Canva vs Greenvelope
Short answer: Canva is the cheaper of the two. Canva costs nothing at either guest count (design only; no sending or RSVP). Greenvelope works out to $99 (single mailing, up to 100 guests) for 100 guests and $249 (single mailing, up to 250 guests) for 250. Greenvelope earns the difference if you need flat per-mailing price, not per-recipient credits, so cost is known up front.
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.
Canva and Greenvelope are built for different jobs, so the comparison is less about features and more about which job you are actually doing.
Canva and Greenvelope pricing checked 2026-09-16 against their own published pages. Sources · Method
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Side by side
General-purpose design platform with invitation templates, printing and website publishing; it is a design tool, not an RSVP system. Digital-only invitation service with animated envelope opening, email and text delivery, and RSVP tracking, priced per mailing. Dawat is shown as a third column for the part these two share with it: getting the invitation to people and getting an answer back. It does not print, so on the physical card it is not a substitute.
| Canva | Greenvelope | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tier, paid upgrades | One-time fee per event | Free |
| What the free tier gives you | Full editor, a large free template and element library, 5GB storage, sharing by link, and free downloads. | Trial mode: design, preview the full guest experience, and send a real mailing to up to 10 recipients. No credit card. | Everything except Signature: all card designs, party pages, unlimited guests, sends, RSVP tracking and analytics. |
| Cost for 100 guests | Free (design only; no sending or RSVP) | $99 (single mailing, up to 100 guests) | Free |
| Cost for 250 guests | Free (design only; no sending or RSVP) | $249 (single mailing, up to 250 guests) | Free |
| Charges per recipient | No | Partial | No |
| Guests need an account | No | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | No | No | 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 letting guests reply without an account and an ad-free guest experience, so those are not the thing to decide on.
- Per-guest fees. Greenvelope does this in some cases; Canva does not. If no per-recipient charge matters to you, that is a point for Canva.
- RSVP tracking. Greenvelope supports tracking who has replied; Canva does not.
- Custom RSVP questions. Greenvelope supports asking your own questions; Canva does not.
- Email delivery. Greenvelope includes sending by email outright; on Canva it is limited or tied to a paid tier.
- SMS or WhatsApp. Greenvelope includes sending by text or WhatsApp outright; on Canva it is limited or tied to a paid tier.
- Per-guest personal links. Greenvelope supports a personally addressed link per guest; Canva does not.
- Open tracking. Greenvelope supports seeing who opened the invitation; Canva does not.
- Animated envelope. Greenvelope supports an animated envelope opening; Canva does not.
When Canva is the better choice
Design-confident hosts who want full creative control over the artwork and will collect RSVPs somewhere else.
- Enormous free template library and a genuinely capable editor at $0
- Canva Print produces professionally printed invitations with paper and finish choices
- Designs can be published as a one-page website or shared as a live link
- Strong AI generation via Magic Studio, plus an official AI Connector for Claude and other assistants
- Same subscription covers every other design need, not just invitations
Where it costs you:
- No RSVP tracking, guest list or attendance dashboard of any kind
- No custom RSVP questions; responses have to be collected by a separate tool
- No invitation sending system: you share a file or link yourself
- No delivery, open or view tracking per guest
- Premium templates, elements and brand features require Pro at $15/month
When Greenvelope is the better choice
Hosts of a single sizeable event who want polished digital invitations and detailed RSVP data for one predictable flat fee.
- Flat per-mailing price, not per-recipient credits, so cost is known up front
- Custom RSVP questions, meal preferences and dietary notes included at every paid tier
- Email, SMS and WhatsApp delivery, with open and delivery tracking
- Ad-free for hosts and guests; guests never create an account to reply
- Signature animated envelope opening with personalized liner
Where it costs you:
- Price is tiered by guest count, so larger lists cost more per mailing
- Digital only; Greenvelope does not print or mail paper invitations
- Paid accounts include up to 500 text messages; more cost extra
- Free trial caps a real send at 10 recipients
- No standalone event website builder, only a details panel on the invitation
What each one costs, in dollars
Neither Canva nor Greenvelope bills by guest count, which puts them among the 26 platforms in this dataset that do 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.
| Canva | Greenvelope | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tier, paid upgrades | One-time fee per event | Free |
| 100 guests | Free (design only; no sending or RSVP) | $99 (single mailing, up to 100 guests) | Free |
| 250 guests | Free (design only; no sending or RSVP) | $249 (single mailing, up to 250 guests) | Free |
| How that is worked out | Canva charges per designer, not per guest, so guest count does not affect cost; printing is ordered separately. | Greenvelope's own published single-mailing tiers; delivery is digital so there is no printing or postage cost. | Dawat has no per-guest or per-send charge, so the guest count does not change the price. |
As of September 2026: Canva Free is $0; Canva Pro is $15 per person per month or $120 per person per year; Canva Business is $20 per person per month. Flat one-time fee per mailing set by guest-list size: $19 up to 20 guests, $59 up to 60, $99 up to 100, $249 up to 250. Annual memberships from $125.
The third option: the same job, at no cost
Canva and Greenvelope both want money before your guests see anything. Canva costs nothing at either guest count (design only; no sending or RSVP). Greenvelope works out to $99 (single mailing, up to 100 guests) for 100 guests and $249 (single mailing, up to 250 guests) for 250. It is worth knowing that the whole job — design, sending, replies, reminders — is available for nothing.
Dawat is free at every guest count. All 53 card designs, unlimited guests, unlimited sends, RSVP tracking and the per-guest analytics cost nothing, and no card is required to create or send. Each guest gets their own link, the envelope opens addressed to them by name, and their reply is one tap.
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 | Canva | Greenvelope | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free to send | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| Per-guest fees | No | Partial | No |
| Unlimited guests | Partial | No | Yes |
| RSVP tracking | No | Yes | Yes |
| Custom RSVP questions | No | Yes | Yes |
| Email delivery | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| SMS or WhatsApp | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| Per-guest personal links | No | Yes | Yes |
| Open tracking | No | Yes | Yes |
| Animated envelope | No | Yes | Yes |
| Printed cards | Yes | No | No |
| Guest account required | No | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | No | No | No |
| Event website | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Registry links | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Meal choice or seating | No | Partial | Partial |
| Calendar file | No | Not published | Yes |
| AI wording help | Yes | Not published | Yes |
| Works inside ChatGPT / Claude | Yes | Not published | Yes |
| Multilingual & right-to-left | Not published | Partial | 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
Whatever you design, the guest receives a file or a link you sent yourself. The experience is only as good as the channel you chose, and nothing about the reply is handled for you.
| What your guest gets | Canva | Greenvelope | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guests need an account | No | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | No | No | No |
| Animated opening | No | Yes | Yes |
| Personally addressed link | No | Yes | Yes |
| Add to calendar | No | Not published | Yes |
| Right-to-left and multilingual | Not published | Partial | Yes |
Questions
Is Canva or Greenvelope cheaper?
Canva costs nothing at either guest count (design only; no sending or RSVP). Greenvelope works out to $99 (single mailing, up to 100 guests) for 100 guests and $249 (single mailing, up to 250 guests) for 250. Neither charges by guest count, so the difference does not grow with the list. Both were checked on 2026-09-16.
Which is better for a wedding, Canva or Greenvelope?
Canva suits design-confident hosts who want full creative control over the artwork and will collect RSVPs somewhere else. Greenvelope suits hosts of a single sizeable event who want polished digital invitations and detailed RSVP data for one predictable flat fee. 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 Canva or Greenvelope?
Canva does not require guests to have an account. Greenvelope does not require 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 Canva and Greenvelope?
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.
Does Canva have RSVP tracking?
No. Canva has no built-in RSVP tracking, guest list or response dashboard. You can hyperlink a button in a design to an external RSVP form, and third-party Canva Apps such as Pinvite RSVP and Coteri Invitations add RSVP collection, but Canva itself does not record or report who is coming.
Is Greenvelope free?
There is a free trial rather than a free plan. You can create an account, design an invitation, preview the complete guest experience and send a real mailing to up to 10 people with no credit card. Beyond 10 recipients you pay a one-time mailing fee starting at $19.
How current is this comparison?
Canva's published pricing was checked on 2026-09-16 and Greenvelope'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 Canva and Greenvelope'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. Canva also offers an assistant integration.
Sources
- Canva pricing (Free, Pro, Business) — checked 2026-09-16
- Canva in-app purchase prices (Apple App Store listing) — checked 2026-09-16
- Canva invitations: design, print or post online — checked 2026-09-16
- Connect AI assistants to Canva with the AI Connector — checked 2026-09-16
- Canva newsroom: Canva in Claude Design — checked 2026-09-16
- Greenvelope pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Greenvelope: How much does Greenvelope cost — checked 2026-09-16
- Greenvelope homepage (features) — checked 2026-09-16
- Greenvelope vs Paperless Post (vendor comparison) — checked 2026-09-16