RSVora vs Mixily

Mixily is one of the good ones: no advertising anywhere, a clean event page, and a set of host features, date polling and custom RSVP questions among them, that punch above its size. The difference between it and RSVora is not philosophy, it is limits. Mixily's free plan caps invites, RSVPs, active events and weekly emails, and lifting those caps costs $19 or $29 a month. RSVora has no caps and no paid plan. This page compares them fairly, including the things Mixily does that we do not.

Mixily details checked 2026-08-25. Pricing and plans change, so verify anything that matters to you on their site before deciding.

Side by side

FeatureRSVoraMixily
Price to send Free at every guest count Free plan available; Lite $19 a month, Pro $29 a month
Invites per event on the free plan Unlimited 50
RSVPs per event on the free plan Unlimited 40
Active events at once on the free plan Unlimited 2
Email sending limit on the free plan No weekly cap 200 emails per week
Ads shown to your guests None None, on any plan. Mixily is explicit about this
Guest needs an account to RSVP No No
Designs 1,332 free designs across 22 categories, plus uploads A simpler, cleaner visual style with less emphasis on template art
Date polling No Yes
Custom RSVP questions No custom questions; adults and children are captured as structured counts Yes
Scheduled invitations Send when you choose; reminders are scheduled automatically Yes, invitations can be scheduled
Languages 99 Not published
Adults and children counted separately Yes Possible via custom questions, not as structured counts
Headcount cap with automatic cut-off Yes, per event and per invitation Not published
Custom listing URL Every event has its own link Custom listing URL on Pro
Co-hosts Yes Yes

Where RSVora is different

When Mixily is the better choice

They genuinely do these better

  • No advertising on any plan, including the free one. Mixily has been consistent about this and it deserves credit for it.
  • Date polling is built in, so you can settle on a date with the group before the event exists.
  • Custom RSVP questions let you ask anything you like, from dietary requirements to what someone is bringing, which is more flexible than a fixed set of fields.
  • Scheduled invitations, guest messaging and a clean, fast event page with very little visual noise.
  • A small, focused product with a clear point of view, which usually means fewer surprises than a large one.

Choose Mixily if you need date polling or custom RSVP questions, if your events are consistently small enough to sit inside the free caps, or if you are happy to pay $19 to $29 a month for a tool you use constantly. Choose RSVora if your guest lists are bigger than 40 replies, if you run more than two events at once, or if you simply do not want a limit to think about. Both are ad-free, so unlike most comparisons on this site, this is a genuine choice between two products that treat guests decently.

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Pick a design and customize it first. You only make an account when you are ready to send.

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Where the free plan runs out

Mixily's published free plan is 50 invites per event, 40 RSVPs per event, two active events at a time, and 200 emails a week. Those are honest, clearly stated numbers, which is more than most free tiers manage.

In practice the 40-RSVP cap is the one that hurts. Invite fifty people to a fortieth birthday and, at a normal reply rate, you will hit the RSVP ceiling while people are still answering. The party has not got any bigger, you have simply run out of allowance to hear from people.

The two-active-events limit is the other one that surprises hosts. A Christmas party, a New Year thing and a birthday in the same fortnight is three events, and the third one waits.

RSVora has no invite cap, no RSVP cap, no event cap and no weekly email cap. That is not a claim about which product is better designed, it is simply the difference between a freemium model with a paid tier above it and a product with no paid tier at all.

The two features Mixily has that we do not

Date polling. Mixily can ask a group which dates work before the event is pinned down. RSVora has no equivalent and no plan to fake one: you set a date and invite people to it. If your group genuinely cannot agree a date without a poll, Mixily solves that and we do not.

Custom RSVP questions. Mixily lets you ask arbitrary questions on the reply form. RSVora captures a fixed, structured reply: yes, no or maybe, plus a count of adults and a count of children, plus an optional note.

The structured approach has one advantage worth stating. Because adults and children are real numbers rather than free text in an answer field, the dashboard can total them, the headcount cap can enforce against them, and you can see at a glance that fifty-two people are coming, of whom nine are children. Free-text answers cannot be totalled.

That is a trade, not a win. Flexibility on one side, arithmetic on the other.

Design and the invitation itself

Mixily's aesthetic is deliberately minimal: a clean page, your image if you have one, and not much else. Some hosts love that and it makes for a fast, uncluttered guest page.

RSVora leans the other way. There are 1,332 designs across 22 categories, an invitation studio with fonts, movable text layers and colour control, an envelope the invitation comes out of, and 20 opening effects for that moment. All of it is free, and you can upload your own artwork instead if you prefer.

Neither approach is correct. If you want the invitation to feel like an occasion, RSVora gives you more to work with. If you want a page that gets out of the way, Mixily already is that page.

Cost over a year, honestly

If your events fit inside Mixily's free caps, Mixily costs nothing and so does RSVora, and the comparison comes down to features and taste.

If they do not fit, Mixily Lite is $19 a month and Pro is $29 a month. Run those for a year and you are at $228 or $348 for a handful of parties. That is a lot of money for invitations, and it is the reason the caps matter more than they look.

RSVora's answer is the same at every list size: nothing. There is no plan to move up to, no card stored, and no point at which the product asks you for money.

Switching between them

There is no import either way, and for an invitation there is very little to import: a title, a date, a place and some people.

The usual move is to create the event on RSVora, share the link into the same group chat, and add anyone who already replied on Mixily to the guest list manually so your headcount stays accurate.

If you are going the other way because you need date polling, do that, and come back for the events that do not need it. Both products are free at the small end and there is no reason to be loyal to one.

Questions

Is Mixily free?

There is a real free plan with no advertising, capped at 50 invites and 40 RSVPs per event, two active events and 200 emails a week. Beyond that it is $19 or $29 a month. Checked 2026-08-25.

What happens when I hit Mixily's RSVP limit?

The free plan stops at 40 RSVPs per event, so further replies require an upgrade. Because reply rates are usually well under 100%, this is often reached before the invite cap.

Does RSVora have any limits?

No invite limit, no RSVP limit, no event limit and no weekly email cap. There is no paid tier, so there is nothing that a limit would be protecting.

Does RSVora have date polling?

No. Mixily does, and if that is what you need, use Mixily for that event.

Can I ask custom questions on the RSVP form?

Not on RSVora. Replies are structured: yes, no or maybe, plus separate adult and child counts and an optional note. Mixily supports arbitrary custom questions.

Do either of them show ads to guests?

No. Both Mixily and RSVora are ad-free on every tier, which is unusual in this category and worth knowing.

Which is better for a large guest list?

RSVora, straightforwardly. Mixily's free caps are 50 invites and 40 RSVPs, and even Pro at $29 a month stops at 250. RSVora has no cap.

How current is this comparison?

Mixily's published plan limits and prices were checked on 2026-08-25. Plans change, so verify on mixily.com before deciding.