Our Seating Chart Maker vs Please Find Your Seat
Please Find Your Seat is a guest-facing display. We're the planning tool behind it.
Quick Verdict
Please Find Your Seat is brilliant at one thing: a QR code guests scan at the door to find their table on their phone. It's great for arrival experience.
But it's not a planning tool. You still have to build your seating chart elsewhere, then feed it into Please Find Your Seat. We're the planning tool—you build and manage your chart, then export to any display, QR-based or printed.
What Each Does
Please Find Your Seat
- Guests scan QR code at entrance
- Phone shows their assigned table
- Beautiful guest experience
- Limited to 50 guests free; paid beyond that
Our Tool
- You plan and manage your seating chart
- Export to PDF for printing
- Your own QR seat finder for guests
- Share with venues and planners
- Works with Please Find Your Seat or without
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Please Find Your Seat | Our Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Planning tool | No (display only) | Yes |
| Build seating chart | No | Yes |
| Manage guest list | No (import only) | Yes |
| Real-time updates | Yes (as display) | Yes (in planning) |
| Export options | Guest display only | PDF, QR seat finder |
| Free tier | 50 guests | Up to 5 tables |
| Works on any device | Yes (display) | Yes (browser) |
How They Work Together
You could: 1. Plan in our tool 2. Export a PDF 3. Feed the data into Please Find Your Seat for guest displays 4. Guests scan QR, find their table
Or: 1. Plan in our tool 2. Use our own QR seat finder 3. No second tool needed
Both approaches work. They're not competitors—they're complementary.
Why People Choose Us Over Please Find Your Seat Alone
1. You Need a Planning Tool First
Please Find Your Seat requires you to build your chart elsewhere. We're the "elsewhere."
2. Manage Changes
Two guests cancel day-of. Please Find Your Seat displays their table. Our tool updates the chart and QR seat finder automatically.
3. More Than Just Arrival
Please Find Your Seat is arrival experience. We cover the entire planning process before that point.
When to Use Each
Use Please Find Your Seat if:
- You want a dedicated, polished guest-arrival display
- You have a slick arrival experience budget
- You've already planned seating elsewhere
Use us if:
- You need to build and manage your seating chart
- You want a QR seat finder built into your planning tool
- You need collaboration during planning
Use both if:
- You want the full experience: plan in us, display via Please Find Your Seat QR
Pricing Comparison
| Scenario | Please Find Your Seat | Our Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Just the guest display | Free to 50, paid above | N/A (we're not a display) |
| Planning + display | You'd pay elsewhere + Please Find Your Seat | Free to plan · $14 to unlock |
The Bottom Line
Please Find Your Seat is for:- A dedicated, guest-facing QR display, especially at larger or more formal events
- Couples who already have their chart planned elsewhere
- Building and managing the chart itself, from a live Google Sheet
- Couples who want their own QR seat finder without a second tool
They're different problems. Most people need both the planning and the display. We handle planning and our own QR finder. Please Find Your Seat handles a more elaborate guest display. Together, they make a complete solution.
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