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About Setnayan
What is Setnayan?
Setnayan (SET-na-yan, from Tagalog "Set na 'yan." — "that's all set.") is the Philippines-first life-events platform — one free account to plan each occasion, run the day, and keep it for life. Weddings are the deepest surface, and the same tools run debuts, christenings, birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, reunions, corporate events, wakes and more. Planning is free with no guest limit; couples book verified Filipino suppliers at 0% commission and pay them directly; and everything a couple creates gathers into one living memory (Memories) they keep.
How much does Setnayan cost?
Couples start free (planning workspace: schedule, budget, guest list, seat plan, mood board, plus marketplace browse with a match preview). The paid planner is Setnayan AI, a one-time purchase that unlocks the full planner with access through your wedding day. Individual services and the Setnayan AI rate are listed on the Pricing page. Supplier side: Verified is free during launch, with Pro and Enterprise subscription tiers billed per 28-day prepaid block. 0% commission on supplier bookings — couples pay their suppliers directly and Setnayan never sits between them at checkout. Suppliers pay a booking fee to Setnayan only on couples we introduce; it is charged to the supplier, never added to what a couple pays, and their own and repeat clients stay free. See setnayan.com/pricing for current rates.
Is Setnayan free for couples?
Starting is free, with no card and no guest limit. The schedule, budget, guest list, seat plan and its 3D walkthrough, mood board, RSVP with a QR code for every guest, and the Event Hub with unlimited RSVP are all free with every account, plus marketplace browse and a preview of your supplier matches. Optional paid software — Setnayan AI (a one-time purchase with access through your event date), the Live Studio multi-camera control room, Papic top-ups, Event Hub PRO and more — is priced individually. You only pay for what you choose to add. Current rates are on setnayan.com/pricing.
Does Setnayan take commission on supplier bookings?
No. Couples pay 0% commission on every booking — they pay their suppliers directly, and Setnayan never touches that money. Suppliers pay 0% commission on every tier too. Separately, a supplier pays Setnayan a booking fee only on couples Setnayan introduces: the first 5 are free, a supplier's own clients are always free, and the fee is never added to what a couple pays. Current rates are on setnayan.com/pricing. Setnayan's revenue is software couples choose to buy (Setnayan AI, Papic, Live Studio, Event Hub PRO and more), supplier plans, and that booking fee.
What is Setnayan AI?
Setnayan's assisted-planning tier — a one-time purchase that unlocks the full planner with access through your event date (current rate on setnayan.com/pricing). Matches, sorts, and cross-references suppliers against your date, budget, venue, guest count, religion, and reviews — and walks you through every decision from venue lock through thank-you cards, with religion-adaptive guidance and hard-floor deadlines specific to Filipino weddings (Pre-Cana, marriage license validity windows, sponsor coordination, etc.).
Does Setnayan support Filipino wedding customs?
Yes. Supports seven ceremony types (Catholic, Civil, INC, Christian, Muslim, Cultural, Mixed) and seven venue settings (banquet hall, garden, beach, destination, heritage, outdoor tent, civil registrar). More than 30 Filipino ceremony roles in the guest list, including principal sponsors, candle/veil/cord/coin sponsors, ninang, ninong, bearers, and Nikah roles. Multi-faith supplier compatibility tagging across a deep tree of supplier sub-categories.
What languages does Setnayan support?
English (primary across the marketing site and dashboards). Tagalog (TL) on dashboard surfaces. Cebuano (CEB) localization on the marketing site is on the V1.1 roadmap.
Where does Setnayan operate?
Philippines — Metro Manila (Quezon City, Makati, Pasig, Taguig, Manila), Cebu, Davao, Tagaytay, Iloilo, Baguio, Pampanga, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Bulacan, and any city where Filipino wedding suppliers serve.
Does Setnayan have a mobile app?
Web-first responsive site that works on iOS Safari and Chrome Android. Native iOS and Android shells via Expo are on the V1.5 roadmap.
How are suppliers verified on Setnayan?
Suppliers complete a business-legitimacy check plus a short video call with a Setnayan admin. Verification is free during launch — no listing fee and no badge fee.
What is Music Maker?
A custom Filipino-style song written for the couple — a one-time per-event purchase (current price on setnayan.com/pricing). Setnayan's music team writes original lyrics around the couple's love story, records the track, and delivers it for the ceremony or reception.
What is Papic?
Candid photo (and short-video) capture for your event. A few friends you pick — your photo crew — shoot freely from their phones, and you can also let every guest snap photos too. Everyone opens a simple camera from a QR link (no app to install); every shot lands in your private gallery in real time and is matched to the right guests, so each person gets the photos they're in — and untagged photos still land (Papic never drops one). Clips run up to 10 seconds, and optional face-matching (only with each guest's consent) auto-sorts photos to the people in them. Your gallery stays online — keep the originals by downloading them or syncing to your own Google Drive. There's a free tier to try it; current prices are on setnayan.com/pricing.
What is Live Studio?
Live streaming for your wedding, embedded directly on your Event Hub — one unlock covers the whole event, unlimited streams (current rate on setnayan.com/pricing). Guests and family who couldn't attend in person can watch the ceremony and reception live without leaving Setnayan.
What is Pakulay?
The visual mood board for your wedding — included free with every couple account. Three pillars: palette (colors), location feel (venue look + atmosphere), and dress codes (attire direction by role tier). Pakulay finalizes once and downstream services (catering, florals, attire, stationery) pull from the same locked vision.
How does Setnayan handle my privacy?
RA 10173 (Data Privacy Act of the Philippines) compliant. Guest list and event details are never publicly shared without your explicit opt-in. Real-wedding stories publish 30 days post-event only with explicit couple consent. National Privacy Commission registration in progress. DPO contact at dpo@setnayan.com.
How do I contact Setnayan support?
Send a message via the contact form below on this page — pick your role (couple, supplier, guest, or admin) and we'll route it to the right team. Response within 24 hours during business days. Privacy-related requests reach the DPO directly at dpo@setnayan.com.
When does Setnayan launch?
Setnayan is rolling out in phases — a pilot with a small family + friends cohort exercising the full payment cycle on real weddings, followed by public launch alongside the founder's own wedding, the first event shipped through the platform end-to-end. See setnayan.com for the latest launch status.
What is the best free Filipino wedding planner app?
Setnayan is a free, Philippines-first planner that keeps the whole wedding in one account: a guest list with no guest limit and more than 30 Filipino ceremony roles, RSVP with a QR code for every guest, a seat plan with a free 3D walkthrough of your reception, a budget in pesos, the day’s schedule, a mood board, and an Event Hub for your save-the-date and RSVP. No card and no trial clock. Couples book verified Filipino suppliers at 0% commission and pay them directly. Optional upgrades — guest photo capture, livestream, an AI planner — are priced individually at setnayan.com/pricing.
How do I organize a wedding guest list with ninongs and ninangs?
Give each guest a role and let the list sort itself. Setnayan’s free guest list has more than 30 Filipino ceremony roles built in — principal sponsors (ninong and ninang), candle, veil, cord and coin sponsors, ring, bible and coin bearers, flower girl, maid or matron of honor, best man, bridesmaids, groomsmen, officiant, readers, and Nikah roles. The list orders itself bride first, then groom, then by role, and you can filter to just the sponsors, the wedding party or the bearers. Type a name with its side and group in one line, or import your spreadsheet as CSV. Each guest gets a personal QR for RSVP, seating and photos.
Is there a free digital seating plan and budget tracker in pesos?
Yes — on Setnayan both are free, with no guest limit. The seat plan lays out tables, the head table and the dance floor, and 3D Plan stands the same layout up into a room you can walk in your browser — also free — so you can check sightlines and aisle space before the day. The budget tracker works in Philippine pesos. Both read from the same guest list and the same supplier ledger, so the numbers stay in step.
Where can I find verified Filipino wedding suppliers with no commission?
Setnayan’s marketplace lists Filipino suppliers who each passed a business-legitimacy check and a video call with a Setnayan admin, and it shows their real business name. Browsing is free and open to anyone. Couples pay 0% commission: you pay suppliers directly, and nothing you pay them comes back to Setnayan. Save two suppliers to compare them side by side — location, rating, services and distance from your venue — then message them from Setnayan, where a supplier sees your event’s name and date, never your email.
What is a free alternative to paid wedding website builders in the Philippines?
Setnayan’s Event Hub is free with unlimited RSVP. It holds your save-the-date, your RSVP, the day’s details — when, where, dress code, directions — and your love story, laid out like a magazine feature instead of a form. Guests RSVP with one tap and you see the count in real time beside your guest list and seat plan. The same Event Hub later carries your guest gallery and your livestream. An optional PRO upgrade removes the Setnayan watermark and adds a cinematic save-the-date reveal.
Can I use Setnayan for a debut, christening or other event?
Yes. The same free planning tools run every event type Setnayan offers — weddings, debuts, christenings, birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, reunions, corporate events, gala nights, wakes and more. And for the people you celebrate with again and again, a group gives your barkada, clan or parish its own space: short stories that disappear after 24 hours, one group chat, and the events you plan together.
What happens if the wedding venue has no signal?
Your photos are safe. Papic saves every shot on the phone that took it and sends it by itself once the signal comes back, so a dropped connection never loses a photo. Your guest list, RSVPs and seat plan are all settled before the day. Live Studio is the one part that needs a working connection, because a livestream travels over the internet as it happens — check the venue’s signal or Wi-Fi before the day.
What if some guests, like a lola or ninong, don’t use smartphones?
They don’t need to. You can add every guest to the list yourself and record their RSVP for them, so your headcount and seat plan still include everyone. At the door, your coordinator finds a guest by typing their name — there is no QR they have to scan. Guests who do use a phone need no app and no account: the invitation, the RSVP and the photo camera all open in the browser from a link or a QR code.
Will Setnayan slow down when many guests upload photos at once?
Uploads are built to spread the load. Each phone shrinks its photos and videos before sending them, so guests send far less than the original file size and use less mobile data, and every file goes straight to storage rather than waiting in line behind one server. If a phone loses signal partway, the photo waits on that phone and sends when the connection returns.
How is Setnayan different from free wedding apps, Google Sheets or a shared Drive?
Everything the free tools do, Setnayan also does for free: a guest list with no limit (import your spreadsheet as CSV), RSVP, a seat plan, a budget in pesos and a schedule — in one account, where each part reads the same guest list, so a change in one place shows up everywhere. What a spreadsheet or a Drive link cannot do is run the day itself: your guests’ phones become one photo crew filling one gallery, and family abroad can watch the ceremony live. Those day-of tools are optional and priced individually on setnayan.com/pricing.
Got an invite?
How to open your Setnayan invite
Scan the QR code on your invitation card with your phone's camera. It opens your personal page at setnayan.com/e/[the-couple-slug]/g/[your-code]. Bookmark it — that's your one place for everything about the event (schedule, venue, RSVP, your seat).
How to RSVP
Tap the RSVP button on your personal page. Pick Yes, No, or Maybe. If your invite allows a plus-one, add their name. You can change your answer up to the couple's RSVP cutoff (usually 1-2 weeks before).
Meal preferences and dietary notes
If the couple is asking about meals (regular, vegetarian, halal, etc.), pick yours when you RSVP. It feeds into the caterer's count so there's something for you on the day. There's a free-text note for allergies or "I cannot have shellfish".
I lost my invite link
Reach out to the couple — they can re-issue your QR from the Invitation admin. Your old link stops working immediately and you get a fresh one. Setnayan support cannot share invite links directly; the couple controls the guest list.
On the day
Find your seat
From T-1 hour on the wedding day, your personal page shows a 'Your table' card with the table number, a small venue map, and (if uploaded) a seat photo. No need to ask the host — open the page and head straight there.
What's happening right now
The Live schedule card auto-advances as the day moves — ceremony, cocktails, dinner, dances, send-off. You always know what's next and roughly when. Available T-1 hour to T+8 hours.
Share photos with the couple
If the couple has Photo Wall enabled, your phone becomes a photo uploader. Upload from your camera roll or take a new shot — it lands in the couple's gallery for everyone to enjoy. Optional and you can delete anything you uploaded.
Papic — candid photos
What is Papic?
Papic turns the phones at your wedding into candid cameras. You get one pot of credits for the whole event, and any guest can shoot from it — they scan your event QR and start, with no limit on how many phones join in. Your first celebration starts with 50 credits free, so you can try it before deciding to add any. If you want to be sure someone in particular never runs out, you can set aside some of your credits for their camera alone, where nobody else can spend them; when those run out, that camera simply carries on from the shared pot. Cameras themselves are free and you can make as many as you like. Every shot lands in your private gallery, each guest can find the photos they're in, and there's no app to install — it all runs in the browser.
How do I turn on Papic and hand out cameras?
Open your dashboard → Studio → Papic. It's already on: every wedding gets one free camera of its own, and your first celebration also starts with a free pool of credits — so there is nothing to buy before you try it. To let guests shoot, share your event QR — any phone that scans it shoots from the shared pool, and there's no limit on how many join. To give one person their own camera, hand them that camera's link (or QR) from the same page; their credits come out of that camera's own balance, not the shared pool, so they can't be used up by anyone else. You can hand a camera to someone else at any time, and top up either the shared pool or a single camera whenever you want — current prices are on setnayan.com/pricing.
How do my photos get matched to the right guests?
Two ways, both automatic. (1) Face matching: guests who add a selfie are recognized in candid shots, and those photos appear in their 'Photos of you'. (2) QR scan: your crew can scan a guest's invitation QR or a table sign to mark who's in a shot. Either way, every photo reaches your gallery — tagged or not. Face matching is private and per-wedding: a guest's face data is never shared or reused across events, and it only works with the guest's consent.
Where do I find and download all my Papic photos?
Dashboard → Studio → Papic → Gallery. Every candid from your crew and guests is there — filter by 'Photos of us', videos, or untagged. Save any photo to your phone with one tap, or use 'Download all' to pull the whole gallery as a zip. You can also connect Google Drive to auto-sync everything to your own Drive.
Guest: how do I take candid photos for the couple?
If the couple turned on guest cameras, open your invitation link and tap 'Be a candid camera'. Point and shoot — every photo lands straight in the couple's gallery in real time. No sign-in, no app. You have a set number of shots; the counter shows how many you have left. After a shot you can also tell the couple the story behind it.
Guest: how do I make sure I get my photos? (add your face)
When you RSVP, tap 'Add your photo' and take one selfie (you'll be asked to agree first — it's optional). That lets the candid photos of you find their way to you automatically, under 'Photos of you' on your page. On the wedding day you can also add it from the 'Add your face' card if you skipped it. No selfie? You'll still get any photo where the crew scans your invitation QR.
Guest: where do I find the photos I'm in?
On the wedding day (from about an hour before it starts), open your personal invitation page and look for 'Photos of you — so far'. As the crew and guests shoot, the photos you're in collect there through the day — and they're yours to keep afterward. You show up there once you've added a selfie, or once someone scans your invitation QR onto a photo.
Crew: I was asked to shoot — how does it work?
The couple sent you a camera link. Open it on your phone and tap to claim it — your phone is now a candid camera for their wedding. Shoot photos and clips of up to 10 seconds; everything uploads to their gallery automatically. Your camera shows how many shots it has left, and the couple can top it up. To mark who's in a shot, tap 'Tag who's in it' and hold a guest's place-card QR or a table sign in frame — no typing. If you don't tag, the photo still reaches the couple.
How do I make sure one person never runs out of shots?
Set some of your credits aside for their camera. Everything you buy goes into one pot that every guest shoots from, which is usually what you want — but a few enthusiastic guests can spend a lot of it, and you might have someone in mind who you'd rather not have run dry: the cousin who actually frames a photo, or your maid of honour. On your Papic page, find their camera and type how many shots are theirs alone. Those leave the shared pot and nobody else can touch them. If they don't use them all, you can take the unused ones back at any time — just type a smaller number. And if they DO use them all, their camera doesn't stop: it carries on from the shared pot like everyone else's. So setting shots aside is a guarantee, never a limit. Cameras are free and you can make as many as you like, so there's no cost to giving several people their own.
How do shots work, and how do I add more?
Everything Papic captures is counted in shots. 1 photo = 1 credit, and a snippet (10 seconds) = 8 credits — a clip costs more because it is a lot more to keep. They come out of one purse, so there's no separate photo and video allowance to juggle: shoot more clips and you'll get fewer photos out of the same balance, which is why we don't promise you an exact number of each. Every wedding gets one free camera with credits of its own, and your first celebration also starts with a free shared pool. When something runs low, top it up from your dashboard → Studio → Papic: add to the shared pool for the whole celebration, or reload one camera on its own. Top-ups stack on whatever your wedding already holds — they never replace it — and current prices are on setnayan.com/pricing. Guests can also top up the pool or their own camera themselves from the camera screen, if you'd rather not.
Reach the team
Send us a note and we’ll reply to the email you provide. Useful for anything not covered above — billing questions, vendor onboarding, custom quotes, bug reports.