RSVora vs RSVPify

RSVPify is a serious RSVP and event registration product with a good free tier and a well-built form engine. It is the closest thing in this comparison to a direct competitor on function: guest lists, custom questions, meal choices, seating, check-in. The difference is where the free tier stops. RSVPify's free plan covers up to 100 guests, one event at a time, and 100 registrations a month; beyond that it is $6 to $15 a month by guest band. RSVora has no caps at all. This page lays out both sides properly.

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

Side by side

FeatureRSVoraRSVPify
Price Free at every guest count Free up to 100 guests; Gold around $6 a month billed annually for 101 to 300 guests; Platinum around $9 to $15 a month for 301 to 500
Free plan guest limit None 100 invited guests per event
Free plan event limit None One event at a time
Free plan monthly registration limit None 100 registrations per month
Maximum guests on any paid plan Unlimited The published personal and business tiers top out at 500
Card required to start No No credit card required for the free plan
Ads shown to your guests None None
Custom RSVP questions No. Structured adult and child counts instead Yes, extensive, including meal choices
Adults and children counted separately Yes, on every reply Achievable through custom questions and guest groups
Headcount cap with automatic cut-off Yes, per event and per invitation Yes, capacity limits
Designs 1,332 free invitation designs across 22 categories Clean, well-designed form and page templates
Envelope and opening animation Yes, 20 effects No
Seating charts No Yes
Check-in No Yes
Languages 99 Not published
Guest needs an account No No

Where RSVora is different

When RSVPify is the better choice

They genuinely do these better

  • A genuinely capable form engine: custom questions, conditional logic, meal choices and guest groups, all handled properly rather than bolted on.
  • Seating charts and check-in, which matter for sit-down events and are absent from every invitation product in this comparison.
  • A free tier with no credit card required and no time limit, which is more honest than a trial.
  • Clean, professional page design that suits corporate and nonprofit events as well as personal ones.
  • Guest group handling that understands households and parties, which is the right model for weddings and galas.

Choose RSVPify when you need the form: meal choices, dietary requirements, seating, guest groups, check-in at the door. For a wedding reception or a charity gala it does things RSVora simply does not. Choose RSVora when your event is bigger than the free caps or when you want an invitation rather than a registration page: a designed card, an envelope that opens, a one-tap reply, adults and children counted separately and no ceiling on any of it.

Try it without signing up

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

Browse 1,332 free designs

Read the free plan carefully

RSVPify's free tier is good and it is honestly described, which is worth saying before picking at it. No credit card, no expiry, and the form engine is not crippled.

The three numbers that matter are 100 invited guests per event, one active event at a time, and 100 registrations per month. Each of them bites in a different way.

The guest cap is the obvious one: a 120-person wedding needs a paid plan. The event cap is the sneaky one, because a lot of hosts have two things in flight at once in December. The monthly registration cap is the one people meet without noticing, because it counts across the month rather than per event.

RSVora has no guest cap, no event cap and no monthly cap, because there is no paid tier for the caps to be protecting.

Form-first and invitation-first

These two products approach the same job from opposite ends and it shows in what the guest receives.

RSVPify's centre of gravity is the form. It is very good at asking questions, branching on answers, grouping guests into households and producing a clean dataset at the end. The page around the form is tidy and professional.

RSVora's centre of gravity is the invitation. There are 1,332 designs across 22 categories, a studio for fonts, colour and movable text layers, an envelope the invitation comes out of, and 20 opening effects. The reply is deliberately small: yes, no or maybe, how many adults, how many children, an optional note.

For a gala with a seating plan, the form is the product and the invitation is decoration. For a fortieth birthday, it is the other way round.

What each one is measuring

RSVPify counts registrations, which is why the free tier meters them. Each submission is a record with whatever fields you defined.

RSVora counts people. Adults and children are separate integers on every reply, totalled on the dashboard, and enforceable through a headcount cap on the event or on a single invitation.

The per-invitation cap is worth spelling out because nothing else in this comparison has it. If you send one invitation intended for a couple, you can cap it at two, and it cannot come back as six. On an open shareable link that is the difference between a party and a situation.

Cost over a real year

If your events fit in 100 guests, one at a time, 100 registrations a month, RSVPify is free and so is RSVora, and you should pick on features.

If they do not, RSVPify is roughly $6 a month billed annually for up to 300 guests and around $9 to $15 for up to 500. Over a year that is $72 to $180 for what may be two events, and the published tiers stop at 500 guests.

RSVora is nothing, at any guest count, for any number of events, in any month.

Using both, which is sensible for organisations

Charities and schools often need both shapes. The annual gala with the seating plan and the dietary requirements wants RSVPify. The volunteer thank-you drinks and the parents' social want an invitation and a headcount.

Because RSVora is free with no caps, the second category costs nothing to run, which frees the paid plan for the event that actually needs the form engine.

If you are moving an event across, there is no import: create the event, pick a design, and share a link or add guests individually. Replies land with adult and child counts and the first reminder is already scheduled.

Questions

Is RSVPify free?

There is a real free plan with no credit card required, capped at 100 invited guests per event, one active event at a time and 100 registrations a month. Checked 2026-08-25.

How much does RSVPify cost above the free plan?

Roughly $6 a month billed annually for 101 to 300 guests, and around $9 to $15 a month for 301 to 500. The published tiers stop at 500 guests.

Does RSVora have a guest limit?

No. There is no guest cap, no event cap and no monthly registration cap, and no paid tier at all.

Can RSVora collect meal choices or dietary requirements?

No. Replies are structured as yes, no or maybe plus adult and child counts and an optional note. RSVPify's form engine handles custom questions properly.

Does RSVora do seating charts?

No. RSVPify does, and for a sit-down dinner that is a decisive advantage.

What is a per-invitation headcount cap?

A limit on how many people a single invitation can bring. Cap an invitation at two and it cannot return six, which is what stops an open link becoming a problem.

Which is better for a birthday party?

RSVora. A designed invitation and a one-tap reply suit a party better than a registration form, and there are no caps to run into.

How current is this comparison?

RSVPify's free plan limits and paid tier pricing were checked on 2026-08-25 against their own pricing pages.