Most couples overspend.
Spreadsheets and free apps don’t warn you that your NYC venue’s “$12,000” quote becomes $17,420 after 22% service charge, 8.875% sales tax, and 18% gratuity. Without real data, you’re guessing — and in the US, guessing is especially expensive.
Three steps to a complete budget.
No templates. No formulas. Just answer, review, and plan.
Answer 7 quick questions
Your names, date, city, guests, budget, and priorities. Under two minutes.
Each answer triggers real-time market intelligence — seasonal pricing, regional benchmarks, and per-guest economics.
Get your personalized budget
400+ line items across 22 categories, all estimated using real market data from your city.
Hidden costs are pre-included. Every number is anchored to researched vendor pricing in your market.
Plan, compare, decide
Track vendors, compare quotes fairly, manage payments, and plan together.
The AI Copilot answers questions with real cards — not text. "Is this quote fair?" shows a market position bar.
See how couples stay in control.
Real product UI with verified NYC wedding pricing — service charge, sales tax, and gratuity modelled separately.
The 3-column ledger: baseline estimates, your adjustments, and actual costs — all inline editable.
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
Full interactive budget
22 categories, 400+ line items — all pre-built with regional pricing from your city.
AI Copilot
Ask questions, get charts and cards with action buttons — vendor analysis and comparisons.
Hidden cost detection
Service charges, vendor tips, dress alterations — 33 traps the engine flags automatically.
Payment tracking
Every deposit and balance across all vendors. Reminders and cash flow visualization.
Partner collaboration
Both partners see the same budget in real-time with activity feeds and shared editing.
Export to PDF & CSV
Take your budget anywhere. Share with planners, venues, or family — beautifully formatted.
Beyond spreadsheets. Beyond free apps.
Linden does what Google Sheets and The Knot cannot.
One price. Pay once. Optional Copilot+ add-on.
Linden is a one-time unlock — $89 early access (rising to $109 after the first 100 customers). No subscription. Service charge, sales tax, and gratuity are pre-modelled for every line item.
Lifetime access. All features. All updates.
Common questions.
Can't I just use ChatGPT or Claude for this?
You can ask an AI chatbot for wedding budget advice, but it can't remember your budget between conversations, track your payments, compare vendor quotes with real data, or let your partner collaborate. Linden uses AI under the hood, but the value is in persistent structured data and regional pricing.
What cities do you support?
Verified pricing for NYC, LA, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, San Francisco, Austin, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle — plus 115+ more markets.
Is this a subscription?
Linden is a one-time unlock — $89 early access (rising to $109 once the first 100 customers clear). Lifetime access to all features and future updates. Copilot+ is a separate optional monthly add-on ($19/mo) for unlimited AI chat; most couples never need it.
What if I'm not happy?
60-day money-back guarantee. Use Linden for 60 days — if you haven't saved at least $500 on your budget or haven't completed your full plan, email hello@linden.app. No form, no questions.
Can my partner use it too?
Yes — one payment covers both. Full editing access, real-time sync, and activity feed.
How is the budget calculated?
An 11-layer pricing engine: city multipliers, seasonal and day-of-week adjustments, sales tax, service charges, gratuity, hidden-cost warnings, and risk scoring — calibrated against verified vendor pricing in your US market.
Does it handle sales tax and service charges?
Yes. Linden's pricing engine models base price + venue service charge (typically 18–25%) + state sales tax + gratuity for every relevant line item. No US wedding tool does this correctly by default.
What's the difference between Linden and a wedding planner?
A wedding planner costs $2,000–$10,000 and takes over coordination of your day. Linden is a tool that helps you plan it yourselves — budget, comparisons, tracking. Many couples use both: Linden for the money, a planner for the day itself.
