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Planning Pod

Venue and event management solution

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Planning Pod - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Planning Pod overview

What is Planning Pod?

Planning Pod is an event management solution that helps businesses track event bookings, leads, clients, billings, communications, and other event details by automating everyday tasks and giving organizational insights in real-time.

The venue and catering management platform are designed for meeting and event centers, hotels, reception and wedding halls, restaurants, caterers, golf clubs, wineries, breweries, museums and any other venue that rents out event space or provides catering services. It includes integrated tools for managing food-&-beverage items/packages, menus, BEOs (FOH, kitchen, client, delivery), calendars, event CRM, leads, proposals, contracts, eSignatures, invoices, payments, email communications, forms and floor plans/room designs.

The event management solution is for event planners and firms, wedding planners, corporate event managers, non-profits and businesses that are looking for a better way to manage events. It includes integrated tools for managing timelines, budgets, task lists, attendee lists, registrations and ticketing, RSVPs, forms/questionnaires, leads, proposals, e-contracts, invoicing, payments, communications and floor plan designs.

Key benefits of using Planning Pod

It helps clients to do business with team members while staying in the loop with a centralized email inbox, integrations with existing email addresses and providers, phone call logs, email and text reminders, and a full-featured client portal that streamlines client interactions.

Business management tools enable teams to grow revenues with functionality for lead webforms, lead management and sales CRM, appointment setting, proposals and contracts with eSignatures, invoicing with online payment processing, shared calendars and up-to-date reports.

Event management tools simplify managing event floor plans and designs, timelines, tasks, files, notes, forms, questionnaires, budgets, attendees, registration orders and ticketing, RSVPs, at-the-door check-in and more.

Catering and booking management tools consolidate how managers track food and beverage items and packages, equipment items and packages, catering menus, orders and billing, and banquet event orders (BEOs).

Starting price

74flat rate /
per month

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with better value for money

Planning Pod’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

4.4

(37)

Planning Pod reviews

Overall rating

4.4

Positive reviews

Rating breakdown

Value for money
Ease of use
Features
Customer support
Likelihood to recommend8.69/10

Rating distribution

Pros

“As a florist who specializes in weddings, this software actually offered more than I needed, but I would highly recommend it to any event planners in need of outstanding planning software.”

heather l.

CEO

“I like the ease of use, it is dummy proof. I like that my other professionals and cliens can also use it for certain events and I love the built in floor plan.”

Veronica F.

President

“The ability to organize items into different parts for the events (invoices, contacts, contracts) yet have them all interconnected and retrievable is superb.”

Verified reviewer

Anonymity request

Cons

“Flexibility of PDF reports, on-screen reports, and customization. Also the calendar sync does not work properly, which makes it useless for scheduling appointments.”

Heather C.

Master Bridal Consultant

“The budget update is terrible. Not user friendly at all and is very confusing for me and my clients to see categories and line items.”

Taylor S.

CWP

“It is frustrating that you can't link the invoices to the budget.”

Leah W.

Training Coordinator

Who uses Planning Pod?

Based on 37 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Events Services

Hospitality

Civic & Social Organization

Consumer Goods

Others

Use cases

Event Management

Event Booking

Venue Management

Catering

Planning Pod's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Planning Pod users:

Event scheduling

4.3

(9)

Registration management

3.6

(5)

Event management

4.0

(5)

Contract/License management

5.0

(3)

Attendee management

3.7

(3)

Event ticketing

3.5

(2)

All Planning Pod features

Features rating:

4.1

(37)

Activity dashboard

5.0

(1)

Contact management

5.0

(2)

Sales management

5.0

(1)

Data import/export

4.0

(1)

Credit card processing

4.7

(3)

Customizable forms

5.0

(2)

Billing & invoicing

5.0

(1)

Booking management

4.8

(5)

Customer database

5.0

(2)

Reservations management

5.0

(1)

Order management

3.0

(1)

Recipe management

(0)

Recurring orders

(0)

Reminders

(0)

Reporting & statistics

(0)

Reporting/Analytics

4.0

(2)

Resource management

(0)

Role-Based permissions

(0)

Real-Time updates

(0)

Real-Time reporting

(0)

Real-Time data

(0)

Quotes/Estimates

(0)

Proposal generation

(0)

Promotions management

(0)

Payment processing

5.0

(1)

Order tracking

(0)

Online registration

2.0

(1)

Online payments

(0)

Online ordering

(0)

Multi-Location

(0)

Multi-Facility

(0)

Weddings/Parties

(0)

Website management

5.0

(3)

Wait list management

(0)

Volunteer management

(0)

Visitor registration

(0)

Venue management

(0)

Vendor management

(0)

User management

(0)

Ticketing

1.0

(1)

Third-Party integrations

(0)

Task management

(0)

Surveys & feedback

(0)

Supplier management

(0)

Staff management

(0)

Sponsorship management

(0)

Social promotion

(0)

Social media integration

(0)

Self service portal

(0)

Seating map

(0)

Sales reports

(0)

Room booking

5.0

(2)

Room block management

(0)

Document management

(0)

Discount management

(0)

Customizable templates

(0)

Customizable reports

(0)

Customizable branding

(0)

Customer management

(0)

CRM

(0)

Contact database

(0)

Confirmations/Reminders

(0)

Conferences/Conventions

(0)

Communication management

(0)

Calendar sync

(0)

Calendar management

(0)

Budget management

(0)

Barcode/Ticket scanning

(0)

Banquet management

(0)

Badge management

(0)

Automated scheduling

(0)

Audience engagement

(0)

Alerts/Notifications

(0)

Agenda management

(0)

Accounting integration

(0)

Mobile access

5.0

(1)

Marketing automation

(0)

Loyalty program

(0)

Lead capture

(0)

Kitchen/Menu management

(0)

Invoice management

(0)

Inventory management

(0)

Historical reporting

(0)

Guest list management

(0)

Gamification

(0)

For virtual events

(0)

For catering businesses

(0)

Food & beverage management

(0)

Financial analysis

(0)

Facility management

(0)

Exhibit/Vendor management

3.0

(1)

Event calendar

1.0

(1)

Email templates

(0)

Email marketing

(0)

Electronic signature

(0)

Electronic payments

1.0

(1)

Drag & drop

(0)

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Per month

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.3

Features

4.1

Value for Money

4.4

Customer Support

4.5

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4.9

(298)

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No pricing info

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.8

Features

4.7

Value for Money

4.9

Customer Support

4.9

Event Temple

4.9

(76)

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Starting from

249

Per year

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.8

Features

4.7

Value for Money

4.9

Customer Support

4.9

Expo Pass

4.8

(105)

visit website

Starting from

2495

Per year

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.8

Features

4.6

Value for Money

4.6

Customer Support

4.7

Planning Pod pricing

Value for money rating:

4.4

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan

Free trial

Subscription

Event Management Planner

Per month

Features included:

Maximum number of events: 10
Unlimited number of users allowed
Accept Payments
Event Webpage Builder
Checklists
File Sharing
Invoice Payment Processing
Lead Webforms w/ Integrations
Email Communications
Curated Online Training

Event Management Business

109

Per month

Features included:

Maximum number of events: 25
Share Data (via Zapier)

Event Management Enterprise 50

159

Per month

Features included:

Maximum number of events: 50

Event Management Enterprise 75 And Up

No pricing info

Features included:

Maximum number of events: 75 - 2000

Venue Management

149

Per month

Features included:

20+ timesaving tools
Unlimited users
Group training webinars
Custom training sessions
Premium support (phone, email, chat)
Online payment processing
API Integrations

User opinions about Planning Pod price and value

Value for money rating:

4.4

(37)

To see what individual users think of Planning Pod's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“As a florist who specializes in weddings, this software actually offered more than I needed, but I would highly recommend it to any event planners in need of outstanding planning software.”

heather l.

CEO

“I like the ease of use, it is dummy proof. I like that my other professionals and cliens can also use it for certain events and I love the built in floor plan.”

Veronica F.

President

Planning Pod integrations (14)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 37 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Planning Pod integrations and how users feel about them.

Zapier

Integration rating: 1.0 (1)

“We wanted to automate synchronization with the Planning Pod event calendars with our store's calendars on SharePoint. Unfortunately, this was futile.”

Chris F.

Restaurant Systems Engineer

Gmail

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Other top integrations

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Xero

Constant Contact

HoneyBook

QuickBooks Online Advanced

EventMobi

VerticalResponse

eppiq Timer

Planning Pod support options

Typical customers

Freelancers

Small businesses

Mid size businesses

Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web

Android

iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk

Phone Support

Knowledge Base

Chat

FAQs/Forum

Training options

Webinars

Live Online

Documentation

Videos

Planning Pod FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Planning Pod offer?

Planning Pod has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $74.00/month
Pricing model: Subscription

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Q. Who are the typical users of Planning Pod?

Planning Pod has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business

Q. What languages does Planning Pod support?

Planning Pod supports the following languages:
English

Q. Does Planning Pod offer an API?

No, Planning Pod does not have an API available.

Q. What other apps does Planning Pod integrate with?

Planning Pod integrates with the following applications:
Constant Contact, Dropbox Business, Zapier, QuickBooks Online Advanced, Google Docs, Gmail, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Slack, VerticalResponse, Mailchimp, Xero

Q. What level of support does Planning Pod offer?

Planning Pod offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, Chat, FAQs/Forum

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