Comparison

Runshow vs Aisle Planner

Aisle Planner is the closest to us on planning tools — timelines, guest lists, seating — but it's built for the planner's workflow, not the venue's operations, and it's metered by how many weddings you're running at once, so a busy season costs more. Runshow doesn't cap or meter your event count, and adds the venue operations Aisle Planner has no concept of: a BEO, a day-of run sheet with assigned crews, rooming, and rentable spaces.

Verified July 2026 against Aisle Planner's own pricing page.

What Aisle Planner costs

Aisle Planner
Up to ~10 weddings$40/moreported
Up to ~45 weddings$100/moreported
Up to ~100 weddings$190/moreported, priced by active projects
Runshow
Essential$29/moEverything to run clients and get paid.
Pro$49/moFollow-up that runs itself, and a team around it.
Premium$189/moThe full operating system for the day itself.

Aisle Planner does not publish a full rate card. Figures are reported by third-party listings and vary — confirm current pricing with Aisle Planner directly. Checked July 2026.

Feature by feature

Every row is a thing a venue actually does in a week. Where Aisle Planner doesn't publish an answer, this says so rather than assuming one.

FeatureRunshowAisle Planner
Winning the bookingEverything between an inquiry arriving and a signed contract.
ProposalsThe packaged document a couple says yes to.IncludedIncluded
Contracts with e-signatureSigned in the flow, not emailed as a PDF.IncludedIncludedWith e-signature
Invoices & payment schedulesDeposits, balances, and what's still owed.IncludedIncluded
Unlimited lead formsOne per package, per space, per season — without hitting a cap.IncludedNo cap on any planIncludedQuestionnaires
Tour & meeting schedulerCouples book a tour without the four-email back-and-forth.IncludedIncluded from $29Not published
Client portalOne link where the couple sees their whole wedding.IncludedIncludedClient planning portal
Follow-up sequencesThe nudge that books the couple who went quiet.IncludedPro and aboveLimitedAutomated email response
Two-way textingCouples answer texts. They don't always answer email.Costs extraPaid add-on — real per-message costNot published
Running the eventThe work after the deposit clears — the part generalist CRMs leave in spreadsheets.
BEO / banquet event orderThe one document the whole staff runs the day from.IncludedPremiumNot available
Day-of run sheet with crewsTimed cues assigned to bar, kitchen, setup — not a shared Google Doc.IncludedPremiumLimitedPlanner timelines, not venue crew run sheets
Guest management & RSVPWho's coming, per function, without a spreadsheet round-trip.IncludedPremiumIncludedGuest lists + seating
Dietary & bar counts from guestsThe vegetarian count IS the tofu line on the invoice.IncludedPremium — guests declare their ownNot published
Floor plans & seatingWhere 140 people actually sit.IncludedPremiumIncludedSeating / layout tools
Rooming & accommodationsCabins, beds, check-in dates — if you have rooms to fill.IncludedPremiumNot available
Spaces & rental bookingSell the hours between the weddings.IncludedPremiumNot available
Vendor COIs & waiversInsurance that's on file and in date, chased automatically.IncludedPremiumNot published
Running the businessTeam, money, and the terms you're actually agreeing to.
Payments to your own accountYour Stripe, your rate, no platform cut.IncludedYour Stripe accountNot published
No added processing feeSome platforms add a percentage on top of the processor's.Included0% added, every planNot published
Team roles & permissionsA coordinator shouldn't see the P&L.IncludedPro and aboveIncludedUnlimited users
Day-of crew at no per-seat costBartenders and setup staff aren't logins.IncludedNot published
Multiple locations on one billTwo barns shouldn't mean two subscriptions.LimitedEnterpriseNot availablePriced per active project
Native mobile appRunning the business from your phone.Not availableWorks in a phone browser; no native app yetIncluded

What Runshow does that Aisle Planner doesn't

  • Follow-up sequencesAutomated email response
  • BEO / banquet event orderNot available
  • Day-of run sheet with crewsPlanner timelines, not venue crew run sheets
  • Rooming & accommodationsNot available
  • Spaces & rental bookingNot available

What Aisle Planner does better

  • Aisle Planner's design boards, planner timelines and guest/seating tools are more mature than ours for a planner's day-to-day, and it's well-loved by planners for exactly that.
  • Unlimited users on every tier is genuinely generous.
  • If you're a planner rather than a venue, it's purpose-built for your workflow in a way a venue-first tool isn't.
  • Native mobile appthey have it, we don't yet.

Which one is right for you

Choose Aisle Planner if

A wedding planner juggling many weddings who wants planning and design tools and doesn't need venue operations like BEOs, rooming or spaces.

Choose Runshow if

You run the event as well as sell it — a banquet event order, a timed run sheet your crew works from, guest counts that decide what the bar bill actually is, and rooms or spaces to fill. And you'd rather the money landed in your own Stripe account with nothing taken out of it.

Aisle Planner vs Runshow: common questions

How much does Aisle Planner cost?

Aisle Planner is priced by active project count and reported figures vary by source — roughly $40/month for around 10 active weddings up to about $170–$190/month for 100, with unlimited users included. A planner running ~30 weddings sits near $100/month. Confirm current pricing with Aisle Planner directly.

Is Aisle Planner for venues or planners?

Planners. It's built around a planner's timelines, design boards and guest lists. It has no banquet event order, venue run sheet with assigned crews, rooming or rentable-spaces booking — the operational tools a venue runs on.

What does Runshow do that Aisle Planner doesn't?

Runshow doesn't meter you by active project count, adds venue operations (BEO, day-of run sheet with crews, rooming, spaces), and collects age and dietary declarations from guests themselves — so the bar count and the vegetarian count come from the guests, not from tallying a spreadsheet.

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Compiled from Aisle Planner's published materials in July 2026. If we've got something wrong or out of date, tell us and we'll correct it.

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