Honest math · no email required
What a printed seating chart really costs.
The sign itself is only the first invoice. Every cancelled guest, added plus-one and moved table sends part of it back to the printer. Set three sliders and see both routes side by side.
Your event
Assumes each reprint run costs about $45 — a realistic average when a board, escort cards or place cards have to be redone. Change one guest and usually something paper has to change with it.
The two routes
You keep
$411
— and nobody reprints anything at 11pm on Friday.
First event free through 250 guests · no card · refundable paid upgrades
And the big platforms?
RH Seating next to Joy & Zola.
Joy and Zola are wonderful ecosystems — website, registry and RSVP in one place. Their seat finder is a bonus inside that bundle. If the arrival itself is the job, a dedicated tool goes deeper.
| What matters on the day | Ecosystem seat finder | RH Seating |
|---|---|---|
| Works in any mobile browser — no app, no login | App-first on some plans | Always |
| Exact chair plus who sits beside them | Table number only | Yes |
| Menu with allergy notes per dish | No | Yes |
| Escort, place cards & signs generated from the seating | No | Yes — automatic |
| Guest page language chosen per event | Rarely | EN · ES, more coming |
| Free tier ceiling on published guests | Varies by plan | First 250 guests, permanently |
| Full planning ecosystem — website, RSVP, registry | Their strength | Seating only, done deeply |
Plan details as published August 2026 — check the current pages before deciding.
Ready when your guest list is
Paper freezes. Your seating shouldn't.
Build everything first · pay only when you publish