Folia vs Zola Wedding Planner

Folia is a web wedding planning platform for couples and professional planners. Couples can manage guest details, RSVPs, meal choices, and addresses, as well as plan a budget and track actual spending. Its seating chart uses drag-and-drop layouts and shows meal selections at tables. Couples and planners work through separate portals, with RSVP and seating changes syncing between them. Planner Suite adds client portals, questionnaires, timelines, messaging, and reusable questionnaire templates. Timelines have list and calendar views, five-minute scheduling increments, event notes, vendor and location links, and per-vendor call sheets. The planner page lists CSV budget exports and PDF timeline exports. The free couple plan costs nothing and is limited to 500 guests and 10 vendors. Monthly couple access costs $11.99 a month. Planner plans range from Small Business at $29 a month to Studio at $159 a month, with different active-wedding limits and support offerings. Planner Suite plans include a 14-day free trial; cancellation before the trial ends avoids a charge.

Zola Wedding Planner combines tools for venues, vendors, wedding websites, registries, invitations, guest lists, and budgets. Its marketplace helps couples discover, contact, and book vendors, with recommendations personalized to the wedding. Guest management tracks RSVPs, meal selections, and plus ones, and accepts spreadsheet imports. A seating chart supports drag-and-drop assignments plus customizable table names and seat counts. Registry features include gifts, experiences, zero-fee cash funds, group gifting, and virtual exchanges for credit before shipping. The iOS app manages a website, checklist, invitations, registry, gift notifications, and Gift Tracker; Zola says the free wedding app is currently iOS-only, while planning tools are listed for web and iOS. Couples can password-protect their wedding website, but registries cannot currently be password-protected. Zola says uploaded planning-tool information is not encrypted or otherwise secured. Its free plan is free for personal, non-commercial use with a registered account. Paid offerings are listed from 17.99 USD. Team-Z advisors provide chat or email support.