Gather vs Total Party Planner
No clear leader: Gather (66.9) and Total Party Planner (64.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for catering management. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Gather
Gather is a cloud-based virtual office platform that enables distributed teams to collaborate naturally through a shared digital space. Team members can see each other's availability, join conversations instantly, share screens, record meetings with AI-generated notes, and build team culture—all without the friction of constant meeting scheduling.
Total Party Planner
A web-based software suite that consolidates event logistics, invoicing, payment processing, staff scheduling, menu costing, and customer communication for catering service providers of all sizes.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Gather
From $12/member/month, 30-day free trial
- Essential$12/member/month
- Personalized virtual office
- Unlimited meetings and chat
- Meeting recordings
- AI meeting notes and transcriptions
- Meeting screen sharing
- +4 more
- CustomContact sales
- All Essential features
- Custom onboarding
- Larger customized spaces
- Hybrid solutions
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- +1 more
Total Party Planner
Monthly or annual subscriptions (10% discount annually) starting with Nibble tier; $299 one-time setup fee per plan
- Nibble1 included user; $25/month per additional user
- Feast2 included users; $25/month per additional user; includes CRM module
- Delicacy3 included users; $25/month per additional user; enterprise features
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Outlook
Gather
- Google Calendar
- GitHub
- Spotify
- Google Chrome Extension
- Outlook (planned)
- Google Chrome
Total Party Planner
- QuickBooks
- Nowsta
- StaffMate
- ChefTec
- Mailchimp
- prismm
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.