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WeddingWire seating chart alternative

WeddingWire’s seating chart is free and sits next to your guest list. Here is what it says it does, what we could not check, and when a planner with no account and automatic seating fits better.

How we checked: WeddingWire’s own page would not load for us. On 22 October 2026 its seating chart page answered “Access Denied” (HTTP 403). What follows about WeddingWire comes from an Internet Archive copy of that page, saved on 19 September 2026. It may have changed since, and we have not used the tool itself.

What WeddingWire’s seating chart does well

If you already plan on WeddingWire, its chart is the easy choice. The archived page says it is free, that it syncs with your WeddingWire guest list so you do not retype anyone, and that you build a floor plan with round or square tables, a chosen number of seats, and areas such as the bar and the dance floor. It also describes a chart view and a list view, seating plans for events other than the reception, and printing, emailing or exporting the result for your planner or venue. Those are real strengths: the chart sits with your guest list and RSVPs, and the page lists a wedding website and a vendor manager beside it.

Where this planner is different

Where this planner is different
WeddingWire (archived page, 19 September 2026)This planner
Price“Totally free”Free, with a small watermark line on downloads; paid: Event Pass (US$14.90, paid once, 90 days) or the Planner (US$12.90 a month)
AccountA sign-up form (name, email, wedding date) is on the page; the tool works from your guest list thereNone; paste a list and start
Where the list livesYour WeddingWire accountOnly in your browser; nothing is uploaded
Seating guestsDrag and drop guests into seats; the page does not mention automatic seatingOne click seats everyone, families together; drag to change
Rules like “keep these two apart”The page does not mention themTogether and apart rules are free; broken ones are listed
Guest limitThe page does not sayNone
OutputPrint, email or export, as a chart or a listPoster, A to Z find-your-seat list, table numbers and place cards as PDF, plus a CSV
Several devicesThe page promotes the WeddingWire app (“Plan on the go”); it does not describe syncingSaved on this device; a project file moves it to another

“The page does not mention it” is not “WeddingWire cannot do it”. We could not open the tool, and a feature can exist without being on a marketing page.

Seat your guests and keep two of them apart

The reason many couples look for something other than a drag-and-drop chart is the work of the first draft. Here you paste the list, press Seat guests, and every household that fits is at one table. The screenshot is a test with 52 made-up guests at 7 tables of 8, with one “must not sit together” rule between two guests. The line above the poster says how many households were kept together and how many rules were kept, and names the groups that were split because a table was full.

The planner after seating 52 guests: the result line says Seated 52, 14 households together, 1 rule kept, and the rail lists the Apart rule between two guests
52 guests, 7 tables of 8, one Apart rule. The result line is the planner’s own; the groups it says were split are the ones that did not fit a table.

Which one to use

  • Use WeddingWire if your RSVPs and guest list already live there and you want the chart in the same account.
  • Use this planner if you do not want an account, your list is in a spreadsheet, you want the first draft made for you, or you have people who must be kept apart.
  • Use both: seat the guests here, then type the final tables into WeddingWire if you want them next to your RSVPs.

Weighing another planner? The Zola seating chart page does the same comparison. Once seated, the wedding seating chart sign page shows how to print the poster, and the planner is free to try. Prices and the refund policy are on pricing.

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Your guest list stays in this browser and is never uploaded.