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“All-American scheduling SaaS — US-owned, US-run, US-hosted, no EU footing.”

Operating HQ
🇺🇸 United States
where it's run
Legal domicile
🇺🇸 United States
where it's incorporated
Founded
2013
Status
Private
Revenue
~$349M
Data location
🇺🇸 US-only
12/100
Sovereign: Not
Control ↑
12
Data →
11

12 = midpoint of Control 12 & Data 11

ConfidenceHigh (86%)

Sovereignty Quadrant

Control ↑ who owns & governs the company  ·  Data → where your data lives. Every dot is a company — click to open it.

Where your data lives → Who controls the company → 7 companies · fully non-EU (0/0) TikTok — Data 32, Control 24 Google — Data 16, Control 14 Youtube — Data 14, Control 16 Ionos — Data 90, Control 90 Disneyplus — Data 16, Control 12 Telegram — Data 34, Control 14 Carrefour — Data 100, Control 32 Corriere — Data 100, Control 100 Microsoft — Data 26, Control 14 Amazon — Data 14, Control 10 Amazon — Data 66, Control 0 Reddit — Data 14, Control 10 Netflix — Data 24, Control 20 LinkedIn — Data 14, Control 16 Reuters — Data 26, Control 0 Pinterest — Data 12, Control 12 Discord — Data 16, Control 20 AliExpress — Data 18, Control 12 Twitch — Data 18, Control 16 Samsung — Data 62, Control 4 Canva — Data 24, Control 20 Spotify — Data 30, Control 68 Apple — Data 16, Control 16 GitHub — Data 16, Control 10 Uber — Data 16, Control 16 Salesforce — Data 20, Control 14 Deepl — Data 70, Control 78 Airbnb — Data 18, Control 18 Shopify — Data 18, Control 18 Mastercard — Data 36, Control 16 Dropbox — Data 14, Control 10 HubSpot — Data 24, Control 10 Notion — Data 22, Control 16 Stripe — Data 30, Control 30 Zalando — Data 52, Control 88 Figma — Data 18, Control 10 SAP SE — Data 68, Control 78 Atlassian — Data 18, Control 18 Proton — Data 72, Control 54 Miro — Data 100, Control 44 Klarna — Data 44, Control 42 Ecosia — Data 60, Control 92 Zoom — Data 20, Control 14 Adyen — Data 84, Control 84 GitLab — Data 26, Control 14 Slack — Data 14, Control 20 Hetzner — Data 84, Control 96 Deezer — Data 62, Control 66 Typeform — Data 100, Control 52 OVHcloud — Data 82, Control 94 Tutanota — Data 100, Control 100 BlaBlaCar — Data 54, Control 76 Qwant — Data 56, Control 88 Bitwarden — Data 28, Control 20 Contentful — Data 34, Control 48 Personio — Data 34, Control 58 Ikea — Data 34, Control 100 Whatsapp — Data 14, Control 12 Instagram — Data 28, Control 22 X — Data 14, Control 16 Avast — Data 60, Control 0 Paypal — Data 24, Control 32 Kaspersky — Data 56, Control 0 Dailymotion — Data 100, Control 74 Snapchat — Data 12, Control 14 11 12 Calendly
Calendly — verified peers — automated estimate (0–50 pillars, normalized)

Every number below traces to 13 sourced facts across 7 independent sources, last verified 2026-06-12. 3 open questions hold confidence at 86% — they lower confidence, never the score.

Control ↑

Who legally and economically controls the company

12/100
7 facts · 5 sources · high confidence
Legal & Jurisdiction
13

Operating entity is Calendly LLC, formed in Georgia (USA); privacy notice gives a US legal address (Buford, GA). No EU establishment — only Article 27 EEA/UK representatives reachable by email. EU law reaches it only contractually via SCCs/DPF, not through an EU-incorporated entity.

Why 13? 4 sourced facts · click to expand
Calendly LLC, GA

Operating legal entity is a Georgia, USA limited liability company

Washington State corporate registry (via OpenGov) · as of 2026-06-12

Buford, GA, USA

Privacy notice lists a US legal/mailing address; no EU entity

Calendly Privacy Notice · as of 2026-06-12

eurep@ / ukrep@

EU/UK presence is only via Article 27 representatives (email), not an establishment

Calendly Privacy Notice · as of 2026-06-12

SCCs + DPF

Cross-border transfers rely on SCCs, EU-U.S. DPF and UK Addendum

Calendly Privacy Notice · as of 2026-06-12

Control & Ownership
10

Private, founder-led US company; the $350M Series B was led by US investors OpenView Venture Partners and ICONIQ Capital. Founder/CEO Tope Awotona is US-based. No EU voting control and no EU economic majority; not listed on any exchange. Exact cap table is undisclosed.

Why 10? 3 sourced facts · click to expand
OpenView + ICONIQ

Privately held; last major round a 2021 Series B led by US VCs

TechCrunch · as of 2021-01-26

$3B, private

Valued at $3B at the 2021 Series B; remains private

Sacra · as of 2026-06-12

Tope Awotona

Founder-CEO is US-based (Atlanta-founded company)

Wikipedia (Calendly) · as of 2026-06-12

Data →

Where your data lives and who can reach it

11/100
6 facts · 5 sources · mixed confidence
Data & Infrastructure
8

Calendly's own help docs state user/invitee data is stored in US-based data centers run by Google Cloud and AWS, and explicitly that it does NOT offer EU data residency. Sub-processor list confirms AWS, Google and Aiven infrastructure all in the USA. Full US CLOUD Act / foreign-law exposure for EU users.

Why 8? 3 sourced facts · click to expand
USA only

User data stored in US-based data centers (Google Cloud + AWS)

Calendly Help: Data Storage & International Transfers · as of 2026-06-12

AWS/Google/Aiven US

Infrastructure sub-processors (AWS, Google, Aiven) all list USA data centers

Calendly Sub-processors (GDPR, CCPA) · as of 2026-06-12

No EU region

No EU data residency option offered

Calendly Help: Data Storage & International Transfers · as of 2026-06-12

Operations & People
15

Remote-first since closing its Atlanta office in July 2021, but the company is US-centered: US founder/CEO and leadership, Georgia legal home, USD financials, and a workforce that scaled in the US. No evidence of a material EU operational hub. Workforce is globally distributed remote but US-anchored.

Why 15? 3 sourced facts · click to expand
Remote, US-anchored

Atlanta-founded; went fully remote after closing its physical HQ in July 2021

Wikipedia (Calendly) · as of 2026-06-12

Atlanta, GA

Registered principal office address is in Atlanta, Georgia

Washington State corporate registry (via OpenGov) · as of 2026-06-12

~$349M USD

Reported revenue ~$349M (2024), USD-reported, US-based finance

Sacra · as of 2026-06-12

Aligned to the EU Commission’s official Cloud Sovereignty Framework (SEAL, Jun 2026) →

What we don’t know 3 open questions — they lower confidence, never the score
  • ?

    Exact cap table and current voting control among founder vs. OpenView/ICONIQ and later secondaries.

    Could marginally shift the ownership score, but all known investors are US — unlikely to reveal EU control.

  • ?

    Whether there is a separate Delaware 'Calendly, Inc.' parent above Calendly LLC (the privacy notice references both names).

    Would refine the precise incorporation detail but keeps jurisdiction firmly in the US.

  • ?

    Geographic breakdown of the remote workforce (any EU-based engineering or support hubs).

    Could nudge the operations score up slightly if a material EU workforce exists; no evidence found.

EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework lens

SEAL targets cloud/infrastructure providers; applied here as an analogous sovereignty mapping for a SaaS app, not a certification.

Strategic

US-owned, US-controlled, US-funded private company; no EU strategic alignment or control.

weak

Legal & jurisdictional

Georgia LLC, US legal home; EU reach only via SCCs/DPF and Article 27 email reps, no EU establishment.

weak

Data & AI

All user data in US AWS/Google Cloud; no EU residency. OpenAI listed as a US sub-processor.

weak

Operational

Remote-first but US-anchored leadership, Atlanta registered office, USD financials.

weak

Supply chain

Sub-processors concentrated in the USA (AWS, Google, Aiven, Cloudflare, Twilio, Zendesk, etc.); minimal EU presence.

weak

Technological

Built on US hyperscaler infrastructure (AWS + Google Cloud); no EU-sovereign tech stack.

weak

Security & compliance

Hosts on SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / PCI-certified infra and maintains a GDPR DPA, but compliance is transfer-mechanism-based, not data-residency-based.

moderate

Environmental sustainability

No company-specific sustainability/data-center energy disclosures reviewed.

not assessed
EU alternatives
🇩🇪 Cal.com cal.com with caveats

Open-source scheduling with a German GmbH and EU data-region/self-hosting options; cloud still uses US hyperscalers for some components — verify region at setup.

🇩🇪 TIMIFY timify.com EU-controlled

Munich-based appointment-scheduling SaaS (TerminApp GmbH) with EU/German data hosting; strong EU jurisdictional footing.

🇺🇸 Microsoft Bookings microsoft.com not an EU alternative

Common Calendly substitute but US-owned (Microsoft); EU Data Boundary helps residency yet ownership and CLOUD Act exposure remain US.

How the method works

Methodology v2 (provisional): the score is the midpoint of two axes — Control (who owns and governs the company) and Data (where your data lives and who can reach it). Each axis is scored only on verified evidence; unknowns reduce confidence, never the score. Every input below is sourced; the weights and judgments are open to challenge.

Spotted an error? Every claim is sourced — challenge it and we correct the record.
  • 2026-06-12 — Initial golden profile, authored from primary sources (human + AI review).

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