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Setting the table…
Setting the table…
The understudy — tableplanner vs WeddingWire
Unlike its sister site The Knot, WeddingWire actually has a seating chart tool — free, web-based, synced with its guest list, with drag-and-drop tables, a dance floor, and custom floor-plan items. For a simple room, it does the job. So this is a fair fight.
The difference is how much seating help you get. WeddingWire hands you a blank canvas: you drag every single guest to a seat, with no warnings about who shouldn't sit together, no auto-seating, and no live co-editing. tableplanner is the smart version — it seats your whole list in one click, keeps feuding guests apart automatically, and lets you and your partner build the chart together in real time.
Where we're different
The stuff a bundled seating add-on never bothers with — starting with keeping the peace.
Conflict detection, built in
Mark the exes, the feuding in-laws, the uncle nobody seats near the bar — and tableplanner warns you the instant you put them at the same table. WeddingWire's seating chart has no keep-apart feature at all.
Auto-seat your whole list in one click
Press one button and tableplanner arranges every guest — respecting your conflicts and keeping families together. WeddingWire's own help docs describe the alternative: drag and drop each guest to a seat, one by one.
Parties stay together
Link plus-ones and families so they're seated as a unit and never split across tables. In WeddingWire, every guest is an individual chip you place by hand.
Plan it together, in real time
You and your partner (or your planner) can open the same chart at once and watch each other's changes live. WeddingWire's chart is shared the old way — print it, export it, or email it and wait for feedback.
Dietary & accessibility tags on the chart
Tag who needs a vegan plate or step-free access and see it right on the seat, then export it for the caterer. In WeddingWire that information stays back in the guest list, not on the chart.
Side by side
| Feature | tableplanner | WeddingWire |
|---|---|---|
| Conflict / "keep apart" detection | Built in — automatic warnings | Not offered |
| One-click auto-seating | Yes — respects conflicts & parties | Not offered — drag each guest by hand |
| Plus-one / party linking | Yes — keeps parties together | Guests are placed one by one |
| Real-time collaboration | Yes — edit together live | Share via print, export or email |
| Floor plan builder | Yes — flexible canvas | Yes — tables, dance floor, custom items |
| Guest list & RSVP tracking | Import your list from a spreadsheet | Built in — syncs with the seating chart |
| Dietary & accessibility tags | Multi-tag per guest, shown on the chart | Meal info lives in the guest list |
| Export & sharing | Print-ready PDF + read-only share link | Print, email or export — visual or list format |
| All-in-one suite (vendors, website, registry) | Seating only | Full free wedding platform |
| Pricing | One-time €49 — free up to 30 guests | Free |
Being fair
Credit where it's due: WeddingWire's seating chart is completely free and genuinely web-based — no app required. It syncs with WeddingWire's guest list and RSVPs, handles seating for multiple events (rehearsal dinner included), offers chart and list views, and lets you add custom floor-plan items like the dance floor and DJ booth.
It's also part of The Knot Worldwide's free platform, with one of the biggest vendor marketplaces around plus a wedding website, budget tool, and checklist. If your guest list already lives in WeddingWire and your room is simple, the bundled tool may be all you need — and on price, free is unbeatable.
The price
Straight up: on price, WeddingWire wins — its seating chart and planning tools are completely free. tableplanner is a one-time €49, and you can build a chart of up to 30 guests free before paying anything. The €49 buys the work the free tool leaves to you: conflict detection, one-click auto-seating, party linking, real-time collaboration, and dietary tags on the chart. If you'd rather spend the evening dragging 150 guests into chairs one by one, the free canvas is right there.
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The verdict
Pick WeddingWire if your guest list already lives there, your room is simple, and you don't mind placing every guest by hand — it's free and it works. Pick tableplanner if the seating itself is the hard part: it auto-seats your whole list in one click, warns you before feuding guests share a table, keeps parties together, and lets you and your partner build the chart live in any browser — for a one-time €49. Plenty of couples use WeddingWire for everything else and tableplanner for the chart.
— signed, two people with a horse in this race.
Build your entire chart for free. Pay the one-time €49 only when you're ready to export, print, or share.
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