Bloom vs I Said Yes for UK wedding planners
Bloom vs I Said Yes comes up for planners who want a client app at a low price. Bloom is business software for freelancers and creative businesses; I Said Yes is wedding planning software for UK planners. This page sets out what I Said Yes does that Bloom doesn't, side by side, from Bloom's own published pages, with the date we last checked at the bottom.
What I Said Yes does that Bloom doesn't
- The wedding itself
- Bloom has no guest list, RSVP, wedding budget, table plan, running order or wedding website. I Said Yes has all of them, connected, with a UK checklist for each service level.
- Pounds, and no platform fee on any plan
- £39 a month for Planning or £69 for Complete, unlimited team members, and no platform fee from I Said Yes on what couples pay you, on either plan. Your price is fixed for 24 months from the day you join, and no VAT is charged in your first 12 months. Bloom prices in US dollars and takes a 1.5% platform fee on Starter.
- A day mode for the wedding
- A one-handed dashboard for the day that keeps working without signal, moves the whole day when you are running late and keeps the ceremony and the registrar where they are. Bloom's pages show no planning tools for the wedding day.
- Built for UK weddings
- UK dates and 24-hour times, suppliers rather than vendors, VAT-aware budgets and the UK legal steps on the checklist. Bloom has no wedding checklists or guest lists to set them in.
- Guest lists and budgets moved in for you, free
- Tell us you use Bloom and we move your weddings in for you, with the guest lists and budgets you keep alongside it, on any plan, at no charge, usually within five working days of your files reaching us through our secure upload. You check it before it counts.
Bloom vs I Said Yes, side by side
| Area | Bloom | I Said Yes |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Starter $14, Standard $34, Plus $66 a month, shown at half price for the first 12 months ($7, $17, $33), with a yearly option. A 1.5% platform fee on Starter. A 7-day trial. | £39 a month for Planning, £69 for Complete, or £390 and £690 a year. Your price is fixed for 24 months from the day you join, and no VAT is charged in your first 12 months. Unlimited weddings, couples and team members. 30 days free, no card. |
| Payments | Stripe, Square for UK businesses, and PayPal. Its option to pass card fees to clients cannot be used with UK couples, where card surcharges on consumers have been banned since January 2018. | Invoices that send and chase themselves, paid by card through Stripe, bank transfer or PayPal. Included in Complete. |
| Guests, budget and seating | None on its pages. | Guests by household with meals and dietary needs, a budget in pounds with a payment schedule, and a table plan with a floor plan. |
| The day itself | None on its pages. | Day mode: a dashboard for the day that keeps working with no signal, one running-late offset that moves the day while the ceremony and the registrar stay put, clashes named in plain words, and a printed day sheet. |
Who I Said Yes is for
Choose I Said Yes if you plan UK weddings and want the guests, budget, suppliers, running order and the day in one place, in pounds.
30 days free, no card.
Questions planners ask
- Does Bloom have wedding planning tools?
- No guest list, RSVP, wedding budget, table plan, running order or wedding website. It is business software for freelancers and creative businesses.
- Can I pass card fees on to couples in the UK?
- No. Charging consumers a surcharge for paying by card has been banned in the UK since 13 January 2018, so Bloom's setting to pass card fees to clients cannot be used with UK couples.
- Can I bring my clients over from Bloom?
- Yes. We move your weddings in for you, free on any plan: tell us you use Bloom and we arrange it, usually within five working days of your files reaching us through our secure upload. Or import guests, budgets and suppliers yourself from a spreadsheet today.
- How do you keep this comparison honest?
- Every fact about Bloom comes from its own public pages. Where they do not say, this page says so rather than guess, and the date we last checked is printed at the bottom. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
Compared against Bloom as at Thursday 29 October 2026, from its public website. What this page says about I Said Yes was last checked against the product on Saturday 24 October 2026. If something here is out of date, email planner@isaidyes.ai and we will put it right.