Luma alternatives
Short answer: the closest free replacement for Luma is Dawat — 53 card designs, unlimited guests, per-guest personal links and RSVP tracking, free at any guest count. The next closest are Partiful, Eventbrite and Greenvelope.
Luma works out to Free (RSVP event); $125 platform fee on 100 paid $25 tickets for 100 guests and Free (RSVP event); $312.50 platform fee on 250 paid $25 tickets for 250. Below, 9 alternatives with their published prices and what each one gives up.
This page is published by Dawat, which is one of the products listed. Every price is linked to the vendor's own page and dated, so you can check the ones that matter rather than take our word for it. Luma pricing was checked on 2026-09-16.
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Why people look for a Luma alternative
18 of the 33 platforms tracked here can send an invitation without payment. Luma is one of them, and Dawat is another.
Price is not usually the trigger with Luma. What sends people looking is what it will not do.
The limitations people run into:
- Free plan takes a 5% platform fee on paid events
- Free plan capped at 500 invites or newsletters per week
- Private events are unlisted links, not a locked per-guest invitation
- Stripe processing fees apply on top of the platform fee
- Free plan limited to three calendar admins
All alternatives, priced
| Alternative | Type | 100 guests | 250 guests | Charges per guest | RSVP tracking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawat | Online invitation makers | Free | Free | No | Yes |
| Partiful | Online invitation makers | Free | Free | No | Yes |
| Eventbrite | Event and ticketing platforms | Free (free event); ~$344 for 100 paid $25 tickets | Free (free event); ~$860 for 250 paid $25 tickets | Partial | Yes |
| Greenvelope | Online invitation makers | $99 (single mailing, up to 100 guests) | $249 (single mailing, up to 250 guests) | Partial | Yes |
| Splash | Event and ticketing platforms | Unknown | Unknown | No | Yes |
| Joy | Wedding platforms | Free | Free | Partial | Yes |
| Mixily | Online invitation makers | $19 (one month of Lite) | $29 (one month of Pro) | No | Yes |
| Eventzilla | Event and ticketing platforms | Free (free event); $150 for 100 paid registrations on Basic | Free (free event); $375 for 250 paid registrations on Basic | Partial | Yes |
| Greetings Island | Online invitation makers | $0 free, or $26.99/year premium | $0 free, or $26.99/year premium | No | Yes |
Dawat — the free option
Cinematic digital invitations with per-guest personal links and built-in RSVP, free at any guest count. Everything in the core product is free: all 53 card designs, every party-page theme, unlimited guests, unlimited sends, RSVP tracking with up to five custom questions, and a per-guest funnel showing who was sent the invitation, who opened it and who answered. No card is required to create or send.
Better than Luma at: free at every guest count, with no per-recipient charge and no card required, every guest gets a personally addressed link with their rsvp prefilled and open tracking shows who has actually seen the invitation, not just who replied.
Worse at: digital only: dawat does not print or mail paper stationery and no ticket sales, payments from guests or door scanning.
The paid part: Dawat Signature, a long-scroll cinematic invitation, is $89 once for that event. Nothing else costs anything, and Signature is labelled as paid before you publish.
Create your invitation — free →Sign in only when you publish.
The alternatives in detail
1. Partiful
Free, mobile-first event page and invitation tool built around phone-number RSVPs, text blasts and shared photo albums.
Price: 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.
Better than Luma at: genuinely free with no paid tier, per-event fee or per-recipient charge, text blasts let hosts message confirmed guests without a group chat and custom questionnaire collects arbitrary information at rsvp time.
Worse at: guests must verify a phone number by sms code to rsvp and ticketing fees apply to paid tickets and are not published as a rate.
Pick it if: Social hosts running casual gatherings for a phone-native guest list who want zero cost and fast, mobile RSVP collection.
Luma vs Partiful, side by side →
2. Eventbrite
Public ticketing marketplace with event pages, paid ticket sales, check-in tools, and a consumer discovery app.
Price: Free events cost nothing; paid tickets carry a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per ticket plus 2.9% payment processing per order. Eventbrite Premium is $69/month or $708/year in the US.
Better than Luma at: free events are genuinely free to publish at any size, public marketplace and search listings can bring in unknown attendees and mature paid ticketing: payouts, check-in, scanning, refunds.
Worse at: every paid ticket carries a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee and service fee scales with ticket price, so expensive tickets cost more.
Pick it if: Organizers selling paid tickets to a public or semi-public audience who want discovery, checkout, and check-in in one place.
Luma vs Eventbrite, side by side →
3. Greenvelope
Digital-only invitation service with animated envelope opening, email and text delivery, and RSVP tracking, priced per mailing.
Price: 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.
Better than Luma at: flat per-mailing price, not per-recipient credits, so cost is known up front, custom rsvp questions, meal preferences and dietary notes included at every paid tier and email, sms and whatsapp delivery, with open and delivery tracking.
Worse at: price is tiered by guest count, so larger lists cost more per mailing and digital only; greenvelope does not print or mail paper invitations.
Pick it if: Hosts of a single sizeable event who want polished digital invitations and detailed RSVP data for one predictable flat fee.
Luma vs Greenvelope, side by side →
4. Splash
Event marketing platform for branded event pages, registration, email reminders, on-site check-in, and badge management.
Price: Splash publishes two tiers, Pro and Enterprise, and no prices for either; both are sold through sales with a demo. Its pricing page promises unlimited events and unlimited registrations with no hidden fees.
Better than Luma at: unlimited events and unlimited registrations on every plan, with no per-attendee fee, deep crm and marketing-automation integrations keep event data in the business systems and event roi and email performance dashboards built for reporting to a marketing team.
Worse at: publishes no price at any tier; pro and enterprise are both quote-only and built for event marketing programmes, not for a single private celebration.
Pick it if: Corporate field-marketing and demand-generation teams running recurring, on-brand event programmes at scale.
Luma vs Splash, side by side →
5. Joy
Free wedding website, app, registry and RSVP platform with optional paid domains, SMS messaging and premium digital or printed cards.
Price: Joy states the core product is $0/month with unlimited guests; paid extras are a custom domain (about $19.99/year), Messaging Plus SMS, premium digital cards (50-card minimum) and paper from $1.39 each.
Better than Luma at: genuinely free core: website, registry, rsvp, mobile app and unlimited guests, hundreds of free digital invitation and save the date designs sent by email and guests do not need an account; signup is offered only after rsvp.
Worse at: premium digital cards carry a 50-card minimum order and are sold in fixed bundles and sms delivery of premium cards is a paid add-on, us and canada numbers only.
Pick it if: Couples who want a free, well-designed website, app and RSVP system with unlimited guests and optional paid stationery.
6. Mixily
Web-based event invitation and RSVP tool with ad-free event pages, custom RSVP questions and automatic reminders.
Price: 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).
Better than Luma at: no ads on event pages on any plan, including the free plan, guests rsvp with name and email; no guest account or app download and custom rsvp questions for meal choice, dietary needs or song requests.
Worse at: free plan is capped at 50 invites and 40 rsvps per event and free plan allows only 2 active events and 200 emails per week.
Pick it if: Hosts who want ad-free, no-account RSVP collection with custom questions and will pay a single month's subscription.
Luma vs Mixily, side by side →
7. Eventzilla
Event registration and ticketing platform with forms, agendas, seating, check-in, and email invitations for conferences and classes.
Price: Free events are free. Paid registrations cost $1.50 each on Basic, 1.9% + $1.50 on Pro, and 2.9% + $1.50 on Plus; an annual plan is $1,999/year including 500 registrations.
Better than Luma at: free events are explicitly free, with no setup or monthly fee, flat $1.50 per registration on basic does not scale with price and email invitations to imported contact lists with personalised placeholders.
Worse at: basic plan allows only one paid ticket type and payment processing fees are charged separately on top of platform fees.
Pick it if: Conference, workshop, and training organisers who want low flat per-registration pricing and detailed registration forms.
Luma vs Eventzilla, side by side →
8. Greetings Island
Template-driven invitation and greeting card maker with free downloads, a free RSVP tool, and a premium design subscription.
Price: 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.
Better than Luma at: free online rsvp tool advertised with unlimited guests and no signup, no per-guest or per-recipient charge at any tier and custom rsvp questions, deadlines, guest limits and automatic reminders.
Worse at: free downloads carry a watermark; removing it requires premium and premium designs are gated behind a subscription or single purchase.
Pick it if: Budget hosts who want a free, unlimited-guest RSVP page and are happy to print or share a template design themselves.
Luma vs Greetings Island, side by side →
What to check before you switch
- Price at your actual guest count, not the headline. Multiply the per-recipient rate by the real number of people on your list.
- Whether guests need an account. Every sign-up screen between the link and the reply costs you responses, mostly from the relatives you most want there.
- Whether you can ask your own questions. Meal choice, plus-ones, which nights they are coming — if the product cannot ask, you will be asking by text.
- Whether you can see who opened it. Chasing the people who never opened it is a different job from chasing the people who did and have not decided.
- What happens to replies you already have. Export from Luma before you move, and invite only the people who have not answered.
Questions
What is the best free alternative to Luma?
Dawat. It 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 per guest — with no per-recipient charge and no card required. Partiful, Joy, Mixily and Greetings Island are also free to use, with the trade-offs listed above. This page is published by Dawat, so weigh that and check the sources at the bottom.
Why do people switch away from Luma?
Most often because of a specific limitation rather than price. The recurring complaints are: free plan takes a 5% platform fee on paid events, free plan capped at 500 invites or newsletters per week, private events are unlisted links, not a locked per-guest invitation, stripe processing fees apply on top of the platform fee and free plan limited to three calendar admins.
Is Luma still worth using?
For the right event, yes — and it is worth saying so on a page like this. Community, meetup, and startup organizers who want a fast, free event page with invites and light ticketing. Free plan covers unlimited events and unlimited guests per event. The alternatives above matter when your situation is different, not because Luma is bad.
How much does Luma cost for 100 guests?
Luma works out to Free (RSVP event); $125 platform fee on 100 paid $25 tickets for 100 guests and Free (RSVP event); $312.50 platform fee on 250 paid $25 tickets for 250. Free-plan 5% platform fee applied to $25 tickets; Stripe processing (about 2.9% + $0.30) is charged on top. Checked against Luma's own published pricing on 2026-09-16.
Is Luma free?
Yes. Luma publishes a 'Free, forever' plan with unlimited events and unlimited guests per event. Free events cost nothing. Paid events on the free plan carry a 5% platform fee, and Stripe processing fees apply separately.
How much does Luma Plus cost?
Luma Plus is listed at $59 per month billed annually. It removes the 5% platform fee on paid events, raises weekly invite and newsletter sends from 500 to 5,000, and increases calendar admins from three to five.
More comparisons
Dawat vs Luma
The full head-to-head, including where Luma wins.
Event and ticketing platforms
Everything in Luma's category, compared.
Head-to-heads with Luma:
Other alternatives guides:
How these figures were checked
Every figure above was read from Luma'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. Luma does not publish one.
Sources
- Luma pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Luma Plus overview — checked 2026-09-16
- Event registration process — checked 2026-09-16
- Setting your event visibility — checked 2026-09-16
- Inviting and adding guests to your event — checked 2026-09-16
- Partiful homepage — checked 2026-09-16
- What fees does Partiful charge? — checked 2026-09-16
- How do I RSVP to an event on Partiful? — checked 2026-09-16
- Where can I add a link in my event? — checked 2026-09-16
- Partiful (Wikipedia) — checked 2026-09-16
- Eventbrite organizer pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Eventbrite pricing and plans (Help Center) — checked 2026-09-16
- Checkout on Eventbrite (Help Center) — checked 2026-09-16
- Manage your event privacy settings — checked 2026-09-16
- Create custom questions for attendees — checked 2026-09-16
- Greenvelope pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Greenvelope: How much does Greenvelope cost — checked 2026-09-16
- Greenvelope homepage (features) — checked 2026-09-16
- Greenvelope vs Paperless Post (vendor comparison) — checked 2026-09-16
- Splash pricing — checked 2026-09-17
- Cvent acquires Splash — checked 2026-09-17
- Joy pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Joy FAQ — checked 2026-09-16
- Joy help: Designing and sending Premium Digital Cards — checked 2026-09-16
- Joy help: Send text messages with Messaging Plus — checked 2026-09-16
- Joy help: General FAQs, custom domains — checked 2026-09-16
- Mixily plans and pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Mixily vs Evite (ads policy, free-tier limits, guest accounts) — checked 2026-09-16
- How to create an event on Mixily (delivery, reminders, co-hosts, calendar sync) — checked 2026-09-16
- Mixily homepage — checked 2026-09-16
- Eventzilla pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- How does the ticket fee work? (Eventzilla Support) — checked 2026-09-16
- How to send customized invitation emails (Eventzilla Support) — checked 2026-09-16
- 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