve booking page with Google Calendar is available on Pro.

This guide covers what matters when you choose a scheduling tool for international client work, what you can do for free, what a paid booking page adds, and where MeetETA's limits are.

Showing availability in the client's time zone

This is the single most important feature. A client in Toronto should see "available 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM" in Toronto time, not "7 PM to 11 PM IST" and a calculator. Anything that makes the client convert puts friction on the person you most want to make things easy for.

It also has to cope with daylight saving without you lifting a finger. If you work from India, you never change clocks, but your US, UK and EU clients do, and on different dates. The US changes on the second Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November, and the UK and EU on the last Sundays of March and October. Your availability should stay fixed in your own zone and move automatically in theirs.

Booking without friction for the client

Clients will not create an account in your scheduling tool. If you offer self-serve booking, they should be able to pick a slot and confirm with nothing more than an email address. The tool should also check your real calendar so you are not double booked, and it should fit the calendar and video tools you already use. If a tool only connects to one calendar, make sure it is yours.

Reading the free plan carefully

Many scheduling tools keep the useful parts behind a paywall. Before you put a link in every proposal, check exactly what the free plan does and what happens to your link if you stop paying later.

What MeetETA does for free

Free feature	How it helps with client work
Personal link at meeteta.com/u/	Shows your time zone and working hours on one page, free with Google sign-up
Share links from the converter	Sends one proposed time that opens in the client's zone, with an Add to calendar option
Converter	Turns "3pm EST to IST" or "10:30 am IST to New York" into an answer instantly
World clocks	Keeps your clients' cities and working hours on one screen
Meeting planner	Finds a slot when a call includes people in three or more cities
Chrome extension	Converts a time in an email or on a web page when you select it

A typical free workflow looks like this. Your personal link goes in your email signature and proposal template. When a client asks when you can talk, you open the converter, pick a slot, and reply with a share link. For example, this link shows 3 PM New York time on October 15, 2026 to someone in India:

/t?at=2026-10-15T19:00:00Z&from=America/New_York&to=Asia/Kolkata

The client clicks it, sees the time in their own zone, and adds it to their calendar. Nobody does any arithmetic.

What Pro adds for client bookings

MeetETA Pro costs $5.99 a month, or $48 a year, which works out to $4 a month. It adds a booking page on your link, where clients see your open times in their local time and choose one. MeetETA checks your connected Google Calendar so busy times are left out, and confirmed bookings get a Google Meet link. The visitor confirms with a code sent by email, and you can turn on owner approval so nothing lands on your calendar without your say so. Pro also shows your next free times on your links and gives you a custom link at meeteta.com followed by a name you choose.

There is no free trial, but the first payment comes with a 14 day, no questions refund, requested by emailing hello@meeteta.com. If you stop Pro later, your custom link keeps working for 90 days and your /u/ link keeps working. Prices are in US dollars, and sales tax or VAT may be added. There is also a one-time Pro option at $79, one payment that covers the Pro features listed at the time of purchase, for one user. The pricing page has the details.

Where MeetETA will not fit

It helps to know the limits before committing. MeetETA connects to Google Calendar and Google Meet only, with no support for Outlook, Apple Calendar, Zoom or Teams. It does not take payments from your clients or send invoices; its Stripe integration is only for MeetETA's own subscriptions. There is no mobile app, though it works in a phone's browser. And it is built around one person's calendar, with no team accounts or round robin scheduling.

Deciding between free and paid

If your clients mainly need to know when you are available, the free personal link and share links are enough, and many solo freelancers never need more. If clients book with you often and your calendar lives in Google, Pro removes the remaining back and forth. Our guide on choosing an appointment scheduling tool goes through that decision in more depth. If you are in India and most of your clients are in the US, see the easiest way to schedule meetings between India and the US for a complete setup.