Basic Invite vs Posh
Short answer: Posh is the cheaper of the two. Posh works out to Free (free event); ~$349 in buyer-paid fees on 100 $25 tickets for 100 guests and Free (free event); ~$872.50 in buyer-paid fees on 250 $25 tickets for 250. Basic Invite works out to $72 (100 cards at the published 72-cent starting rate) for 100 guests and $180 (250 cards at the published 72-cent starting rate) for 250. Basic Invite earns the difference if you need among the lowest advertised per-card rates, from 72 cents for wedding invitations.
If neither answer fits, Dawat does the same job free at any guest count: 53 card designs, unlimited guests, per-guest personal links and RSVP tracking, with no per-recipient charge.
Basic Invite and Posh are not really competitors: one puts a card in someone's hand, the other puts a link in their phone. The question is which medium your event needs, and whether you need a live guest list.
Basic Invite and Posh pricing checked 2026-09-16 against their own published pages. Sources · Method
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Side by side
Online stationery printer offering customisable invitations with extensive colour control, plus a free wedding website with RSVP management. Social event platform for nightlife and IRL experiences, with ticket sales, promoter kickbacks, SMS, and instant payouts. Dawat is shown as a third column for the guest-list half of the job. It does not sell tickets or take payment from guests, so for a paid public event it is not a substitute.
| Basic Invite | Posh | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Priced per printed card | Fee per ticket or registration | Free |
| What the free tier gives you | Free wedding website that collects mailing addresses and manages RSVPs, plus 150+ free custom colours on designs. | Free events cost nothing: Posh states a $0 fee on free events, with unlimited SMS to attendees. | Everything except Signature: all card designs, party pages, unlimited guests, sends, RSVP tracking and analytics. |
| Cost for 100 guests | $72 (100 cards at the published 72-cent starting rate) | Free (free event); ~$349 in buyer-paid fees on 100 $25 tickets | Free |
| Cost for 250 guests | $180 (250 cards at the published 72-cent starting rate) | Free (free event); ~$872.50 in buyer-paid fees on 250 $25 tickets | Free |
| Charges per recipient | Yes | Partial | No |
| Guests need an account | No | Yes | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Not published | Partial | No |
"Not published" means no vendor documentation could be found either way, not that the feature is missing. How this grid is built →
Where they actually differ
Both give you tracking who has replied and a full event website, so those are not the thing to decide on.
- Free to send. Posh supports sending invitations without paying; Basic Invite does not.
- Email delivery. Posh supports sending by email. Basic Invite does not publish whether it does, so treat it as unavailable until you have confirmed it.
- Printed cards. Basic Invite supports ordering printed stationery; Posh does not.
- Guest account required. Posh does this; Basic Invite does not. If letting guests reply without an account matters to you, that is a point for Basic Invite.
When Basic Invite is the better choice
Budget-conscious hosts who want printed invitations matched to exact wedding colours, with a free website for online RSVPs.
- Among the lowest advertised per-card rates, from 72 cents for wedding invitations
- 150+ free custom colours, with colour control on nearly every design element
- Custom printed sample of your actual design available before ordering
- Free wedding website collects mailing addresses and manages RSVPs online
- Over 1,000 wedding designs customisable instantly in the browser
Where it costs you:
- Priced per printed card, so cost rises directly with guest count
- Postage is not included and is paid separately
- Advertised 72-cent rate is a starting price; upgrades and finishes cost more
- Envelope and enclosure-card options such as RSVP cards are priced separately
- Quantity price breaks are not published as a public table
When Posh is the better choice
Nightlife, party, and club promoters who want fast payouts, SMS reach, and a promoter-driven ticket flow.
- Free events cost the organiser nothing
- Fee is charged to the buyer and displayed all-in, so organisers keep face value
- Same-night payouts from the first ticket sale
- Free unlimited SMS to past and present attendees
- Built-in promoter Kickback program for nightlife-style promotion
Where it costs you:
- Paid tickets carry a 10% + $0.99 fee, high relative to flat-fee competitors
- Buyers are prompted to log in and need a Posh account
- Each account must have both an email and a non-VOIP phone number
- Kickback promoter payouts are reduced by a 20% Kickback fee
- Accounts are passwordless: every login needs a one-time code
What each one costs, in dollars
Basic Invite is one of the 7 platforms in this dataset that charge per guest or per printed card. Posh is not.
Published prices, converted into what you would actually pay for a real guest list. Credits, coins and per-card pricing are translated into dollars because that is the number you are deciding with.
| Basic Invite | Posh | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Priced per printed card | Fee per ticket or registration | Free |
| 100 guests | $72 (100 cards at the published 72-cent starting rate) | Free (free event); ~$349 in buyer-paid fees on 100 $25 tickets | Free |
| 250 guests | $180 (250 cards at the published 72-cent starting rate) | Free (free event); ~$872.50 in buyer-paid fees on 250 $25 tickets | Free |
| How that is worked out | Based on Basic Invite's advertised starting rate for its wedding invitation line; envelopes, upgrades and postage are extra. | Posh's published 10% + $0.99 applied to a $25 ticket; the fee is billed to the buyer, so the organiser keeps face value. | Dawat has no per-guest or per-send charge, so the guest count does not change the price. |
As of September 2026: Printed wedding invitations advertised as low as 72 cents per card, with save-the-dates as low as 45 cents per card; custom printed samples available per design. Free events carry a $0 fee. Paid tickets carry a 10% + $0.99 platform fee, charged to the buyer and shown all-in; a $30 ticket carries a $3.99 fee.
The third option: something that feels like an invitation
Neither Basic Invite nor Posh is trying to make the moment of opening feel like anything. They collect the answer. For a birthday drinks thread that is exactly right; for a wedding, a nikkah or a milestone, the invitation is part of the event.
Dawat tracks replies the same way both of these do, and costs nothing to do it. All 53 card designs, unlimited guests and unlimited sends are free, with no card required. What the other two do not do is address each guest personally: the envelope opens with that guest's name on it and their reply is one tap. It also covers an animated envelope opening — which neither Basic Invite nor Posh does.
The practical difference shows up the week before the event. Instead of counting replies across a group chat, you open one page and see who was sent it, who opened it, and who answered.
The honest caveats: Dawat is digital only, so it will not print and mail stationery, and it does not sell tickets. The optional Dawat Signature experiences are $89 once per event, and they are labelled as paid before you publish — nothing else is.
Create your invitation — free →No card required. Unlimited guests. 53 designs.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Basic Invite | Posh | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free to send | No | Yes | Yes |
| Per-guest fees | Yes | Partial | No |
| Unlimited guests | Partial | Not published | Yes |
| RSVP tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom RSVP questions | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Email delivery | Not published | Yes | Yes |
| SMS or WhatsApp | Not published | Partial | Partial |
| Per-guest personal links | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Open tracking | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Animated envelope | No | No | Yes |
| Printed cards | Yes | No | No |
| Guest account required | No | Yes | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Not published | Partial | No |
| Event website | Yes | Yes | Partial |
| Registry links | Not published | No | Yes |
| Meal choice or seating | Not published | Not published | Partial |
| Calendar file | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| AI wording help | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Works inside ChatGPT / Claude | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Multilingual & right-to-left | Not published | Not published | Yes |
"Not published" means no vendor documentation could be found either way, not that the feature is missing. How this grid is built →
What your guests experience
Ticketing platforms are built around a stranger buying entry. A guest you already know is a different person with a different tolerance, and an account-creation screen is where that difference shows up.
| What your guest gets | Basic Invite | Posh | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guests need an account | No | Yes | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Not published | Partial | No |
| Animated opening | No | No | Yes |
| Personally addressed link | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Add to calendar | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Right-to-left and multilingual | Not published | Not published | Yes |
Questions
Is Basic Invite or Posh cheaper?
Basic Invite works out to $72 (100 cards at the published 72-cent starting rate) for 100 guests and $180 (250 cards at the published 72-cent starting rate) for 250. Posh works out to Free (free event); ~$349 in buyer-paid fees on 100 $25 tickets for 100 guests and Free (free event); ~$872.50 in buyer-paid fees on 250 $25 tickets for 250. Because at least one of them bills per recipient, the gap widens as the guest list grows: what looks like a few dollars at 20 guests is a real decision at 250. Both were checked on 2026-09-16.
Which is better for a wedding, Basic Invite or Posh?
Basic Invite suits budget-conscious hosts who want printed invitations matched to exact wedding colours, with a free website for online RSVPs. Posh suits nightlife, party, and club promoters who want fast payouts, SMS reach, and a promoter-driven ticket flow. For a wedding specifically, the questions that matter are whether the invitation feels like an occasion, whether you can collect meal choices, and whether the price moves with the guest list.
Do guests need an account to reply on Basic Invite or Posh?
Basic Invite does not require guests to have an account. Posh requires guests to have an account. Anything that makes a guest sign up before replying costs you responses, particularly from older relatives.
Is there a free alternative to Basic Invite and Posh?
Yes. Dawat is free at every guest count: all 53 card designs, unlimited guests, unlimited sends, RSVP tracking with your own questions, and a personally addressed link for each guest. There is no per-recipient charge and no card required to send. The only paid item is a Dawat Signature cinematic experience at $89 once per event.
How much are Basic Invite wedding invitations?
Basic Invite advertises wedding invitations as low as 72 cents per card, and save-the-dates as low as 45 cents per card. At that starting rate 100 invitations is about $72 and 250 is about $180, before envelopes, upgrades and postage.
What fees does Posh charge organizers?
Posh's published fee is 10% + $0.99 per paid ticket, with payment processing bundled in and the fee billed to the buyer. Posh's own example shows a $30 ticket carrying a $3.99 fee, leaving the organiser $26.01.
How current is this comparison?
Basic Invite's published pricing was checked on 2026-09-16 and Posh's on 2026-09-16. Every figure on this page links to the vendor page it came from, so you can verify it yourself rather than trusting a comparison written by one of the competitors.
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How these figures were checked
Every figure above was read from Basic Invite and Posh's own published pricing or help pages on 16 September 2026, and each source is linked below. Coins, credits and per-card rates are converted into dollars at a real guest count, because that is the number you are deciding with. Full methodology and the open dataset →
Reading this through an AI assistant? Dawat runs an MCP server, so ChatGPT or Claude can choose the design, write the wording, add your guest list, publish the invitation and send it without you leaving the conversation. Basic Invite does not publish one.
Sources
- Basic Invite wedding invitations — checked 2026-09-16
- Basic Invite save the dates — checked 2026-09-16
- Basic Invite custom sample — checked 2026-09-16
- Basic Invite affordable wedding invitations — checked 2026-09-16
- Posh University: what first-time organizers need to know — checked 2026-09-16
- Posh University: Posh vs Shotgun comparison — checked 2026-09-16
- Posh Knowledge Base: how to purchase tickets with Posh — checked 2026-09-16
- Posh Knowledge Base: getting started, create an account and log in — checked 2026-09-16
- Posh Knowledge Base: Kickback program — checked 2026-09-16