SeatPlanning vs Jarq

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SeatPlanning compared with Jarq
Detail	SeatPlanning	Jarq
What it does	Drag-and-drop seating chart maker for weddings, events and classrooms	Translate, shorten, fix or rewrite text right where your cursor is, in any app on your Mac
Stage	Not given	MVP
Founded	2023	2019
Based in	Not given	KZ
Pricing model	Freemium	Not given
Pricing	Free plan: up to 40 guests, 5 tables, 1 seating chart. Event Pass: $29 one-time for one event with up to 500 seats and 40 tables. Premium: $39/month for unlimited charts, up to 1000 seats per project, 80 tables. Professional: $89/month for unlimited everything including 5000 elements and unlimited c	Free: 5 dictations or translations per day, on-device dictation unlimited. Pro Monthly: $4.99/month, unlimited dictation and translation, up to 2 Macs. Pro Yearly: $39/year (approximately $3.25/month, save 35%), everything in Pro Monthly. Lifetime: $179 once (launch price, regular $200), all future
Key features	Drag-and-drop interface for tables and seats Import guest lists from Excel and CSV RSVP collection with email verification PDF and Excel export with custom branding QR code check-in for events Automatic seat distribution algorithm Multiple table shapes: round, rectangular, banquet Custom venue floor plans Guest dietary and accessibility tracking Real-time collaboration with team members	In-place text translation between 13 languages Voice dictation with punctuation and capitalization Text shortening, fixing and rewriting with custom buttons Works in any app including terminals and Figma On-device speech recognition option Customizable hotkeys Local history file on your Mac Cloud transcription via Cloudflare Workers AI or Groq Works up to 2 Macs per licence
What makes it different	Built from personal wedding planning pain point Works for any event type from weddings to conferences No technical skills required to use Free plan exists for small events with no credit card needed Personal support directly from the developers	No copy-paste or tab switching needed—edits happen in place Works in any app, including those that block selection like terminals and Figma Privacy-first: audio and text never stored, history stays on your Mac Optional on-device speech recognition keeps voice entirely local
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	6 +1 (up) since last check	27 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	18	4
Citation Flow (Majestic)	26	30
Referring domains (Majestic)	101	33

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