Tool comparison
Seatwise vs Wedding Studio (wedding.studio)
Wedding Studio is a free seating chart tool with auto-seat, seating rules and printable exports, and no sign-up. Seatwise charges $12 to print. This page is straight about when free is the better deal.
What Wedding Studio costs and does
- Creating and downloading a chart is free, with no guest limit and no account needed; an optional account adds cloud backup. As of September 29, 2026, per their seating chart page.
- Seat-together and keep-apart rules, and auto-seat for remaining guests in one click. As of September 29, 2026, per their seating chart page.
- Free exports: a floor plan PNG, a find-your-seat poster PDF in A4, A3, US Letter or a larger poster size, table cards, guest lookup lists and meal reports. As of September 29, 2026, per their seating chart page.
- An editable guest list CSV with table assignments, groups, RSVP status and meal choices. As of September 29, 2026, per their seating chart page.
Prices and features change. Check their page before you buy.
What Seatwise costs and does
- Free to build: paste or import a guest list, add tables, set keep-together and keep-apart rules, press Auto-seat, and preview every export full size on screen.
- $12 once for one event turns on printing and Copy as text for the floor plan, per-table lists, the find-your-seat board and the escort-card CSV. No subscription.
- The Planner licence is $49 a year for unlimited events, with your name and logo on each export.
- No account. The plan is saved in your browser and never uploaded.
- No 3D rendering, room measurement, live co-editing or QR seat finder.
Side by side
| Feature | Wedding Studio | Seatwise |
|---|---|---|
| What is free | Everything, including exports | Building, importing, rules, Auto-seat, and every export previewed full size on screen |
| Paid price | None (printed signs are optional paid products) | $12 once for one event (Pro key) |
| Pricing model | Free | One-time per event, or a yearly Planner licence |
| Auto-seat | Yes | Yes |
| Seating rules | Seat together, keep apart | Keep together, keep apart, households kept whole |
| Print-ready export | Floor plan PNG; poster, table cards, lookup list and meal report PDFs | Floor plan, per-table lists, find-your-seat board (18x24 in, 24x36 in, A1); print or save as PDF |
| Guest list CSV | Guest list CSV export | Imports a CSV with a header row; exports an escort-card CSV |
| Account needed | No; optional account for cloud backup | No; nothing uploaded, the plan stays in your browser |
Rows we have no dated note on for Wedding Studio are left out rather than guessed.
Who should pick which
Pick Wedding Studio if
- You want Auto-seat, seating rules and a printable chart without paying anything. Wedding Studio's exports are free; Seatwise printing costs $12.
Pick Seatwise if
- You want households kept whole during Auto-seat without writing a rule for each pair.
- You want no cloud copy at all: Seatwise has no account and never uploads the plan.
- You plan several events and want your name and logo on exports (Planner licence, $49 a year).
Leaving Prismm as well? Read Prismm/AllSeated Is Shutting Down: What to Do Now. Running many events a year? See the Planner licence.
Paste your list and press Auto-seat. Building is free, no account.
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