Paperless Post Alternatives: 5 Options Compared

Reasons to look beyond Paperless Post

Paperless Post describes its stationery-inspired Cards as suited to weddings, dinner parties and milestone birthdays. Reasons you might look elsewhere:

• You would rather not work out a per-recipient cost. Paperless Post's paid designs are priced in Coins for each recipient; Greenvelope takes one payment per mailing, set by guest count.
• You want printed cards from the same place. Paperless Post does not print in-house and names Paper Source as its print partner for eligible designs; Canva delivers prints through Canva Print.
• You want the invitation itself to be a video. On Paperless Post, Flyers can carry soundless videos up to 5 seconds long, and a longer video can be added below the Card or Flyer as a paid Video block.

Reasons to stay with Paperless Post

If you like the stationery look and a free design suits you, stay. Free designs can be sent directly to up to 50 recipients at no cost, and shared by link at no cost.

Direct sends track RSVPs, deliveries and whether each invitation was opened. Reminders and broadcast messages for an invitation you have already sent are free, and email sending works anywhere.

Greenvelope: the closest format, paid once per mailing

Greenvelope is the nearest in format to a Paperless Post Card: an invitation that opens from an animated envelope.

• The look: a card inside an animated envelope with a liner and a stamp, plus background music, which can be a track you upload.
• What you pay: one payment per mailing, sized to your guest list, with no subscription and no credits to buy. Trial mode sends to up to 10 people for free.
• Delivery and RSVPs: email, text message in supported countries, WhatsApp or a shareable link. Guests need no account and no app to reply.
• Choose it if you want to keep the formal look and pay once per mailing.

Evite: free designs, with Premium priced by guest list

Evite is worth comparing with Paperless Post if you are choosing between two free tiers.

• The look: Evite's Invitations are digital, sent by email, text or shareable link.
• What you pay: designs labeled Free cost nothing to send unless you add a Premium upgrade. Premium is priced per event by guest list size.
• Delivery and RSVPs: guests do not need an Evite account to RSVP from the link, and replies are tracked in real time.
• Choose it if a free design is enough for this event.

Canva: design the invitation yourself, then share or print

Canva is the option to weigh against Paperless Post if you want printed invitations and digital ones from one design.

• The look: whatever you make. Canva is a design editor with invitation templates.
• What you pay: there is a free plan, and a paid subscription unlocks premium content and tools.
• Delivery and RSVPs: you share the design yourself, as a public view link or a downloaded file. We did not find built-in RSVP tracking described on Canva's invitation pages; its own FAQ suggests putting contact information on the invitation so guests can RSVP.
• Choose it if you want full control of the design, or prints ordered through Canva Print.

Partiful: a free event page in place of a card

Partiful sits at the other end from Paperless Post: an event page for social events, not stationery.

• The look: an event page with a poster image or GIF, shared as one link.
• What you pay: Partiful's help center says the core platform is free, and that optional paid features exist, such as premium invite designs.
• Delivery and RSVPs: the link goes out 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 free matters more than a formal look.

Blast: a free video invitation with music

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

• The look: you pick a theme and add your event details.
• What it costs: nothing. Blast is free to create and send, with unlimited guests and no subscription.
• Delivery and RSVPs: you send a link by text, WhatsApp or email. 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 a video and not stationery. If one of the other "Choose it if" lines fits you better, pick that service and not Blast: it does not print cards, and it is not a general design tool.

Choosing a Paperless Post alternative by need

• If you want the formal envelope look with one payment per mailing, look at Greenvelope.
• If you want a free invite, look at Evite's free designs or Partiful, or stay on a free Paperless Post design.
• If you want to design every detail yourself, or to print, look at Canva.
• If you want the invitation itself to be a video with music, look at Blast.