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Online invitation makers compared

How pricing works in online invitation makers

Of the 9 products in this category, 2 charge per recipient or per printed card: Hobnob and Paperless Post. 5 can send an invitation without payment: Evite, Greetings Island, Hobnob, Mixily and Partiful. Dawat is free at every guest count.

On the guest side, 6 of 9 let a guest reply without an account, 4 tell you who opened the invitation, and 5 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 $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium on Evite to $263 (Premium feature set) on Paperless Post. The same invitation, the same guests, the difference between nothing and $263.

What to check before you pick one

1. Multiply the per-recipient rate by your real guest count before you decide.
2. Check whether the design you like sits in a more expensive tier than the one you browsed.
3. Confirm guests can reply without creating an account.
4. Check whether you can ask your own questions, not just yes or no.

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

Evite

Long-running digital invitation service offering free ad-supported invitations plus paid Premium packages priced by guest count. 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.

Pick it when: Hosts of large casual gatherings who want a free, high-capacity invitation and can tolerate advertising beside their event details. Skip it when: Anyone needing an ad-free, premium-feeling invitation for a single small event, where the per-event Premium fee is poor value.

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Greenvelope

Digital-only invitation service with animated envelope opening, email and text delivery, and RSVP tracking, priced per mailing. Flat one-time fee per mailing set by guest-list size: $19 up to 20 guests, $59 up to 60, $99 up to 100, $249 up to 250. Annual memberships from $125.

Pick it when: Hosts of a single sizeable event who want polished digital invitations and detailed RSVP data for one predictable flat fee. Skip it when: Anyone who needs printed invitations, or a host with a very small list who would rather pay nothing.

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Greetings Island

Template-driven invitation and greeting card maker with free downloads, a free RSVP tool, and a premium design subscription. 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.

Pick it when: Budget hosts who want a free, unlimited-guest RSVP page and are happy to print or share a template design themselves. Skip it when: Hosts wanting a polished animated digital send with built-in bulk email delivery without paying for premium.

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Hobnob

Mobile-first invitation app, now Zazzle Events, that sends photo or video invites by text or email and tracks RSVPs. 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).

Pick it when: Hosts who want text-message invites and fast mobile RSVPs for casual gatherings and can live with credit limits. Skip it when: Hosts who need large-volume SMS sending, desktop design control, or formal stationery-grade invitations.

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Mixily

Web-based event invitation and RSVP tool with ad-free event pages, custom RSVP questions and automatic reminders. Free plan covers 50 invites and 40 RSVPs per event; Lite $19/month (100/100), Pro $29/month (250/250), Plus $79/month (1,500/1,500).

Pick it when: Hosts who want ad-free, no-account RSVP collection with custom questions and will pay a single month's subscription. Skip it when: Anyone needing native SMS delivery, printed stationery, or guest counts beyond 1,500 on one event.

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Paperless Post

Design-led online invitation and card service that charges virtual Coins per recipient for premium designs and features. Paperless Post publishes per-guest rates of $0.00 (Free), $0.50 (Basic), $1.05 (Premium) and $1.44 (All Access), charged in Coins. Paperless Pro subscriptions start at $250/year for 250 annual guests.

Pick it when: Hosts of formal or design-sensitive events with modest guest lists who will pay per recipient for a polished, ad-free invitation. Skip it when: Large-headcount hosts on a fixed budget, where per-recipient Coin pricing makes a 250-guest send cost hundreds of dollars.

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Partiful

Free, mobile-first event page and invitation tool built around phone-number RSVPs, text blasts and shared photo albums. Partiful states its platform is "100% free, no paywalls" with no per-event or per-guest charge; only paid ticketing carries a fee, and free tickets have no fees.

Pick it when: Social hosts running casual gatherings for a phone-native guest list who want zero cost and fast, mobile RSVP collection. Skip it when: Formal events, or guest lists where asking people to hand over a phone number and verify by SMS is unacceptable.

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Punchbowl

Subscription invitation and digital greeting card service with licensed character designs and per-event guest caps by plan. Four plans billed monthly or annually: Plus from $2.99/mo (50 guests), Premium from $4.99/mo (100), Platinum from $5.99/mo (500), Business from $39.99/mo (5,000), all annual-billed rates after a 7-day free trial.

Pick it when: Frequent hosts who want licensed character designs and unlimited events for a flat annual fee rather than per-event charges. Skip it when: Someone sending a single invitation, who would pay for a subscription and still see ads below the Platinum tier.

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Smilebox

Long-running template-based maker for invitations, slideshows and greeting cards, with email invitations and built-in RSVP tracking. Smilebox's own subscription feed lists $6.99/month or $47.88/year, each with a 7-day trial; Smilebox does not publish a per-tier pricing page.

Pick it when: Hosts who want a low-cost, all-purpose card and slideshow maker with basic RSVP tracking and a print option. Skip it when: Buyers who need transparent published plan pricing or modern guest-management features before committing.

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