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Forms, sign-ups and scheduling compared

How pricing works in forms, sign-ups and scheduling

Of the 5 products in this category, 0 charge per recipient or per printed card. 5 can send an invitation without payment: Doodle, Google Forms, Jotform, RSVPify and SignUpGenius. Dawat is free at every guest count.

On the guest side, 2 of 5 let a guest reply without an account, 0 tell you who opened the invitation, and 2 let you ask your own questions such as meal choice or which nights someone is coming. Those three are what decide whether you spend the week before the event chasing people.

At a 250-guest list the published range in this category runs from $10/month or $72/year (Gold) on RSVPify to $39/month (Bronze) on Jotform. The same invitation, the same guests, 3.9 times apart.

What to check before you pick one

1. Check the response cap on the free tier against your guest count.
2. Check whether respondents see advertising.
3. Accept that there is no invitation here: you are sending a form link.
4. Check whether you can send a personalised link per person, or only one shared URL.

Dawat answers all of these the same way: nothing to pay at any guest count, no account for guests, your own RSVP questions, and a per-guest view of who was sent the invitation, who opened it and who replied.

Head-to-head within this category

Each one against Dawat

Doodle

Group scheduling tool built around availability polls, booking pages, 1:1 scheduling and basic sign-up sheets with calendar sync. Free plan with ads and one booking page and one 1:1; Professional is $15/month or $132/year per user; Team runs $21/user/month monthly or $16/user/month annually at 2-5 seats.

Pick it when: Groups picking a date together — committees, teams, friend groups — where the question is when, not who is coming to a set event. Skip it when: A host with a fixed date and a guest list who wants a designed invitation and RSVP tracking.

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Google Forms

Free Google survey and form builder that collects responses into Sheets, available with any Google account and bundled in Google Workspace. Free with a personal Google account. Bundled in Google Workspace at $7 (Starter), $14 (Standard) and $22 (Plus) per user per month, with Enterprise quoted by sales.

Pick it when: Anyone who needs to collect answers at zero cost and does not care how the invitation looks. Skip it when: Hosts of weddings, milestone parties or anything where the invitation itself is meant to feel like an event.

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Jotform

Online form builder with templates, conditional logic, payment fields, e-signatures and approval workflows, sold on submission volume. Starter is free with 5 forms and 100 monthly submissions; Bronze $39/month ($34 annually), Silver $49/month ($39 annually), Gold $129/month ($99 annually), Enterprise quoted.

Pick it when: Organizers who need a genuinely powerful form — logic, payments, signatures — attached to an event, and are indifferent to invitation aesthetics. Skip it when: Someone sending a personal celebration invitation, where a branded form link is the wrong artefact entirely.

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RSVPify

Online RSVP, registration and ticketing platform with guest lists, custom forms, check-in and event pages for personal and business events. Free for up to 100 guests per event; Gold is $10/month or $72/year for up to 300 guests, and Platinum is $15/month or $108/year for up to 500 guests. Business plans start at $39/month.

Pick it when: Organizers who need serious RSVP and registration mechanics, guest-list management and check-in more than they need invitation design. Skip it when: Anyone whose main goal is a beautiful, animated invitation; RSVPify's output is a form and event page, not a designed card.

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SignUpGenius

Sign-up sheet and volunteer scheduling tool for schools, churches, nonprofits and teams, with slots, reminders and payment collection. Free plan with unlimited ad-supported sign-up pages; Silver $11.99/month ($107.89/year), Gold $29.99/month ($269.89/year), Platinum $59.99/month ($539.89/year). Payments collected cost 5% plus $0.50 per transaction.

Pick it when: Schools, sports teams, churches and volunteer coordinators filling time slots or item lists who can live with ads on a free account. Skip it when: Anyone sending a designed invitation, or any host who cannot show advertising to their guests without paying.

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