Comparison
DJ Event Planner has been running since 2000 — a genuine veteran of the space, with lead tracking, online planning forms, e-sign contracts, a guest request system and deep reporting. Gig Nest is what a DJ platform looks like when it's designed a quarter-century later, AI-first and UK-first. Here's the honest comparison.
| Gig Nest | DJ Event Planner | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | DJs & event businesses (UK-first) | Mobile DJs, solo to multi-op (US, est. 2000) |
| Enquiry handling | AI reads, scores & drafts replies to every enquiry in your voice | Lead tracking with scheduled/stock emails |
| Client planning | Conversational AI planning chat — no long forms | Online planning forms |
| Music & requests | Guest requests, must-play / do-not-play, AI set briefs | Guest request system with built-in music database |
| Contracts | Digital contracts with e-signature | Electronic contract signing |
| Payments | Card payments via Stripe, automated reminders (£, VAT-aware) | Invoicing & payment tracking (see site for gateways) |
| Team & multi-op | Team rostering, availability sync, crew briefings, staff logins | Supports solo through multi-employee operations |
| Price from | From £19/month, 30-day free trial | See djeventplanner.com for current pricing |
Comparison reflects each vendor's publicly listed features and pricing as of June 2026 — always confirm current details on their site.
DJEP has served mobile DJs since 2000. Its feature set is deep and stable — planning forms, contracts, scheduling emails, a music request system with its own database, and extensive reporting.
DJEP lets you style your client portal with your own CSS and adapts to operations of any size, from solo DJs to multi-employee companies.
DJEP tracks your leads and schedules your emails; Gig Nest's AI actually works them — reading each enquiry, checking availability, scoring intent and drafting the reply and quote for approval.
DJEP's clients complete online planning forms. Gig Nest replaces the form with a conversational planning chat that clients finish in minutes, feeding the timeline and set brief automatically.
Pounds, VAT and UK conventions are native in Gig Nest, not settings to adapt. If you run a UK business, everything from quotes to invoices reads correctly on day one.
Gig Nest is built on a current web stack with a mobile-first client portal — the difference is most visible in the client-facing experience your couples and corporate bookers see.
If you want the admin done for you rather than organised for you, that's the switch: AI-drafted replies and quotes, conversational client planning and automated briefs, with UK conventions native. DJEP remains a deep, proven system, particularly for US operations happy with a forms-based workflow.
That's where the gap is widest — Gig Nest's client experience is a chat and a mobile-first portal rather than long web forms, which is precisely the part your couples and bookers touch.
Yes — start a free trial and bring your upcoming events over; the conversational setup gets a working diary in place quickly, and support can help with larger migrations.
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