Booksui vs Current RMS · checked 2026-10-26
The Current RMS alternative built for lighting and AV companies and event rental companies
Current RMS manages the equipment and the crew behind AV and production rentals. Booksui is a wedding and event CRM that speaks lighting and rentals: the site visit, the proposal, the venue’s power and load-in answers, the cues, and the paperwork, on the job.
Current RMS is known for cloud rental management for AV, production and event companies: inventory, quoting, crew and vehicle scheduling, and invoicing. The table below sets Booksui’s own features next to that, in plain terms.
| Topic | Booksui | Current RMS |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Wedding and event vendors, each trade with its own pipeline. A lighting and AV company’s runs inquiry → site visit → proposal → booked → plot & programming → final plan → event day → load-out & returns. | AV, production and event rental companies. |
| Equipment and crew | A packing checklist per job, ticked packed and loaded; no stock or crew scheduling across jobs. | Its core: rental inventory plus crew and vehicle scheduling. |
| The venue | A venue, power and load-in questionnaire and a lighting cues questionnaire keep the answers on the job. | Opportunity and project records. |
| Proposals and contracts | Wedding lighting, uplighting and corporate AV proposals; a lighting and AV agreement with an equipment addendum, signed on the client’s phone. | Quotes, orders and invoices. |
| 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. | Invoicing from the order. |
| 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 Current RMS and changed by Current RMS; their current pricing page is the only honest source, so this page does not quote it. |
Who switches, and why
- Wedding lighting and uplighting companies whose work is decided at the venue and with the couple, more than in the warehouse.
- AV companies that want the client side handled in a CRM the planners and DJs they work with use too.
What you keep
- Your clients: the contact list comes across by CSV.
- Your packages and technician rates, on the price sheet.
What changes
- No inventory or crew scheduling; Booksui keeps a packing list per job instead.
- Each job moves through lighting phases with checklists from the site visit to load-out.
How the move happens
- 1Export your client contacts from Current RMS 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 Current RMS.
- 3Pick lighting and AV during onboarding so the pipeline, proposals, agreement and venue questionnaires are installed.
- 4Point your website inquiry form at Booksui.
When Current RMS is the better choice
If you run a warehouse of fixtures and a crew roster across many shows, Current RMS is built for that and Booksui does not do it. Booksui suits a wedding lighting or AV company whose hard part is the couple, the venue and the paperwork.
Questions
- Does Booksui schedule crew and vehicles?
- No. It keeps the job, the venue answers and a packing list; crew and vehicle scheduling stays in a rental system.
- Can I import from Current RMS?
- There is no dedicated import. Client contacts come across by CSV.
- 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.
Current RMS’s pricing and feature set are set by Current RMS, change over time, and are worth checking on their own site — this page reflects Booksui’s own features accurately and describes Current RMS in general, well-known terms rather than a line-by-line audit of their current product.