Looking to connect your scheduling tool with your CRM? Many businesses use Calendly with Salesforce to manage their appointments. In this article, we'll explore how the Calendly Salesforce integration works, and why Zeeg can offer you a more cost-effective compliant alternative.
First of all, what is Calendly?
You probably know what Calendly is and how it works already, so I’ll be brief. It's a scheduling platform that lets you share your availability through links or website embeds. When people click your link, they see your open time slots and can book meetings that sync with your calendar. The tool helps eliminate back-and-forth emails about scheduling, and has the power to connect with many other tools (the Salesforce one is actually just one of the many Calendly integrations)
What is a Calendly event? A Calendly event refers to any scheduled meeting or appointment created through Calendly. It can be:
- One-on-one meetings
- Group sessions
- Team meetings
- Recurring appointments
- Collective appointments (where multiple team members are involved)
And what is Salesforce?
Just in case, let’s remember what Salesforce is too: it's one of the leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform. Companies use it to track leads, manage customer data, and analyze sales performance. It's like a CRM database that serves as a central hub for customer interactions, making it essential to integrate with your scheduling system.
What is a Salesforce object? A Salesforce object is like a database table in Salesforce that stores specific types of information. Say, a lead or a contact - they’re objects. Just think of them as containers for your business data. And, important to know - there are standard objects that come with Salesforce, and custom objects that you can create. Common examples include:
- Leads (stores information about potential customers)
- Contacts (stores information about people)
- Accounts (stores information about companies)
- Opportunities (stores information about potential deals)
- Cases (stores information about customer support issues)
The benefits of a Calendly Salesforce integration
Connecting your scheduling tool with Salesforce creates a more efficient workflow and improves data accuracy. Here's a detailed look at the key benefits:
Data gets synchronized automatically
When meetings are scheduled or canceled, the integration automatically creates and updates records in Salesforce. This ensures your CRM always has the latest information without manual input. The system can:
- Create new leads and events automatically
- Update existing records when meetings change
- Sync meeting details across both platforms
- Track canceled and rescheduled appointments
Lead management is optimized
The integration helps streamline your lead handling process by managing prospects from initial contact to meeting completion. Companies can process more leads efficiently while ensuring none fall through the cracks. Key capabilities include:
- Route leads instantly to the right sales representatives
- Check Salesforce records for existing contacts
- Match leads with appropriate account owners
- Filter assignments by deal stage or territory
- Enable immediate scheduling with the right team member
There are better reporting capabilities
With meeting data properly tracked in Salesforce, you gain valuable insights into your sales activities and team performance. The integration provides comprehensive tracking tools that let you:
- Monitor meeting activity by campaign
- Track performance by time period
- Analyze data by meeting type or representative
- Measure no-show rates
- Generate comprehensive activity reports
You save time with scheduling features
Sales teams can work more efficiently by eliminating manual scheduling tasks and reducing administrative overhead. The integration offers practical tools that help teams focus on selling:
- Direct scheduling from Salesforce records
- Custom booking buttons within Salesforce
- Automated email notifications
- Calendar synchronization across platforms
- Built-in buffer time management
On this point, let’s just mention that, instead of using Calendly, you can also use Zeeg and integrate it with Salesforce. It also has extensive scheduling features, but it’s more affordable; and - very important - it’s fully GDPR compliant. You’ll want to use it if you have operations or stakeholders in the EU/UK. Oh, and a plus - it integrates well with Apple Calendar (Calendly doesn’t).
Data quality improves
According to research, poor data quality costs businesses around $700 billion yearly, with sales reps spending 21% of their time researching incomplete data. The integration addresses these challenges by:
- Eliminating manual data entry errors
- Ensuring consistent record updates
- Maintaining accurate customer information
- Reducing time spent on administrative tasks
- Providing real-time data synchronization
You'll provide better customer experience
The integration creates a smoother process for customers while maintaining professional communication throughout the scheduling process. This leads to:
- Quick access to the right team members
- Faster response times for meeting requests
- Automated confirmations and reminders
- Professional booking experience
- Simplified rescheduling options
You can customize workflows
Teams can tailor the integration to their specific business processes and requirements, ensuring it fits perfectly into existing operations. Options include:
- Create custom mapping for data fields
- Set up conditional logic for different meeting types
- Automate follow-up tasks
- Design custom booking forms
- Configure specific routing rules
How to set up a Salesforce Calendly integration
Before you start: Make sure you have Salesforce Enterprise edition or higher, admin permissions or rights to Author Apex and to modify all data, as well as a Calendly Teams or a Calendly Enterprise account.
Step by step:
- Go to Integrations in your Calendly account
- Select Salesforce under Sales and CRM
- Click "Connect Salesforce"
- Log in with your Salesforce credentials
- Install the Calendly package by selecting "Install for All Users"
- Grant third-party access when prompted
- Return to Calendly and click Refresh to complete the connection
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How to customize your Calendly Salesforce integration package
The Calendly Salesforce package is designed to be flexible, letting you adapt it to your needs. You can update different Salesforce objects, add conditional logic for various meeting types, map custom fields, or create automated workflows - the customization process gives you control over how your scheduling data flows into Salesforce. All in all, such flexibility ensures the integration works within your existing processes rather than forcing you to change them.
Step by step to customize the package:
- Navigate to Setup in Salesforce
- Search for Flows
- Open the CreateEventTemplate
- Customize the flow based on your requirements
- Save it as a new flow
- Activate the new flow and deactivate the original template
And what exactly are the benefits of these customizations, you might wonder? Have a look:
- Update different Salesforce objects
- Add conditional logic for different meeting types
- Map custom fields from Calendly to Salesforce
- Create automated workflows
- Set up specific triggers and actions
- Define custom routing rules
- Configure notification settings
How to schedule a Calendly meeting directly from Salesforce
Sales representatives often need to schedule meetings while working in Salesforce, and switching between platforms can slow down their workflow. But one of the perks of integrating Salesforce with a scheduling tool is that you won’t need to switch tools. This Calendly Salesforce integration solves things by letting you schedule meetings directly from your Salesforce records. This means you can set up customer meetings, send invitations, and track responses all while staying in your CRM environment.
The integration adds scheduling capabilities right where you need them - in your lead, contact, and opportunity records. You can either schedule meetings on behalf of customers or send them scheduling links, depending on your preferred way of working. All scheduled meetings automatically appear in your Salesforce activity feed, keeping your records up to date.
So, about Calendly scheduling directly from Salesforce, note this down:
You can add custom buttons to your Salesforce layouts:
- Navigate to Setup in Salesforce
- Go to Object Manager
- Select the object where you want to add buttons (like Leads or Contacts)
- Add the Calendly scheduling button to your page layouts
These buttons can be used to either:
- Schedule meetings on behalf of customers by selecting available times
- Send emails with your Calendly link for self-scheduling
- Create custom booking pages for specific types of meetings
You can also track scheduled meetings in your Salesforce activity feed:
- View upcoming meetings directly in records
- See meeting history and attendance
- Monitor rescheduling and cancellations
- Access meeting details and notes
How to create a lead in Salesforce using Calendly
When prospects book meetings through your scheduling page, you want their information captured in Salesforce immediately. Therefore, automatically creating leads from Calendly bookings helps your sales team act quickly on new opportunities and ensures no potential customer falls through the cracks. Just like with other scheduling tools, instead of manually entering data from scheduling forms into your CRM database, you can set up automatic lead creation that pulls all the important details directly into Salesforce. Simple.
To automatically create leads:
- Set up a custom form in Calendly
- Map form fields to Salesforce lead fields
- Configure the flow in Salesforce:
- Go to Setup > Flows
- Open Create Event flow
- Add Create Records element
- Map Calendly fields to Salesforce lead fields
What data can I map with a Calendly Salesforce integration?
Calendly Salesforce integration offers extensive data mapping capabilities that go well beyond basic appointment details.
While you can certainly sync standard meeting information like dates, times, and durations, the integration also handles more complex data points from your booking process.
- Custom questions from your scheduling forms can be mapped directly to Salesforce fields, allowing you to capture valuable prospect information during the booking process.
- UTM parameters can be tracked to understand which channels drive the most valuable meetings. This is especially relevant for marketing teams.
- Schedule changes are also tracked with detail, including rescheduling requests and cancellations, giving you a complete view of your customer interactions. Altogether, this data mapping ensures your Salesforce records stay current and provide accurate insights into your meeting-related activities.
Additionally, you can map data to various Salesforce objects including accounts, contacts, leads, and opportunities. The integration also supports mapping to custom objects you've created in Salesforce, along with event-specific details like location, invitee responses, and follow-up tasks. Through custom fields and relationships, you can also track specialized metrics and create detailed reports that combine Calendly's scheduling data with your Salesforce business data.
Step by step to map Calendly data on Salesforce
- Go to Setup in Salesforce
- Enter Object Manager in the search
- Select CalendlyAction Object
- Click Fields & Relationships
- Review available fields for mapping
- Create new custom fields if needed
How to customize workflows?
You can certainly customize workflow. But just before getting into it, let’s just understand the value of doing so.
Every business has unique processes for handling meetings, follow-ups, and customer interactions, and the default workflow settings might not align perfectly with your team's needs or your existing sales process. Essentially, that’s it.
Perhaps you want to automatically create tasks for your support team when customers book product demos, or you need specific cases generated for consultation requests. And the workflow customization lets you tailor the integration to match exactly how your team operates, ensuring that each scheduled meeting triggers the right sequence of actions in Salesforce.
So, to customize your workflows, these are the steps:
- Creating a new flow based on Create Event Template
- Adding Create Records elements for tasks or cases
- Setting up conditional logic
- Mapping relevant fields
- Activating the new flow
If a Calendly meeting is changed, how do I delete the event on Salesforce?
Meeting changes happen frequently in business - clients reschedule, team members need to adjust their availability, or circumstances require cancellation. When these changes occur, keeping your Salesforce records accurate becomes crucial for maintaining clean data and avoiding confusion. By default, changed meetings remain in Salesforce marked as "Canceled," which can clutter your records and make reporting more difficult. Setting up automatic deletion of changed events helps maintain a cleaner database and ensures your team always sees the most current scheduling information.
To handle changed meetings, follow the steps:
- Go to Setup > Flows in Salesforce
- Open your CancelEventTemplate flow
- Add Delete Records element
- Connect it to the Decision elements
- Save and activate the modified flow
Choose Zeeg to integrate with Salesforce: A secure and more affordable option

When selecting a scheduling tool to integrate with Salesforce, security, functionality, and cost-effectiveness matter. Zeeg is one of the top alternatives to Calendly stands out by offering a comprehensive solution that addresses common pain points while providing additional features not available with Calendly.
Enterprise-grade security at a better price
Even though Calendly should be a very safe tool, Zeeg delivers full GDPR compliance and European server hosting, essential for companies working in the EU/UK or working with partners or clients from those regions. At a lower price point (the basic option is $7), you can get enterprise features that you need: with end-to-end encryption, ISO27001 certified data centers, and complete GDPR compliance documentation, Zeeg ensures your data stays protected while maintaining easy access for authorized users.
Superior calendar compatibility
Unlike Calendly, which recently discontinued iCloud Calendar integration for new users, Zeeg maintains full compatibility with major calendar services. This means your team can use their preferred calendar tools, whether they work with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Microsoft Outlook, ensuring seamless scheduling across your organization.
Advanced scheduling capabilities
Zeeg enhances your Salesforce integration through smart routing based on custom rules and comprehensive team availability management. The platform handles complex scheduling scenarios, including group meetings across time zones and sophisticated booking workflows. These features work together to create a more efficient scheduling process that saves time and reduces administrative overhead.
Seamless Salesforce integration
The connection between Zeeg and Salesforce provides real-time data synchronization with extensive customization options. You can map custom fields, create automated workflows, and track detailed meeting activities all within your CRM. This tight integration ensures your sales team always has access to accurate, up-to-date information about customer interactions.
Modern user experience
Your team and clients benefit from a clean, intuitive interface that works flawlessly on any device. With its customizable booking pages, Zeeg provides a professional scheduling experience that matches your brand. White-label options let you maintain consistent branding throughout the booking process, enhancing your professional image.
By choosing Zeeg, you get a complete scheduling solution that integrates smoothly with Salesforce while offering better value and enhanced features for modern businesses.