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The true cost of each tool: time
The listed price of a tool is only half the equation. The other half is the setup time - and it varies enormously:
🕑 The calculation we forget
If you value your time at €15/h, the 3 hours of "free" Excel setup cost €45. Plus 30 min/week of maintenance for 14 months (= 30h = €450). The "free" tool actually costs €495 in time.
Detailed comparison: tool by tool
Excel / Google Sheets
FreeThe #1 reflex for organized couples. An Excel file with "Budget", "Vendors", "Guests" tabs. It works - provided you know how to create formulas and accept its limitations.
All your organization in one place: this is exactly what a dedicated tool like Nupty, used by over 500 couples in 2026, allows.
- Free (Google Sheets) or included with Office
- Total customization of columns
- Sharing with partner
- Formulas for budget tracking
- Easy PDF export / printing
- 3h+ initial setup
- No automatic timeline
- Mobile = painful experience
- No vendor guides
- No town hall administrative tasks
- No overshoot alerts
Notion Wedding Template
Free to €30Notion wedding templates are proliferating on Etsy and Gumroad. They are beautiful, structured, and customizable. But behind the aesthetics, everything remains 100% manual.
- Neat and pleasant design
- Pre-organized structure
- Linked databases (guests, budget, tasks)
- Extensive Notion customization
- Free or inexpensive
- Requires Notion knowledge
- 100% manual deadlines
- No automatic budget alerts
- Notion Mobile = slow and confusing
- No French administrative tasks
- No vendor guides
Free Apps (The Knot, WeddingWire, Zankyou)
Free (ads + partnerships)Large international platforms offer free tools: checklist, budget, wedding website. The business model: they are paid by the partner vendors they recommend to you.
- Free (no direct cost)
- Native mobile interface
- Wedding website included
- Pre-filled checklist
- Basic functional budget
- Intrusive advertising
- Biased recommendations (paid partners)
- Zero French town hall admin
- Generic checklist (US/international)
- No personalized timeline
- Personal data exploited
Nupty - Dedicated Wedding App for France
€14.90 for life (no subscription)Nupty is the wedding planning tool designed specifically for French couples. Automatic timeline, budget with alerts, integrated town hall administration, step-by-step vendor guides. Ready in 5 minutes.
- 100% automatic timeline
- Budget with real-time alerts
- Complete town hall administration (France)
- Step-by-step vendor guides
- Native and optimized mobile
- D-Day checklist hour by hour
- Ready in 5 minutes
- No advertising, no subscription
- €14.90 (not free)
- No wedding website included
- Less customizable than Excel
Excel or app? First, know your real budget
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Complete comparative table
| Feature | Excel | Notion | Free App | Nupty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | €0-30 | Free | €14.90 |
| Setup | 3h+ | 1-2h | 30 min | 5 min |
| Automatic timeline | ❌ | ❌ | 🟠 Basic | ✅ |
| Budget + alerts | 🟠 Formulas | ❌ | 🟠 Basic | ✅ |
| Native mobile | ❌ | 🟠 Slow | ✅ | ✅ |
| Vendor guides | ❌ | ❌ | 🟠 Partners | ✅ |
| French town hall admin | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Name change | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Partner sharing | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Ad-free | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Customization | ✅ Total | ✅ Strong | ❌ Limited | 🟠 Guided |
Joined by +500 couples in 2026
Nupty centralizes all your wedding planning
Budget, checklist, vendors, timeline, seating chart. One app, zero spreadsheets, zero stress.
To move forward serenely without leaving anything to chance, centralize everything with Nupty — budget, checklist, vendors, timeline — all accessible to both of you.
Discover Nupty - 89 EURJoined by +500 couples in 2026
Nupty centralizes all your wedding planning
Budget, checklist, vendors, timeline, seating chart. One app, zero spreadsheets, zero stress.
Discover Nupty - 89 EURWhich tool for which profile?
📌 Choose Excel / Google Sheets if…
You master spreadsheets, like to control everything, have time for setup, and don't need advanced functions (auto-timeline, town hall admin). Profile: organized techie, simple wedding, small budget.
📌 Choose Notion if…
You already use Notion daily and like aesthetic and customizable tools. You accept that everything is manual. Profile: experienced Notion user, design-conscious, naturally organized.
📌 Choose a free app if…
You want a basic tool without paying anything, and your wedding doesn't have complex French administrative specificities. Accept advertising and biased recommendations. Profile: simple first wedding, zero tools budget.
📌 Choose Nupty if…
You want a tool that is ready immediately, automatically calculates everything, covers French administration, and guides you step-by-step without stress. Profile: couple who wants to organize efficiently without wasting time setting up tools.
The 5 functions people forget… but regret
- Automatic timeline - No one looks for "automatic timeline" at first. Then, at D-8 months, when the photographer is already booked and you realize you had to book at D-14, you understand.
- Budget overrun alerts - One in two couples overspend their budget by 10-20%. Those with real-time alerts detect it before it becomes a problem.
- Structured town hall administration - Town hall paperwork is a stressful surprise for the majority of couples. Having the exact list of documents + deadlines + special cases = zero stress.
- Vendor guides with questions - "What to ask the photographer? The caterer? The DJ?" These are questions you don't know until you need them.
- D-Day hour-by-hour checklist - On the wedding day, your brain is in emotion mode, not logistics mode. A minute-by-minute schedule delegated to a witness = total peace of mind.
Ready in 5 minutes - not 3 hours
Automatic retro-planning, budget with alerts, town hall administration, vendor guides. Everything Excel doesn't do - for €14.90 instead of 3 hours of setup.
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