Brunchie vs Aisle Planner

Aisle Planner is a paid SaaS suite for professional wedding planners. Brunchie is the free room couples run directly — seating, RSVPs, expense splitting, photobooth, and day-of check-in in one place. Here's why couples and the planners working with them pick Brunchie.

Updated 2026-05-30

Aisle Planner is a paid SaaS suite for professional wedding planners — a planner-side CRM, design studio, and per-client workflow, with couples added through the planner's account.1 Brunchie is the free room the couple runs directly: seating charts, RSVPs, expense splitting, photobooth, itineraries, and day-of check-in in one shared hangout. Whether you're a couple or a planner working alongside one, that's why Brunchie fits.

Quick comparison

Brunchie Aisle Planner
Primary user Couples (planners + vendors share the room) Professional planners (couples added by the planner)1
Pricing Free forever, no premium tiers today2 Paid SaaS plans for planners3
Couple's free option Yes — full feature access Couples access through their planner's account1
Seating chart Drag-and-drop, AI auto-assign, PDF import, PDF export Drag-and-drop seating chart4
RSVPs + guest list Built in, no email required for guests Built in (RSVP, guest list, dietary)4
Expense splitting / settle-up Built in, host-private for weddings Budget tracking (not guest-to-guest splitting)4
Photobooth / shared album Built in (photos, videos, voice memos) Not a core feature4
Vendor view-only access External-guest + external-cohost tiers Planner-controlled vendor workflows4
Day-of check-in QR self-check-in built in Not a core feature4
Platform Web + iOS + Android Web4

Why couples (and their planners) choose Brunchie

  1. One room with everyone in it. The couple, the wedding party, vendors invited as external guests, and the day-of crew share a single hangout. RSVPs, seating, expenses, photobooth, and the itinerary all live there — no planner login required for the couple to use it.
  2. Real seating tooling without a subscription. Drag-and-drop with AI auto-assign, floor-plan PDF import, and a 2-page print-ready PDF for the venue easel. See the seating chart guide and PDF export guide.
  3. Expense splitting inside the same room. Wedding budgets stay host-private; bachelorette and rehearsal-dinner costs split among the friends paying. See expense splitting.
  4. A shared album already built in. The Photobooth tab collects photos, videos, and voice memos from every guest — no QR-to-Google-Photos workaround. See photobooth.
  5. Free for the couple. Brunchie's Free forever commitment is the canonical source for what's free today.

The honest reason to switch

Brunchie isn't a planner-side CRM — it doesn't do lead capture, contracts, or client billing, and it isn't trying to. Planners run those on their own stack and use Brunchie as the client-facing room the couple actually logs into. Couples who don't have a planner skip that layer entirely and run the whole wedding in Brunchie for free.

Sources

  1. Aisle Planner — primary product page describing planner-first positioning: https://www.aisleplanner.com/
  2. Brunchie — Free forever commitment: https://brunchie.app/free-forever
  3. Aisle Planner pricing page (planner subscription rates): https://www.aisleplanner.com/pricing
  4. Aisle Planner features page: https://www.aisleplanner.com/features

Common questions

Is Aisle Planner free for couples?
No — Aisle Planner is sold to professional wedding planners, who then add their couples to the planner's account; couples don't get a free plan of their own. Brunchie is free for couples directly — see Free forever. For Aisle Planner's planner-tier rates, see its pricing page.
Can a planner use Brunchie with their clients?
Yes. The planner shares one Brunchie hangout with the couple — seating, RSVPs, expense splitting, polls, photobooth, itineraries, vendor docs, and day-of check-in all live there. Many planners run Brunchie as the client-facing room alongside their existing CRM. See wedding coordination software for planners.
Will Brunchie introduce a paid planner tier?
Brunchie's Free forever commitment says core features stay free; future fees may apply to areas like very large guest counts, seating at scale, or photo and video sharing. That page is the canonical source.
Can I export from Aisle Planner into Brunchie?
Yes for seating charts and guest lists. Drop a PDF, photo, or spreadsheet of your layout into Brunchie and the importer reads it. See the Importing Data guide.

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