Fantastical vs Sunsama

Fantastical and Sunsama are both American products, yet they ask for very different things from a buyer. Fantastical, from Flexibits Inc., is a calendar app with a Free entry plan, Individual, Family and Team tiers, a Family limit of five members and a 14-day trial, but its pricing page gives no amounts or currency. Sunsama, from Summay, Inc., is a daily planner with a single Pro plan printed at US$17 per month yearly or US$22 monthly, no free plan and a trial that needs no card. Neither company presents itself as European, so the decision rests on how visible the price is, how many people share a subscription and which daily habit you want.

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Both are reviewed in full in our calendar apps ranking: Fantastical and Sunsama.

1. 01

   Budgeting for a purchase request

   A buyer who must write a figure into a purchase request will find Sunsama easier. Its pricing page prints the Pro plan at US$17 per month on yearly billing and US$22 per month when paid monthly, while Enterprise is arranged by contacting the company. Fantastical sets Free, Individual, Family and Team beside an annual and monthly toggle, yet the page we read gives no amounts and no currency. In practice its price becomes visible only after a trial has begun, and that delay can stall an approval which needs a number on the first day. A finance reviewer gets an answer from Sunsama at once.

   Edge: Sunsama

2. 02

   Staying on at zero cost

   Fantastical gives a person a Free plan that bundles basic Fantastical with the Cardhop contacts app, so a household can keep a working calendar open without paying anything. Its Individual, Family and Team plans each open with a two-week trial. Sunsama says plainly on its pricing page that it has no free forever plan and does not plan to add one. Its only way in is a trial of 14 days that asks for no card. Someone who wants a calendar to use indefinitely while deciding about an upgrade is better served by Fantastical, even though the free features stay basic.

   Edge: Fantastical

3. 03

   Sharing one subscription with others

   Fantastical divides its offer into Individual, Family and Team. Family covers up to five members, and Team is charged per user per month, so a household or a small office has an obvious plan to choose. Sunsama sells a single Pro plan for one person and sends larger organisations to Enterprise, which adds SSO, SAML and SCIM on request. That makes Sunsama simple to understand but leaves a family with no shared tier to pick. When several people need the same calendar service under one bill, Fantastical offers the better structure, and this round matters mostly for shared use.

   Edge: Fantastical

4. 04

   Where to send a letter to the vendor

   Fantastical is offered by Flexibits Inc., and its terms describe the site and apps as controlled from facilities in the United States, governed by New York law with disputes heard in Suffolk County. Those terms print no postal address, only Support and Status links. Sunsama is run by Summay, Inc., and its terms give an address in Virginia, apply California law and note website use by persons in the United States. A separate security page records a Delaware registration from December 2013. Anyone who wants a physical contact point for a contract has more to work with at Sunsama.

   Edge: Sunsama

5. 05

   Paperwork for the security team and an exit route

   Sunsama tells security reviewers that a SOC 2 Type II report can be requested, and its Enterprise tier adds SSO, SAML and SCIM. Its Export my data setting produces CSV or JSON of task data, though only from the primary workspace, so people with several workspaces must plan around that limit. We found no security report and no data export described for Fantastical in the sources we read. A company that needs documents before approval, and a way to leave later, has more to check with Sunsama. Enterprise buyers can ask for further detail through the contact route.

   Edge: Sunsama

6. 06

   A diary to live in or a ritual to follow

   Fantastical is a calendar app, sold next to Cardhop, and it serves individuals and households who want events kept tidy on a schedule. Sunsama is a planning routine: you pull tasks from integrations, timebox them against your calendar and review how the day went. Our category lists calendar-first apps above Sunsama because it organises a day instead of hosting a diary. One tool keeps appointments and the other shapes the hours between them, so we call this round level. Pick the one that matches the habit you actually want to build, rather than comparing feature lists line by line.

   Depends on the buyer

Can I find a Fantastical price tag before starting a trial?

Not on the page we read. The pricing page names Free, Individual, Family and Team and includes an annual and monthly toggle.

It shows no amounts and no currency next to any plan. Every paid plan opens with a 14-day free trial, which is where a buyer would learn the number.

Will Sunsama ever let me keep a free tier after fourteen days?

No, and the company says so itself. Its pricing page states that there is no free forever plan and that none is planned.

The trial lasts 14 days and needs no card. Afterwards the Pro plan costs US$17 per month billed yearly or US$22 billed monthly.

Which of the two lets me pull my data out as a file?

Sunsama does, through its Export my data setting. That setting produces CSV or JSON of task data. It covers only your primary workspace, so a second workspace needs separate handling. Fantastical describes no export option in the sources we read.

• Fantastical pricing page: tier names, the annual and monthly toggle shown without amounts, the Family limit of five and the 14-day trials.
• Flexibits terms: Flexibits Inc. operating from United States facilities under New York law with no postal address given.
• Sunsama pricing page: Pro at US$17 per month yearly or US$22 monthly, no free forever plan, a card-free trial and Enterprise by contact.
• Sunsama terms: Summay, Inc. with a Virginia address, California governing law and website use limited to persons in the United States.
• Sunsama security review page: a Delaware registration in December 2013 and a SOC 2 Type II report available on request.
• Sunsama user settings manual: data export as CSV or JSON from the primary workspace only.