Brunchie vs Unstaged

Unstaged is a paid, design-led wedding planner with moodboards, color palettes, a shareable vendor "Wedding Deck", and real-time partner sync. Brunchie runs the event itself — seating, expense splitting, photobooth, vendor access, and day-of check-in — free for every guest, no guest cap, on web, iOS, and Android.

Updated 2026-05-31

If you want a design-led planning space — moodboards, color palettes, a polished vendor brief, and real-time syncing between partners — Unstaged is built for exactly that.1 If you also need to run the event itself — RSVPs, seating charts, expense splitting with settle-up, a shared photobooth, vendor view-only access, and day-of check-in — for every guest, with no guest cap, free — Brunchie covers those, and the two work well side by side.

Quick comparison

Brunchie Unstaged
Primary use End-to-end wedding coordination Design-led wedding planning (vision + vendor brief)1
Pricing Free forever, no premium tiers today2 Paid — $19.90/mo or $79/yr, 7-day trial3
Guest limit No cap — free for every guest2 Not the focus
Guest hub One shareable hangout link — opens in any browser, nothing to set up Shareable "Wedding Deck" for vendors1
Design / moodboards Not a feature Moodboards + color palettes1
RSVPs + guest list Built in, no email required, spreadsheet import Guest list management1
Seating chart Drag-and-drop, AI auto-assign, PDF import, PDF export Not a stated feature
Budget Built in Budget tracking with PDF quote parsing1
Expense splitting / Settle up Built in, host-private for weddings Not a stated feature
Photobooth / shared album Built in (photos, videos, voice memos, boomerangs) Not a stated feature
Vendor access View-only external-guest + external-cohost tiers Shareable visual vendor brief1
Day-of check-in QR code self-check-in built in Not a stated feature
Partner collaboration Shared cohost room Real-time partner sync1
Mobile Web + iOS + Android Web + iOS1

What Unstaged is built for

Unstaged does something Brunchie deliberately doesn't: it's a design-first space — moodboards, color palettes, and a shareable "Wedding Deck" that hands vendors a clean visual brief, with budget tracking that reads vendor quotes straight out of a PDF.1 For couples who want the look of the day pinned down and aligned between partners, that focus is real.

Brunchie isn't a design tool. What it does is run the event — guests, RSVPs, seating, money, photos, and the day-of — and it does it free, on every phone.

Why couples choose Brunchie

  1. Free, not a subscription. Unstaged is $19.90/mo or $79/yr after a trial;3 Brunchie is free for every guest with no premium tiers today. See Free forever.
  2. No guest cap, ever. Invite the whole list — no thresholds.
  3. Real seating tooling. Drag-and-drop, AI auto-assign with constraints, PDF import, PDF export — see seating charts.
  4. Expenses split inside the same room. Host-private wedding budget; bachelorette and rehearsal-dinner splits among the friends paying. See Wedding Planning on Brunchie.
  5. A photobooth that doesn't lose photos. Voice memos, boomerangs, video, stills, all in one shared feed. See photobooth.
  6. Day-of check-in. QR code at the door, headcount in real time. See Event Check-In.
  7. On every phone. Web, iOS, and a real Android app — guests open one link, no download, no account.

Sources

  1. Unstaged — product and features (as of 2026-05-31): https://unstaged.se
  2. Brunchie — Free forever commitment: https://brunchie.app/free-forever
  3. Unstaged — pricing ($19.90/mo, $79/yr, 7-day trial; as of 2026-05-31): https://unstaged.se

Common questions

Is Unstaged free?
No. Unstaged is a paid subscription with a 7-day free trial — $19.90/month or $79/year as of 2026-05-31. See unstaged.se for current pricing.
Can I use Unstaged and Brunchie together?
Yes. Some couples use Unstaged for the design side — moodboards, color palettes, the vendor visual brief — and Brunchie for running the event: RSVPs, seating, expense splitting, photobooth, and day-of check-in.
Does Brunchie do moodboards and color palettes?
No — design boards aren't a Brunchie feature. Brunchie is the coordination layer: guest list, RSVPs, seating, money, photos, and check-in. If you want a dedicated vision-board tool, pair it with Brunchie for the operations side.
Does Brunchie limit how many guests I can invite?
No. Brunchie is free for every guest with no guest cap and no premium tiers today. See the Free forever page.
Can I move my guest list to Brunchie?
Yes — drop the export (CSV, Excel, PDF, or even a screenshot) into the Upload file tab on Brunchie's invite modal. Brunchie reads it, you confirm the parsed rows, then bulk-send invites in one click. Free, 30 seconds. See the Importing Data guide.

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