Smart Seating Generator — People, seats, rules — solved. Create a free chart

A table planner for any event, table by table.

Paste your attendee list, set how many tables and how many seats at each, and arrange seating by hand — or add rules and let the solver work out who sits where.

🔒 Runs in your browser. Nothing is ever uploaded.

Arranging
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Click a seat, then click another to swap them.

Saved charts — local to this device

Save & reopen this later — $7.99 for one project, or $39 for unlimited.

Your rules — 0Smart seating

Add a rule below — e.g. keep two people apart, or seat someone at the head table.

For events where the seating chart is actually a decision

A sponsor dinner where two competing companies both bought tables. A conference banquet where the keynote speaker needs to be near the organizers, not lost at table 14. A fundraiser gala where the board wants specific donors seated together. These aren't wedding problems, but they're the same kind of problem — a rule about who goes where, checked against everyone else's seat at the same time, instead of worked out by hand on a printed floor plan the night before.

Headcounts for this kind of event tend to move right up to the day of, between late registrations and no-shows. Adjust the attendee list or table sizes and regenerate — whatever rules you've already set still hold, so a last-minute change doesn't mean rebuilding the whole layout.

Same engine, built for what you're arranging

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Questions people actually ask

No — it works for any table-based event: banquets, galas, fundraisers, conferences, award dinners. "Tables" mode doesn't assume any particular occasion.

Yes — add a "Different tables" rule between any two people, useful for keeping competitors, rival departments, or anyone else apart at a professional event.

Yes — a "Head table" rule places that person there automatically alongside any other rules you set.

Saved charts live in one browser, so plan on one device — or export a PDF once the layout's final and share that with your team.

No. The whole planner runs in your browser tab, and your attendee list never leaves your device.