Dawat vs Eventzilla
Short answer: Free events are free. Paid registrations cost $1.50 each on Basic, 1.9% + $1.50 on Pro, and 2.9% + $1.50 on Plus; an annual plan is $1,999/year including 500 registrations. Dawat's core product is free at every guest count. Eventzilla is the better pick if you need free events are explicitly free, with no setup or monthly fee.
Dawat is free at every guest count: 53 card designs, unlimited guests, unlimited sends, RSVP tracking with your own questions, and a personally addressed link for each guest. The only paid item is a Dawat Signature cinematic experience at $89 once per event.
Event registration and ticketing platform with forms, agendas, seating, check-in, and email invitations for conferences and classes. This page compares it with Dawat on fees, on whether the product can handle a private guest list rather than a public listing, and on what your guests have to do before they can reply.
Eventzilla pricing checked 2026-09-16 against its own published pages. Sources · Method
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Side by side
| Dawat | Eventzilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free | Fee per ticket or registration |
| What the free tier gives you | Everything except Signature: all card designs, party pages, unlimited guests, sends, RSVP tracking and analytics. | Completely free for events that charge attendees nothing, with unlimited free registration types. |
| Cost for 100 guests | Free | Free (free event); $150 for 100 paid registrations on Basic |
| Cost for 250 guests | Free | Free (free event); $375 for 250 paid registrations on Basic |
| Charges per recipient | No | Partial |
| Guests need an account | No | Not published |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Not published |
Where Dawat is different
- What it costs to send. Free events are free. Paid registrations cost $1.50 each on Basic, 1.9% + $1.50 on Pro, and 2.9% + $1.50 on Plus; an annual plan is $1,999/year including 500 registrations. Dawat's core product is free, and no card is required to create or send.
- Per-guest fees. Eventzilla does this in some cases. Dawat never does.
- Custom RSVP questions. Dawat includes asking your own questions in the free product. On Eventzilla it is limited or sits behind a paid tier.
- Per-guest personal links. Dawat includes a personally addressed link per guest. Eventzilla does not publish whether it supports this.
- Open tracking. Dawat includes seeing who opened the invitation. Eventzilla does not publish whether it supports this.
- Animated envelope. Dawat includes an animated envelope opening. Eventzilla does not.
- Guest account required. Dawat never does this. Eventzilla does not publish whether it does.
- Ads shown to guests. Dawat never does this. Eventzilla does not publish whether it does.
Create your invitation — free →No card required. Unlimited guests. 53 designs.
When Eventzilla is the better choice
Dawat does not sell tickets or take money from guests. If your event needs either, this is not a close comparison: Conference, workshop, and training organisers who want low flat per-registration pricing and detailed registration forms.
- Free events are explicitly free, with no setup or monthly fee
- Flat $1.50 per registration on Basic does not scale with price
- Email invitations to imported contact lists with personalised placeholders
- Seating designer, discount codes, and custom forms on paid tiers
- Supports USD, GBP, AUD, CAD, and EUR
Where Dawat does not compete with it:
- No ticket sales, payments from guests or door scanning
And where Eventzilla will cost you something:
- Basic plan allows only one paid ticket type
- Payment processing fees are charged separately on top of platform fees
- White-labelled registration requires the higher-priced Plus plan
- Per-registration pricing means costs grow with attendee count
- The $1,999/year plan includes only 500 registrations before extra cost
What Eventzilla costs, in dollars
As of September 2026: Free events are free. Paid registrations cost $1.50 each on Basic, 1.9% + $1.50 on Pro, and 2.9% + $1.50 on Plus; an annual plan is $1,999/year including 500 registrations.
18 of the 33 platforms tracked here can send an invitation without payment. Eventzilla is one of them, and Dawat is another.
| Dawat | Eventzilla | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free | Fee per ticket or registration |
| 100 guests | Free | Free (free event); $150 for 100 paid registrations on Basic |
| 250 guests | Free | Free (free event); $375 for 250 paid registrations on Basic |
| How that is worked out | Dawat has no per-guest or per-send charge, so the guest count does not change the price. | Basic plan's published $1.50 per paid registration multiplied by volume; payment processing is billed separately by the provider. |
Dawat is free to send. Eventzilla can also be used without paying; the differences are in what each free tier includes, which the table below sets out.
The guest experience compared
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.
| Feature | Dawat | Eventzilla |
|---|---|---|
| Guest account required | No | Not published |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Not published |
| Animated envelope | Yes | No |
| Per-guest personal links | Yes | Not published |
| Open tracking | Yes | Not published |
| Calendar file | Yes | Not published |
| Multilingual & right-to-left | Yes | Not published |
On Dawat, the link is addressed to the person holding it. The envelope opens with their name on it, their RSVP is already prefilled, and answering is one tap. Eventzilla does not publish whether it addresses each guest individually.
What happens as the list grows
Guest count is not the axis here — Eventzilla does not bill per recipient. The thing that changes as the list grows is administration: chasing replies, keeping a headcount honest, and knowing who never opened the thing. Dawat gives every guest their own link, so the dashboard shows sent, opened and answered per person instead of a pile of replies you have to reconcile.
Switching, or running both
If part of your event is ticketed and part is invited, running both is the right answer: Eventzilla for the public tickets, Dawat for the guest list you already have.
If you are moving across, the fastest route is Dawat's import: paste the link to your existing invitation and Dawat reads the wording, date, venue and colour mood off the page and rebuilds it as a prefilled draft you can edit. Guest lists come in from your phone's contacts, a .vcf file, or pasted text.
What does not come across: Eventzilla's designs, and any replies already collected there. Export your RSVPs before you switch, and send the Dawat invitation only to the people who have not answered.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Dawat | Eventzilla |
|---|---|---|
| Free to send | Yes | Yes |
| Per-guest fees | No | Partial |
| Unlimited guests | Yes | Yes |
| RSVP tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Custom RSVP questions | Yes | Partial |
| Email delivery | Yes | Yes |
| SMS or WhatsApp | Partial | Not published |
| Per-guest personal links | Yes | Not published |
| Open tracking | Yes | Not published |
| Animated envelope | Yes | No |
| Printed cards | No | No |
| Guest account required | No | Not published |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Not published |
| Event website | Partial | Partial |
| Registry links | Yes | Not published |
| Meal choice or seating | Partial | Partial |
| Calendar file | Yes | Not published |
| AI wording help | Yes | Not published |
| Works inside ChatGPT / Claude | Yes | Not published |
| Multilingual & right-to-left | Yes | Not published |
"Not published" means no vendor documentation could be found either way, not that the feature is missing. How this grid is built →
Questions
Is Eventzilla free?
For free events, yes. Eventzilla's support documentation says it is completely free for simple events such as social gatherings and meetups where attendees are not charged. Paid events are billed per registration according to the plan you choose.
How much does Eventzilla charge per ticket?
Eventzilla's published per-registration fees are $1.50 on Basic, 1.9% + $1.50 on Pro, and 2.9% + $1.50 on Plus. Payment processing fees are separate and depend on your payment provider.
How much is Eventzilla for 100 guests?
A free event for 100 guests is $0. Charging for 100 registrations on the Basic plan costs $150 at the published $1.50 per registration, before payment processing. Eventzilla also lists a $1,999/year plan that includes 500 registrations with no per-registration fee.
Can Eventzilla send private event invitations?
Eventzilla supports email invitations: organisers select or create a contact list, then compose an invitation under Promotion > Invitations. Placeholders cover first name, last name, event title, date, venue, and business name, and sends can be immediate or scheduled.
Is Dawat free?
Yes. All 53 card designs and every party-page theme, unlimited guests, unlimited sends, RSVP tracking, custom questions and the per-guest analytics cost nothing, and no card is required. The only paid item is a Dawat Signature cinematic experience at $89 once for that event, and it is labelled as paid before you publish.
Does Dawat have designs as good as Eventzilla?
Dawat's 53 designs are animated card experiences with an envelope opening, plus 8 long-scroll Signature experiences. Whether that beats Eventzilla depends on whether you want a designed occasion or a quick notice.
Can I send printed invitations from Dawat?
No. Dawat is digital only. Eventzilla does not print either.
Create your invitation — free →Takes about ten minutes. Sign in only when you publish.
Other comparisons
Eventzilla alternatives
Eight products that do what Eventzilla does, ranked and priced.
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Every product in Eventzilla's category, side by side.
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How these figures were checked
Every figure above was read from Eventzilla'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. Eventzilla does not publish one.
Sources
- Eventzilla pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- How does the ticket fee work? (Eventzilla Support) — checked 2026-09-16
- How to send customized invitation emails (Eventzilla Support) — checked 2026-09-16