Evite Alternatives: 5 Options and How to Choose

Reasons to look for an Evite alternative

Evite describes itself as a free online invitation and event planning platform. Reasons you might look elsewhere:

• You want a paid design at a price that does not depend on the guest count. Evite's Premium is priced per event by guest list size.
• You want an invitation with no ads. On Evite, ad removal is a Premium upgrade; Greenvelope says it shows no ads to you or to your guests.
• You are curious what a different format would look like, such as a stationery-style card or a video with music.

Reasons to stay with Evite

If a free design does what you need, stay. Designs labeled Free cost nothing to send unless you add a Premium upgrade, and free invitations support up to 750 guests.

Evite tracks RSVPs in real time, guests do not need an Evite account to reply from the link, and it schedules one reminder two days before the event by default. Its separate Event Pages product, which it positions for casual plans, is free with no upgrades.

Partiful: a free event page for social events

Partiful is the closest match if what you like about Evite is that it can cost nothing.

• Format: an event page with a poster image or GIF, shared as one link, with RSVP tracking.
• Price: Partiful's help center says the core platform is free, with optional paid features such as premium invite designs.
• Sending and replies: you share the link by text, email or WhatsApp. To RSVP, guests enter a name and phone number and confirm a texted code.
• Choose it if the event is casual and you want to spend nothing.

Punchbowl: a membership with kids' character invitations

Punchbowl is the one to compare with Evite when the party is for a child.

• Format: online invitations with RSVP tracking, from a gallery that includes kids' character invitations.
• Price: its help center says a paid membership is needed for new events, and that new customers get a free trial after which the subscription begins.
• Sending and replies: invitations go out by email or text message, and guests can view and respond without creating a Punchbowl account.
• Choose it if the party is for a child who wants a particular character on the invitation.

Paperless Post: stationery-style cards, free and paid designs

Paperless Post suits an Evite host who wants the invitation to look like printed stationery.

• Format: stationery-inspired Cards shown on a backdrop, plus Flyers, which can carry GIFs and animated text.
• Price: free designs can be sent directly to up to 50 recipients at no cost, and shared by link at no cost. Paid designs are priced per recipient in Coins, its virtual credits.
• Sending and replies: by email, by text to US and Canada numbers, or through a shareable link. Direct sends track RSVPs, deliveries and opens.
• Choose it if you want the look of classic stationery.

Greenvelope: an animated envelope, one payment per mailing

Greenvelope is the formal option for an Evite host who would rather make one payment than weigh upgrades.

• Format: digital invitations and cards that open from an animated envelope, with a liner, a stamp and background music.
• Price: one payment per mailing, sized to your guest list, with no subscription and no credits to buy. A trial mode covers up to 10 people for free.
• Sending and replies: by email, text message in supported countries, WhatsApp or a shareable link. Guests RSVP with no account to create and no app to download.
• Choose it if you want a formal card that opens from an envelope, with no ads.

Blast: a free animated video invitation with music

Blast, the publisher of this guide, is the option here where the invitation is an animated video with music.

• Format: you pick a theme and add your event details.
• Price: free to create and send, with unlimited guests and no subscription.
• Sending and replies: you share a link by text, WhatsApp or email, and guests RSVP from the invite with their name and phone number, with no account to create and no app to install.
• Choose it if you want the invitation itself to be a video. If one of the other "Choose it if" lines fits you better, pick that service and not Blast. Blast is neither a printing service nor a general design tool.

Choosing between Evite and its alternatives

• If a free design covers the event, stay on Evite or look at Partiful.
• If the party is for a child who wants a favorite character, look at Punchbowl.
• If you want formal stationery on a screen, look at Paperless Post or Greenvelope.
• If you want an animated video with music, free for any number of guests, look at Blast.