HoneyBook does part of it. Cue does the whole night.
A general-purpose client platform for any small business: photographers, coaches, florists, and yes, DJs. Pipeline, proposals, contracts, invoices, automations. It is good at the business side, for everyone.
Where it stops.
The second the contract is signed. HoneyBook has no idea the wedding is a Saturday night with a timeline, a first dance song, a planner calling cues, and a DJ who needs all of it on a lock screen at 8:41 PM. Planning happens in a questionnaire. The night happens somewhere else.
What you keep, and what you gain.
- Pipeline with the same intake doors, plus the quote chat
- Smart Files that do what their proposals do, signed and paid on a phone
- Automations with quiet hours and once-per-event rules
- Then planning, the couple's app, and the live night, which HoneyBook does not have
HoneyBook fully covers 3 of these 13 rows and part of 2, as it sells itself today. Cue covers all 13, for one price.
Swipe the table.
| What you need | Cue | HoneyBook |
|---|---|---|
| Leads from chat, form, and booking links | ||
| Proposal, contract, and deposit in one link | ||
| Autopay, schedules, receipts, late fees | Partial | |
| Planning with the couple in a conversation | · | |
| Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube imports | · | |
| A couple's app, not a portal | · | |
| Guest song picks with votes | · | |
| Live run of show on the lock screen | · | |
| Ceremony cues called from the planner's phone | · | |
| Vendors on the same night | · | |
| Chat and email in one thread with replies | Partial | |
| Automations with quiet hours | ||
| One plan, everything included | · |
As HoneyBook sells itself today. Partial means they do part of the row. If we got a row wrong, tell us and we will fix it.
If you only need a CRM, HoneyBook is a fine CRM. If you need the wedding itself to run through the same record, that is what Cue is.
$149 a month, everything in it. The first 100 accounts keep that price for life. 30 days, full refund, no questions.