Hobnob vs Jotform
Short answer: price will not decide this one — both can be used without paying. Choose Hobnob if hosts who want text-message invites and fast mobile RSVPs for casual gatherings and can live with credit limits. Choose Jotform if organizers who need a genuinely powerful form — logic, payments, signatures — attached to an event, and are indifferent to invitation aesthetics.
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.
Hobnob and Jotform are built for different jobs, so the comparison is less about features and more about which job you are actually doing.
Hobnob and Jotform pricing checked 2026-09-16 against their own published pages. Sources · Method
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Side by side
Mobile-first invitation app, now Zazzle Events, that sends photo or video invites by text or email and tracks RSVPs. Online form builder with templates, conditional logic, payment fields, e-signatures and approval workflows, sold on submission volume. Dawat is shown as a third column because it answers the same question at no cost, which is the relevant fact for most people reading this page.
| Hobnob | Jotform | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tier, paid upgrades | Free tier, paid upgrades | Free |
| What the free tier gives you | Unlimited email invites (no credit cost), free social/link sharing, and 10 text-invite credits per month. | 5 active forms, 100 submissions/month, 500 total stored, 100 MB, 10,000 monthly views — with Jotform branding. | Everything except Signature: all card designs, party pages, unlimited guests, sends, RSVP tracking and analytics. |
| Cost for 100 guests | Free by email; $59.99/year if sent by text | Free (100 submissions/month cap) | Free |
| Cost for 250 guests | Free by email; $59.99/year if sent by text | $39/month (Bronze) | Free |
| Charges per recipient | Yes | No | No |
| Guests need an account | No | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Not published | No | 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 invitations without paying and letting guests reply without an account, so those are not the thing to decide on.
- Per-guest fees. Hobnob does this; Jotform does not. If no per-recipient charge matters to you, that is a point for Jotform.
- RSVP tracking. Hobnob includes tracking who has replied outright; on Jotform it is limited or tied to a paid tier.
- Custom RSVP questions. Jotform supports asking your own questions. Hobnob does not publish whether it does, so treat it as unavailable until you have confirmed it.
- Email delivery. Hobnob includes sending by email outright; on Jotform it is limited or tied to a paid tier.
- SMS or WhatsApp. Hobnob supports sending by text or WhatsApp. Jotform does not publish whether it does, so treat it as unavailable until you have confirmed it.
- Open tracking. Hobnob supports seeing who opened the invitation. Jotform does not publish whether it does, so treat it as unavailable until you have confirmed it.
- Ads shown to guests. Jotform does not do this. Hobnob does not publish whether it does, so it is worth checking before you send.
- Event website. Hobnob supports a full event website; Jotform does not.
When Hobnob is the better choice
Hosts who want text-message invites and fast mobile RSVPs for casual gatherings and can live with credit limits.
- Email invites cost no credits, so email-only sends are free at any guest count
- Sends real SMS invitations; guests reply by text with no app download
- Delivery and viewed-status tracking plus automated RSVP reminders on paid plans
- Paid plans include event ticketing and payment collection, polls and sign-up lists
- Annual pricing is low: $19.99 or $59.99 a year rather than per event
Where it costs you:
- Text invites are metered per recipient as credits, not unlimited
- Free members get only 10 text-invite credits per month
- Premium's 310 credits per year cap how many texts you can send annually
- Premium designs, reminders and ticketing require a paid membership
- Primarily a phone app; there is no full desktop invitation editor documented
When Jotform is the better choice
Organizers who need a genuinely powerful form — logic, payments, signatures — attached to an event, and are indifferent to invitation aesthetics.
- Deep form builder: conditional logic, 100 fields free, payments, e-signatures, approvals
- Very large template library including RSVP and event registration forms
- No Jotform per-transaction fee on payment forms; you pay only the processor
- Free tier is functionally complete rather than feature-locked; limits are volume-based
Where it costs you:
- Free plan is capped at 100 submissions per month and 500 stored submissions
- Jotform branding appears on free-plan forms and signed documents
- Payment submissions are limited to 10 per month on the free plan
- No invitation design, envelope animation or guest-list invitation sending
- Price step from free to the next tier is $39/month
What each one costs, in dollars
Hobnob is one of the 7 platforms in this dataset that charge per guest or per printed card. Jotform 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.
| Hobnob | Jotform | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free tier, paid upgrades | Free tier, paid upgrades | Free |
| 100 guests | Free by email; $59.99/year if sent by text | Free (100 submissions/month cap) | Free |
| 250 guests | Free by email; $59.99/year if sent by text | $39/month (Bronze) | Free |
| How that is worked out | Email invites consume no credits at any guest count; text invites consume one credit each, and Premium's 310 credits cover 250 texts. | 100 replies exactly fills the free monthly submission allowance; 250 replies needs Bronze at $39/month, or $34/month billed annually ($408/year). | Dawat has no per-guest or per-send charge, so the guest count does not change the price. |
As of September 2026: Free members get 10 text-invite credits a month and unlimited email invites; Essentials is $19.99/year (70 credits) and Premium $59.99/year (310 credits). 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.
The third option: something that feels like an invitation
Neither Hobnob nor Jotform 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 | Hobnob | Jotform | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free to send | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Per-guest fees | Yes | No | No |
| Unlimited guests | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| RSVP tracking | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Custom RSVP questions | Not published | Yes | Yes |
| Email delivery | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| SMS or WhatsApp | Yes | Not published | Partial |
| Per-guest personal links | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Open tracking | Yes | Not published | Yes |
| Animated envelope | Not published | No | Yes |
| Printed cards | Not published | No | No |
| Guest account required | No | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Not published | No | No |
| Event website | Yes | No | Partial |
| Registry links | Not published | No | Yes |
| Meal choice or seating | Not published | Partial | Partial |
| Calendar file | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| AI wording help | Not published | Yes | 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 form asks a question. An invitation makes someone want to answer it. Your guest experiences whichever one you sent, and the response rate follows.
| What your guest gets | Hobnob | Jotform | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guests need an account | No | No | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Not published | No | No |
| Animated opening | Not published | No | Yes |
| Personally addressed link | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Add to calendar | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Right-to-left and multilingual | Not published | Not published | Yes |
Questions
Is Hobnob or Jotform cheaper?
Hobnob does not charge by guest count. Jotform works out to Free (100 submissions/month cap) for 100 guests and $39/month (Bronze) 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, Hobnob or Jotform?
Hobnob suits hosts who want text-message invites and fast mobile RSVPs for casual gatherings and can live with credit limits. Jotform suits organizers who need a genuinely powerful form — logic, payments, signatures — attached to an event, and are indifferent to invitation aesthetics. 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 Hobnob or Jotform?
Hobnob does not require guests to have an account. Jotform 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 Hobnob and Jotform?
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 Hobnob free?
Partly. Hobnob's help centre states that email invites do not cost a credit to send and that sharing an event link on social media is free. Free members also receive 10 text-invite credits a month. Text invites beyond that, premium designs and RSVP reminders require a paid membership.
Is Jotform free?
There is a free Starter plan: 5 active forms, 100 submissions per month, 500 total stored submissions, 100 MB of uploads and 10,000 monthly form views. Forms carry Jotform branding until you upgrade.
How current is this comparison?
Hobnob's published pricing was checked on 2026-09-16 and Jotform'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 Hobnob and Jotform'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. Hobnob does not publish one.
Sources
- Hobnob memberships: Essentials vs Premium — checked 2026-09-16
- How can I send invites for free? (credit rules) — checked 2026-09-16
- Zazzle Events product page — checked 2026-09-16
- Hobnob homepage — checked 2026-09-16
- Jotform pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Jotform help — free vs paid plans — checked 2026-09-16
- Jotform — payment submissions: fee per transaction — checked 2026-09-16
- Jotform AI Agents pricing — checked 2026-09-16