Minted alternatives
Short answer: the closest free replacement for Minted is Dawat — 53 card designs, unlimited guests, per-guest personal links and RSVP tracking, free at any guest count. The next closest are Partiful, Luma and Greenvelope.
Minted works out to $234 (100 Classic 7x5 cards at $2.34 each) for 100 guests and ~$585 (250 Classic 7x5 cards at the published 100-qty rate) 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. Minted pricing was checked on 2026-09-16.
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Why people look for a Minted alternative
7 of the 33 invitation, stationery and event platforms tracked in this dataset charge per guest or per printed card. Minted is one of them.
The most common reason is arithmetic. Minted works out to $234 (100 Classic 7x5 cards at $2.34 each) for 100 guests and ~$585 (250 Classic 7x5 cards at the published 100-qty rate) for 250, so the bill is set by the size of your family rather than by anything you chose.
The limitations people run into:
- Priced per printed card, so cost scales directly with guest count
- Postage is not included and is paid separately
- Premium formats such as letterpress cost substantially more, from $485 per 100
- Per-card price at quantities above 100 is not published on the site
- Discount programs require a paid Minted More membership
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 |
| Luma | Event and ticketing platforms | Free (RSVP event); $125 platform fee on 100 paid $25 tickets | Free (RSVP event); $312.50 platform fee on 250 paid $25 tickets | No | Yes |
| Greenvelope | Online invitation makers | $99 (single mailing, up to 100 guests) | $249 (single mailing, up to 250 guests) | Partial | Yes |
| Zazzle | Stationery and print | ~$179-$245 (100 cards at listed $1.79-$2.45 each, before volume discount) | ~$448-$613 (250 cards at listed $1.79-$2.45 each, before volume discount) | Yes | Partial |
| Joy | Wedding platforms | Free | Free | Partial | Yes |
| Basic Invite | Stationery and print | $72 (100 cards at the published 72-cent starting rate) | $180 (250 cards at the published 72-cent starting rate) | Yes | Yes |
| Evite | Online invitation makers | $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium | $0 free with ads, or $99.99 Premium | Partial | Yes |
| Hobnob | Online invitation makers | Free by email; $59.99/year if sent by text | Free by email; $59.99/year if sent by text | Yes | 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 Minted 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.
Dawat vs Minted, side by side →
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 Minted 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.
Minted vs Partiful, side by side →
2. Luma
Event pages and calendars with RSVP, invites, ticketing, and check-in, popular with tech meetups and community organizers.
Price: Free forever plan with unlimited events and guests and a 5% platform fee on paid events; Luma Plus is $59/month billed annually and drops the platform fee to 0%.
Better than Minted at: free plan covers unlimited events and unlimited guests per event, guests do not need a luma account or sign-in to register and invites go out by email plus sms, whatsapp, and push.
Worse at: free plan takes a 5% platform fee on paid events and free plan capped at 500 invites or newsletters per week.
Pick it if: Community, meetup, and startup organizers who want a fast, free event page with invites and light ticketing.
Minted vs Luma, 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 Minted 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.
Minted vs Greenvelope, side by side →
4. Zazzle
Print-on-demand marketplace selling customisable invitations with no minimum order, plus a separate free digital invitation app, Zazzle Events.
Price: Wedding invitations list at roughly $1.79 to $2.45 per card at current sale prices, with a quantity discount on invitation orders over 50 and no minimum order.
Better than Minted at: no minimum order quantity; you can buy a single card or hundreds, published quantity discount on invitation orders over 50 cards and very large marketplace catalogue plus a free browser design tool.
Worse at: priced per printed card, so cost scales directly with guest count and postage is not included and is paid separately.
Pick it if: Hosts who want an enormous design catalogue, no order minimum, and the option of a free digital invite alongside print.
Minted vs Zazzle, 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 Minted 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. Basic Invite
Online stationery printer offering customisable invitations with extensive colour control, plus a free wedding website with RSVP management.
Price: Printed wedding invitations advertised as low as 72 cents per card, with save-the-dates as low as 45 cents per card; custom printed samples available per design.
Better than Minted at: among the lowest advertised per-card rates, from 72 cents for wedding invitations, 150+ free custom colours, with colour control on nearly every design element and custom printed sample of your actual design available before ordering.
Worse at: priced per printed card, so cost rises directly with guest count and postage is not included and is paid separately.
Pick it if: Budget-conscious hosts who want printed invitations matched to exact wedding colours, with a free website for online RSVPs.
Minted vs Basic Invite, side by side →
7. Evite
Long-running digital invitation service offering free ad-supported invitations plus paid Premium packages priced by guest count.
Price: 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.
Better than Minted at: free tier sends to up to 750 guests with no per-recipient charge, read receipts and shareable links are available on the free tier and delivery by email, text message or shareable link.
Worse at: free invitations display third-party ads to guests and removing ads requires a paid premium package.
Pick it if: Hosts of large casual gatherings who want a free, high-capacity invitation and can tolerate advertising beside their event details.
Minted vs Evite, side by side →
8. Hobnob
Mobile-first invitation app, now Zazzle Events, that sends photo or video invites by text or email and tracks RSVPs.
Price: 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).
Better than Minted at: 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 and delivery and viewed-status tracking plus automated rsvp reminders on paid plans.
Worse at: text invites are metered per recipient as credits, not unlimited and free members get only 10 text-invite credits per month.
Pick it if: Hosts who want text-message invites and fast mobile RSVPs for casual gatherings and can live with credit limits.
Minted vs Hobnob, 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 Minted before you move, and invite only the people who have not answered.
Questions
What is the best free alternative to Minted?
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, Luma, Joy, Evite and Hobnob 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 Minted?
Most often because of per-recipient pricing: ~$585 (250 Classic 7x5 cards at the published 100-qty rate) for a 250-person list. The recurring complaints are: priced per printed card, so cost scales directly with guest count, postage is not included and is paid separately, premium formats such as letterpress cost substantially more, from $485 per 100, per-card price at quantities above 100 is not published on the site and discount programs require a paid minted more membership.
Is Minted still worth using?
For the right event, yes — and it is worth saying so on a page like this. Couples who want distinctive designer paper invitations and will use the free matching wedding website for RSVPs. Large juried design library from independent artists, not generic templates. The alternatives above matter when your situation is different, not because Minted is bad.
How much does Minted cost for 100 guests?
Minted works out to $234 (100 Classic 7x5 cards at $2.34 each) for 100 guests and ~$585 (250 Classic 7x5 cards at the published 100-qty rate) for 250. Based on Minted's published Classic 7x5 per-card price at quantity 100; Minted publishes no 250-qty rate. Postage is extra. Checked against Minted's own published pricing on 2026-09-16.
How much do Minted wedding invitations cost for 100?
Minted publishes a starting price of $2.34 per invitation for the Classic 7x5 size at quantity 100, and $2.00 per invitation for the Petite 6x4.25 size. That works out to roughly $234 or $200 for 100 cards before postage. Letterpress is far higher, starting at $485 for 100 one-colour invitations.
Does Minted offer free online invitations?
Yes. Minted offers free online invitations that you customise and share by text or email to start collecting RSVPs. They are separate from the printed range and coordinate with Minted's free wedding website designs.
More comparisons
Dawat vs Minted
The full head-to-head, including where Minted wins.
Stationery and print
Everything in Minted's category, compared.
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How these figures were checked
Every figure above was read from Minted's own published pricing or help pages on 16 September 2026, and each source is linked below. Where a vendor publishes a rate at one quantity and not another, the published rate is multiplied out and marked as an upper bound rather than presented as a quote. 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. Minted does not publish one.
Sources
- Minted: How much do wedding invitations cost — checked 2026-09-16
- Minted wedding invitations — checked 2026-09-16
- Minted free online invitations — checked 2026-09-16
- Minted wedding websites (free with online RSVP) — checked 2026-09-16
- Minted letterpress wedding invitations — 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
- 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
- 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
- Zazzle invitations category — checked 2026-09-16
- Zazzle wedding invitations — checked 2026-09-16
- Zazzle Events: digital invitations and event planning app — checked 2026-09-16
- Zazzle invitation postcards (no minimum quantity) — checked 2026-09-16
- 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
- Basic Invite wedding invitations — checked 2026-09-16
- Basic Invite save the dates — checked 2026-09-16
- Basic Invite custom sample — checked 2026-09-16
- Basic Invite affordable wedding invitations — checked 2026-09-16
- Evite Premium Pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Evite Premium vs. Free — checked 2026-09-16
- Evite Invitation Pricing — checked 2026-09-16
- Evite Guest List Limit — checked 2026-09-16
- Evite Pro — checked 2026-09-16
- Hobnob memberships: Essentials vs Premium — checked 2026-09-16
- How can I send invites for free? (credit rules) — checked 2026-09-16
- Hobnob homepage — checked 2026-09-16