Online Invitations and Evite Alternatives
Compare the features of all the online invitation sites from Evite to Zoji to MyPunchBowl and PurpleTrail. Find out which are ad free, which ones allow you to use movies in your Evite, and which allow photo sharing after the party.
Evite was launched in 1998, claims over 22 million registered users and over 25,000 invitations are sent each hour. However, many prefer the feature lists and options of other free online invitation websites (including Oprah, Robert Scobel and more).
Evite was launched in 1998, claims over 22 million registered users and over 25,000 invitations are sent each hour. However, many prefer the feature lists and options of other free online invitation websites (including Oprah, Robert Scobel and more).
Contents at a Glance
- Online Invitation General Features Comparison
- Vote for the Best Party Planning and Online Invitation Website
- Maybe it all comes down to which site has the best looking invitation.
Online Invitation General Features Comparison
Free to Use
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Event Details in Email
Guests Must Register to RSVP
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750
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No Limit
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No Limit
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750
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No Limit
Yes or No - Your Choice
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No Limit
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Vote for the Best Party Planning and Online Invitation Website
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Maybe it all comes down to which site has the best looking invitation.
Every Birthday party, Bridal Shower and Christmas Party has a different theme and needs a different looking invitation.
But one thing is clear, people have to pay attention to your invitation.
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Online Inivitation Websites
Here are links to the online invitation websites. Try them out and see which one you like the best!
- Evite
- Evite seems to be the biggest online invitation website around. They allow you to create custom invitations or to use one of their templates. They also have photo sharing, and RSVP management. However, a lot of people don't like Evite because the invitations they send out don't show any of your event details. Instead you have to click on link to get the details.
- Purple Trail
- Purple Trail boasts that it can do everything that Evites does, plus more with no advertisements on your invitations! With Purple Trail you can send invitations and reminders through email, print, SMS, voice or social networks like Facebook.
- My Punch Bowl
- MyPunchBowl has a tool that helps you pick the perfect date for your party, automatically sends out your invitations, manages all your RSVPs for you, and allows you and your guests to share Flikr photos and YouTube videos after the party.
- Man Vites
- ManVites was created with men in mind. You won't find any girly invitations here. The options to send are "Drink Beer," "Watch Sports," "Poker," "Bachelor Party," "Cougar Hunting" and more.
- Pingg
- Create both online and traditional paper invitations with Pingg. They will print stamp and mail your paper invitations. They will also manage your RSVPs and you can all share your photos here after the party!
- Made It
- With MadeIt you can create your own personalized invitations, share photos after the party, and connect with your friends. Here's a sample custom made video invitation from Made It.
- Good Invitation
- GoodInvitation is a free online tool that you can use as often you want. Choose from many different themes and templates. You can also create a Movie Trailer Invitation, where you choose the words and the end result is voiced-over what appears to be the opening to an epic film.
- Events Listed
- This website is not live yet, but you can sign up to be involved in the beta launch!
- Socializr
- Socializr was created by Friendster founder, Jonathan Abrams. It also integrates with MySpace, Facebook and other social networks. Plus, you can add music and videos to your invitations.
- Invitastic
- A bare bones invitation site, but easy to start using.
- Zoji
- Invitation sending made easy. They even allow guest voting for the best day for the event!
- Enclude
- Enclude allows you to create quality customized invitations (featuring your photos too) and also allows you to share photos with everyone who came afterwards.
- Shindigg
- Currently in beta but they are actively seeking out user feedback on their service and features.
- Planypus
- They claim to be the "wiki for your social life."
- Sendomatic
- Business and personal use plans, plus they will also customize your invites for you for a fee.
What Other People Are Saying About Evite
- Oprah Magazine
- Party, On! New Gadgets to Help you Plan a 21st-Century Bash
- Time Magazine
- Evites.com 5 Worst Websites
- Wired Magazine
- Why Things Suck: Evites
- Scobleizer
- The Evite Killer
Tell us your experience with Online Invitations
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- Seth Seth Dec 16, 2009 @ 8:00 am
- I still liked the good 'ol 123greetings... they do have a lot of party/invite templates... if you want check 'em out at http://www.123greetings.com/aff-bin/category/1838/invp_
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- shauna7084 shauna7084 Aug 15, 2009 @ 4:56 pm | in reply to Jennifer
- Thanks for the tip.
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- Jennifer Jennifer Jun 19, 2009 @ 10:07 am
- I use www.sendomatic.com. Great designs - very easy to use! And FREE!
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- reajay reajay Jun 16, 2009 @ 10:28 pm
- Thanks for the great info...Nice Lens
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- http://internetsms.net http://internetsms.net Jun 13, 2009 @ 3:19 am
- To get Bulk SMS and Short Code Services in over 182 countries worldwide visit www.Internetsms.net
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- Annette van Essen Annette van Essen May 12, 2009 @ 6:10 am
- been using Purple Trail for a few months now and although it looks great I am dissapointed in the usability. It is really slow, does not have a bounce back for undelivered emails. Initialy response to questions was very quick but now they take a long time. We have a subscribtion of $29.99 p/a, you would expect better service.
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- marsha32 marsha32 Feb 18, 2009 @ 5:35 pm
- I'm going to add this to my featured lenses on my online parties lens.
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- net_soft net_soft Feb 4, 2009 @ 4:12 am
- To get Bulk SMS and Short Code Services in over 182 countries worldwide visit http://sms.globalbulksms.com/ & http://globalwebsms.com/
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- steph b. steph b. Nov 30, 2008 @ 12:13 am
- Hi ... Do you know if there's a site that will allow me to add music to my invitation?
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- shauna7084 shauna7084 Sep 3, 2008 @ 11:02 pm
- The main comment I get about Evite is that it doesn't list the invitation information on the email it sends out.
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