Total Party Planner Reviews & Product Details

Sell More Catering In Less Time Without Spreadsheets Using Simple Software. Total Party Planner catering software eliminates manual documents and spreadsheets with an easy-to-use all-in-one web-based catering software solution. You'll reduce errors, create and send Proposals faster, streamline internal communications, and manage costs.

Seller

Computica

Discussions

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Languages Supported

English

Solution Type

Best-of-Breed

Overview by

John Cohen (Founder & President)

Pricing

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$119.00

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$299.00

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User Insights

Average based on 39 real user reviews.

Typical contract price

$0k - $0k

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Last updated: Nov 04, 2026

What is Total Party Planner, and what problem is it built to solve?

Total Party Planner is catering and event management software designed to help catering businesses organize day-to-day operations. It brings together event management, customer relationships, billing, and scheduling.

What languages does Total Party Planner support?

Total Party Planner supports 1 language: English.

What company sizes and industries is Total Party Planner the best fit for?

Total Party Planner appears best suited to catering and event teams in small businesses and mid-market organizations. Positive users are concentrated in these company-size and industry segments:

Company size: Small businesses and mid-market organizations.
Industry: Hospitality, food and beverages, and events services.

What customer support options does Total Party Planner provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

Support is available through channels including email/help desk, phone, and chat. The support experience is often described as responsive and helpful, though getting fixes or requested updates can sometimes take longer than users would like.

What features or capabilities could make Total Party Planner even more useful?

The most useful improvements would make reporting easier, working on mobile more practical, and client proposals more flexible and visually polished.

Reporting: Add a more flexible report-writing experience that makes it easier to find and combine the information teams need.
Mobile use: Improve the app and cross-platform experience so teams can work more easily while away from a desktop.
Proposals: Expand design options, including more ways to use photos and create polished, customized proposals.

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Meagan C.

Chef

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/6/2023

"TPP-Totally Perfect Planning"

5/5

What do you like best about Total Party Planner?

I love that everything is all in one spot or can be integrated into your favorite applications. TPP is customizable for our brand and has made all correspondence with clients standardized and professional. When we use all the features, there is a piece of TPP Software that will touch each of the business and execution of any event. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Total Party Planner?

If I had to select any downside, and I would like to say, I'm just being honest, if you are planning to get TPP or any software really...we did not take the time to set it up the way we wanted with all the data entry required to make it work at 100%. It is a lengthy process, but customer service is always willing to help. If you have someone on your team that is computer and software savvy, you may not even have this issue at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael S.

Social Media Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/8/2022

"It has literally everything a caterer would need!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Total Party Planner?

Once you build up your inventory of recipes/items, everything works like a breeze! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Total Party Planner?

If there is a new recipe, it can take a few attempts and tweaking to get it just right so it scales up and down correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Denise K.

Catering Sales Manager

8/26/2021

"Great Solutions for Catering needs"

5/5

What do you like best about Total Party Planner?

everything except the fact that you cant do inventory Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Total Party Planner?

you have no way of doing inventory even though you entered all of the information - it just needs to be formatted Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Music

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/26/2019

"Total Party Planner"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Total Party Planner?

Wide variety of features available that we needed such as financial costs, menu prices and events handling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Total Party Planner?

The product needs to work better with cross platform usage such as Android and iOS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mandy E.

Event Manager/Designer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/4/2019

"Strong Event Building Software"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Total Party Planner?

This program has empowered our team to build events that are customized and uniquely tailored to each of our clients. The client-side interface for proposals is personal and professional, and the internal worksheets are a great tool for our team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Total Party Planner?

It lacks the ability to prioritize the order that event contacts are displayed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Total Party Planner:

The support team has been really great to work with. I would recommend reaching out to them to communicate the needs of your business to best understand how this software may accommodate those needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Total Party Planner solving and how is that benefiting you?

This has given us the ability to equip our team and our clients for the preparation and execution of events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kari D.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/25/2018

"Efficient and Organized"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Total Party Planner?

I love the team at TPP and how quickly they reply to all questions and/or suggested updates. John and his team take great care of our employees and I know that no matter the update or suggestion they will always reply quickly. I also appreciate their willingness to listen to our updates we would like to see. TPP really cares about their customers and want to make sure everyone is happy and it shows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Total Party Planner?

TPP is amazing with our teams suggested updates. However, since a lot of the updates are completely custom and/or are on the radar for future updates it can sometimes take months or a year for updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Total Party Planner:

I would highly recommend reaching out to the TPP team and see how they can help make your company more efficient and organized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Total Party Planner solving and how is that benefiting you?

TPP has saved us a lot of time with quantifying food orders, rentals we own in house as well as bar and beverage products. We have become more organized and more efficient since using TPP. We also have become more green by doing more things electronically instead of by hand and printing everything. Our goal as a company is to start doing everything through TPP and we are excited for what the future holds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brittany B.

Event Coordinator

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/24/2018

"Catering Software"

4/5

What do you like best about Total Party Planner?

TPP is generally easy to use. I like that once I've built a proposal for a client, everything for that client is in one place and easy to access. I also like that I can set reminders for myself, or send tasks to others in my office regarding individual events. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Total Party Planner?

TPP has some functionality issues they need to update at a faster pace, and I wish there was a more cohesive app so that I could use it on the go. It's almost impossible to use on a smart phone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Total Party Planner:

I think TPP is much more user friendly than a lot of other catering software out there, but still has a ways to go. If you're expecting to use it day-to-day on a desktop, you're in great shape. If you're constantly on the go, it may not be the best option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Total Party Planner solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our team has spent the past year putting all recipes into TPP so that quantifying and ordering is streamlined. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Colbert C.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/24/2018

"Best tool for caterers"

4/5

What do you like best about Total Party Planner?

Functionality for all of our different departments - everyone in our company can use it. It is easy to use and the proposal format is clean and easy for our clients to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Total Party Planner?

We have made requests for updates/fixes to some functions and the response time seems very long. Would also love to see a more usable/editable app. Would also love to see an "upgraded" beautifully formatted proposal option that incorporates photos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Total Party Planner:

Explore functionality in all departments of your company - there is so much available that may not be apparent on the surface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Total Party Planner solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have been able to have our coordinators complete all of their event notes and print the entire captain's packet right from TPP. This has been a great time saver for us! Our venue manager has also been able to keep notes about our 70+ venues that our coordinators can access before creating proposals. Being able to send contract and receive deposits through TPP has also been a game changer for us, saving our coordinators lots of time! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lindsey G.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/24/2018

"Total Party Planner Review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Total Party Planner?

Total party planner has been wonderful for our company to work with. We are on the beta team and so they have literally catered to us in terms of developing custom reports that fit our needs as a company. I love being web based so that I can literally work any where, and I think they have done a great job improving and changing with demands over the years! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Total Party Planner?

I think that sometimes it can take a long time to get issues resolved, but I know they are crazy busy- which is great for them. Also, I wish there was a way to get more photographs into the proposal. We have taken to using publisher to make a separate template and then we merge the docs for higher level proposals, and I'd love to cut that extra step! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Total Party Planner solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our receivables are cleaner and more in order than they ever have been before! With the option to send clients a secure payment link, it makes life SO much easier for us and for them! I also love the e-sign function, which enables clients to sign off on our contracts with the click of a button. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anthony L.

Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/24/2018

"Awesome product and service"

5/5

What do you like best about Total Party Planner?

The team at TPP is always willing to listen to our ideas to make the software better and they do a great job of continuing to improve their product on their own. We have really enjoyed how user friendly the software is. We also feel that it has capacity to do even more than we are utilizing it for, which is great for our growth as a company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Total Party Planner?

I think they could improve on the way that proposals are presented and making it easier to make them creative and beautiful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Total Party Planner:

I would highly recommend Total Party Planner. They have dedicated people that make their service second to none and the product more than meets the needs of most caterers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Total Party Planner solving and how is that benefiting you?

TPP has improved our internal efficiencies 10 fold. We utilize the program for almost everything we do and it has saved us a ton of time by streamlining processes and manual work that previously took a ridiculous number of hours. We now use TPP to automate our pack lists, menu production sheets, ordering guides, event packets and staff requests. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.