The honest comparison
Looking for a Folia alternative?
Folia is a tidy planner with a subscription and a guest cap. Lazo is the same tools and more — guest list, budget, both seating charts, dream board, timeline, website — free forever, no card, no cap, with a verified vendor marketplace and June behind them.
The same planner, without the meter running
Folia’s free plan is generous until it isn’t: 500 guests, 10 vendors, and the two features most couples actually come for — ceremony seating and reception seating — sit behind $11.99 a month, $89 a year or $129 for two years. Lazo has no paid tier for couples. The seating charts, the dream board, the timeline, the guest list and the budget are free the day you sign up and free the day after the wedding, when the site flips to “We’re married” and keeps going.
Where Lazo goes further
Vendors you can trust, in the same place. Folia tracks the vendors you found elsewhere. Lazo is where you find them: 88,000+ vendor pages ranked only by verified couple reviews, with proposals, contracts and card payments inside the thread.
The website feeds the plan. Guests RSVP on your free Lazo website and land in the guest list with their meals, which show up on the seating chart table by table. Nothing is typed twice.
June. An AI planner who knows your date, budget, guest list and bookings. She seats everyone from your parties and sides, drafts vendor messages, and tells you what to book next and whether it is running late.
Side by side
| Lazo | Folia | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for couples | Free forever, no card | $11.99/mo, $89/yr or $129/2 yr; free plan capped |
| Guest list | Unlimited, RSVPs from your website, Knot/Zola import | Up to 500 on free |
| Reception seating | Free: round, long, king’s, serpentine, sweetheart; meals on every table; live caterer link | Paid; table shapes, meals on tables |
| Ceremony seating | Free: two sides, reserved rows, processional, usher list | Paid; seating and processionals |
| Dream board | Pin from any link incl. Pinterest, photos, notes, colors, partner comments | Pins and comments |
| Budget | Allocation by category with real per-city ranges | Allocation by category |
| Day-of timeline | Anchored to the ceremony, durations, one page per vendor | Timeline |
| Vendor marketplace | Verified reviews, rankings never for sale | Track vendors you found elsewhere |
| Wedding website | 20 designs, RSVPs into the guest list, free | Not offered |
| AI planner | June — knows your data, takes action | Not offered |
| Marriage license help | Fee, office and application window for your state and county | Not offered |
Third-party details reflect publicly available information on foliaplanner.com as of September 2026 and may change; always check current offerings.
Being fair about it
Folia is well made, and if you already have every vendor booked and only want a seating tool with a subscription, it does that job. Where Lazo wins is the money and the connections: nothing to pay, no cap to hit, and a guest list, website, vendor threads and seating chart that are the same data instead of four copies of it.
What you get on Lazo
Every planning tool, free
Guest list, budget, both seating charts, dream board, timeline, shopping list, website. No tier, no card, no cap.
Vendors with verified reviews
88,000+ pages across 58 metros, ranked only by real couples. Message, sign and pay in one thread.
June, your AI copilot
Seats your guests, drafts your messages, and keeps you on schedule from your real data.
Questions couples ask
Is Lazo free like Folia’s free plan?
Lazo is free for couples with no caps. Folia’s free plan stops at 500 guests and 10 vendors and keeps both seating charts behind a subscription. On Lazo every couple tool is free forever, with no card and no ads.
Does Lazo have ceremony seating?
Yes. Rows on both sides of the aisle named for each of you, reserved front rows for parents and family, a processional planner, and an usher list to print.
Does Lazo have a dream board?
Yes. Pin from any link including Pinterest and Etsy, upload photos, add notes and colors, comment with your partner, and share it with your florist and planner.
Can I move from Folia?
Export your guest list as a CSV and import it on Lazo in one step. June reads a pasted budget or vendor list. Registry links stay where they are.
Same tools. No subscription. More behind them.
Start free, no card required, and keep it after the wedding.
Folia is a trademark of its owner. Lazo is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Folia. Names are used for identification and comparison only.