Check Cherry catches the lead. We answer it.
Modern forms, clean packages, a booking flow couples actually finish — Check Cherry earns its fans. The form just can't reply on your behalf. That's the part we built.
What Check Cherry is great at
Of the modern, DJ-friendly booking tools, Check Cherry might be the most tasteful. Real credit:
Modern booking forms and packages
The cleanest form-and-package experience in the space — clear options, add-ons and availability, all couple-friendly.
Proposals, contracts and payments
The path from inquiry to signed-and-paid is smooth and looks professional throughout.
Fair pricing
$29–139/mo across its published tiers (verified June 11, 2026) — reasonable for that polished a booking front-end.
Side by side
Honest marks both ways — including the rows where Check Cherry wins outright.
| Feature | Check Cherry | Bright Ears |
|---|---|---|
| Finds gigs for you (the Hunt) | No Booking workflow for clients who already found you. | Yes Scans your cities for venues that book entertainment, scores the fit, drafts the pitch in your voice — you approve. |
| Answers new inquiries for you | No Forms capture the inquiry beautifully; the personal reply is still you. | Yes Drafted in your voice from your rate card and real availability. |
| Speed to first reply | No Whenever you next sit down. | Yes In minutes once you tap Approve. |
| Reads The Knot / WeddingWire / Bark / GigSalad lead emails | No Home turf is its own forms and pages; directory emails sit outside it. | Yes One forwarding rule catches forms — Check Cherry's included — and directory leads. |
| Spam & scam filtering | No Not part of the product. | Yes Junk filtered before your phone buzzes. |
| Follow-up until booked or dead | Partly Workflow emails around bookings exist; a chase-until-booked engine it is not. | Yes Sequences until booked or dead, hard-stop on reply, one-tap opt-out. |
| Approve from your phone | Partly Mobile-friendly — but replies are still typing. | Yes Two taps: read the draft, approve. |
| Booking forms & packages | Yes The cleanest in the category — a flow couples actually finish. | No We don't do forms. Keep Check Cherry's. |
| Proposals, contracts & payments | Yes Smooth and professional end to end. | No Not our job. |
| Setup | Your booking front-end — it replaces your forms and checkout. | A forwarding rule behind any front-end, including Check Cherry's. |
| Verified pricing (June 11, 2026) | $29–139/mo | $25–149/mo · subscribe to activate |
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Where Bright Ears fits
A great form raises conversion on people who fill out forms. Two problems remain. First, the reply: the couple who submits at 11:40pm is shopping three other DJs, and if your answer comes tomorrow afternoon, you're the fifth DJ to reach out. Second, not every lead arrives through your form — The Knot, WeddingWire, Bark and GigSalad notifications land in plain email, where no form can help.
Bright Ears sits behind both. Forward your notifications — Check Cherry's included — and every inquiry gets spam-checked and answered in your voice, from your rate card, with your real availability. You approve from your phone; follow-ups run until booked or dead. Keep Check Cherry for the proposal and the payment — that handoff is exactly how it should work.
“You don't want to be the 5th DJ that reaches out.”
Range across published tiers on the vendor's public pricing page.
Need more? Move up a plan in one click. At your cap, drafting pauses for the month — never a surprise bill.
Frequently asked
Does Check Cherry answer inquiries automatically?
Check Cherry is built to capture and book: forms, packages, proposals, contracts, payments. The personalized reply to a new inquiry — and the follow-up when the couple goes quiet — is still on you. That's the layer Bright Ears adds.
Can I run Bright Ears with Check Cherry?
Yes, and it's a natural pairing. One forwarding rule sends new-inquiry notifications to Bright Ears; we reply in your voice within minutes and chase until booked or dead; the booking itself flows through Check Cherry as usual. No integration to maintain, no password sharing, no OAuth.
Which is cheaper?
They're comparable. Check Cherry runs $29–139/mo across its tiers (verified June 11, 2026). Bright Ears is $25–149/mo by how many inquiries it answers — Starter $25 (up to 15), Pro $79 (up to 60, auto-send autopilot), Studio $149 (up to 150, hunts all your cities) — with the full follow-up engine and weekly report in every tier. At your cap, drafting pauses — never a surprise bill.
Do I still need nice booking forms if replies are instant?
Yes — they do different jobs. Forms qualify and convert; speed wins the shortlist. Many vendors never respond to inquiries at all, and couples book whoever replies first. Fast and polished together beat either one alone.
Find the gigs your forms never see — and answer the ones they catch
It hunts venues for you AND answers every inquiry — you just approve.