Dawat vs Posh
Short answer: Free events carry a $0 fee. Paid tickets carry a 10% + $0.99 platform fee, charged to the buyer and shown all-in; a $30 ticket carries a $3.99 fee. Dawat's core product is free at every guest count. Posh is the better pick if you need free events cost the organiser nothing.
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.
Social event platform for nightlife and IRL experiences, with ticket sales, promoter kickbacks, SMS, and instant payouts. This page compares it with Dawat on fees, on whether the product can handle a private guest list rather than a public listing, and on what your guests have to do before they can reply.
Posh pricing checked 2026-09-16 against its own published pages. Sources · Method
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Side by side
| Dawat | Posh | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free | Fee per ticket or registration |
| What the free tier gives you | Everything except Signature: all card designs, party pages, unlimited guests, sends, RSVP tracking and analytics. | Free events cost nothing: Posh states a $0 fee on free events, with unlimited SMS to attendees. |
| Cost for 100 guests | Free | Free (free event); ~$349 in buyer-paid fees on 100 $25 tickets |
| Cost for 250 guests | Free | Free (free event); ~$872.50 in buyer-paid fees on 250 $25 tickets |
| Charges per recipient | No | Partial |
| Guests need an account | No | Yes |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Partial |
Where Dawat is different
- What it costs to send. Free events carry a $0 fee. Paid tickets carry a 10% + $0.99 platform fee, charged to the buyer and shown all-in; a $30 ticket carries a $3.99 fee. Dawat's core product is free, and no card is required to create or send.
- Per-guest fees. Posh does this in some cases. Dawat never does.
- Unlimited guests. Dawat includes an uncapped guest list. Posh does not publish whether it supports this.
- Custom RSVP questions. Dawat includes asking your own questions. Posh does not publish whether it supports this.
- Per-guest personal links. Dawat includes a personally addressed link per guest. Posh does not publish whether it supports this.
- Open tracking. Dawat includes seeing who opened the invitation. Posh does not publish whether it supports this.
- Animated envelope. Dawat includes an animated envelope opening. Posh does not.
- Guest account required. Posh does this. Dawat never does.
Create your invitation — free →No card required. Unlimited guests. 53 designs.
When Posh is the better choice
Dawat does not sell tickets or take money from guests. If your event needs either, this is not a close comparison: Nightlife, party, and club promoters who want fast payouts, SMS reach, and a promoter-driven ticket flow.
- Free events cost the organiser nothing
- Fee is charged to the buyer and displayed all-in, so organisers keep face value
- Same-night payouts from the first ticket sale
- Free unlimited SMS to past and present attendees
- Built-in promoter Kickback program for nightlife-style promotion
Where Dawat does not compete with it:
- No ticket sales, payments from guests or door scanning
And where Posh will cost you something:
- Paid tickets carry a 10% + $0.99 fee, high relative to flat-fee competitors
- Buyers are prompted to log in and need a Posh account
- Each account must have both an email and a non-VOIP phone number
- Kickback promoter payouts are reduced by a 20% Kickback fee
- Accounts are passwordless: every login needs a one-time code
What Posh costs, in dollars
As of September 2026: Free events carry a $0 fee. Paid tickets carry a 10% + $0.99 platform fee, charged to the buyer and shown all-in; a $30 ticket carries a $3.99 fee.
18 of the 33 platforms tracked here can send an invitation without payment. Posh is one of them, and Dawat is another.
| Dawat | Posh | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free | Fee per ticket or registration |
| 100 guests | Free | Free (free event); ~$349 in buyer-paid fees on 100 $25 tickets |
| 250 guests | Free | Free (free event); ~$872.50 in buyer-paid fees on 250 $25 tickets |
| How that is worked out | Dawat has no per-guest or per-send charge, so the guest count does not change the price. | Posh's published 10% + $0.99 applied to a $25 ticket; the fee is billed to the buyer, so the organiser keeps face value. |
Dawat is free to send. Posh 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
Ticketing platforms are built around a stranger buying entry. A guest you already know is a different person with a different tolerance, and an account-creation screen is where that difference shows up.
| Feature | Dawat | Posh |
|---|---|---|
| Guest account required | No | Yes |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Partial |
| Animated envelope | Yes | No |
| 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. Posh does not publish whether it addresses each guest individually.
What happens as the list grows
Guest count is not the axis here — Posh 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
If part of your event is ticketed and part is invited, running both is the right answer: Posh for the public tickets, Dawat for the guest list you already have.
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: Posh'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 | Posh |
|---|---|---|
| Free to send | Yes | Yes |
| Per-guest fees | No | Partial |
| Unlimited guests | Yes | Not published |
| RSVP tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Custom RSVP questions | Yes | Not published |
| Email delivery | Yes | Yes |
| SMS or WhatsApp | Partial | Partial |
| Per-guest personal links | Yes | Not published |
| Open tracking | Yes | Not published |
| Animated envelope | Yes | No |
| Printed cards | No | No |
| Guest account required | No | Yes |
| Ads shown to guests | No | Partial |
| Event website | Partial | Yes |
| Registry links | Yes | No |
| Meal choice or seating | Partial | Not published |
| Calendar file | Yes | Not published |
| AI wording help | Yes | Not published |
| 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
What fees does Posh charge organizers?
Posh's published fee is 10% + $0.99 per paid ticket, with payment processing bundled in and the fee billed to the buyer. Posh's own example shows a $30 ticket carrying a $3.99 fee, leaving the organiser $26.01.
Is Posh free for free events?
Yes. Posh states a free event carries a $0 fee. Posh also advertises free unlimited SMS to past and present attendees and instant payouts from the first ticket sale for first-time organisers.
Do you need an account to buy tickets on Posh?
Yes. Posh's knowledge base says that when purchasing tickets you will be prompted to log in and should create an account first. Accounts sign in by one-time password and must have both an email address and a valid non-VOIP phone number.
How does Posh show fees to attendees?
All-in. Posh's breakdown is base ticket price (what the organiser earns) plus a service fee covering Posh's platform and processing, equalling the display price attendees see. Posh describes the fee as consumer-paid with processing bundled in.
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 Posh?
Dawat's 53 designs are animated card experiences with an envelope opening, plus 8 long-scroll Signature experiences. Whether that beats Posh depends on whether you want a designed occasion or a quick notice.
Can I send printed invitations from Dawat?
No. Dawat is digital only. Posh does not print either.
Create your invitation — free →Takes about ten minutes. Sign in only when you publish.
Other comparisons
Posh alternatives
Eight products that do what Posh does, ranked and priced.
Event and ticketing platforms
Every product in Posh's category, side by side.
Posh against the rest:
Dawat against the rest:
How these figures were checked
Every figure above was read from Posh'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. Posh does not publish one.
Sources
- Posh University: what first-time organizers need to know — checked 2026-09-16
- Posh University: Posh vs Shotgun comparison — checked 2026-09-16
- Posh Knowledge Base: how to purchase tickets with Posh — checked 2026-09-16
- Posh Knowledge Base: getting started, create an account and log in — checked 2026-09-16
- Posh Knowledge Base: Kickback program — checked 2026-09-16