Planning Pod is fully customizable to fit any of your event management and business needs, regardless of what business you are in. Let us create the right solution for you from our 40+ time-tested tools.
Learn about Planning Pod and why 70,000+ event and hospitality professionals have chosen our platform and company to help them manage their events and businesses.
Access expert guidance and insights via our blog, webinars and white papers. Learn about using our platform via our Help Center. Or contact us with questions.
Planning Pod is fully customizable to fit any of your event management and business needs, regardless of what business you are in. Let us create the right solution for you from our 40+ time-tested tools.
Learn about Planning Pod and why 70,000+ event and hospitality professionals have chosen our platform and company to help them manage their events and businesses.
Access expert guidance and insights via our blog, webinars and white papers. Learn about using our platform via our Help Center. Or contact us with questions.
If you're a venue that ran on Weven, you already know the story: Weven was acquired by The Knot Worldwide, and its site now redirects to The Knot — leaving venues to find a new operational home. Planning Pod is where many of them land: you keep the collaborative couple-and-guest experience your clients loved, and you gain the full venue workflow Weven never had — lead pipeline, contracts and e-signatures, BEOs, floor plans, and integrated payments.
Moving platforms is stressful, especially mid-season. That's why every venue that switches gets a real, named data-migration specialist — not a self-service importer — to move your contacts, events, and documents where they belong.
What you keep — and what you gain — moving from Weven to Planning Pod
With Planning Pod you get:
The client experience, kept: branded portals where couples and clients see documents, tasks, payments, and details in one place.
The sales engine, gained: lead-capture forms, a visual pipeline, proposals, contracts, and e-signatures.
The operations depth, gained: BEOs, to-scale floor plans and seating charts, F&B management, and a double-booking-proof calendar.
The money side, gained: invoicing with installments, automated reminders, and integrated credit card and ACH payments through a globally trusted processor.
Comparing Planning Pod and Weven
Primary Focus & Target Market
Platform Scope
Floor Plans
Sales
Catering/F&B Management
Client Communication & Collaboration
Guest & Attendee Management
Financial Tools
Event Insurance
Reporting & Dashboards
For any type of venue or event organization looking to streamline operations and increase revenue.
Full suite of event, venue, catering, and business management tools.
Dedicated floor plan setup, design, and seating charts for detailed and accurate layouts.
Full suite of sales tools, including robust and customizable sales pipelines, lead management, proposals, contracts, and e-signatures.
Advanced catering tools including food/beverage/equipment management, customizable packages and bundles, and banquet event orders.
Integrated email with centralized inbox, allowing the management of all business and event emails directly inside the interface.
Full collection of event registration & ticketing tools, including guest lists with RSVP tracking and check-in functionality.
Full invoicing, integrated online payments, budget management, credit card and ACH payment processing.
Embedded event host liability and cancellation insurance offerings for clients, enabling them to purchase multiple types of coverage in one transaction without having to leave the platform.
Fully customizable reports, dashboards, and charts to achieve a clear picture of business performance and keep all stakeholders in the loop.
Weven
Primarily for unique wedding and non-traditional event venues.
Features are limited to client coordination and document collection for booked events.
Users can upload existing floor plans, but the platform does not include integrated floor plan setup and design tools.
Focuses on contracts and document collection; proposals are not explicitly listed as a core feature.
Limited F&B management, and banquet event orders are not listed as a feature.
Features in-app messaging, but communication threads may require using external email/SMS, complicating a unified client record.
Can collect final details like guest counts and meal selections, but does not offer built-in ticketing or full registration.
Supports basic invoicing and payment reminders via integration, but lacks integrated budget management.
No embedded event insurance is offered.
No customizable business reporting is offered.
Give your venue a permanent home
Join the venues that moved from Weven to Planning Pod — and get a partner that answers the phone, with real people behind it since 2007.
