The product is good. The design catalog is the best in the category, the tracking is useful, and guests see no ads. The complaint is almost never quality. It is that you learn the price after an hour of designing.
The coin math, dated and in one place
Coins sell in packs, and the unit price falls as the pack grows:
| Coin pack |
Published price |
Price per coin |
| 25 coins |
$12 |
$0.48 |
| 100 coins |
$25 |
$0.25 |
| 200 coins |
$46 |
$0.23 |
| 300 coins |
$57 |
$0.19 |
| 450 coins |
$77 |
$0.18 |
| 600 coins |
$96 |
$0.16 |
| 1,000 coins |
$140 |
$0.14 |
Published pack pricing per the Paperless Post Help Center. Re-verify before purchase. The 1,000-coin pack is quoted at both $115 and $140 across sources, which moves every total below.
Coins are charged per recipient, and add-ons stack:
| Element |
Coins per recipient |
| Base card |
2 |
| Liner |
1 |
| Backdrop |
1 |
| Stamp |
1 |
| Envelope customization |
1 |
| Fully dressed card |
6 |
Two numbers matter: 2 coins for a plain card, about 6 for the version that looks like the marketing page. That threefold swing is pure decoration, and it is why two couples can both say "we used Paperless Post for 150 guests" and be $80 apart.
Paperless Post coin cost for 100 guests, reconciled
A fully dressed send to 100 guests is 600 coins: $96 at the 600-coin pack, or $84 at the 1,000-coin pack if you carry 400 coins forward. So the Paperless Post coin cost for 100 guests is $84 to $96, and the choice is whether you will send again.
The same figure circulates as "$84 to $114" and as "$96" inside one competitor's own cluster. Ours is arithmetic on the pack table: 600 coins, at the pack you would buy.
The annual free-recipient cap
The free tier is smaller than it reads. Per the Help Center it is 50 recipients per year across every event on your account, not 50 per event or per send. Engagement party in January, bridal shower in April, bachelorette in June: your 50 is gone before the invitation exists, and the send that matters costs coins from the first recipient.
This is what turns a $140 decision into a $400 one. Coins are spent per send, not per event. A save-the-date, invitation, reminder and thank-you to the same list is four purchases at 2 to 6 coins each: 10 to 14 coins per guest. A resend to a guest who missed the email costs coins again, and 20 late additions mean a top-up at the worst rate on the table.
Our full cost breakdown of Paperless Post for a weddingruns the same math at 100, 150 and 200 guests.
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What a 150-guest wedding costs at 1, 3 and 5 functions
This is the table. First the scenario, because a cost comparison without one is a horoscope: one wedding, 150 on the master list, three versions of the same weekend.
| Version |
Functions |
Who is invited to each |
Total recipient-sends |
| 1 function |
Ceremony and reception as one event |
All 150 |
150 |
| 3 functions |
Rehearsal dinner (40), ceremony and reception (150), farewell brunch (60) |
Different list per function |
250 |
| 5 functions |
Welcome party (75), rehearsal dinner (40), ceremony (150), reception (150), farewell brunch (60) |
Different list per function |
475 |
Guest counts are illustrative. The master list of 150 is constant, so the only variable is how many functions and lists you run.
| Platform |
Published pricing basis |
1 function |
3 functions |
5 functions |
Cost per function at 5 |
| Lumhe |
Free forever: event creation, invitations, per-function RSVP tracking and Moments. No per-event or per-guest charge |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Joy (Withjoy) |
Free, no RSVP cap |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Partiful |
Free for most use cases, premium features rolling out |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
| Mixily Pro |
$29/month, 250 invites and RSVPs per event |
$29 |
$29 for one month, $87 across a three-month cycle |
$29 for one month, $87 across a three-month cycle |
$5.80 |
| RSVPify |
Roughly $29–$49 basic paid, as published in secondary coverage |
$29–$49 |
$29–$49 |
Verify which tier carries multi-event RSVP |
$6–$10 |
| Paperless Post (base card, 2 coins) |
Coins per recipient per card |
300 coins, $57 |
500 coins, $96 |
950 coins, $140 |
$28 |
| Evite Premium (ad-free) |
Per event, by guest tier |
$99.99 |
About $206 |
About $375 |
$75 |
| Paperless Post (fully dressed, 6 coins) |
Coins per recipient per card |
900 coins, $126–$140 |
1,500 coins, $236 |
2,850 coins, about $420 |
$84 |
| Greenvelope |
$0.99–$1.18 per recipient per mailing |
$149–$177 |
$248–$295 |
$470–$561 |
$94–$112 |
| Zola |
Digital product is save-the-dates only |
Not available |
Not available |
Not available |
Not available |
Coin totals buy the cheapest pack combination covering the requirement. Evite totals apply its published per-event guest tiers to each function ($68.99 + $36.99 + $99.99 + $99.99 + $68.99 for five). All third-party figures are published pricing, not live-verified.
A note on pricing in this table. Lumhe's figures are from Lumhe's own current plan documentation. Third-party prices are each platform's published pricing at the time of writing and should be re-verified before you commit a budget, because several of them are promotional, per-event, or quoted inconsistently across the industry's own comparison content.
What the table actually says
Three things, none of which a price-ordered list surfaces.
The billing basis decides your total, not the headline price. Evite's ad-free tier is the clearest case: $99.99 reads as mid-priced, and five functions land near $375 because each is a separate purchase at its own guest tier.
Paperless Post's spread is a design decision, not a tier. Base cards across five functions cost $140; the same five fully dressed cost about $420. You choose that $280 in the editor, before anyone tells you the price.
A flat monthly fee is the cheapest way to buy several separate events. Mixily Pro at $29 covers all five in one billing period. What it does not buy is structure: you still hold five events, five links and five guest lists, and reconcile them yourself.
The cheapest way to send 150 wedding invitations digitally
The cheapest way to send 150 wedding invitations digitally is a genuinely free platform: Lumhe, Joy or Partiful, all $0 for the list. The deciding question is free at what. Free to send but capped on RSVPs, free with a deliverability record you should test, or free including RSVP tracking and the photos afterward. The next three sections separate those.
The 8 best Paperless Post alternatives, ranked by total wedding cost
Ranked by five-function total, cheapest first, with the honest catch on each.
| # |
Platform |
Best for |
Free tier (published) |
Per-function RSVP: own guest list and own count per function |
Invitation formats accepted |
Guest photos after the event |
| 1 |
Lumhe |
Multi-function weddings and couples who already have their invitation |
Free forever: event creation, invitations, per-function RSVP tracking and Moments |
Yes, native. Sub-events inside one event, each with its own date, time, venue, guest list and RSVP |
Image (JPG/PNG), video, PDF or typed text. Template library coming soon |
Moments: permanent shared timeline, every guest uploads |
| 2 |
Joy (Withjoy) |
A large guest list at zero cost, inside a wedding website |
Free, no RSVP cap |
Published through the website schedule. Confirm whether each function can carry a different guest list |
Template-based, inside a wedding website |
Website photo page, guest upload depends on setup |
| 3 |
Partiful |
Casual and modern weddings |
Free for most use cases |
One event per invitation. Multi-event coordination is published as a weaker area |
Template-based |
None published |
| 4 |
Mixily Pro |
Several separate events on one flat monthly fee |
50 invites, 40 RSVPs, 2 active events |
Partial. Each function is a separate event with its own link |
Template-based, plus a host photo |
None published |
| 5 |
RSVPify |
Event logistics and guest-list segmentation |
Free tier exists, limits vary |
Multi-event RSVP with segmentation is published as a core feature. Confirm the tier |
Form and event-page builder |
None published |
| 6 |
Evite Premium |
Name recognition with older relatives |
Free tier with guest-facing banner ads |
Each function is a separate event, billed separately |
Template-based |
None published |
| 7 |
Greenvelope |
The closest digital feel to printed stationery |
Design free, sending is paid |
Each function is a separate mailing, billed separately |
Template-based |
None published |
| 8 |
Zola |
A free wedding website and printed invitations |
Free wedding website |
Website RSVP can span events, but the digital invitation product is save-the-dates only |
Template-based, full invitations print only |
Website photo page |
Published pricing and product behavior at the time of writing, not live-verified. Confirm on the vendor's site.
1. Lumhe: the per-function reference point
Lumhe is built around the shape a wedding weekend actually has. You upload the invitation you already made as an image, a video, a PDF or typed text, then add each function as a sub-event inside the same event with its own date, time and venue. Different guests are invited to different functions, and RSVPs come back per function in real time, so the rehearsal dinner count and the reception count are two separate live numbers rather than one number and a spreadsheet filter. Reminders nudge only the people who have not answered that function.
Sharing runs through Lumhe's people network first: find guests inside Lumhe by name, phone number or email, connect, and invite them directly, and that circle carries into every event you host afterward. Every invitation also generates a shareable link for WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram or email.
Cost in all three scenarios is $0: event creation, invitations, per-function RSVP tracking and Moments are free forever, with no per-event and no per-guest charge. The only paid extra is optional themed Digital Lifafa envelope designs at $0.49 to $1.99.
The honest catch: no template library yet, it is coming soon rather than live, so you bring your own invitation. No printed stationery, no website builder.
2. Joy (Withjoy): free at any guest count, with a deliverability asterisk
Joy is the only platform here free with no RSVP cap, the strongest free option for a large list. The invitation sits inside a full wedding website alongside the schedule, registry and travel pages.
The honest catch: repeated published reports of deliverability problems, including invitations arriving from a generic sender address and landing in spam. Some configurations prompt guests to create an account to RSVP. It is built around one wedding website per event, not standalone invitation delivery.
3. Partiful: free and modern, thin on wedding logistics
Partiful began as a party app and couples genuinely use it for weddings, especially when the aesthetic is closer to a loft reception than a ballroom. It is free for most use cases, with premium features published as rolling out gradually.
The honest catch: RSVP management, dietary tracking and multi-event coordination are published as less mature here than on the wedding-focused platforms. And "rolling out gradually" is a hedge, not a price, so confirm what is free today.
4. Mixily Pro: the flat monthly fee that buys five events
Mixily is ad-free on every published plan and month-to-month, the right structure for a one-day occasion. Published free tier: 50 invites, 40 RSVPs, 2 active events. Paid plans are Lite at $19 per month for 100 invites and RSVPs per event, Pro at $29 for 250 each, Plus at $79.
Read those caps against our scenario. 150 guests clears Lite's 100-RSVP cap, so a 150-guest wedding starts on Pro, and two active events does not cover a three-function weekend. Pro at $29 covers all five functions for a month; a cycle spread over three months is $87.
The honest catch: five functions means five events, five links and five guest lists you keep in sync yourself. Mixily's own wedding guidance tells readers that true separate multi-event RSVP tracking varies by platform and to confirm it specifically, a fair description of the gap.
5. RSVPify: logistics-first, tone second
RSVPify is the most logistics-minded platform here and publishes multi-event RSVP with guest-list segmentation as a core capability, the exact feature this guide is about. Secondary coverage puts basic paid pricing around $29 to $49.
The honest catch: the tone is functional rather than celebratory, and which tier carries multi-event segmentation is the one figure we could not confirm. That decides whether RSVPify is the cheapest real per-function option or a mid-priced one.
6. Evite Premium: familiar, and priced per function
Evite's advantage is recognition: relatives who have never used a digital invitation have probably received an Evite. The free tier is real but shows third-party banner ads next to your ceremony details, which most couples treat as disqualifying. Premium removes them at a published $99.99 for up to 750 guests per event.
The honest catch: Premium is priced per event by guest tier, so $99.99 buys one function. Our five-function model reaches about $375, because the welcome party, rehearsal dinner and brunch are each their own purchase at their own tier.
7. Greenvelope: the best paper impression, billed per mailing
Greenvelope gives guests an envelope-opening experience nothing else here matches, and its catalog is the closest digital equivalent to commissioned stationery. Published pricing is roughly $0.99 to $1.18 per recipient per mailing.
The honest catch: a mailing is a send, not an event, so the greenvelope cost per guest applies again every time you contact the same person, giving a five-function total of $470 to $561. Its annual unlimited plan is the most inconsistently published price in the category, so treat it as unknown until you see it on Greenvelope's page.
8. Zola: on this list to save you an afternoon
Zola appears in nearly every digital invitation roundup and does not belong in one. Its digital product is save-the-dates; full wedding invitations there are print only.
The honest catch: building a Zola site and sending the invitation from it is not a product that exists. Plenty of couples run a free Zola site for the registry and travel pages while sending invitations and tracking per-function RSVPs elsewhere.
Comparing these platforms for a birthday or a shower instead? Our general roundup of Paperless Post alternativescovers the same field without the wedding weighting.
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Two of the eight publish a real per-function RSVP. The phrase "multi-event RSVP" covers three different products, and only one saves you work.
| What you get |
How it works |
What you do by hand |
Can the rehearsal dinner be hidden from the other 110 guests? |
| A custom RSVP question |
One form, one guest list, an extra question like "will you also join the rehearsal dinner?" |
Filter and count the column yourself, every time a vendor asks |
No. Everyone sees the question |
| Separate events, separate links |
Each function is its own event with its own invitation and link |
Maintain five lists, send five invitations, reconcile five dashboards |
Yes, but guests receive several invitations that look unrelated |
| Sub-events inside one invitation |
One invitation and one guest circle, each function carrying its own date, venue, invited subset and live RSVP total |
Nothing. Each count is its own live number |
Yes, and nobody sees a function they were not invited to |
Lumhe does the third natively. RSVPify publishes it, tier unconfirmed. Mixily, Evite, Greenvelope and Paperless Post are all the second. Partiful is the first.
Ask in this order. The second catches most marketing claims.
- Can two functions in the same event have different guest lists, so the rehearsal dinner stays hidden from the 110 people not invited?
- Does the dashboard show separate yes, no and awaiting counts per function, or one count and a filter?
- Do reminders go only to people who have not responded to that specific function?
Any no, and you are keeping a spreadsheet, whatever the feature page says.
Why this is a cost question, not a convenience one
Roundups in this category name multi-event coordination as a buying criterion, then decline to say which platform solves it. But the number of functions is the multiplier on your invitation budget: 150 recipient-sends against 475. Filing it under convenience is how these rankings produce a total wrong by a factor of three.
Truly free options, and exactly what their free tiers cap
Free means five different things here. What each free tier stops you doing:
| Platform |
What "free" includes |
The cap that bites |
Ads shown to guests |
| Lumhe |
Event creation, invitations, per-function RSVP tracking and Moments, free forever, no per-event or per-guest charge |
No template library yet, so you bring your own invitation file |
None |
| Joy (Withjoy) |
Full wedding website and invitations, no RSVP cap |
Effectively one wedding website per event, and deliverability is the risk you carry |
None |
| Partiful |
Most core features |
Multi-event coordination and RSVP depth; premium feature set is still moving |
None published |
| Mixily |
50 invites, 40 RSVPs, 2 active events |
40 RSVPs and 2 active events. A 150-guest weekend clears both immediately |
None on any plan |
| RSVPify |
A free tier exists |
Limits vary by plan and the multi-event tier is unconfirmed |
None published |
| Evite |
Unlimited sends |
Guest-facing banner ads on your invitation and RSVP page |
Yes |
| Paperless Post |
50 recipients per year, all events combined, basic designs |
The annual account-wide cap, and wedding-appropriate designs are paid |
None |
| Greenvelope |
Designing and previewing |
Sending. The free tier does not include delivery |
None |
If you want a free digital wedding invitation site with no ads, three qualify at 150 guests: Lumhe, Joy and Partiful. Mixily is ad-free on every plan but not free at 150. Evite is free at 150 but not ad-free. Paperless Post's free tier does not reach 150 recipients in a year.
The deciding detail is whether RSVP tracking sits inside the free tier or behind it: several platforms let you design and send free, then charge to see who is coming.
Deliverability and guest access: accounts, spam and the link fallback
An invitation that lands in spam costs the same as one that arrives, and this is the least-discussed factor in the category. Three separate risks get collapsed into one.
| Risk |
What happens |
Which platforms it is published against |
What to do about it |
| Sender reputation |
The email arrives from a generic platform address rather than yours, so filters and guests both distrust it |
Joy has repeated published reports of this |
Send a test to five guests on five different providers before the real send |
| Account required to RSVP |
The guest has to create a login before answering, and a share of older guests simply stop |
Joy, depending on configuration |
Confirm the RSVP flow works with no login before you send |
| Email as the only channel |
If email fails, there is no second path to the invitation |
Any platform without a shareable link |
Choose a platform that also produces a link you can send another way |
On the wedding invitation platform RSVP without account question: Mixily and Evite both publish that guests can RSVP without an account, and Lumhe invitations open from a shared link, so a guest who wants no account can still view and respond. Joy is the one to test, because its account prompt is configuration-dependent.
Why a link fallback matters more than an inbox
Email is the channel every platform here assumes and the one your guests use least, so have a second path from the start. Lumhe's people network skips the inbox entirely, and every invitation also produces a shareable link, so a guest who missed the first message can be sent straight to the invitation.
A test sequence before any full send:
1. Create the event and add one function.
2. Invite five people on five different email providers
(Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, one work domain).
3. Ask each one: did it arrive, which folder, and could you
RSVP without making an account?
4. Only then send to the full list.
Bring your own invitation: image, video, PDF or typed text
Most couples have an invitation before they choose a platform. Most platforms here assume the opposite, and that mismatch is the second reason couples leave Paperless Post.
The Canva export problem
If your invitation came out of Canva, Illustrator or Photoshop, what you own is a JPG or PNG. Template-first platforms ask you to rebuild it, and the rebuild is never the same file: fonts substitute, spacing shifts, the illustration your cousin drew gets cropped. Lumhe takes the image as-is and builds the event details around it.
Video invitations
Video invitations are standard rather than novel for many US weddings, particularly South Asian, Nigerian and Persian celebrations where an animated invite with music is what family expects. No platform in the table above publishes support for a video file as the invitation itself. The workaround is uploading to YouTube and linking from a template, so guests leave the invitation to watch it. Lumhe accepts the video file directly.
PDF from your stationer
Stationers deliver PDFs. If you commissioned a suite and want the digital version to match the printed one, a PDF upload keeps the typography intact instead of flattening it to a low-resolution image. It also covers printing for elders and sending the same artwork digitally to everyone else.
Typed text, for the functions that do not need art
Typed text for the small functions, with your designed file on the ceremony, is clearer than forcing a template onto a detail nobody will frame.
After the wedding: collecting photos from every guest
Every platform here ends at the RSVP. The wedding does not. Across five functions your 150 guests will take a few thousand photos, and by default they sit in 150 camera rolls, effectively gone within a month.
Why the group chat loses them
The group chat fails in four ways. Images compress on send. The thread scrolls, burying early photos under logistics. Late joiners never see what came before. Anyone who leaves takes their photos out of reach. A year later you have your photographer's gallery and whatever you saved that week.
What a permanent shared timeline does instead
Lumhe's Moments is a shared photo timeline attached to the event. Guests upload, everything collects in one organized place, and it does not expire when the weekend does. It is not a group chat and not a Story. Months later, the welcome party photos sit beside the reception photos.
Set the expectation inside the invitation, not afterward:
We would love your photos from the whole weekend.
Upload them to our Moments timeline so they all live in one place:
[your Lumhe event link]
Your per-function RSVP list is also your thank-you list
This is the quiet benefit of tracking functions separately: you know who traveled for you. A guest who came to the welcome party, ceremony, reception and brunch gets a different note from a reception-only guest, and you do not reconstruct it from memory in October.
One note on cash gifts
For guest lists where money is the customary gift, which includes most couples with Indian family, Lumhe includes Digital Lifafa. You add your own payment ID, whether Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, PayPal, a bank transfer or UPI. The guest pays from whichever app they already use and uploads the receipt, and it arrives wrapped in an occasion-themed digital envelope you open. Lumhe never touches the money; it is a direct transfer between guest and host.
How to choose by guest count, functions and number of sends
Three variables decide this, in order: how many functions, how many guests on the largest, how many separate sends. Functions come first, because that is the multiplier.
| Your situation |
Start here |
Why |
Expected cost |
| One function, under 40 guests, one send |
Mixily free tier or Lumhe |
Both are ad-free and free at that size |
$0 |
| One function, 150 guests, one send, design is the priority |
Paperless Post or Greenvelope |
Best catalogs in the category, and one send is where per-recipient pricing is competitive |
$126–$177 |
| One function, 150 guests, budget is $0, no ads |
Joy or Lumhe |
The two free options that reach 150 without ads. Test Joy's deliverability first |
$0 |
| Three or more functions, different guest lists |
Lumhe, or RSVPify if you confirm the tier |
Per-function RSVPs are the only thing that stops this becoming a spreadsheet |
$0 on Lumhe |
| Three or more functions, you want one flat fee and will manage separate links |
Mixily Pro for one month |
Cheapest way to hold five separate events at once |
$29–$87 |
| Four or more sends to the same list |
Anything not priced per recipient |
Per-mailing pricing charges you again for every contact |
Avoid Greenvelope per-send and Paperless Post coins |
| You also want printed invitations |
Zola or Paperless Post for print, plus a separate platform for RSVPs |
No platform here does both well |
Print priced per piece |
| You need a full wedding website with registry and travel pages |
Joy or Zola, free tiers |
Lumhe has no website builder |
$0 |
The subscribe-and-cancel strategy, and its limit
The standard advice is to subscribe for the month of your send, then cancel. That is sound, and the cheapest way to buy one large send on a flat-fee platform. Confirm cancellation terms first, and be honest about the timeline: a save-the-date in February, the invitation in June and thank-yous in September is three months, so $87 on a $29 plan.
The limit is that it optimizes the wrong variable. Cancelling saves $58; choosing a platform that models functions rather than sends decides whether you pay $0 or $420.
A send schedule you can copy
The shape of a wedding communication cycle, and where each per-send platform bills you again:
| Send |
When |
Who |
Billed again on a per-send platform? |
| Save-the-date |
8–12 months out |
Full list |
Yes |
| Invitation, ceremony and reception |
6–8 weeks out |
Full list |
Yes |
| Function invitations, welcome party, rehearsal, brunch |
With the invitation |
Subset per function |
Yes, once per function |
| RSVP reminder |
2 weeks before the deadline |
Non-responders only |
Yes on most, and you pay for the full list on some |
| Week-of logistics |
5–7 days out |
Full list |
Yes |
| Thank-you |
1–3 months after |
Attendees |
Yes |
Six sends. That is why a per-recipient platform costs several times its quoted price.
Where Lumhe is not the right answer
Lumhe wins this comparison on per-function RSVPs, format freedom and post-wedding photos. It is the wrong choice in three situations.
- You want to browse designs and click one. Lumhe does not design invitations, and the template library is coming soon rather than live. Paperless Post and Greenvelope are the better products for that.
- You want printed stationery. Lumhe has none. Zola, Paperless Post and Greenvelope all print.
- You want a full wedding website. No builder, so no travel, registry or story page. Joy and Zola do this well for free.
For a wider view, including the platforms built around wedding websites, see our comparison of digital wedding invitation platforms in the US.
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Leaving Evite rather than Paperless Post? The ads and per-event tiers make that a different problem, ranked separately in our guide to Evite alternatives for weddings.
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The numbers we could not confirm to a single value, listed so you can check them rather than inherit them. Several contradict each other inside one competitor's own cluster.
| Figure |
Versions in circulation |
Why it changes your total |
| Paperless Post, 1,000-coin pack |
$115 and $140 both appear in published sources |
Sets the best per-coin rate, so it moves every coin total in this guide |
| Paperless Post, 100 guests fully dressed |
"$84–$114" and "$96" appear in the same competitor cluster |
The most-searched figure in this category, published two ways |
| Greenvelope annual unlimited plan |
$125/year, $225/year for up to 150 guests, and $125–$375 by guest tier all appear in published coverage |
Decides whether the annual plan beats per-mailing pricing at three or more functions |
| Paperless Post annual subscription |
Published at around $250/year for up to 250 guests annually |
475 recipient-sends exceeds a 250-guest annual allowance, so the overage matters |
| Evite per-event guest tiers |
Tier caps and prices are published per event and move with promotions |
Every function is priced separately, so one tier change moves the five-function total |
| RSVPify paid tiers |
Only a secondhand $29–$49 range was available |
Determines whether RSVPify is the cheapest real per-function option |
| Partiful premium features |
Published only as "rolling out gradually" |
No price to compare, so it cannot be ranked on cost with confidence |
FAQ: Paperless Post alternatives for weddings
Is Paperless Post free for wedding invitations?
Not for a wedding-sized list. The free tier covers 50 recipients per year across every event on your account, not 50 per event, and is limited to basic designs. A shower invitation earlier the same year comes out of that 50, so for a 150-guest wedding you buy coins from the first recipient.
What is the cheapest ad-free option for a 150-guest wedding?
Lumhe, Joy and Partiful are all $0 for 150 guests with no guest-facing ads. Lumhe includes per-function RSVP tracking and the Moments timeline in that $0; Joy adds a wedding website but carries published deliverability complaints; Partiful is weakest on RSVP depth. Mixily is ad-free on every plan, but its free tier caps at 40 RSVPs, so 150 guests means Pro at $29.
Does Zola have digital wedding invitations?
Zola has digital save-the-dates, not digital wedding invitations. Full invitations there are print only. This is the most common misconception in wedding roundups, so confirm it on Zola's site before building there. The usual workaround is a free Zola website for the registry plus a separate platform for the invitation and RSVPs.
Withjoy vs Paperless Post: which should we use?
They optimize for opposite things. Withjoy is free with no guest cap and puts the invitation inside a wedding website; its published weakness is deliverability, including invitations sent from a generic address and landing in spam. Paperless Post has the better catalog and reliable delivery, and charges coins per recipient per card: roughly $126 to $140 for one fully dressed send to 150 guests.
What is the greenvelope cost per guest for a wedding?
Greenvelope's published pricing is roughly $0.99 to $1.18 per recipient per mailing, so one send to 150 guests is about $149 to $177. What matters is that it recurs, because a mailing is a send and not an event: our five-function scenario of 475 recipient-sends reaches $470 to $561. Its annual unlimited plan is quoted three different ways, so check it directly.
Mixily and Evite both publish that guests can RSVP without an account, and Lumhe invitations open from a shared link, so no login is required to view or respond. Joy is the one to verify: some configurations prompt guests to create an account first. Test the full guest flow with five people before your real send, because a forced login is a real drag on response rate among older guests.
Which alternatives actually support separate RSVPs for the ceremony, reception and rehearsal dinner?
Two. Lumhe does it natively through sub-events: each function carries its own date, venue, invited guests and live RSVP count inside one invitation, so the rehearsal dinner is not visible to guests who are not invited. RSVPify publishes multi-event RSVP with guest-list segmentation, though which tier carries it needs confirming. Everywhere else you add a custom question to one form or build each function as a separate event with its own bill.
How much does a five-function wedding weekend cost to invite digitally?
For a 150-guest list across five functions, 475 recipient-sends in our model, published pricing runs from $0 to about $561. Lumhe, Joy and Partiful are $0. Mixily Pro is $29 for one month or $87 across three. Paperless Post is about $140 with base cards and $420 fully dressed. Evite's ad-free tier is about $375, Greenvelope $470 to $561. Re-verify every third-party figure before you budget from it.
Planning a wedding weekend? Upload the invitation you already made to Lumhe, whether that is an image, a video, a PDF or typed text, then find and connect with your guests by name, phone number or email inside Lumhe and send it to them directly. Add each function separately, so the welcome party and the reception have their own guest lists and their own RSVPs, and you always know the headcount for each one. After the wedding, everyone's photos collect in Moments, a shared timeline that does not expire. Guests who want to send money instead of a gift can do it through Digital Lifafa. You add your payment ID, they pay from whichever app they already use and upload the receipt, and it arrives wrapped in a digital envelope you open. Lumhe never touches the money. You can also share your invitation link on WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram or any other platform. Explore Lumhe.
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