Dawat vs Greetings Island
Short answer: both are free to use. The difference is what you get: Greetings Island gives you free online rsvp tool advertised with unlimited guests and no signup, while Dawat gives you sending by email, a personally addressed link per guest, seeing who opened the invitation.
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.
Template-driven invitation and greeting card maker with free downloads, a free RSVP tool, and a premium design subscription. This page compares it with Dawat on the three things that decide the choice between two invitation products: what it costs once the guest list is real, what your guests see when they tap the link, and what each product will not do.
Greetings Island pricing checked 2026-09-16 against its own published pages. Sources · Method
On this page
Side by side
| Dawat | Greetings Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free | Free tier, paid upgrades |
| What the free tier gives you | Everything except Signature: all card designs, party pages, unlimited guests, sends, RSVP tracking and analytics. | Most templates, editing, download, sharing and unlimited-guest online RSVP with no signup; free designs carry a watermark. |
| Cost for 100 guests | Free | $0 free, or $26.99/year premium |
| Cost for 250 guests | Free | $0 free, or $26.99/year premium |
| Charges per recipient | No | No |
| Guests need an account | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Not published |
Where Dawat is different
- Email delivery. Dawat includes sending by email in the free product. On Greetings Island it is limited or sits behind a paid tier.
- Per-guest personal links. Dawat includes a personally addressed link per guest. Greetings Island does not publish whether it supports this.
- Open tracking. Dawat includes seeing who opened the invitation. Greetings Island does not publish whether it supports this.
- Animated envelope. Dawat includes an animated envelope opening. Greetings Island does not publish whether it supports this.
- Ads shown to guests. Dawat never does this. Greetings Island does not publish whether it does.
- Calendar file. Dawat includes adding the event to a calendar. Greetings Island does not publish whether it supports this.
- AI wording help. Dawat includes writing the wording with AI in the free product. On Greetings Island it is limited or sits behind a paid tier.
Create your invitation — free →No card required. Unlimited guests. 53 designs.
When Greetings Island is the better choice
A comparison published by one of the two products is worth nothing unless it can say this part plainly, so here it is: Budget hosts who want a free, unlimited-guest RSVP page and are happy to print or share a template design themselves.
- Free online RSVP tool advertised with unlimited guests and no signup
- No per-guest or per-recipient charge at any tier
- Custom RSVP questions, deadlines, guest limits and automatic reminders
- Designs can be downloaded and printed, or shared by link or QR code
- Single premium design purchase ($8.99 invitation) avoids a subscription
Where Dawat does not compete with it:
- Digital only: Dawat does not print or mail paper stationery
And where Greetings Island will cost you something:
- Free downloads carry a watermark; removing it requires premium
- Premium designs are gated behind a subscription or single purchase
- Unlimited email invites and scheduled sending are premium features
- RSVP by text message to a phone number is a premium feature
- A single premium design purchase does not include other premium features
What Greetings Island costs, in dollars
As of September 2026: Most designs and the online RSVP tool are free; premium unlocks 10,000+ designs and removes watermarks for $26.99/year, or $8.99 for a single premium invitation and $4.49 for a single card.
18 of the 33 platforms tracked here can send an invitation without payment. Greetings Island is one of them, and Dawat is another.
| Dawat | Greetings Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free | Free tier, paid upgrades |
| 100 guests | Free | $0 free, or $26.99/year premium |
| 250 guests | Free | $0 free, or $26.99/year premium |
| How that is worked out | Dawat has no per-guest or per-send charge, so the guest count does not change the price. | Greetings Island charges by design and subscription, not by guest; its RSVP tool advertises unlimited guests, so headcount does not change the price. |
Dawat is free to send. Greetings Island 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
Hosts compare dashboards. Guests get one link, once, usually on a phone, often while doing something else. Everything standing between that tap and an answer costs you replies.
| Feature | Dawat | Greetings Island |
|---|---|---|
| Guest account required | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Not published |
| Animated envelope | Yes | Not published |
| 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. Greetings Island does not publish whether it addresses each guest individually.
What happens as the list grows
Guest count is not the axis here — Greetings Island 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
Most people pick one. If you are mid-way through a guest list on Greetings Island, the sensible split is to leave the people who have already replied where they are and send Dawat invitations to the ones who have not.
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: Greetings Island'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 | Greetings Island |
|---|---|---|
| Free to send | Yes | Yes |
| Per-guest fees | No | No |
| Unlimited guests | Yes | Yes |
| RSVP tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Custom RSVP questions | Yes | Yes |
| Email delivery | Yes | Partial |
| SMS or WhatsApp | Partial | Partial |
| Per-guest personal links | Yes | Not published |
| Open tracking | Yes | Not published |
| Animated envelope | Yes | Not published |
| Printed cards | No | Partial |
| Guest account required | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Not published |
| Event website | Partial | Partial |
| Registry links | Yes | Yes |
| Meal choice or seating | Partial | Partial |
| Calendar file | Yes | Not published |
| AI wording help | Yes | Partial |
| 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 Greetings Island free?
Largely yes. Greetings Island says most features are free with no sign-up required, and its online RSVP tool is free for every invitation with unlimited guests and no credit card. Free downloads carry a watermark, and premium designs require a purchase or subscription.
How much is Greetings Island premium?
The yearly premium subscription is $26.99/year, which Greetings Island expresses as $2.25 per month. If you only need one design, a single premium purchase is $8.99 for an invitation and $4.49 for a card, though that one-off does not include other premium features.
Does Greetings Island put a watermark on invitations?
Yes, on free designs. Watermark removal is listed as a premium membership benefit, alongside access to 10,000+ premium designs, an exclusive font library, background removal, unlimited email invites and scheduled sending. A single premium design purchase also removes the watermark for that design.
Do guests need an account to RSVP on Greetings Island?
No. The RSVP tool states that guests can RSVP instantly without signing up, responding in one click with no app or sign-up required. Hosts share the RSVP link by email, messaging app or QR code, set deadlines and guest limits, and track responses in real time.
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 Greetings Island?
Dawat's 53 designs are animated card experiences with an envelope opening, plus 8 long-scroll Signature experiences. Whether that beats Greetings Island depends on whether you want a designed occasion or a quick notice.
Can I send printed invitations from Dawat?
No. Dawat is digital only. Greetings Island does not print either.
Create your invitation — free →Takes about ten minutes. Sign in only when you publish.
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How these figures were checked
Every figure above was read from Greetings Island'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. Greetings Island does not publish one.
Sources
- Greetings Island homepage — checked 2026-09-16
- Greetings Island online RSVP — checked 2026-09-16
- How much does a premium subscription cost? — checked 2026-09-16
- How much does a single design cost? — checked 2026-09-16
- About premium membership & benefits — checked 2026-09-16