Evite vs Zazzle
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. Zazzle works out to ~$179-$245 (100 cards at listed $1.79-$2.45 each, before volume discount) for 100 guests and ~$448-$613 (250 cards at listed $1.79-$2.45 each, before volume discount) for 250. Zazzle earns the difference if you need no minimum order quantity; you can buy a single card or hundreds.
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.
Zazzle 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 Zazzle 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. Print-on-demand marketplace selling customisable invitations with no minimum order, plus a separate free digital invitation app, Zazzle Events. 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 | Zazzle | 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. | Zazzle Events sends digital invites by text or email with RSVP tracking and a free event site; free design tool and templates. | 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 | ~$179-$245 (100 cards at listed $1.79-$2.45 each, before volume discount) | Free |
| Cost for 250 guests | $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium | ~$448-$613 (250 cards at listed $1.79-$2.45 each, before volume discount) | 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 sending by email, letting guests reply without an account and linking a gift registry, so those are not the thing to decide on.
- Free to send. Evite includes sending invitations without paying outright; on Zazzle it is limited or tied to a paid tier.
- RSVP tracking. Evite includes tracking who has replied outright; on Zazzle it is limited or tied to a paid tier.
- Open tracking. Evite includes seeing who opened the invitation outright; on Zazzle it is limited or tied to a paid tier.
- Printed cards. Zazzle supports ordering printed stationery; Evite does not.
- Event website. Zazzle includes a full event website outright; on Evite it is limited or tied to a paid tier.
- Calendar file. Evite supports adding the event to a calendar. Zazzle does not publish whether it does, so treat it as unavailable until you have confirmed it.
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 Zazzle is the better choice
Hosts who want an enormous design catalogue, no order minimum, and the option of a free digital invite alongside print.
- No minimum order quantity; you can buy a single card or hundreds
- Published quantity discount on invitation orders over 50 cards
- Very large marketplace catalogue plus a free browser design tool
- Zazzle Events offers free digital invites by text or email with RSVP tracking
- Specialty formats available including foil, letterpress and acrylic invitations
Where it costs you:
- Priced per printed card, so cost scales directly with guest count
- Postage is not included and is paid separately
- Envelopes are not automatically included and are added separately
- Listed prices are frequently promotional sale prices, so base rates differ
- Digital RSVP lives in a separate product, not in the printed-card checkout
What each one costs, in dollars
Zazzle 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 | Zazzle | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tier, paid upgrades | Priced per printed card | Free |
| 100 guests | $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium | ~$179-$245 (100 cards at listed $1.79-$2.45 each, before volume discount) | Free |
| 250 guests | $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium | ~$448-$613 (250 cards at listed $1.79-$2.45 each, before volume discount) | 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 listed per-card sale prices in Zazzle's wedding invitations category; volume discounts reduce this and 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 list at roughly $1.79 to $2.45 per card at current sale prices, with a quantity discount on invitation orders over 50 and no minimum order.
The third option: something that feels like an invitation
Neither Evite nor Zazzle 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 | Zazzle | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free to send | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Per-guest fees | Partial | Yes | No |
| Unlimited guests | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| RSVP tracking | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Custom RSVP questions | Partial | Not published | Yes |
| Email delivery | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SMS or WhatsApp | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Per-guest personal links | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Open tracking | Yes | Partial | 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 | Yes | Partial |
| Registry links | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meal choice or seating | Partial | Not published | Partial |
| Calendar file | Yes | 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
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 | Zazzle | 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 | Not published | Yes |
| Add to calendar | Yes | Not published | Yes |
| Right-to-left and multilingual | Not published | Not published | Yes |
Questions
Is Evite or Zazzle cheaper?
Evite works out to $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium at both 100 and 250 guests. Zazzle works out to ~$179-$245 (100 cards at listed $1.79-$2.45 each, before volume discount) for 100 guests and ~$448-$613 (250 cards at listed $1.79-$2.45 each, before volume discount) 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 Zazzle?
Evite suits hosts of large casual gatherings who want a free, high-capacity invitation and can tolerate advertising beside their event details. Zazzle suits hosts who want an enormous design catalogue, no order minimum, and the option of a free digital invite alongside print. 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 Zazzle?
Evite does not require guests to have an account. Zazzle 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 Zazzle?
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 Zazzle invitations for 100?
Zazzle's wedding invitation listings show sale prices of roughly $1.79 to $2.45 per card, so 100 cards is about $179 to $245 at listed prices. Zazzle also applies a quantity discount on invitation orders over 50, which lowers that total. Envelopes and postage are extra.
How current is this comparison?
Evite's published pricing was checked on 2026-09-16 and Zazzle'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 Zazzle'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
- Zazzle invitations category — checked 2026-09-16
- Zazzle wedding invitations — checked 2026-09-16
- Zazzle Events: digital invitations and event planning app — checked 2026-09-16
- Zazzle invitation postcards (no minimum quantity) — checked 2026-09-16