GoodEvent Layout vs Table-Plan.com

GoodEvent Layout is web software for building visual floor plans for weddings, conferences, festivals, and other events. Drag-and-drop tools work with pre-made layouts for weddings, expos, and festivals, plus hundreds of icons for bars, chairs, marquees, trees, and other items. Users can create custom add-ons for their equipment and add ceremony seating or seated table plans. Listed structures include frame tents, Clearspan marquees, stretch tents, tipis, yurts, sail tents, pole tents, and pagodas. Teams can collaborate in real time, give staff editing access, and share view-only interactive links with clients or vendors. Links support comments and access from any device, including phones used by on-site crews. The free plan allows three projects and 50 objects per plan, with a GoodEvent watermark on PNG exports. Starter is $32 a month, billed annually at $25/mo, with unlimited projects and unwatermarked PDF/SVG export.

Table-Plan.com is a browser-based tool for creating and managing event seating charts. Guests can be added by pasting names one per line from a spreadsheet, RSVP list, or notes. The editor supports round and long tables, chair rows, and room features such as a dance floor, stage, bar, or DJ booth. Users can drag guests into seats, swap assignments, color-code groups, and track how many guests remain unseated. Premium and Pro let guests use a shared link or QR code to look up their name and see their table and seat. Charts can be exported as images or PDFs, guest data as CSV, and Print Studio can prepare place cards, posters, table lists, and QR signs. Pro adds a password-protected project link for clients to edit charts without an account. The editor runs in a modern browser on Mac, Windows, and Chromebook, and is designed for laptop or desktop screens; guests can open shared plans on phones. Free allows up to 30 guests and one project. Premium is $29, paid once and valid for three months; Pro is $49 a month.