Lumière vs Online Wedding Planner

Lumière is a web-based wedding planning service for couples and wedding professionals, combining planning tools, a vendor directory and planning guides. Couples can organize a date-based timeline, budget, guests and RSVPs, vendors, seating plans and a day-of schedule. Timeline calculations cover beauty preparation, first-look and portrait timing, sunset, and travel between locations. A day-of timeline can be shared through a revocable link, with access limited to a vendor category. Jane, Lumière’s AI assistant, can suggest plan edits for approval before saving them. Professional options include planner plans for different wedding volumes, a venue-branded timeline builder and vendor calendar support and connectors. The Free plan costs nothing and allows up to 20 tasks, 5 vendors, 50 guests and 5 AI planner messages a month, with a limited budget tracker. Day-Of costs $15 a month; Premium costs $129 a year. Paid plans have a 7-day trial. Lumière says it uses access controls and encryption in transit where supported; Paddle handles checkout.

Online Wedding Planner is a free set of browser-based tools for organizing wedding plans, available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its budget calculator estimates costs across 14 categories using guest count, region, and wedding style; users can change the figures and track payments. The guest list tool handles households, RSVP status, meals, dietary requirements, plus-ones, and tags, with CSV import and export. Seating charts provide drag-and-drop room layouts, multiple table shapes, conflict warnings, and printable escort cards, table cards, and catering sheets. Other listed tools cover timelines, venue visits, stationery, and style. No signup is required, and there is no premium tier. Planning entries are saved in the browser's local storage on the user's device, not uploaded to the maker's servers. This means saved work may be unavailable after clearing browser data, switching devices or browsers, or using a private window. The site says analytics and advertising cookies are opt-in.