Partiful vs Evite: Price, Ads and RSVPs Compared (2026)
The short version of Partiful vs Evite: Partiful is free and its invitations carry no ads, but every guest has to verify a phone number before they can RSVP. Evite is also free for up to 750 guests and puts ads on the free invitation. Taking those ads off costs $17.99 to $99.99 per event, depending on the size of your guest list.
I read both companies' help and pricing pages on October 9, 2026, and every Partiful and Evite number below comes from those pages. I also work on Lemonvite, the product this blog belongs to. It costs $5 per event with no ads, and guests RSVP without signing in. I'll point out where it beats these two and where it loses to them.
Partiful vs Evite at a glance
| Partiful | Evite | Lemonvite | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price to send | $0 | $0 with ads, or $17.99 to $99.99 per event | $5 per event |
| Ads on the invitation | None | Yes on free, none on Premium | None |
| What a guest does to RSVP | Enters a name and phone number, then a texted code | Opens the invitation or a shareable link | Taps a personal link |
| Text delivery | Yes; Partiful says it supports most international numbers | US and Canada numbers only | US and Canada by text, other countries by WhatsApp |
| Invites per event | 1,000 sent through Partiful (200 by text, 500 by email); unlimited by shared link | 750 free, 2,500 on Evite Pro | 150 |
| Design | Posters, backgrounds, fonts, animations | Gallery of Free and Premium designs | Made from your description, or your own upload |
Is Partiful free?
Yes. Partiful's help center says "Partiful's core platform is free to use," and a second article adds that the core product "is free, and always will be." Inviting guests and collecting RSVPs cost nothing.
Partiful names two things it charges for. The first is optional purchases such as premium invite designs. I couldn't find a published price for those on Partiful's help pages, so check the design picker before you count on a specific one. The second is a fee on paid tickets. Partiful says the fee depends on your event size and ticket price, and gives one example: a $112 ticket pays the host $100. Free events and free ticket types carry no fee, and the host chooses whether to absorb the ticket fee or pass it to guests.
So for an ordinary birthday or housewarming, Partiful costs $0. On price alone it beats Evite Premium, and it beats Lemonvite's $5 too.
What Evite costs
Evite labels every design in its gallery Free or Premium. A Free invitation costs nothing to send, and Evite's help center says free invitations support up to 750 guests.
Premium is priced per event by guest count:
- $17.99 for up to 12 guests
- $36.99 for up to 30
- $68.99 for up to 75
- $99.99 for up to 750
A free design can turn into a paid one while you edit it. Evite lists six upgrades that apply the Premium charge to a free design: an envelope or stamp, a sticker, a background, ad removal, text on the back, and removal of the gifting suggestions. Frequent hosts can buy Evite Pro at $249.99 a year, which covers unlimited Premium invitations with up to 2,500 guests each. I went through all of this in more detail in is Evite free?.
Lemonvite's price doesn't move with the design or the features you use. Publishing an event costs $5 and covers up to 150 guests, 50 of whom can be invited by phone number. Each extra batch of 50 phone guests is another $5, because sending texts costs money. A 30-person dinner is $36.99 on Evite Premium and $5 on Lemonvite. You can design the invitation first and pay only when you publish.
Ads
Evite's free invitations carry ads: its pricing article lists ad removal as a paid upgrade, and its Premium page describes Premium as advertisement-free. Its help center also says free invitations automatically include suggested gifting links. Removing either one makes the invitation Premium at the prices above.
Partiful's own comparison page lists "No ads" among its features, and its help center says it makes money from ticket fees and optional purchases. It also says it will never sell your data or your guests' data.
Lemonvite has no ads either, and no free tier that could carry them. If ads are the only thing you dislike about Evite, both Partiful and Lemonvite fix that. They differ on what they ask of your guests.
How guests RSVP
On Partiful, a guest opens the event link in a browser or the app and picks a response. Partiful then asks for a name and a phone number, and texts a code the guest has to enter. This applies to email invitations too: Partiful's help center says guests "still need to log in with their phone number to RSVP, even if they were invited by email."
Guests don't need the Partiful app. The help center adds one caveat: without the app, a guest may have to log in each time to view the invite, even after they've RSVPed, depending on their browser settings.
For a group of friends who already use Partiful, none of this takes long. My concern is the guests who don't. An aunt who taps Going and is then asked for her phone number and a code may stop there, and you won't know why she never answered.
On Evite, guests reply from the invitation they received by email or text. Evite also gives the host a shareable link that, in its words, "lets people view and RSVP without a personal Invitation." I couldn't find a line on Evite's help pages saying whether a guest ever needs an account, so I won't claim it either way.
Lemonvite gives each guest a personal link. The guest taps it and RSVPs from the invitation page. There is no account to create and no code to enter. That's the main reason I'd pick it over Partiful for a list that includes grandparents or coworkers, and I've written more about why fewer steps get more replies.
Delivery by text and email
Partiful sends invites to phone contacts when the host syncs contacts in the Partiful app, and by email from the event page. Without contact sync, the Invite button reaches only people you've hosted or been to a Partiful event with. Anyone else you invite by email or by sharing the link. Partiful caps phone-contact invites at 200 per event, email invites at 500, and total invites sent through Partiful at 1,000. The event link itself can be shared anywhere with no limit. Partiful says it supports most international phone numbers, and that its reminders go by SMS, iMessage or WhatsApp depending on the country. Hosts can also send up to 10 Text Blasts per event. A blast reaches guests who have RSVPed or were invited directly through Partiful, so someone who only received the link and hasn't replied won't get it. Partiful also sends automatic reminders that you can turn off.
Evite sends by email or by text when you add a phone number. Its help center says text invitations work for U.S. and Canada numbers only, and tells hosts to use email or the shareable link for guests abroad.
Lemonvite sends each invitation by text or email depending on the contact details you have. Texts go to US and Canada numbers, and guests elsewhere get the same invitation over WhatsApp. Updates to guests by text and email are included in the $5. The $5 covers 50 phone guests and each further 50 costs another $5, so a long text list is cheaper on Partiful.
Design options
Partiful's homepage lists posters, backgrounds, fonts and animations as the things you customize. You can also upload your own square image or GIF as the cover. Some designs are the paid premium ones mentioned earlier.
Evite gives you a large gallery to browse, split into Free and Premium. Envelopes, stamps, stickers and backgrounds are Premium upgrades.
On both, the ready-made designs are ones other hosts can pick too. To get something that is only yours, you bring your own image. On Evite the upload-your-own templates are Premium, so sending one carries the Premium charge. Lemonvite has no gallery. You describe the party in a sentence or two and the design engine produces an invitation for that event. A new account gets five design generations at no charge. You can also upload your own image or import a Canva design.
Evite vs Partiful: who each one suits
Partiful suits a casual party where most guests are comfortable giving a phone number, and any host whose first requirement is paying nothing. It's also the one to use if you're selling tickets, which Lemonvite doesn't do at all.
Free Evite suits a big, informal list where ads won't bother anyone: a school picnic or a neighborhood potluck. Its 750-guest ceiling is far above Lemonvite's 150.
Evite Premium suits a host who has found a specific Premium design and has 12 or fewer guests. Above that, the price climbs quickly.
Where Lemonvite fits as the third option
Lemonvite is for the host who doesn't want ads on the invitation and doesn't want guests to verify a phone number. You pay $5, so it isn't free the way Partiful is. The invitation is designed for your event, and co-hosts, custom RSVP questions and read receipts come with the $5. There is no subscription. The pricing page has the full terms.
It has limits the other two don't. The cap is 150 guests per event, and it doesn't sell tickets. If you need 400 invitations or paid admission, use Evite or Partiful.
If you're still comparing, I looked at Partiful next to a ticketing-focused tool in Partiful vs Luma vs Lemonvite. For Evite, there's Evite vs Paperless Post and a longer list of the best Evite alternatives.
Designing on Lemonvite costs nothing, so the cheapest way to decide is to make the invitation and look at it. Describe your party and see what comes back. Then send whichever of the three you'd want to receive yourself.