6 posts tagged with "fullcalendar"

If we're using FullCalendar in React, the free core gives us day, week, month, and list views quickly. The limits appear when the product needs resource views, deeper TypeScript ergonomics, and fewer plugin wiring steps. FullCalendar Premium starts at $480 per year, and the React package wraps the core DOM library rather than replacing it with a React-native scheduling model.

FullCalendar becomes less attractive when resource views are required, because Bryntum Calendar includes that workflow in the base product instead of making it a Premium upgrade.

This article compares four FullCalendar alternatives for React using the criteria below.

• React integration quality.
• Resource scheduling and recurring event support.
• TypeScript fit.
• Pricing and license tiers.
• Where Bryntum Calendar is the strongest replacement for FullCalendar.

FullCalendar is a JavaScript event calendar with an MIT-licensed core covering day, week, and month views. If you're looking for an alternative, you're likely trying to add resource scheduling without FullCalendar Premium at $480 per developer per year, or you want stronger export, undo/redo, or AI development tooling.

FullCalendar and Schedule-X are MIT-licensed JavaScript calendar libraries with day, week, and month views and TypeScript support. If you're choosing between them, you're deciding whether your application needs free drag-and-drop and resize from day one or whether Schedule-X's Premium model is acceptable for those interactions.

Start with these questions:

• Does drag-and-drop need to stay in the free tier?
• Does the project need Svelte support?
• Does the team prefer per-developer Premium pricing or one Premium license per project?

This comparison uses these criteria:

• Installation and setup
• Licensing and cost
• Calendar views
• Interaction features
• Resource scheduling
• Framework support
• TypeScript support
• AI support

FullCalendar and Mobiscroll Event Calendar both ship day, week, and month views with drag-and-drop and TypeScript support. If you're choosing between them, you're deciding whether free standard calendar editing is enough or whether your application needs resource scheduling and interaction features bundled into a per-project commercial license. The install workflow differs too: FullCalendar installs from the public npm registry, while Mobiscroll requires CLI authentication against a private registry.

Start with these questions:

• Does the application need a resource timeline view in the first release?
• Does the install pipeline support CLI authentication and a private npm registry?
• Does per-developer Premium pricing or per-project commercial pricing fit the team better?

This comparison uses these criteria:

• Installation and setup
• Licensing and cost
• Calendar views
• Resource scheduling
• Framework support
• TypeScript support
• AI support

If you're choosing between Bryntum Scheduler and FullCalendar, you're deciding whether resource timeline scheduling is the main product workflow or an extension of a calendar interface. Bryntum Scheduler is a dedicated resource timeline component. FullCalendar renders resource timelines through Premium plugins.

Start with these questions:

• Is the resource timeline the primary interface?
• Does the application need event dependencies, undo and redo, or export?
• Does the licensing model need to avoid annual Premium renewals?

This comparison uses these criteria:

• Installation and setup
• Licensing and cost
• Resource scheduling features
• Export support
• Framework and TypeScript support
• AI support

If you're choosing between Bryntum Calendar and FullCalendar, you're deciding whether your application needs a standard event calendar or a calendar with resource scheduling, Excel and ICS export, and undo/redo built in. FullCalendar covers standard calendar views under an MIT-licensed core. Bryntum Calendar includes resource views, Excel and ICS export, and AI support in a commercial package.

Start with these questions:

• Does the application need resource scheduling?
• Does the team need export, localization, and undo and redo in the calendar component?
• Does the team use AI coding agents that need documentation tooling?

This comparison uses these criteria:

• Installation and setup
• Licensing and cost
• Calendar views
• Resource scheduling
• Export support
• Framework and TypeScript support
• AI support