Forever Farrah vs Planning Pod for wedding planners

Planning Pod is an all-in-one event suite with seating, CRM and invoicing. Forever Farrah is a free-to-start guest and seating tool for planners. Compared.

In short

Planning Pod is a broad event management suite for planners and venues: CRM, proposals, contracts, invoicing, timelines, budgets, guest lists, RSVPs, seating and floor plans, QR check-in and BEOs. Forever Farrah does far less: guest lists, RSVPs and seating for weddings, with Matchmaker (automatic seating), a QR seat finder and a published price that starts free.

Choose Forever Farrah if

You plan weddings, your contracts and invoices are already handled, and you want a guest and seating tool you can start on today, free, without a demo.

Choose Planning Pod if

You want one system for the whole business, including venue work such as BEOs and room booking, and you are happy to go through a demo to get it.

Forever Farrah and Planning Pod compared
	Forever Farrah	Planning Pod
What it is	Guest list, RSVP and seating software for weddings	An all-in-one event management suite for planners and venues
Published price	Planner Free for 2 client weddings. Pro $299 a year, Agency $599 a year, Enterprise $1,199 a year	Not listed on their site; they ask you to schedule a demo
Getting started	Sign up and add a client wedding, no card	Schedule a demo
CRM, proposals, contracts and invoices	Not offered	Built in, with e-signatures and payments
Guest list and RSVPs	Import from a spreadsheet, RSVPs per event with meals and plus-ones, and chase non-replies across all your weddings	Guest lists with RSVP tracking, event websites and registration
Seating and floor plans	A floor plan studio shared with your couple, with Matchmaker	Seating charts and floor plans
On the day	One QR code: guests type their name and see their table on the room map	Onsite check-in with QR codes and name badges; a guest seat finder is not listed on their site
Venue tools	A venue library to reuse rooms you have laid out	BEOs and venue tools

Prices checked on 20 October 2026.

What Planning Pod costs

No prices are listed on Planning Pod's own site. Its pages ask you to schedule a demo.

Prices checked on 20 October 2026. Sources: Planning Pod for wedding planning firms, Planning Pod event planning and management.

When Planning Pod is the better choice

It covers the whole business: CRM, lead forms, proposals, contracts with e-signatures, invoicing and payments, which we do not do.
Venue work we do not touch at all, such as banquet event orders.
Onsite check-in with QR codes and name badges, for events where arrivals need recording.
Corporate events, conferences and registration with ticketing, not only weddings.

Where Forever Farrah is better

A published price and a free plan: your first 2 client weddings cost nothing, and you can start without a demo.
Matchmaker fills the tables from the guest list, then you drag anyone, and your couple works on the same chart, live.
Guests find their own table by scanning one QR code and see it on the room map you built.
Built only for weddings: plus-ones, meals per event, the head table and guests who need keeping apart.
A day-of view on your phone: find any guest and their table, and move someone in two taps.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Planning Pod cost?

Planning Pod does not list prices on its own site, as checked in October 2026; it asks you to schedule a demo. Forever Farrah is free for 2 client weddings, then $299 a year for 3 active weddings, $599 for 10 and $1,199 for unlimited.

Does Planning Pod do seating charts?

Yes. Seating charts and floor plans are part of its suite, alongside guest lists and RSVP tracking. Forever Farrah adds Matchmaker and a QR code guests scan to find their own table.

Which is better for a solo wedding planner?

If you want contracts, invoices and seating in one system, Planning Pod covers more. If your business tools are settled and you want the guest list and seating handled, Forever Farrah is free to start and does that one job.

Last reviewed 2026-10-20.