They said yes. Then everyone looked at you to plan the engagement party.
The engagement party is the first event of the whole wedding era — two families meeting for the first time, a toast order nobody wrote down, and a couple too busy staring at the ring to plan anything. You are hosting. This plankit is your co-host: guests, the toasts, seating with intent, the budget, and a party page that answers every "wait, what time?"
The toast order, timed on the run-of-evening
Seating that mixes the sides on purpose
The champagne math — planned vs actual, flagged in red when it slips
Two families walk in as strangers. The plan makes sure they leave as one guest list.
This party has one real job: introduce everyone who will matter for the next eighteen months. That means names, faces, a seating plan with intent, and a toast order that ends before the food gets cold.
One list, two sides
Her people, their people, your people — every guest tagged by side, and the list filters by side in one tap. Introductions get planned, not left to chance by the drinks table.
The toast board
Who speaks, in what order — the dad, the best friend, the surprise from grandma. The music board rides along with it — must-play, do-not-play, and the songs that have to happen — typed with autocomplete or pasted straight out of Spotify, printed on the same sheet. Each speaker gets a slot on the board, drag to reorder, and the printed order follows for whoever holds the mic — timed on the run-of-evening.
The run-of-evening
Arrivals, the story-of-how retelling, toasts, cake, the couple's exit — timed loosely enough to feel like a party, tightly enough to feel planned.
First stop on the wedding train
The engagement guest list is the first draft of the wedding's. It stays on your account beside the Wedding plankit — readable and print-ready any time — so the wedding list starts from a list, not from memory.
One real engagement party, in pictures.
These are unretouched screenshots from the real product. The Chen-Williams party is a sample plan we built end to end to show you exactly what it does — two families, five toasts, one evening at the Maple House. Click any of them to look closer.
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CLICK TO EXPANDFive speakers, in order, before the food gets cold.
The toast board holds each speaker in order — drag to reorder, printed for whoever holds the mic — and the run-of-evening the screenshots above show already working carries the timing.
Chen-Williams — Toast Board
Winging it vs. the invite apps vs. this.
| Winging it (a group text + goodwill) | Paperless Post (from ~2 coins per guest) | PlanFlow Engagement Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it really is | How most engagement parties get planned — and why the toasts run 40 minutes | A gorgeous invitation, full stop | The whole evening — both families, toasts, timeline, budget, party page |
| Two-family guest list | two texting threads that never meet | one list, no sides | ✓ tagged and filtered by side |
| Toast order & timing | "who wants to say something?" | ✗ | ✓ toast board, timed on the run-of-evening |
| RSVPs without an app | scroll the thread and count | ✓ (per-guest coins) | ✓ personal links, included |
| Budget | whatever the receipts say later | ✗ | ✓ planned vs. actual, overruns in red |
| The wedding list, later | retype everything | ✗ | ✓ your engagement list, kept & print-ready |
| Ads near your party | n/a | no — you pay per guest instead | never, and no per-guest anything |
| Price | free — plus the chaos tax | ~$50–$100 in coins for a real list | $79 once · founder $59 |
Comparison covers free and paid alternatives using published pricing and official documentation as of July 2026. Paperless Post is a trademark of its owner; PlanFlow Planner is not affiliated with it.
Ask the party anything. It drafts — you approve.
Names are scrubbed before anything leaves the Service, and every action is logged.
The wedding era starts here.
Start it hosted, not herded. $79.
Founder price $59 for the first 25 parties — or through September 1, 2026, whichever comes first. 30-day money-back. One plankit plans one engagement party, start to finish. Yours through your event + 12 months after.
Start the party — $59Founder pricing applied at checkout · a scoped link for your co-host · guests never need an app
Same event on repeat? A Track is $19/mo · planning all year, Celebration from $39/mo — see the whole ladder
What hosts ask.
Isn't an engagement party too small for planning software?
It is exactly the size where "we'll figure it out" fails quietly — 40 people, two families, five toasts, one evening. The plankit is $79 of never chasing an RSVP or losing the toast list in a text thread. Small party, zero chaos.
The couple wants to help. Or worse — to take over.
Send your co-host a scoped link. Give them the guest list and the run-of-evening; keep the budget — and the surprise toast — to yourself. Everyone sees their lane.
Does the guest list carry into the Wedding plankit?
Both plankits live on the same account, so nothing gets lost between parties: the engagement list stays readable and print-ready through your event + 12 months, and the wedding list starts from a list instead of from memory.
Who actually buys this — the host or the couple?
Usually whoever got the "so… are you hosting something?" text: a parent, the best friend, the sister. Whoever buys it owns the plan and invites the others in.
What does "founder price" mean?
$59 instead of $79 for the first 25 engagement-party plankits, or through September 1, 2026 — whichever comes first. One payment, one party — never a subscription.