Booksui vs Curate · checked 2026-10-26
The Curate alternative built for wedding florists
Curate is built for florists and event designers, with visual proposals at its center. Booksui is a wedding business CRM that speaks florist: a pipeline from consultation and design proposal to final numbers, install and strike, with each piece’s recipe on the job and the order recounted when the guest count changes.
Curate is known for proposal and business software for florists and event designers: visual proposals with menu options and optional pricing, recipes, and a client portal. The table below sets Booksui’s own features next to that, in plain terms.
| Topic | Booksui | Curate |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Wedding and event vendors, each trade with its own pipeline. A florist’s runs inquiry → consultation → design proposal → booked → design & sourcing → final numbers → install day → strike & returns. | Florists and event designers. |
| Proposals | Personals, ceremony pieces, tables and installs as priced line items, with optional upgrades the couple can tick. | Visual proposals with menu options and optional pricing. |
| Recipes and orders | Each piece’s flowers, stems and cost on the job; the tables, the wholesale order, your cost and the price recount from the guest count. | Recipes and ordering built around the proposal. |
| The inquiry | A shared inbox where a website inquiry, its email replies and private team notes sit on one thread next to the event details, and replies to what you send come back to the same conversation. | Leads that convert into proposal templates. |
| Getting paid | Invoices with a dated payment schedule and a reminder for each payment. Clients pay the way you accept (bank transfer, Venmo, Zelle, cash) and tell you on the pay page when they have; you confirm it. | Payments through its platform. |
| Price | Starter is $12/mo with no card (2 photo and video galleries, 1 booking page, 10 active inquiries). Pro $24/mo, Studio $49/mo, Agency $99/mo. 30-day refund on your first paid month. | Set by Curate and changed by Curate; their current pricing page is the only honest source, so this page does not quote it. |
Who switches, and why
- Florists who want the inquiry, contract and invoices handled in a CRM the photographers and planners they work with use too.
- Florists who need final numbers to update the order without a spreadsheet.
What you keep
- Your clients: the contact list comes across by CSV.
- Your pieces and recipes, entered once on the first job.
What changes
- Proposals are line items rather than a visual mood-board layout.
- Each wedding moves through florist phases with checklists for final numbers, install and strike.
How the move happens
- 1Export your client contacts from Curate as a CSV. If your account has no export, a spreadsheet of names and emails imports the same way.
- 2In Booksui, Import → Upload CSV; check the column matching and confirm. Orders, appointments and invoices stay in Curate.
- 3Pick florist during onboarding so the florist pipeline, proposals, the floral agreement and questionnaires are installed.
- 4Point your website inquiry form at Booksui.
When Curate is the better choice
If your sale depends on a highly visual, mood-board style proposal, Curate is built around that and Booksui’s line-item proposals are plainer. Booksui suits a florist who wants the inquiry, recipes, final numbers and paperwork in one CRM shared with the rest of the wedding team.
Questions
- Can I keep recipes in Booksui?
- Yes. Each piece on the job carries its flowers, stems and cost per stem, and the wholesale order adds them up.
- Can I import from Curate?
- There is no dedicated import. Client contacts come across by CSV; proposals and recipes do not.
- Is there a trial?
- Yes: 14 days on any plan with a card on file, nothing charged until it ends; limits are on the pricing page.
Curate’s pricing and feature set are set by Curate, change over time, and are worth checking on their own site — this page reflects Booksui’s own features accurately and describes Curate in general, well-known terms rather than a line-by-line audit of their current product.