1pm vs Aisle Planner.
An honest comparison for anyone looking for a Aisle Planner alternative. We make 1pm, so read it knowing that. Everything said about Aisle Planner comes from its own website and help centre, checked in October 2026, and the sources are listed at the foot of the page.
The short version
Aisle Planner is software for event professionals that grew out of wedding planning, and it says more than 8,000 event professionals use it each month. Its strength is the planning a couple sees: guest lists and online RSVP, seating and layouts, style guides and colour palettes, budgets, checklists and an event website, alongside lead management, proposals and invoicing.
1pm is an event booking CRM for event professionals and venues. It covers the same sales path, and then goes to the operations side Aisle Planner does not list: a BEO, menus and plate costing, a room diary that blocks a double booking, and a live run of show each supplier opens from a private link with no login.
1pm and Aisle Planner at a glance
✓ built in. ~ partly, or done a different way. ✗ not built. – not listed on Aisle Planner's website, which is not the same as not built.
| Feature | 1pm | Aisle Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Winning the work | ||
| Lead form you embed on your website | Yes | Yes |
| Leads inbox that keeps the email thread | Yes | Yes |
| Auto reply that checks the date and sends a priced quote | Yes | Not listed Its auto-responder sends a message you wrote, with a brochure or questionnaire |
| Quotes and proposals the client opens as a web page | Yes | Yes |
| Client changes quantities and options on the quote | Yes | Partly The client picks options. Changing quantities is not listed |
| Terms and electronic signature | Yes | Yes |
| Booking page for site visits, tastings and calls | Yes | Yes |
| Running the event | ||
| BEO (function sheet) | Yes | Not listed |
| Live run of show for the day | Yes | Partly A timeline builder, exported to PDF |
| Private link for each crew member or supplier, no login | Yes | Not listed |
| Run of show still opens when the venue wifi drops | Yes | Not listed |
| Client portal to accept, sign and pay | Yes | Yes |
| Rooms, food and guests | ||
| Diary for each room that blocks a double booking | Yes | Partly An availability calendar. A block for each room is not described |
| Menu library | Yes | Not listed Guest meal choices only |
| Recipe and plate costing | Yes Hospitality plan | Not listed |
| Floor plans and seating | No | Yes |
| Guest list, RSVP and event website | Partly RSVP and registration pages. No seating plan or event website | Yes |
| Hotel PMS, POS or reservation system integrations | No | Not listed |
| Venue marketplace listing and instant online booking | No | Not listed |
| Money | ||
| Deposits, payment schedules and card payments | Yes | Partly Online payments for US and Canadian businesses only |
| Invoices | Yes | Yes |
| Xero sync | Yes One way, 1pm to Xero | Not listed |
| QuickBooks sync | No | Partly Through Zapier |
| Getting started | ||
| Sign up and try it without a sales call | Yes | Yes Credit card required for the trial |
| Monthly price published | Yes | Yes |
| Native iOS and Android app | No Web app, on any phone browser | Not listed |
| Public API or Zapier | No | Partly Zapier on every plan. No public API listed |
Aisle Planner pricing and 1pm pricing
Aisle Planner
Aisle Planner's pricing page lists Sales Essentials at $49.99 a month, which has the sales tools and no project management tools. Plans with project management are priced by how many projects you run: $69.99 a month for up to 15, $109.99 for 16 to 25, $164.99 for 26 to 50 and $229.99 for 51 to 100. The page does not name the currency.
Every plan has unlimited users. The trial is 30 days and needs a credit card. Paying annually saves 10%.
1pm
Professional is $20 a month and Hospitality, which adds menus and recipe costing, is $40 a month. Prices are in US dollars. Both include 25 active crew, and each extra user is $4 a month.
The trial is 30 days with no credit card, and there is no setup fee.
Prices are as each company published them in October 2026. Check both before you decide.
Where Aisle Planner is stronger
- Guests
- A guest manager, online RSVP with meal choices, and an event website. 1pm has RSVP and registration pages, and no event website.
- Seating and layouts
- Upload a floor plan, lay out the tables and seat the guest list on it. 1pm has no floor plan or seating tool.
- Design tools
- Style guides and colour palettes for presenting a look to a client. 1pm collects a palette and inspiration photos from the client, and does not build a mood board.
- Planning with the couple
- Budgets and checklists the client works through with you inside a branded client login. 1pm's client portal is for accepting, signing, paying and following the plan.
- Unlimited users
- Every plan includes unlimited users. 1pm charges $4 a month for each extra user.
Where 1pm is stronger
- A quote in the first reply
- 1pm can check the date is free and send a priced quote and booking portal link without you. Aisle Planner's auto-responder sends a message you wrote, with a brochure or a questionnaire.
- The run of show is live
- Change a time and every supplier sees it within seconds, each on a private link filtered to their own items, with no login. Aisle Planner's timelines export to PDF.
- Venue operations
- A BEO for the kitchen, a menu library with plate costing, and a diary for each room that refuses a double booking. None of these is listed on Aisle Planner's site.
- Payments outside North America
- Aisle Planner's online payments are for US and Canadian businesses. 1pm takes card payments through Stripe and shows your bank details for a transfer, in the currency you set.
- Price that does not climb with bookings
- $20 or $40 a month however many events you run. Aisle Planner's project plans step up from $69.99 to $229.99 as your project count grows.
- Xero
- 1pm sends invoices and payments to Xero. Aisle Planner lists no accounting integration of its own.
How to choose
Choose Aisle Planner if you are a wedding planner whose clients expect a guest list, seating chart and style guide from you, and you plan alongside the couple for months. That is what it was built for, and 1pm does not do it.
Choose 1pm if you are a venue, a caterer or a supplier, or a planner who runs corporate and private events as well as weddings, and what you need is the booking won quickly and the day run from one live timeline.
The quickest test is to put one real booking through 1pm. The trial has every feature switched on, so you will know within a week whether it fits.
Questions about 1pm and Aisle Planner
For venues, caterers, suppliers, and planners who need the booking and the event day more than guest and design tools, yes. 1pm covers leads, quotes, agreements, deposits, invoices, BEOs, menus and a live run of show. It does not replace Aisle Planner's guest list, seating, event website or style guide tools.
Aisle Planner's pricing page lists $49.99 a month for sales tools only, then $69.99 to $229.99 a month depending on how many projects you run. 1pm is $20 a month for Professional and $40 a month for Hospitality (US dollars), with 25 active crew included, $4 a month for each extra user, a 30-day free trial with no credit card, and no setup fee.
Aisle Planner's help centre says its online payments are available to US and Canadian businesses. It can display amounts in Australian dollars. 1pm takes card payments through Stripe in Australia and prints your BSB and account number for bank transfers.
Sources
Read in October 2026. If something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
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