If you plan the whole wedding
Aisle Planner
Its project plans add checklists, timelines, budgets, vendor management and a client portal.
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The best software for wedding planners, compared
Quick answer
Wedding planners juggle two jobs: winning the client and planning the wedding. Aisle Planner is built for planners, with proposals, invoicing and a scheduling assistant, and project plans that add checklists, timelines and budgets. Dubsado and HoneyBook cover the booking side with proposals, contracts, invoices and payment plans.
Updated November 2026. Prices checked on each tool’s own page.
Picks by business style
If you mostly book and bill clients
Dubsado or HoneyBook
Both list proposals, contracts, invoices and payment plans on their own pricing pages.
If you want to try before you pay
Aisle Planner, Dubsado or HoneyBook
Aisle Planner and HoneyBook list 30 day trials, and Dubsado lists 21 days of Premier.
How do Aisle Planner, Dubsado and HoneyBook compare?
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| What you need | Aisle PlannerSee plans (opens in a new tab) | DubsadoSee plans (opens in a new tab) | HoneyBookSee plans (opens in a new tab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposals and contracts | Proposals, quotes and e-signatures | Yes | Yes |
| Payment plans | Not listed (invoicing and online payments listed) | Yes | Yes |
| Client galleries | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Scheduling | Scheduling assistant | Premier plan | Essentials plan and up |
| Starting price | $49.99 a month | $35 a month | $29 a month, billed annually |
| Free trial | 30 days | 21 days of Premier | 30 days, no credit card |
How we compared them: we read each company’s own pricing and product pages on November 8, 2026. We did not run these tools ourselves, and no company reviewed or approved this page. Columns are alphabetical. “Not listed” means a feature was not on the pages we read, not that the tool lacks it.
The rest of the toolkit
Email list
Kit
Email lists and newsletters, free for up to 10,000 subscribers.
Free up to 10,000 subscribers; Creator from $33 a month; 14 day trial on paid plans
Paying assistants
Gusto
Payroll for small teams, priced as a monthly base plus a fee for each person paid.
Simple plan $49 a month plus $6 per person
Pricing on your site
WedStay calculator
A pricing calculator from your own rates for your website, so couples see your price first. $99 once, included with Collective membership.
See the calculatorGuides in this toolkit
Questions vendors ask
What software do wedding planners use?
Planning work has two parts: winning the client and planning the wedding. Aisle Planner covers both in its project plans, with proposals, invoicing and a scheduling assistant plus checklists, timelines, budgets and vendor management. Dubsado and HoneyBook focus on the booking side: proposals, contracts, invoices and payment plans.
How much does Aisle Planner cost?
Aisle Planner lists Sales Essentials at $49.99 a month and project plans from $69.99 a month for up to 15 projects, with 10% off billed annually and a 30 day trial, as of November 2026.
Is HoneyBook or Dubsado better for wedding planners?
Neither is better for every planner. Both list proposals, contracts, invoices and payment plans. HoneyBook starts from $29 a month billed annually with a 30 day trial and puts its scheduler on Essentials; Dubsado starts at $35 a month with a 21 day trial and puts its scheduler on Premier.
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Sources, checked November 8, 2026
- Aisle Planner pricing, aisleplanner.com/pricing
- Dubsado pricing, dubsado.com/pricing
- Gusto pricing, gusto.com/product/pricing
- HoneyBook pricing, honeybook.com/pricing
- Kit pricing, kit.com/pricing
General information, not advice
This page is general information about software for wedding businesses. It is not legal, tax or financial advice, and WedStay is not a software reseller or consultant.
Prices, plans and features change often. Every figure here is the company’s own published figure as of November 2026, before taxes and payment processing fees; check its site before you sign up.
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Last reviewed November 8, 2026.