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Planning Pod

Venue & event management software that saves 62+ hours/month

Last updated: July 2024

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Planning Pod - 2024 Pricing, Features, Reviews, & Alternatives

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What is Planning Pod?

Streamline how you manage events, grow revenues and save 62+ hours/month of busywork with Planning Pod's all-in-one venue and event management platform. Call 877-266-3882 for more information. Featuring 20+ online tools, our cloud-based software transforms how you track event bookings, leads, clients, billings, communications and hundreds of other event details. How? By automating everyday tasks and giving you business insights in real-time.

Our venue and catering management software platform is perfect 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, e-signatures, invoices, payments, email communications, forms and floor plans/room designs.

Our event management software platform is great for event planners and firms, wedding planners, corporate event managers, non-profits and businesses that are looking for a better way to manage their 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.

Benefits of using Planning Pod

  • 20+ fully integrated tools enable you to save 62+ hours/month of busywork with quick input event details; no double entry of information; reusable templates; and intuitive workflows, automations and dashboards. Plus you can easily integrate with other applications like Quickbooks, Gmail/Google Workspace, Outlook, Salesforce and more.

  • Make it easy for clients to do business with you and for your team members to stay 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 you to grow revenues with functionality for lead webforms, lead management and sales CRM, appointment setting, proposals and contracts with e-signatures, 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 you track food and beverage items and packages; equipment items and packages; catering menus, orders and billing; and banquet event orders (BEOs).

    • Starting from

    119

    Per month

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    Planning Pod's key features

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

    Event Scheduling
    4.3
    (7)
    Event Management
    3.8
    (4)
    Attendee Management
    3.7
    (3)
    Contract/License Management
    5.0
    (2)
    Contact Management
    5.0
    (2)
    Event Ticketing
    3.5
    (2)

    Features

    4.2

    /5

    35

    Ease of use

    4.3

    /5

    35

    All Planning Pod features

    Sales Management
    5.0
    (1)
    Customizable Forms
    5.0
    (2)
    Billing & Invoicing
    5.0
    (1)
    Booking Management
    4.8
    (4)
    Customer Database
    5.0
    (2)
    Credit Card Processing
    5.0
    (2)
    Weddings/Parties
    (0)
    Reporting/Analytics
    4.0
    (2)
    Reporting & Statistics
    (0)
    Reminders
    (0)
    Registration Management
    3.6
    (5)
    Recurring Orders
    (0)
    Recipe Management
    (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)
    Order Management
    (0)
    Online Registration
    2.0
    (1)
    Online Payments
    (0)
    Online Ordering
    (0)
    Multi-Location
    (0)
    Document Management
    (0)
    Website Management
    5.0
    (3)
    Wait List Management
    (0)
    Volunteer Management
    (0)
    Visitor Registration
    (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)
    Sales Reports
    (0)
    Room Booking
    5.0
    (2)
    Resource Management
    (0)
    Reservations Management
    (0)
    Discount Management
    (0)
    Data Import/Export
    (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)
    Barcode/Ticket Scanning
    (0)
    Banquet Management
    (0)
    Badge Management
    (0)
    Automated Scheduling
    (0)
    Alerts/Notifications
    (0)
    Activity Dashboard
    (0)
    Accounting Integration
    (0)
    Multi-Facility
    (0)
    Mobile Access
    (0)
    Marketing Automation
    (0)
    Loyalty Program
    (0)
    Lead Capture
    (0)
    Kitchen/Menu Management
    (0)
    Invoice Management
    (0)
    Inventory Management
    (0)
    Historical Reporting
    (0)
    Gamification
    (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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    Planning Pod pricing

    Pricing options
    Free plan
    Subscription
    Free trial
    Pricing range
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    Value for money

    4.4

    /5

    35

    Starting from

    119

    Per month

    Flat Rate

    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 reviews

    Overall rating

    4.4

    /5

    35

    Positive reviews

    89

    %

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.67/10
    Rating distribution

    5

    4

    3

    2

    1

    20

    11

    3

    1

    0

    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.
    hl

    heather l.

    CEO

    I really love how everything was in a single place. If your looking for a good, reliable wedding planning software, this is the one to choose.
    HB

    Hillary B.

    Owner

    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.
    VF

    Veronica F.

    President

    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.
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    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.
    TS

    Taylor S.

    CWP

    It is frustrating that you can't link the invoices to the budget.
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    Leah W.

    Training Coordinator

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    Planning Pod FAQs

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

    Planning Pod has the following pricing plans:
    Starting from: $119.00/month
    Pricing model: Subscription
    Free Trial: Available

    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

    Related categories

    Event Booking
    Event Management
    Catering
    Venue Management

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    56 Top Gallant Road
    Stamford, CT 06902
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    Registered office

    Calle Álava 121
    08018 Barcelona,
    Spain

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