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What is Zitli?

Zitli is an online appointment booking tool for self-employed professionals and small practices in Switzerland. You share a booking link, your clients see only the times when you are actually free, and they book themselves. The booking goes straight into your calendar.


What makes Zitli different


  • Cantonal public holidays built in: the public holidays of all 26 cantons are included. You choose your canton, and no one can book on those days.
  • Four languages: the app and your booking page are available in German, French, Italian and English. You work in your language, your clients book in theirs.
  • Prices in CHF including VAT: payment by TWINT or card, invoices with VAT shown separately.
  • Swiss company, hosted in the EU: Zitli is operated by Otternative Marketing GmbH in Basel. The data is stored in data centres in the EU (designed around the Swiss FADP and the GDPR).
  • Open core: Zitli is based on the open-source scheduling software cal.diy (from the Cal.com family).


What you can do with Zitli


  • Create event types (e.g. initial consultation 30 min, follow-up 60 min), each with its own link
  • Connect Google Calendar, Outlook / Microsoft 365, Apple Calendar or CalDAV so you are never double-booked
  • Automatically create a Google Meet, Zoom or Microsoft Teams link for every booking
  • Have confirmations and reminders sent by email
  • Accept payments at booking (Pro)
  • Embed the booking page on your own website
  • Connect Zitli to AI assistants such as Claude or ChatGPT


Who is Zitli for?


For anyone who offers one-to-one appointments: therapists and coaches, physiotherapists, law firms and fiduciaries, consultants, teachers and many more.


Team features such as round-robin (distributing appointments across a team), shared appointments with multiple hosts and team pages are in development and not yet available.


You can find the app at app.zitli.ch and the website at zitli.ch.

Updated on: 11/10/2026

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