Plans
Vellum
One plan, everything included
Aisle Planner
Sales Essentials, plus planning tiers based on active projects
Vellum vs Aisle Planner
The Aisle Planner alternative built for luxury planners
One plan. Every feature. $99 a month, with no tiers to outgrow and no add-ons to unlock. Built by a planner who spent ten years building software.
Vellum
Aisle Planner
Monthly price
Vellum
$99 flat
Aisle Planner
Planning from $69.99/month for up to 15 active projects. Sales Essentials is $49.99/month, without project planning tools.
Features locked behind a higher tier
Vellum
None
Aisle Planner
Sales Essentials excludes project planning tools: client portal, checklists, timelines, budgets, guest management, layouts and seating, and event websites. These are included in all project plans.
Price per extra team member
Vellum
Up to 3 planners included
Aisle Planner
A separate team-member price is not listed in the cited pricing sources. Two AP Connect email/calendar integration seats are included; additional integration seats cost $10/month each.
Built by
Vellum
A working planner with ten years in software
Aisle Planner
Founded by Rob and Christina Farrow
Vendor contracts
Vellum
Contracts that read themselves
Upload the contract. Review extracted payments, deadlines and key terms before saving them to the vendor card, with payment due dates available in your checklist.
Aisle Planner
Download the vendor's PDF, open another tab, and retype retainers, balance dates, cancellation terms and meal counts by hand.
Timelines
Vellum
An itinerary for every group
Itineraries for the planning team, bride, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen and family — from one timeline, printed beautifully.
Aisle Planner
One long master timeline, sliced by hand into separate documents so bridesmaids and vendors only see their part.
Budgets
Vellum
Budgets that know who pays
Track who pays each line, calculate planning fees based on spend, and lock approved estimates with client sign-off.
Aisle Planner
Category totals with parents' contributions blended together, and your planning fee recalculated by hand every time catering moves.
Production
Vellum
The production desk, built in
Shopping and packing lists, vendor worksheets, and a shareable team calendar.
Aisle Planner
Spreadsheets for packing bins, DIY projects and shopping runs, plus a separate tool to schedule your assistants.
Your software shouldn't charge you for being booked.
Legacy tools charge you more as your business grows. Vellum gives you one flat rate for your entire studio — unlimited weddings, unlimited clients, up to 3 planner seats, and zero per-event fees.
Vellum · one studio rate
$99$49/mo
Unlimited weddings. Unlimited clients. Up to 3 planner seats.
Get half off for life when you join by December 31, 2026.
Aisle Planner · active-project tiers
- Up to 15 active projects$69.99/mo
- 16–25 active projects$109.99/mo
- 26–50 active projects$164.99/mo
- 51–100 active projects$229.99/mo
Sources checked October 29, 2026: Aisle Planner pricing, plan and AP Connect seat details, and founders interview. Monthly USD prices; applicable tax may be extra. AP Connect seats are email/calendar integrations, not a general team-access charge.