What's the difference between Zeeg and VITAS Telefonassistent?

VITAS is a specialized inbound call-handling tool built primarily for healthcare providers, relying on partner systems like samedi or cituro to complete bookings. Zeeg is an AI phone assistant with native appointment scheduling: it answers, calls out, and books directly in the same platform, for any industry.

Does VITAS make outbound calls?

No. VITAS is built for inbound calls only. Its conversation billing includes automated reminder notifications by SMS or callback, but not proactive outbound calling campaigns. Zeeg supports both inbound and outbound calling from the same AI agent.

Can VITAS book appointments on its own?

Only if you've connected a supported partner system such as samedi, cituro, or docmedico. Without one, VITAS captures the request but can't complete the booking. Zeeg books directly into its own calendar with no partner integration required.

Is VITAS or Zeeg cheaper?

It depends on usage. VITAS starts at €40 to €49/month with per-conversation billing, and several practical features, like SIP numbers, integrations, stats, and user roles, require an additional Pro add-on currently around €99 to €129/month. Zeeg has a free scheduling plan, paid platform tiers from €10/user/month, and AI minutes billed separately from €0.08/minute with no forced add-on.

Which tool has stronger security certifications?

VITAS holds ISO 27001 certification, audited by TÜV Süd, and a BSI C5 Type 1 attestation, both relevant for healthcare-grade data protection. Zeeg is fully GDPR-compliant with all data hosted in Germany and offers a DPA for business customers, but does not currently hold ISO 27001 or C5 certification.

Is VITAS only for healthcare businesses?

VITAS can technically be configured for any industry, but its product, integration partners, and customer base are built almost entirely around medical practices and clinics. Zeeg is built to work the same way across industries, including law firms, consultants, agencies, and sales teams.

Do both Zeeg and Calendly integrate with Apple Calendar?

Zeeg offers native Apple Calendar integration, which Calendly doesn't support at all. This means Mac and iPhone users can seamlessly sync their appointments without workarounds or third-party tools. Zeeg also provides native Microsoft Exchange support for enterprise users, making it the only scheduling platform with truly comprehensive calendar coverage across Google, Outlook, Exchange, and Apple ecosystems.

How does Zeeg's contact management compare to Calendly?

Both Zeeg and Calendly track contacts from booked appointments. Where Zeeg goes further is custom attributes and custom objects. You can extend every contact record with fields specific to your business, whether that's deal stage, industry, contract value, or anything else. Calendly doesn't offer that level of customization, which forces teams to push data into a separate CRM for anything beyond basic contact info.

What makes Zeeg a better Calendly alternative for European businesses?

Zeeg stands is the ideal Calendly alternative for European companies due to its German data hosting, ensuring full GDPR compliance without complex setup. Unlike Calendly's US-based servers, Zeeg keeps all customer data within the EU, eliminating concerns about transatlantic data transfers.

Is Zeeg a good alternative to Calendly for recruitment teams?

Zeeg is a great Calendly alternative for HR and recruitment teams through specialized features like multi-interviewer coordination that automatically synchronizes schedules across hiring panels. Plus, the platform can document and track every interaction from initial screening to final interview, keeping all records in one place.

What's a good free alternative to Calendly?

Zeeg's free plan offers more value than Calendly's. While Calendly limits users to just one scheduling page on their free tier, Zeeg provides two active scheduling pages at no cost. Both platforms offer unlimited events on free plans. This makes Zeeg ideal for professionals who want to maintain a polished and efficient booking page without paying for premium features.

How do payment processing capabilities compare?

Both Zeeg and Calendly support payment processing through Stripe and PayPal integration, allowing you to collect payments or deposits when appointments are booked.

cituro Alternative: Fully Automated, Natively

Online and Phone Booking, Both Native

Your customers can book online or call in, and either way, the appointment lands in the same calendar, booked by the same system. No handoff, no second tool required.

Woman confirming a booking on a tablet next to a calendar preview

Healthcare assistant on a call next to a calendar booking preview

Lead Routing for Calls and Online Bookings

Route your appointments and calls to specific employees, or distribute them fairly across your team. Regardless of how the booking came in.

Complete Integrations, Not Just a Booking Widget

Six calendar providers, four video conferencing tools, and major CRMs — all integrated natively. You can connect your scheduling system to your business tools. No need for Zapier.

Availability heatmap and toggle switches in the Zeeg booking dashboard

Anruf wird an ein bestimmtes Teammitglied unter mehreren weitergeleitet

Start for free, and keep it cost-effective

With Zeeg, you can get a 14-day trial to test all features. After that, you can keep using the free plan, or increase your scheduling features from $10/user/month.

Full GDPR Compliance

Every booking, call, and transcript stays under German and European data protection law, hosted in Germany, fully GDPR-compliant, with an AVV available for business customers.

Features

Your Complete Scheduling System

Here's some of the main features that you can get with Zeeg.

Online Booking

Share your booking page anywhere: your website, a QR code, social media, or a direct link, and let customers book themselves, any time.

Inbound and Outbound Calling

Handle every incoming call automatically, and launch outbound campaigns for reminders, follow-ups, and reactivation.

Native Phone Booking

Your AI voice agent answers calls 24/7 and books the appointment directly, no partner system required.

Smart Routing, Online and Phone

Route both callers and online booking requests to the right person or team, using the same rules across both channels.

Round-Robin

Distribute appointments fairly across your team automatically, whether they came in by call or online.

Calendar Integration

Connect Google, Outlook, Office 365, Exchange, Apple Calendar, and Proton, all synced automatically.

Payments at Booking

Collect payments through Stripe or PayPal directly when a customer books online.

Workflows, Online and Phone

Automate reminders, follow-ups, and confirmations by email and SMS, for both phone and online bookings.

CRM Integration

Connect natively to HubSpot, Pipedrive, and Salesforce, so bookings and calls sync straight into your pipeline.

A detailed comparison

Zeeg vs cituro

Zeeg vs cituro Comparison

Feature	Zeeg	cituro
Functions
Online booking pages	✓	✓
AI phone assistant Zeeg: native	✓Built by Zeeg, one system	✗Third-party (VITAS), added via partnership
Outbound / proactive calling Zeeg only	✓	✗Inherited from VITAS, inbound-only
Automated lead routing Zeeg only	✓Routes calls and bookings based on rules you set	✗Customers pick a calendar directly; no rules-based routing
Round-robin distribution Zeeg only	✓	✗Not offered
Calendar integrations Zeeg: broader	✓Google, Outlook, Office 365, Exchange, Apple Calendar, Proton	✗Google and Outlook/Exchange only, Apple requires a Google bridge
CRM integrations Zeeg: native	✓HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce	✗Only via Zapier/Make, no direct CRM connection
Payments at booking	✓	✓
Scheduling Pricing
Entry price	✓Free (Starter plan)	✗From ~€19/month, no free tier
Per-employee cost	✓Included in per-user tiers	✗Extra €4–€7 per additional employee/resource calendar
AI Voice Agent Pricing
Published pricing	✓From €0.08–€0.196/min, listed and self-serve	✗Not published, requires a sales consultation
Compliance & Hosting
GDPR compliance	✓	✓
EU data hosting	✓Germany	✓Germany

cituro vs Zeeg

Quick take

cituro is a mature online booking system with deep scheduling features: multi-location management, discount and voucher codes, group bookings, and booking directly through Google, Facebook, and Instagram. But its AI phone assistant isn't cituro's own product. It's VITAS, integrated through a partnership, with no listed price anywhere on cituro's site. Their scheduling system starts at around €19/month.

Zeeg's AI voice agent and scheduling engine are the same system, a complete booking suite built in-house. You can automate your online system from $10/user/month, and add AI minutes to it from $0.08/min. Calls and online bookings can have the same lead-routing and round-robin logic, and calendars, video tools, and CRMs all connect natively, without bridge tools needed.

Zeeg verdict: The right choice for teams that want phone and online booking in one native system, transparent self-serve pricing, and native CRM and calendar integrations, without a third-party AI bolted on.

cituro verdict: A reasonable choice for teams that want a mature, feature-rich scheduling tool and don't mind a separate sales conversation and a third-party AI add-on for phone bookings.

Integrations

Connect with your favorite apps

Zeeg integrates with your business tools for the most advanced scheduling workflows.

Google Calendar

Outlook Calendar

Office 365 Calendar

Microsoft Exchange

iCloud Calendar

Google Meet

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Skype

PayPal

Stripe

HubSpot

Pipedrive

Salesforce

Google Analytics

Meta Pixel

Webhooks

Okta

SSO / SCIM

Webex

Whereby

Zapier

Success stories from our users

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by combining scheduling, forms, and digital presence with Zeeg

Evoléna de Wilde d'Estmael

Co-founder & CEO at Faircado

Tim Schmitz

Sales at work4all

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Teacher and educational influencer

Jan Hecker

Product Manager at Jodel

Michel Bielecki

Co-founder & CEO at illumicell AI

Evoléna de Wilde d'Estmael

Co-founder & CEO at Faircado

Tim Schmitz

Sales at work4all

emitheteacher

Teacher and educational influencer

Jan Hecker

Product Manager at Jodel

Michel Bielecki

Co-founder & CEO at illumicell AI

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between Zeeg and cituro?

cituro is an online booking tool with an AI phone assistant added through a partnership with VITAS. But Zeeg's AI voice agent and scheduling engine are built as one native system, answering and making calls, booking online.

Is cituro's AI phone assistant its own product?

No. cituro's AI phone assistant is VITAS, integrated into cituro's platform through a partnership. It isn't built by cituro, and it isn't listed as a feature in any of cituro's scheduling tiers.

How much does cituro's AI phone assistant cost?

cituro doesn't publish a price for it. Unlike their scheduling tiers, listed from about €19/month, the AI phone assistant page directs you to book a consultation or call sales directly. Zeeg's AI-minute pricing is fully published, starting at €0.196/min and dropping to €0.08/min as you scale.

Can Zeeg distribute calls and online bookings fairly across a team?

Yes. Zeeg supports round-robin scheduling for both calls and online bookings, distributing appointments evenly across your team based on rules you set. cituro's calendars are tied to a fixed employee or resource, with no fair-distribution logic behind them.

Which CRMs does each tool connect to?

Zeeg connects natively to HubSpot, Pipedrive, and Salesforce. cituro has no direct CRM integrations; reaching a CRM requires a Zapier or Make bridge.

Do I need to open a separate account with VITAS to use cituro's AI assistant?

cituro presents it as a single feature within your cituro account, with no separate VITAS signup documented anywhere in their help center. Either way, it's still a third-party AI product plugged into cituro's platform, not one cituro built itself.

Is cituro or Zeeg cheaper?

For scheduling, Zeeg has a free plan and starts at $10/user/month; cituro starts around €19/month plus per-employee calendar fees. For the AI phone assistant, Zeeg's rates are published from €0.08–0.196/min; cituro's AI pricing isn't published at all, since it runs through a separate integration with VITAS that's quoted individually.

Which calendars does each tool connect to?

Zeeg connects to Google Calendar, Outlook, Office 365, Exchange, Apple Calendar, Proton and calDAV. cituro connects to Google and Outlook/Exchange.

Over 20.000 individuals and companies trust Zeeg

Why Zeeg

Online and Phone Booking, Both Native

Lead Routing for Calls and Online Bookings

Complete Integrations, Not Just a Booking Widget

Start for free, and keep it cost-effective

Full GDPR Compliance

Your Complete Scheduling System

Online Booking

Inbound and Outbound Calling

Native Phone Booking

Smart Routing, Online and Phone

Round-Robin

Calendar Integration

Payments at Booking

Workflows, Online and Phone

CRM Integration

Zeeg vs cituro

Quick take

Connect with your favorite apps

Google Calendar

Outlook Calendar

Office 365 Calendar

Microsoft Exchange

iCloud Calendar

Google Meet

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Skype

PayPal

Stripe

HubSpot

Pipedrive

Salesforce

Google Analytics

Meta Pixel

Webhooks

Okta

SSO / SCIM

Webex

Whereby

Zapier

Success stories from our users

Frequently asked questions

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