Best Free Wedding Invitation Websites in 2026, Compared Honestly
Our Sweet Day Team, November 3, 2026
"Free wedding invitation" means something different on every site. On some the website is free and the designs cost extra; on some the invitation is free but your guests see ads; on some you pay per guest. Here is what each of the well-known options gives you, checked against their own pricing pages in November 2026.
What to look for first
- Who pays for what: free to make is not always free to send. Check whether the price grows with the guest list.
- Ads: some free invitations show advertising to your guests.
- The invitation itself: a card that opens a form, or a full page with your day, your people and your photos.
- RSVP detail: plus-ones, meal or dietary notes, children, a guest list you can export.
- Your kind of wedding: sponsors, entourage, a programme, what to wear, more than one ceremony.
1. Joy (withjoy.com): free website, registry and digital invites
Joy's core is free: a wedding website, an all-in-one registry, a mobile app, unlimited guests, online RSVP and hundreds of digital invitation designs. Paid extras are a custom domain, text messaging and premium designs. Joy earns from the registry, so the registry sits at the centre of the experience.
*Best for:* couples who want one free place for the website, the registry and the RSVPs.
2. Zola: invitations tied to a registry and planning tools
Zola joins a wedding website, a registry, a guest list and both paper and digital invitations, with RSVP tracking. It is strongest if you also want Zola's registry and its matching printed stationery.
*Best for:* couples planning everything, registry included, in one account.
3. The Knot: a free wedding website and a large vendor marketplace
The Knot's wedding website and planning tools are free, and it has one of the largest directories of wedding vendors in the US. It also sells printed invitations.
*Best for:* couples in the US who want the website plus vendor discovery.
4. Evite: free with ads, Premium per event
Free Evite invitations carry ads. Premium is a one-time charge per event by guest count: $17.99 for up to 12 guests, $36.99 for up to 30, $68.99 for up to 75 and $99.99 for up to 750, and it removes the ads and adds envelopes, animation and a photo gallery. Evite Pro is $249.99 a year.
*Best for:* parties and simple events where a card and a reply are enough.
5. Paperless Post: designer cards, paid in Coins per guest
Paperless Post is known for polished designer cards with envelopes, liners and stamps. Most designs are paid in Coins for every guest you send to, and premium touches add more Coins, so the price follows the size of the list. Paperless Pro, from $250 a year, suits people who send often.
*Best for:* a classic card look with the envelope moment.
6. Greenvelope: ad-free, priced by mailing size
Greenvelope is ad-free at every price, with an animated envelope opening, RSVP tracking, meal surveys and reminders. A single mailing costs $19 for up to 20 guests, $99 for up to 100 and $249 for up to 250.
*Best for:* a formal, card-style invitation without ads.
7. Our Sweet Day: the invitation is the website
On Our Sweet Day the invitation is a full page designed from scratch for one idea, not a card in front of a form: 111 wedding designs, among them a stationery suite you scroll through card by card, a film title sequence and a garden that grows as you read, plus designs for christenings, birthdays and proposals (godparent, sponsor, wedding party). Each guest gets a personal link; the RSVP, plus-ones, the programme, the entourage and sponsors, what to wear and your photos are inside the invitation. There is a guest list with import and export, a seating floor plan, a checklist and a budget. No ads, no app or account for guests.
*Pricing:* free for up to 20 guests with the full design; past that, one $25.00 payment for the event, not per guest. No subscription.
*Best for:* couples who want the invitation itself to be the memorable part, and weddings with sponsors and an entourage.
Quick comparison
- Free with unlimited guests: Joy
- Free, but guests see ads: Evite (free tier)
- Priced by guest count: Evite Premium, Paperless Post, Greenvelope
- One price per event whatever the guest count: Our Sweet Day ($25.00 past 20 guests)
- Registry built in: Joy, Zola, The Knot
- Sponsors, entourage and programme sections: Our Sweet Day
- Christening, birthday and godparent or sponsor asks from the same account: Our Sweet Day
The honest verdict
If you want everything free and a registry at the centre, Joy is hard to beat. If you want a card with an envelope and are happy to pay by guest, Greenvelope and Paperless Post do that well. If you want an invitation guests remember and talk about, with your whole day and your people in it, at one price for the event, that is what Our Sweet Day is built for. You can open any design and try it in the live editor before you sign up.