Pricing
One Flat Price.No Coin Math.
Designing your invitation is free. Publishing your event, with every guest and every feature, is one payment. That's the entire pricing page, but the details are below.
one-time, per event
What $5 covers
Everything. There is no premium tier hiding the good features, because there is no premium tier.
Delivery to every guest
Personal invite links sent by text or email — WhatsApp for guests outside the US and Canada — plus a shareable link with a QR code. Up to 150 guests, all covered by the one fee.
Full RSVP tracking
Attending, maybe, declined, and pending, with read receipts on every invite, plus-one support, and adults and kids counted separately. The dashboard updates live.
The design, included
Describe your event and the design engine creates the invitation — 5 image generations come with the event. Or upload your own design, or import one from Canva. Text overlays, effects, and animated GIFs included.
Messaging and updates
Broadcast updates by text and email to any slice of the guest list, run an event wall for posts and replies, and send RSVP reminders. No per-message charges.
Co-hosts and logistics
Invite co-hosts to share the same live dashboard, give guests an add-to-calendar button and a map preview, and edit any RSVP by hand when Aunt Carol calls instead of tapping.
Privacy, for everyone
No ads on your invitation, ever. No third-party trackers on the event page. Guests never see each other's contact details, never need an account, and never get marketed to.
How the big platforms charge instead
None of the major invitation platforms puts a single number on the invitation. Their pricing comes in three flavors, and each one has a catch you discover late.
The ad-supported model
Evite popularized it: the invitation is free, and the platform sells the space around it. Your party becomes ad inventory.
Your guests open your invitation and get banner ads next to it. Removing the ads means upgrading to a paid tier, and the RSVP flow nudges guests to create accounts and opt into marketing. "Free" is paid for by the people you invited.
The coin model
Paperless Post charges in "coins" — premium cards, envelopes, and customizations each cost some, per guest.
The card looks free until you add your guest list. For a party of 40, the coin math easily lands at $20 to $30 for a single invitation, and you find out the real price at the end, not the start.
The subscription model
Other platforms sell a membership: pay monthly or yearly to unlock premium designs and remove the ads from your events.
You host a few times a year, but you pay all year. A subscription is priced for the platform's benefit, and the free tier underneath it still carries ads next to your invitation.
The common thread: when the invitation is free, the money comes from somewhere less visible — usually ads shown to your guests and data gathered from your guest list. We wrote up why we charge instead of running ads and what the free platforms do with guest data, if you want the long version.
Design free. Pay when you publish.
Create your event and design the invitation. Generate, tweak, or start over — no payment yet.
Happy with it? Pay the flat $5 to publish the event and start inviting.
Send invites, track RSVPs, and broadcast updates. Nothing on this event ever costs more.
Pricing questions
The short version: $5 per event, and that's the whole model.
How much does Lemonvite cost?
$5 per event as a flat, one-time payment (a launch price, down from $12.99). That covers up to 150 guests, delivery by text and email, RSVP tracking with read receipts, broadcasts, the event wall, and co-hosts. There is nothing else to buy.
Is there a subscription?
No. You pay once per event and that event is fully unlocked. If you host again next year, you pay for that event when you publish it. No membership, no renewal, no monthly anything.
Are there per-guest charges?
No. Whether you invite 8 people or 150, the price is the same flat fee. There are no coins, credits-per-guest, premium envelopes, or delivery charges.
Is designing free?
Yes. You can create your event, generate designs with the design engine, upload your own artwork, or import a Canva design without paying anything. The fee applies when you publish the event and start sending invitations.
Do my guests ever pay or see ads?
Never. Guests tap their personal link, see your invitation with no ads and no trackers, and RSVP without creating an account. Their contact details are used to deliver your invitation and for nothing else.
Why isn't Lemonvite free?
Because free invitation platforms are paid for somehow, and it is usually with ads shown to your guests and data collected from your guest list. A small flat fee means you are the customer, so there is no reason for ads, upsells, or data harvesting to exist here.
What if I host multiple events?
Each event is its own flat $5. Your address book carries over between events, so the guest list you built for the last party is ready for the next one.
Comparing platforms? See how the pricing plays out in practice in Evite vs Paperless Post vs Lemonvite or the honest rundown of what free invitation makers actually give you.