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Free seating chart maker for weddings and events

Growth

Real, specific problem (seating 100+ guests by hand) with a genuine wedge — automatic seating plus household and must/must-not rules — against Canva's manual typing. Clear segments (couples, planners, teachers) and a free unlimited-guest hook.

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Seating Chart Generator

About this app

Seating Chart Generator turns a guest list into a seating chart and the print files that go with it, in your browser. Paste names from Google Sheets or Excel, or upload a CSV, choose the number of tables and seats, and press Seat guests. A household column keeps families together, and rules such as must sit together and must not sit together are applied automatically. The same chart prints as a seating poster, an A to Z find-your-seat list, table numbers and folded or flat place cards, in US Letter or A4. It is built for weddings, parties and other events with tables, and there is a page for classroom seating charts. There is no account, and your guest list stays in your browser and is never uploaded. The planner is free with no limit on guests; downloads carry a small watermark, and place cards come as a first test sheet. The Event Pass, US$14.90 once for 90 days with no renewal, removes the watermark and prints every card; Planner is US$12.90 a month or US$79 a year.

Key features

1Paste from Google Sheets/Excel or upload CSV; automatic seating with household grouping and must/must-not-sit-together rules.
2Prints seating poster, A-to-Z find-your-seat list, table numbers, and folded or flat place cards in US Letter or A4.
3No account required; guest list stays in the browser and is never uploaded. Free tier with unlimited guests.

Target customer profile

Drawn from the product itself, not from a survey.

Demographic

Couples planning a wedding

Pain points

Seating 100+ guests by hand in a spreadsheet

Primary needs

Seat everyone in one click, then adjust

Demographic

Party and event planners

Pain points

Keeping families together and some guests apart

Primary needs

Rules applied automatically

Demographic

Teachers

Pain points

Making a classroom seating plan

Primary needs

A printable chart from a class list

Scout Review

Written by AI from measured evidence, scored out of 100.

Seating Chart Generator is a focused, well-built browser tool that does one job properly: turn a guest list into a seating chart and the print files that go with it. The free tier is genuinely useful — unlimited guests, automatic seating, rules, and a watermark-free poster — and the paid Event Pass at US$14.90 for 90 days is a sensible one-time price for a single wedding. It is fast (95/97 Lighthouse), accessible (100/100 audit), and secure by design (no account, guest list stays in the browser, strong headers). The main weaknesses are marketing-side: a long, text-heavy homepage and trust microcopy that is too small to read. Against Canva's manual templates and AllSeated's venue platform, the automatic-seating wedge is real.

Measure by measure

Usability

No signup, paste-or-CSV with a column preview, one-click seating, and live status feedback ('Seated 24 · 7 households together'). Free/paid print expectations are set before download. Strong onboarding-to-value path.

Design

Cohesive cream/orange/plum palette fits weddings, and the hero shows real product states instead of stock art. Undercut by tiny low-contrast trust microcopy and a very long, text-heavy scroll after the hero.

Speed

Lighthouse mobile 95/100 (LCP 2.0s, CLS 0, TBT 24ms) and desktop 97/100. Zero layout shift and minimal blocking time — the tool loads and responds fast on both form factors.

Security

11/12 security headers (HSTS, CSP, frame protection, Referrer-Policy, SPF, DMARC); only Permissions-Policy missing. No-account, in-browser data model limits exposure. No SOC 2/ISO claims, but none expected at this stage.

Accessibility

Lighthouse accessibility 100/100 with responsive, phone-friendly layout. No published WCAG statement or multi-language support, so the score sits in the upper band on automated evidence alone.

Growth

Improvement areas

Hero trust microcopy is tiny and low-contrast; the key 'free, no sign-up' message is the hardest text to read.
Homepage is very long and text-heavy after the hero, delaying the next product action.
No published accessibility statement or WCAG claim despite a 100/100 audit; no multi-language support.
Missing Permissions-Policy header; no SOC 2/ISO claims (expected at this stage but worth noting).

Design & Usability

The homepage sells the actual tool, not a fantasy: the hero mockup shows real Poster/Floor plan/Guests tabs, a dragged name and a 'Saved on this device' state, so the interaction model is legible before you read a word. The cream/orange/plum palette suits the wedding category and carries through the poster previews and print-options table. The weak spot is hierarchy at the edges — the trust line ('Free. Unlimited guests. No sign-up.') is the smallest, lightest text in the hero, and the page runs long and text-heavy after the first screen. Usability is the standout: no account, paste from Sheets/Excel or upload CSV with a column preview, one click to seat, and live feedback like 'Seated 24 · 7 households together'. Free-versus-Event-Pass print expectations are set before any download, and the free poster is watermark-free.

Speed & Security

Speed is measured and strong: Lighthouse mobile 95/100 (LCP 2.0s, CLS 0, TBT 24ms) and desktop 97/100, so the tool loads and responds quickly on both phone and desktop with no layout shift. Security is solid for the stage: the HTTP probe found HTTPS enforced with HSTS, CSP, frame protection, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, SPF and DMARC — 11 of 12 checklist points, with only Permissions-Policy missing. The no-account, in-browser data model means the guest list never touches a server, which is a real privacy advantage for a product handling names and meal preferences. There are no SOC 2 or ISO claims, but none are expected at this scale; payments run through Waffo as merchant of record with a stated 14-day refund.

Accessibility & Growth

Accessibility scores 100/100 on the Lighthouse axe-core audit, and the site is responsive with explicit phone support ('Works on your phone', tap-a-name-then-a-table instructions). There is no published WCAG statement or multi-language support, so the score rests on automated evidence plus a clean responsive layout rather than documented conformance. Growth is the interesting one: the problem — seating 100+ guests by hand — is real and painful, and the wedge is concrete. Canva gives you templates and makes you type every name into the right table; AllSeated is a venue/planner platform with floor plans. This tool seats everyone automatically, keeps households together, and applies must-sit-together and must-not-sit-together rules, with a free unlimited-guest planner and a low one-time Event Pass. The segments (couples, planners, teachers) are specific and the category has headroom, though the domain is only months old, so discovery is the open question.

Conclusion

If you are seating a wedding, a party or a class and you have been dragging names around a spreadsheet, this is worth an afternoon. Start free, paste your list, hit Seat guests, and only pay the US$14.90 Event Pass if you need the full place-card pack and no watermark. The product earns its keep on the free tier alone; the paid tier is a fair price for the print files. The thing to watch is whether anyone finds it — the tool is better than its marketing currently lets on.

Suggestions for improvement

Bump the hero trust microcopy ('Free. No sign-up. Nothing uploaded.') to readable size and contrast — it is the key message and currently the hardest text to read.
Trim the post-hero scroll: collapse the explanatory sections or add a second CTA so users reach a product action sooner.
Publish a short accessibility statement and consider a second language — the 100/100 audit deserves to be stated, not just passed.
Add a Permissions-Policy header to complete the security checklist, and surface the no-upload privacy model more prominently as a selling point.

How we score

Alternatives comparison

Named competitors, point by point. Nobody paid to appear here or to be left out.

	Seating Chart Generator	AllSeated	Canva
Automatic seating from a guest list	Yes — one click seats everyone, with rules applied	Floor-plan based; seating is manual drag-and-drop	No — you type each name into the right table yourself
Seating rules (must sit together / must not sit together)	Yes — plus household grouping and advanced rules on Event Pass	Limited; manual arrangement	No automated rules
Printable outputs (poster, place cards, find-your-seat list)	Yes — poster, A-Z list, table numbers, place cards, US Letter/A4	Floor plans and layouts; print varies by plan	Templates you customize and export
Account required	No — guest list stays in the browser	Yes — account/platform login	Yes — Canva account required
Pricing model	Free tier; Event Pass US$14.90 one-time/90 days; Planner US$12.90/mo or US$79/yr	Subscription tiers aimed at venues/planners	Free tier; Canva Pro subscription