The Private Wedding App ($19.99/month, or $189 once for lifetime access where nothing expires) fits couples who want every tool in one price and guests in several languages: the seating chart, RSVP with meals and allergies, budget, checklist, vendor tools and AI assistant are included, and each guest reads the invitation in their own language, up to three of 26. Zola fits couples who want a free website next to a registry with 0% fees on cash funds: its website, RSVP tracker and budget tracker are free, while its app sells the Seating Chart for $14.99 and Premium SMS for $59.99 to $79.99, its FAQ says buttons stay in English, and its pages do not state how long the site stays online.
Zola built a free wedding website around its US registry. The Private Wedding App is a full wedding planner with the invitation built in, sold at one price. Published by The Private Wedding App: we make one of the two, so every Zola fact below comes from Zola's own pages and App Store listing, read on 22 October 2026 and linked at the end.
What is free, and what is sold separately
Zola's website, RSVP tracker and budget tracker with payment reminders are free, and its registry is free with 0% fees on cash funds. Its App Store listing sells the Seating Chart for $14.99, Premium SMS for $59.99 or $79.99, website animations from $1.99 to $9.99 and a Disposable Camera for 150 guests at $39.99. Its pages do not state how long a free site stays online.
The Private Wedding App is $19.99 a month with a 3-day free trial, or $189 once for Lifetime, with nothing sold separately. On Lifetime nothing expires: your invitation stays online and your planner stays open, with no time limit.
The seating chart
Zola's seating chart pulls in confirmed guests from its guest list, gives each event its own tables and lets you tag guests by meal choice or dietary restriction, as a $14.99 in-app purchase. The Private Wedding App's seating chart is included: only guests who confirmed appear, each with the meal and allergy they gave on the RSVP, per event, and a caterer day sheet prints plate counts and allergies by table.
Guests in several languages
Zola's FAQ says it does not translate your website automatically: you write each section again in the other language, buttons remain in English, and special characters are not supported. Its app is listed in English only. On The Private Wedding App each guest picks their language on one link, up to three of 26 per wedding, Arabic and Hebrew right-to-left included, and the buttons, RSVP and meals switch with it.
Every fact on this page, with the date it was checked
The Private Wedding App, checked October 22, 2026: pricing ($19.99/month with a 3-day free trial, or $189 once; with Lifetime nothing expires), the seating chart and the multilingual invitation.
Zola, checked October 22, 2026: App Store listing (Seating Chart $14.99, Premium SMS $59.99 and $79.99, Website Animations $1.99 to $9.99, Disposable Camera for 150 guests $39.99; budget tracker with payment reminders; free RSVP tracker; English only); seating chart page (confirmed guests pulled in, tables per event, tags by meal choice or dietary restriction); FAQ on translating your website (no automatic translation, buttons remain in English, special characters not supported); registry page (free registry and website, 0% fees on cash funds).
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For one price that covers everything, yes: The Private Wedding App is $19.99/month or $189 once with the seating chart, RSVP with meals and allergies, budget, checklist, vendors and AI included, and guests in up to three of 26 languages. Zola offers a free website next to a registry with 0% fees on cash funds, while its Seating Chart is a $14.99 in-app purchase and its buttons stay in English.
How much is Zola's seating chart?
Zola's App Store listing sells the Seating Chart as a $14.99 in-app purchase, checked 22 October 2026. On The Private Wedding App the seating chart is included in $19.99/month or $189 once.
Can a Zola wedding website be in two languages?
Zola's FAQ says it offers no automatic translation: you write each section again in the other language, and buttons remain in English. On The Private Wedding App each guest picks their language on one link, up to three of 26 per wedding, with buttons, RSVP and meals translated.
How long does a Zola website stay online?
Zola's pages did not state a hosting length on 22 October 2026. On The Private Wedding App's $189 Lifetime plan nothing expires: the invitation stays online and the planner stays open with no time limit.