Posh vs SignUpGenius
Short answer: pick Posh for nightlife, party, and club promoters who want fast payouts, sms reach, and a promoter-driven ticket flow. Pick SignUpGenius for schools, sports teams, churches and volunteer coordinators filling time slots or item lists who can live with ads on a free account.
If neither answer fits, Dawat does the same job free at any guest count: 53 card designs, unlimited guests, per-guest personal links and RSVP tracking, with no per-recipient charge.
Posh and SignUpGenius are built for different jobs, so the comparison is less about features and more about which job you are actually doing.
Posh and SignUpGenius pricing checked 2026-09-16 against their own published pages. Sources · Method
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Side by side
Social event platform for nightlife and IRL experiences, with ticket sales, promoter kickbacks, SMS, and instant payouts. Sign-up sheet and volunteer scheduling tool for schools, churches, nonprofits and teams, with slots, reminders and payment collection. Dawat is shown as a third column for the guest-list half of the job. It does not sell tickets or take payment from guests, so for a paid public event it is not a substitute.
| Posh | SignUpGenius | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Fee per ticket or registration | Free tier, paid upgrades | Free |
| What the free tier gives you | Free events cost nothing: Posh states a $0 fee on free events, with unlimited SMS to attendees. | Unlimited sign-up pages, email invites and reminders, duplicate/transfer sign ups, Google Maps — with third-party ads shown. | Everything except Signature: all card designs, party pages, unlimited guests, sends, RSVP tracking and analytics. |
| Cost for 100 guests | Free (free event); ~$349 in buyer-paid fees on 100 $25 tickets | Free (ads shown) | Free |
| Cost for 250 guests | Free (free event); ~$872.50 in buyer-paid fees on 250 $25 tickets | Free (ads shown) | Free |
| Charges per recipient | Partial | No | No |
| Guests need an account | Yes | Not published | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Partial | Yes | No |
"Not published" means no vendor documentation could be found either way, not that the feature is missing. How this grid is built →
Where they actually differ
Both give you sending invitations without paying, tracking who has replied and sending by email, so those are not the thing to decide on.
- Per-guest fees. Posh does this in some cases; SignUpGenius does not. If no per-recipient charge matters to you, that is a point for SignUpGenius.
- Event website. Posh supports a full event website; SignUpGenius does not.
When Posh is the better choice
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 it costs you:
- 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
When SignUpGenius is the better choice
Schools, sports teams, churches and volunteer coordinators filling time slots or item lists who can live with ads on a free account.
- Free tier has no published cap on sign-up pages or participants
- Purpose-built slot logic: dates, times, quantities, wish lists, volunteer hours reports
- Email invites and automatic reminders included at no cost
- Collects payments with no monthly fee, at 5% plus $0.50 per transaction
Where it costs you:
- Free accounts show third-party ads on sign-up pages and in the emails sent
- Ad-free is licensed per sign up: 1 on Silver, 10 on Gold, unlimited on Platinum
- Custom questions are capped at 2 (Silver), 5 (Gold) and 10 (Platinum)
- No invitation design or animation; output is a sign-up sheet page
- Text invites are paid-only: 150, 500 or 1,500 per month by tier
What each one costs, in dollars
Neither Posh nor SignUpGenius bills by guest count, which puts them among the 26 platforms in this dataset that do not.
Published prices, converted into what you would actually pay for a real guest list. Credits, coins and per-card pricing are translated into dollars because that is the number you are deciding with.
| Posh | SignUpGenius | Dawat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Fee per ticket or registration | Free tier, paid upgrades | Free |
| 100 guests | Free (free event); ~$349 in buyer-paid fees on 100 $25 tickets | Free (ads shown) | Free |
| 250 guests | Free (free event); ~$872.50 in buyer-paid fees on 250 $25 tickets | Free (ads shown) | Free |
| How that is worked out | Posh's published 10% + $0.99 applied to a $25 ticket; the fee is billed to the buyer, so the organiser keeps face value. | Sign-up pages are unlimited and free at any participant count; the cost is ads, and removing them on one sign up starts at Silver, $11.99/month. | Dawat has no per-guest or per-send charge, so the guest count does not change the price. |
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. Free plan with unlimited ad-supported sign-up pages; Silver $11.99/month ($107.89/year), Gold $29.99/month ($269.89/year), Platinum $59.99/month ($539.89/year). Payments collected cost 5% plus $0.50 per transaction.
The third option: something that feels like an invitation
Neither Posh nor SignUpGenius is trying to make the moment of opening feel like anything. They collect the answer. For a birthday drinks thread that is exactly right; for a wedding, a nikkah or a milestone, the invitation is part of the event.
Dawat tracks replies the same way both of these do, and costs nothing to do it. All 53 card designs, unlimited guests and unlimited sends are free, with no card required. What the other two do not do is address each guest personally: the envelope opens with that guest's name on it and their reply is one tap. It also covers an animated envelope opening and linking a gift registry — which neither Posh nor SignUpGenius does.
The practical difference shows up the week before the event. Instead of counting replies across a group chat, you open one page and see who was sent it, who opened it, and who answered.
The honest caveats: Dawat is digital only, so it will not print and mail stationery, and it does not sell tickets. The optional Dawat Signature experiences are $89 once per event, and they are labelled as paid before you publish — nothing else is.
Create your invitation — free →No card required. Unlimited guests. 53 designs.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Posh | SignUpGenius | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free to send | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Per-guest fees | Partial | No | No |
| Unlimited guests | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| RSVP tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Custom RSVP questions | Not published | Partial | Yes |
| Email delivery | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SMS or WhatsApp | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Per-guest personal links | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Open tracking | Not published | Partial | Yes |
| Animated envelope | No | No | Yes |
| Printed cards | No | No | No |
| Guest account required | Yes | Not published | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Partial | Yes | No |
| Event website | Yes | No | Partial |
| Registry links | No | No | Yes |
| Meal choice or seating | Not published | Partial | Partial |
| Calendar file | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| AI wording help | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Works inside ChatGPT / Claude | Not published | No | Yes |
| Multilingual & right-to-left | Not published | Not published | Yes |
"Not published" means no vendor documentation could be found either way, not that the feature is missing. How this grid is built →
What your guests experience
A form asks a question. An invitation makes someone want to answer it. Your guest experiences whichever one you sent, and the response rate follows.
| What your guest gets | Posh | SignUpGenius | Dawat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guests need an account | Yes | Not published | No |
| Ads shown to guests | Partial | Yes | No |
| Animated opening | No | No | Yes |
| Personally addressed link | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Add to calendar | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Right-to-left and multilingual | Not published | Not published | Yes |
Questions
Is Posh or SignUpGenius cheaper?
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. SignUpGenius costs nothing at either guest count (ads shown). Neither charges by guest count, so the difference does not grow with the list. Both were checked on 2026-09-16.
Which is better for a wedding, Posh or SignUpGenius?
Posh suits nightlife, party, and club promoters who want fast payouts, SMS reach, and a promoter-driven ticket flow. SignUpGenius suits schools, sports teams, churches and volunteer coordinators filling time slots or item lists who can live with ads on a free account. For a wedding specifically, the questions that matter are whether the invitation feels like an occasion, whether you can collect meal choices, and whether the price moves with the guest list.
Do guests need an account to reply on Posh or SignUpGenius?
Posh requires guests to have an account. SignUpGenius does not publish whether guests need an account. Anything that makes a guest sign up before replying costs you responses, particularly from older relatives.
Is there a free alternative to Posh and SignUpGenius?
Yes. Dawat 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 for each guest. There is no per-recipient charge and no card required to send. The only paid item is a Dawat Signature cinematic experience at $89 once per event.
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 SignUpGenius free?
Yes. The free plan includes unlimited sign-up pages, email invites and reminders, duplicate and transfer of sign ups, and admin tools. SignUpGenius states that ads may be visible to people signing up through a free account, and that ads fund the free tier.
How current is this comparison?
Posh's published pricing was checked on 2026-09-16 and SignUpGenius's on 2026-09-16. Every figure on this page links to the vendor page it came from, so you can verify it yourself rather than trusting a comparison written by one of the competitors.
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How these figures were checked
Every figure above was read from Posh and SignUpGenius'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
- SignUpGenius printable pricing and feature sheet (PDF) — checked 2026-09-16
- SignUpGenius — about advertising — checked 2026-09-16
- Why SignUpGenius has ads and how to remove them — checked 2026-09-16
- How to choose the right SignUpGenius plan — checked 2026-09-16