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About Setnayan
What is Setnayan?
Setnayan (SET-na-yan, from Tagalog "Set na 'yan" — "that's all set") is a Philippines-first platform for life's events: one free account to plan each one, run the day and keep it for life. It runs weddings, debuts, christenings, birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, reunions, corporate events, wakes and more. Planning is free with no guest limit, you book verified Filipino suppliers at 0% commission and pay them directly, and everything you make gathers into your Memories.
How much does Setnayan cost?
Planning is free: schedule, budget, guest list, seat plan, mood board, and marketplace browse with a match preview. For an event there are three optional paid plans, Event Plus, Event Pro and Event Ultra — Setnayan AI comes inside all three — and each other service is priced on its own; current rates are on setnayan.com/pricing. Couples pay 0% commission on supplier bookings — they pay suppliers directly. Suppliers: Verified is free, for good, with Supplier Plus, Supplier Pro and Supplier Ultra plans — see setnayan.com/for-suppliers.
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 plans and services — Event Plus, Event Pro and Event Ultra (all three include Setnayan AI), the Live Watch multi-camera control room, Papic credit packs and more — are priced individually. You only pay for what you choose to add. Current rates are on setnayan.com/pricing.
What do Event Plus, Event Pro and Event Ultra add?
They are the three optional paid plans for one event; planning stays free without them. Event Plus adds Setnayan AI — it tells you what is next and flags what is at risk — and Papic credits for your guests’ cameras, and the Setnayan watermark gives way to one small “Made with Setnayan”. Event Pro is everything in Event Plus with more Papic credits, and lets you design every part of your Event Hub: the reveal, background, photos, style, motion, logo and QR, music, prints, the after-the-event page and your address. It takes the Setnayan watermark off your Event Hub. Event Ultra is everything in Event Pro with the most Papic credits, plus Live Watch for one day, your full-size photos kept 12 months after the event instead of 3, and Patiktok. What you pay for Event Plus counts toward Event Pro, and moving from Event Plus or Event Pro to Event Ultra, you pay only the difference. 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. Setnayan earns from the optional plans and services couples choose to buy (Event Plus, Event Pro, Event Ultra, Papic, Live Watch and more) and from its services to suppliers. Current rates are on setnayan.com/pricing.
What is Setnayan AI?
Setnayan's assisted planner. It is not sold on its own: it comes with Event Plus, Event Pro and Event Ultra, through your event date (current rates on setnayan.com/pricing). It matches suppliers to your date, budget, venue, guest count, religion and reviews, and walks you through each decision, from the venue to thank-you cards, with faith-specific steps and deadlines (for a Filipino wedding: Pre-Cana, marriage licence windows, sponsors).
Does Setnayan support Filipino wedding customs?
Yes. Ceremony types include Catholic, Civil, INC, Christian, Muslim, cultural and mixed ceremonies, among others. You set where the ceremony is — a church, chapel, mosque, temple, the civil registrar and more — and the reception’s setting: banquet hall, events place, restaurant, garden, beach, destination, heritage or outdoor tent. 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?
Setnayan is in English. The feature pages also have Tagalog versions.
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 Filipino suppliers serve.
Does Setnayan have a mobile app?
Setnayan works on your phone. Open setnayan.com in Safari on iPhone or Chrome on Android and add it to your home screen — it then opens full screen, like an app, with nothing to download. On a computer, there is a desktop app for Mac and Windows at setnayan.com/download.
How are suppliers verified on Setnayan?
Suppliers complete a business-legitimacy check plus a short video call with a Setnayan admin. Verification is free, for good — no listing fee and no badge fee.
What is Music Maker?
A custom Filipino-style song made for the couple — written from what you already told us about your story, and yours to keep for the ceremony or reception. A one-time per-event purchase (current price on setnayan.com/pricing).
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 Memories 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 Memories stay online — keep the originals by downloading them or syncing to your own Google Drive. Cameras are free and unlimited; every photo uses credits. Free credits come on your first event, and more are priced on setnayan.com/pricing.
What is Live Watch?
Live streaming for your event, embedded directly on your Event Hub. Streaming one camera is included. Live Watch adds all your cameras with a one-time unlock that stays with the event, with 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?
Pakulay is the Mood Board: your event’s colours and what each role wears, free with every account. Set it in Event Hub › Dress code. Each guest sees their own role’s dress code on your Event Hub, and the 3D seat plan dresses them in it.
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 stories publish 30 days after the event only with explicit couple consent. Setnayan sets essential cookies only — no analytics, advertising or tracking cookies — and lists every one at setnayan.com/cookies. National Privacy Commission registration in progress. DPO contact at dpo@setnayan.com.
How do I contact Setnayan support?
Send a message with the contact form at the bottom of setnayan.com/help — pick what it is about (couple, supplier, guest, billing, a bug, an idea or something else) and it reaches the Setnayan team. Privacy-related requests reach the DPO directly at dpo@setnayan.com.
Is Setnayan open now?
Yes. Anyone can sign up free at setnayan.com and start planning any event type Setnayan offers, and suppliers can open a shop from setnayan.com/for-suppliers.
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 paid plans — Event Plus, Event Pro and Event Ultra, all with the Setnayan AI planner — and services like the livestream are priced 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 Memories and your livestream. With Event Plus, an optional paid plan, the watermark gives way to one small “Made with Setnayan”; Event Pro takes the Setnayan mark off entirely 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 gather 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 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 Watch 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 planner 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 set of Memories, 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 own personal invitation page. Bookmark it — that's your one place for everything about the event (schedule, venue, RSVP, your seat).
How to RSVP
Open your invitation and tap Reply on the Will you join us? card. Pick your answer, name your plus-ones if you may bring any, and send. You can change your reply with Change my reply until the couple’s reply-by date.
Where is my ticket?
Open your invitation and tap Save my ticket. It carries your own QR code — show this at the door. On an iPhone you can also tap Add to Apple Wallet to keep it there.
Meal preferences and dietary notes
If the couple asks about meals, your reply has a meal choice — no preference, beef, chicken, fish, vegetarian, vegan or a kids’ meal — and a box for dietary notes like halal or allergies. The couple sees it on their guest list.
I lost my invite link
Message the couple. They can send your link again from their guest list, or make you a new QR — the old link then stops working.
The Day
What should I wear?
Open your invitation and find Dress code. It shows what you wear for your own role, in the couple’s colours, with their do’s and don’ts. If the couple allows more than one outfit, wear any one of them in any of the colours shown.
Find your seat
On the day, your invitation shows Your seat with your table and a small map of the room. Before then it says Your seat shows on the day — unless the couple shows seats early.
What's happening right now
On the day, your invitation shows Happening now — what is on, and what is up next — so you never have to ask. Available from 6am on the day until 6am the morning after.
Share photos with the couple
On the day, Capture the day on your invitation lets you share photos from your camera roll, or be a candid camera for the couple. Everything goes straight to their Memories.
Papic — candid photos
How does Papic work at my event?
Papic turns the phones at your event into candid cameras. One pot of credits covers the whole event: any guest scans your event QR and shoots from it, with no limit on how many phones join. Cameras are free and unlimited; every photo uses credits. Free credits come on your first event, so you can try it first. Every shot lands in your private Memories, each guest can find the photos they're in, and there is nothing to install — it runs in the browser.
How do I turn on Papic and hand out cameras?
Papic is the Papic card in your event’s Memories. It switches on when your event’s date is set. 1. For guests: share your event QR. Any phone that scans it shoots from your shared credits. 2. For one person: hand them a camera’s own link or QR from the same card. It shoots from the same credits. Cameras are free and unlimited; every photo uses credits. Free credits come on your first event, so there is nothing to buy before you try it. Add more any time with Add more on the card — 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 'Memories 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 Memories — tagged or not. Face matching is private and per event: 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?
Open Memories in your event. Every candid from your crew and guests is there — search by who took it, a challenge or a place on your Event Hub. Save any photo to your phone with one tap, or use Download all to pull all your Memories as zip files.
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 in the couple's Memories as you take it. No sign-in, no app. The counter shows how many shots are left for everyone — or how many are left for you, if the couple set one for each guest. After a shot you can also tell the couple the story behind it.
Guest: can I add photos I took on my own phone?
Yes, if the couple allows it. Open your camera, tap your shots beside the shutter, then Add from your phone. Pick freely: the date each photo was taken is read on your phone, and only photos and videos from the event day go in — screenshots and photos sent over chat carry no date, so they can't go. Tap a photo to leave it out. A video goes up at 3 to 10 seconds: trim a longer one on your phone, and only the part you keep is sent. Each photo uses 3 credits of the couple's credits. If their credits have run out, the sheet says Out of Credits and nothing is sent. Some couples check guests' photos before they show — yours then appear once they keep them.
How do guests' phone photos reach my Memories — and can I check them first?
Guests can add photos and short videos they took on your event day from their own phones. Each photo uses 3 credits from your Papic credits, the same as a photo you add yourself. Choose when they show in Memories → Papic → Photos from guests' phones: Right away, or After I check. With After I check, each one waits out of sight; you check them on your Recap before you publish it — Keep or Leave out. A photo you leave out, or never check, stays out of your Recap and Memories, and its credits are not refunded. Turning off Adding photos by hand stops guests adding from their phones too.
Guest: how do I make sure I get my photos? (add your face)
When you reply, say yes to Want to be tagged in the photos? — it's optional. On the day, the camera asks you to Add your face so your photos find you: take one selfie, and the candid photos of you find their way to you under 'Memories of you' on your page. 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 day (from about an hour before it starts), open your personal invitation page and look for 'Memories 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 event. Shoot photos and clips of up to 10 seconds; everything uploads to their Memories automatically. Your camera shows how many shots are left in the couple's shared credits. 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?
Keep your shared credits topped up. Every camera — yours, your crew's and your guests' — shoots from one pot, so nobody can hold shots back for one person. Give the people you count on, like your maid of honor or the cousin who frames every photo, a camera of their own from the Papic card in Memories, and watch the shared balance there. You can also cap how many credits each guest may spend, naming the few who should have more. When it runs low, add credits to the pot from the Papic card in Memories with Add more; top-ups stack on what your event already holds. Cameras are free and you can make as many as you like.
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. Cameras are unlimited. Free credits come on your first event. When it runs low, tap Add more on the Papic card in Memories: it adds to the shared pool for the whole event. What you add stacks on whatever your event already holds — it never replaces it — and current prices are on setnayan.com/pricing.
Reach the team
Send us a note and we’ll reply to the email you provide. Useful for anything not covered above — billing questions, supplier onboarding, custom quotes, bug reports.