Evite vs Vistaprint
Short answer: Evite is the cheaper of the two. Evite works out to $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium at both 100 and 250 guests. Vistaprint works out to ~$84-$140 (100 cards at the $0.84 promotional to $1.40 list per-card price) for 100 guests and ~$210-$350 (250 cards at the same published per-card range) for 250. Vistaprint earns the difference if you need lowest advertised per-card pricing of the print vendors reviewed here.
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.
Vistaprint and Evite 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.
Evite and Vistaprint pricing checked 2026-09-16 against their own published pages. Sources · Method
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Side by side
Long-running digital invitation service offering free ad-supported invitations plus paid Premium packages priced by guest count. Mass-market online printer whose stationery range includes low-cost printed invitations with envelopes and free envelope addressing. 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.
| Evite | Vistaprint | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tier, paid upgrades | Priced per printed card | Free |
| What the free tier gives you | Free designs, up to 750 guests, RSVP tracking, read receipts and shareable link, with third-party ads shown. | None for sending. Envelopes, backside printing and envelope address printing are included on paid orders. | Everything except Signature: all card designs, party pages, unlimited guests, sends, RSVP tracking and analytics. |
| Cost for 100 guests | $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium | ~$84-$140 (100 cards at the $0.84 promotional to $1.40 list per-card price) | Free |
| Cost for 250 guests | $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium | ~$210-$350 (250 cards at the same published per-card range) | Free |
| Charges per recipient | Partial | Yes | No |
| Guests need an account | No | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Partial | Not published | 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, so those are not the thing to decide on.
- Free to send. Evite supports sending invitations without paying; Vistaprint does not.
- RSVP tracking. Evite supports tracking who has replied; Vistaprint does not.
- Email delivery. Evite supports sending by email; Vistaprint does not.
- Open tracking. Evite supports seeing who opened the invitation; Vistaprint does not.
- Printed cards. Vistaprint supports ordering printed stationery; Evite does not.
- Registry links. Evite supports linking a gift registry; Vistaprint does not.
- Calendar file. Evite supports adding the event to a calendar; Vistaprint does not.
When Evite is the better choice
Hosts of large casual gatherings who want a free, high-capacity invitation and can tolerate advertising beside their event details.
- Free tier sends to up to 750 guests with no per-recipient charge
- Read receipts and shareable links are available on the free tier
- Delivery by email, text message or shareable link
- Gift registry and website links can be added to the invitation
- Evite Pro covers unlimited invitations up to 2,500 guests for $249.99/year
Where it costs you:
- Free invitations display third-party ads to guests
- Removing ads requires a paid Premium package
- Premium packages are single-event; each new event is charged again
- Animated effects, envelopes and exclusive designs are Premium-only
- No printed or hard-copy option; Evite is digital only
When Vistaprint is the better choice
Budget-driven hosts who want serviceable printed invitations with envelopes and addressing at the lowest per-card cost.
- Lowest advertised per-card pricing of the print vendors reviewed here
- Envelopes and backside printing always included in the price
- Free addressing service prints recipient addresses onto envelopes
- Vistaprint publishes its own cost guide with concrete total ranges
- Broad print catalogue lets you match signage and day-of stationery
Where it costs you:
- Priced per printed card, so cost scales directly with guest count
- Postage is not included and is paid separately
- No digital invitation or online RSVP product documented
- Advertised $0.84 rate is promotional against a $1.40 list price
- Upgrades add cost: foil roughly $0.50 per card, shaped trim about $8 per 100
What each one costs, in dollars
Vistaprint is one of the 7 platforms in this dataset that charge per guest or per printed card. Evite 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.
| Evite | Vistaprint | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tier, paid upgrades | Priced per printed card | Free |
| 100 guests | $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium | ~$84-$140 (100 cards at the $0.84 promotional to $1.40 list per-card price) | Free |
| 250 guests | $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium | ~$210-$350 (250 cards at the same published per-card range) | Free |
| How that is worked out | Premium is banded by guest count; both 100 and 250 guests fall in the $99.99 Diamond band (up to 750 guests), charged per event. | Based on Vistaprint's published wedding-invitation per-card price; envelopes are included but postage is extra. | Dawat has no per-guest or per-send charge, so the guest count does not change the price. |
As of September 2026: Free invitations carry ads and support up to 750 guests; Premium packages are $17.99 (12 guests), $36.99 (30), $68.99 (75) and $99.99 (750) per event. Evite Pro is $249.99/year. Wedding invitations advertised from $0.84 each on promotion, list $1.40 each; Vistaprint's own guide puts 100-150 guest invitations at $82 to $210 total.
The third option: something that feels like an invitation
Neither Evite nor Vistaprint 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 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 | Evite | Vistaprint | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free to send | Yes | No | Yes |
| Per-guest fees | Partial | Yes | No |
| Unlimited guests | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| RSVP tracking | Yes | No | Yes |
| Custom RSVP questions | Partial | No | Yes |
| Email delivery | Yes | No | Yes |
| SMS or WhatsApp | Partial | No | Partial |
| Per-guest personal links | Not published | No | Yes |
| Open tracking | Yes | No | Yes |
| Animated envelope | Partial | No | Yes |
| Printed cards | No | Yes | No |
| Guest account required | No | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Partial | Not published | No |
| Event website | Partial | No | Partial |
| Registry links | Yes | No | Yes |
| Meal choice or seating | Partial | No | Partial |
| Calendar file | Yes | No | 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
A printed card is a wonderful thing to receive and a terrible thing to reply to. Whatever the envelope looks like, the reply has to happen somewhere, and that somewhere is what this section is about.
| What your guest gets | Evite | Vistaprint | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guests need an account | No | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Partial | Not published | No |
| Animated opening | Partial | No | Yes |
| Personally addressed link | Not published | No | Yes |
| Add to calendar | Yes | No | Yes |
| Right-to-left and multilingual | Not published | Not published | Yes |
Questions
Is Evite or Vistaprint cheaper?
Evite works out to $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium at both 100 and 250 guests. Vistaprint works out to ~$84-$140 (100 cards at the $0.84 promotional to $1.40 list per-card price) for 100 guests and ~$210-$350 (250 cards at the same published per-card range) 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, Evite or Vistaprint?
Evite suits hosts of large casual gatherings who want a free, high-capacity invitation and can tolerate advertising beside their event details. Vistaprint suits budget-driven hosts who want serviceable printed invitations with envelopes and addressing at the lowest per-card cost. 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 Evite or Vistaprint?
Evite does not require guests to have an account. Vistaprint 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 Evite and Vistaprint?
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.
Is Evite free?
Yes. Evite publishes free designs that cost nothing to send, and free invitations support up to 750 guests. The trade-off is that free invitations display third-party ads to your guests. Removing ads, or adding envelopes, stickers, backgrounds or animated effects, converts the invitation to a paid Premium send.
How much are Vistaprint wedding invitations for 100 guests?
Vistaprint's own cost guide puts invitations for a 100 to 150 guest list at between $82 and $210 in total. Its store advertises wedding invitations from $0.84 each on promotion against a $1.40 list price, so 100 cards is roughly $84 to $140 before postage.
How current is this comparison?
Evite's published pricing was checked on 2026-09-16 and Vistaprint'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 Evite and Vistaprint's own published pricing or help pages on 16 September 2026, and each source is linked below. Where a vendor publishes a rate at one quantity and not another, the published rate is multiplied out and marked as an upper bound rather than presented as a quote. 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. Evite does not publish one.
Sources
- Evite Premium Pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Evite Premium vs. Free — checked 2026-09-16
- Evite Invitation Pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Evite Guest List Limit — checked 2026-09-16
- Evite Pro — checked 2026-09-16
- Vistaprint: How much do wedding invitations cost — checked 2026-09-16
- Vistaprint custom wedding invitations — checked 2026-09-16
- Vistaprint invitations and cards — checked 2026-09-16