Posh alternatives
Short answer: the closest free replacement for Posh is Dawat — 53 card designs, unlimited guests, per-guest personal links and RSVP tracking, free at any guest count. The next closest are Luma, Partiful and Eventbrite.
Posh works out to Free (free event); ~$349 in buyer-paid fees on 100 $25 tickets for 100 guests and Free (free event); ~$872.50 in buyer-paid fees on 250 $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. Posh pricing was checked on 2026-09-16.
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Why people look for a Posh alternative
18 of the 33 platforms tracked here can send an invitation without payment. Posh is one of them, and Dawat is another.
The usual trigger is the bill. 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.
The limitations people run into:
- 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
All alternatives, priced
| Alternative | Type | 100 guests | 250 guests | Charges per guest | RSVP tracking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawat | 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 |
| 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 |
| Splash | Event and ticketing platforms | Unknown | Unknown | No | Yes |
| Greenvelope | Online invitation makers | $99 (single mailing, up to 100 guests) | $249 (single mailing, up to 250 guests) | Partial | Yes |
| Joy | Wedding platforms | Free | Free | Partial | 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 |
| 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 Posh 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. 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 Posh 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.
2. 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 Posh 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.
Posh vs Partiful, side by side →
3. 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 Posh 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.
Posh vs Eventbrite, 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 Posh 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.
Posh vs Splash, side by side →
5. 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 Posh 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.
Posh vs Greenvelope, side by side →
6. 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 Posh 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.
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 Posh 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.
Posh vs Eventzilla, 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 Posh 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.
Posh 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 Posh before you move, and invite only the people who have not answered.
Questions
What is the best free alternative to Posh?
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. Luma, Partiful, Joy 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 Posh?
Most often because of a specific limitation rather than price. The recurring complaints are: 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 and accounts are passwordless: every login needs a one-time code.
Is Posh still worth using?
For the right event, yes — and it is worth saying so on a page like this. Nightlife, party, and club promoters who want fast payouts, SMS reach, and a promoter-driven ticket flow. Free events cost the organiser nothing. The alternatives above matter when your situation is different, not because Posh is bad.
How much does Posh cost for 100 guests?
Posh works out to Free (free event); ~$349 in buyer-paid fees on 100 $25 tickets for 100 guests and Free (free event); ~$872.50 in buyer-paid fees on 250 $25 tickets for 250. Posh's published 10% + $0.99 applied to a $25 ticket; the fee is billed to the buyer, so the organiser keeps face value. Checked against Posh's own published pricing on 2026-09-16.
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.
More comparisons
Dawat vs Posh
The full head-to-head, including where Posh wins.
Event and ticketing platforms
Everything in Posh's category, compared.
Head-to-heads with Posh:
Other alternatives guides:
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
- 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
- Splash pricing — checked 2026-09-17
- Cvent acquires Splash — checked 2026-09-17
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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