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Aisle Planner

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$49.99 per month
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User industry
  1. Accommodation and food services
  2. Real estate and property management
  3. Arts, entertainment, and recreation

What is Aisle Planner

Aisle Planner is a cloud-based event planning platform designed primarily for wedding and social event professionals to manage projects, clients, and vendor collaboration. It provides tools for proposals, contracts, payments, timelines, checklists, seating and floor plans, and shared client portals. The product emphasizes workflow organization for planners and venues rather than large-scale conference registration and attendee engagement.

pros

Wedding-focused planning workflows

Aisle Planner is built around common wedding and social event processes such as timelines, checklists, seating charts, and floor plans. This focus can reduce configuration work compared with more general event platforms. It also supports planner-client collaboration through shared planning artifacts and portals. The feature set aligns well with boutique and mid-sized planning teams managing multiple concurrent events.

Client proposals and contracts

The platform includes business operations features such as proposals, contracts, invoicing, and payment collection. Keeping these steps in the same system as planning tasks can reduce handoffs between tools. It supports a more consistent client experience from booking through execution. This is particularly useful for service-based event businesses that sell packages and retainers.

Vendor and team collaboration

Aisle Planner supports collaboration among planners, clients, and vendors through shared event details and documents. Centralizing communications and assets can reduce versioning issues and missed updates. It is oriented toward day-to-day coordination rather than one-time attendee communications. This matches workflows where external partners contribute deliverables over weeks or months.

cons

Limited enterprise event capabilities

Aisle Planner is not primarily designed for large conferences or complex multi-track programs. Organizations that require advanced registration logic, badge printing, mobile attendee engagement, or large exhibitor management may find gaps. Reporting and governance features may also be less extensive than platforms built for enterprise event operations. It is typically a better fit for service-led planning businesses than large event producers.

Venue management depth varies

While it can support venue-related planning (layouts, schedules, and coordination), it is not a full venue management system for inventorying spaces, managing long-term booking calendars across multiple properties, or handling detailed catering/banquet event orders. Venues with complex resource scheduling and operational back-of-house requirements may need additional software. The product’s center of gravity remains planner workflows. Buyers should validate venue-specific modules against their operational needs.

Integration ecosystem may be narrower

Compared with broader event management suites, available native integrations and extensibility options may be more limited depending on required systems (CRM, accounting, marketing automation, or ticketing). This can increase reliance on manual processes or third-party connectors. Data portability and API capabilities should be confirmed for organizations with strict integration requirements. Fit tends to be strongest when teams can standardize on the built-in workflow.

Plan & Pricing

Plan Price Key features & notes
Sales Essentials $49.99 per month (monthly); 10% off if billed annually Sales-focused tools: Lead Management, Scheduling Assistant, Email Integration, Automated Email Responses, Brochures, Questionnaires, Proposals & Interactive Quotes, Contacts & E-Signatures, Invoicing & Online Payments, Documents & Email Templates, Integrated Account Calendar, External Calendar Syncing; includes basic business-management features.
Up To 15 Projects $69.99 per month (monthly); 10% off if billed annually Full Sales + Business + Project Management tools (Project Dashboard & Calendar, Checklists, Timelines, Budgets, Style Guides & Color Palettes, Vendor & File Management, Notebook, Guest Management & Messaging, Layouts & Seating, Event Website & Online RSVP); up to 15 active projects. Includes personalized onboarding, custom branding, unlimited users, collaboration settings.
16 - 25 Projects $109.99 per month (monthly); 10% off if billed annually Same feature set as other project-tier plans; allows 16–25 active projects.
26 - 50 Projects $164.99 per month (monthly); 10% off if billed annually Same feature set; allows 26–50 active projects.
51 - 100 Projects $229.99 per month (monthly); 10% off if billed annually Same feature set; allows 51–100 active projects. Contact sales for larger plans and custom pricing.

Additional notes:

  • AP Connect add-on: $10 per month, per seat (additional).
  • Annual billing: Aisle Planner advertises a 10% discount for annual plans (paid upfront).
  • Plans are based on number of active projects; archived projects do not count against the limit.
  • All plans include Personalized Onboarding, Custom Branding, Unlimited Users, Collaboration Settings, Zapier integration, online customer support, and access to the Pro community.

Seller details

Aisle Planner, Inc.
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https://www.aisleplanner.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/aisle-planner/

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