Best Video Invitation Makers: A Guide by Need

File or hosted invite: the choice that comes first

A video file can go anywhere, but it cannot count who is coming, so guests answer you separately and you keep the list. A hosted invite is a link that plays the invitation and takes the reply on the same page.

invideo: AI drafts the video from a prompt

invideo is the editor to look at if you would rather describe the invitation than build it.

• What you get: a video generated from a text prompt, with script, visuals, music and voiceover, which you export and share yourself.
• Plans: its invitation page says a free version exists. Paid plans are subscriptions with monthly credits, priced per seat.
• RSVPs: its invitation page does not describe RSVP collection.
• Choose it if you want AI to draft the whole video from a prompt.

FlexClip: invitation templates in an online editor

FlexClip is the editor to look at if you want a ready-made invitation template to adjust.

• What you get: an invitation you download as an MP4, PNG or GIF and send yourself, made from invitation video templates with built-in music tracks.
• Plans: Free, Plus and Business. Videos exported on the Free plan carry a watermark.
• RSVPs: the FlexClip invitation page does not describe a way to collect them.
• Choose it if you want to start from a template, or want a still image or GIF as well as a video.

VEED: a video editor that runs in the browser

VEED is the editor to look at if you already have the photos and music and want to put them together.

• What you get: a video you download and share yourself, built in a browser-based editor from your own photos, background music and text.
• Plans: a free plan whose videos carry a watermark, which any paid plan removes.
• RSVPs: collecting them is not described on the VEED invitation page.
• Choose it if you want to assemble your own photos and music in a browser.

Biteable: a video with a trackable link

Biteable is the editor here that gives you a link to share as well as a file.

• What you get: an online video maker with an invitation page and stock music. You download the video or share it as a single trackable link.
• Plans: a 7-day free trial in place of a free plan, then a subscription. MP4 download needs a paid plan.
• RSVPs: the Biteable invitation page does not describe an RSVP form, and suggests ending the video by telling guests how to RSVP.
• Choose it if you want a video you can share as a single trackable link, for a work event or a party.

Smilebox: animated invitations with RSVP tracking

Among the video makers reviewed above, Smilebox is the one, other than Blast, whose own pages describe built-in RSVP tracking.

• What you get: an animated invitation from a service that also makes slideshows, greetings, e-cards, collages and flyers.
• Plans: a Free/Basic account, plus Premium and Pro subscriptions. Removing the watermark is a paid subscription feature.
• RSVPs: built in. Hosts can see who is attending, not attending or yet to reply, and send reminders.
• Choose it if you want an animated invitation with RSVP tracking and a subscription suits how often you send.

Blast: a hosted video invitation that collects RSVPs

Blast, the publisher of this guide, is an invitation service and not an editor: the invitation is an animated video with music.

• What you get: a hosted invite, opened from a link you share by text, WhatsApp or email. You pick a theme and add your event details.
• Plans: none. It is free to create and send, with unlimited guests and no subscription.
• RSVPs: guests reply from the invite with their name and phone number, with no account to create and no app to install.
• Choose it if you want a hosted video invite that collects RSVPs. If one of the other "Choose it if" lines fits you better, pick that service and not Blast. Blast gives you a hosted invite, so if you want a video file to post anywhere, use a video editor. It is not a printing service or a general design tool.

A note on Canva, Greenvelope and Adobe Express

Canva is a general design tool with a video invitation maker that exports an MP4. We did not find built-in RSVP tracking described on its invitation pages.

Greenvelope is an invitation service whose format is a card in an animated envelope with background music; hosts can also upload a video to the card.

Adobe Express is a design app from Adobe; its App Store listing shows it as free with in-app purchases, including monthly and yearly subscriptions. We have not reviewed its invitation features.

Which video invitation maker fits which need

• If you want a video file to post anywhere, look at an editor: invideo, FlexClip, VEED or Biteable.
• If you want a hosted invite that collects RSVPs, look at Smilebox or Blast.
• Between those two, Smilebox has a free account and subscriptions, and Blast costs nothing to send.