Paperless Post pricing for 50, 100 and 200 guests
Written by the Wedvite foundersPrices checked 15 September 2026
Paperless Post bills each event in Coins, per guest. At its published rates, 50 guests cost $25.00 on Basic, $52.50 on Premium — the first set with the envelope — and $72.00 on All Access. Rates fall as lists grow, so Premium is at most $105.00 for 100 guests and $210.00 for 200. Wedvite is $89 once, any guest count.
| Feature set | Published rate | 50 guests | 100 guests | 200 guests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic — no envelope | $0.50 USD per guest | $25.00 | at most $50.00 | at most $100.00 |
| Premium — envelope, liner and stamp | $1.05 USD per guest | $52.50 | at most $105.00 | at most $210.00 |
| All Access — adds a Custom URL | $1.44 USD per guest | $72.00 | at most $144.00 | at most $288.00 |
| Wedvite — envelope included | One flat price | $89 | $89 | $89 |
Wedvite's list price is $89. This code brings it to $49, applied automatically at checkout:
Is Paperless Post free?
Partly. Paperless Post says the first 50 invitations sent by email or phone number through its site need no purchase, and its pricing page lists a Free feature set at $0.00 per guest. The free set is a plain card, though: the envelope is gated at Premium.
In its own words: “the first 50 invitations sent via email or phone number directly through the Paperless Post site can be sent without purchase”. For a 30-person rehearsal dinner sent from a laptop, that is a real, usable product at no cost.
What the free tier does not include is the thing most couples came for. The envelope animation is documented in the help centre as a paid element gated at Premium and above, so a free Paperless Post invitation is a plain card with no envelope, no liner and no stamp. The free tier is also email-and-phone only: the moment you want the animated open, a custom URL or a larger feature set, the Coins start.
Wedvite is free in a different shape. You design the whole invitation without paying, and you can share it with your first 10guests before you pay to publish it for everyone — but there is no permanently free tier here, and Paperless Post honestly wins the “free tier” column in the table below. Check the figure yourself on Paperless Post’s own pricing page.
How much does Paperless Post cost for a wedding?
It depends on two numbers: how many people you are inviting, and which feature set the design needs. These are the figures published on Paperless Post's own pages on 15 September 2026:
- Free feature set (pay per event)$0.00 (per guest)
- Basic feature set (pay per event) — no envelope$0.50 USD (per guest)
- Premium feature set (pay per event) — includes envelope, liner and stamp$1.05 USD (per guest (rate demonstrated at 50 guests))
- All Access feature set (pay per event) — includes Custom URL$1.44 USD (per guest)
- Premium — worked example, 50 guests$52.50 USD total ($1.05/guest, 5 Coins each) (per event, 50 recipients)
- Paperless Pro subscription — 250 annual guests$250/year (per year, by annual guest count ('Save 25% vs. paying per event'))
- Nonprofit discount25% off (on all purchases (Coins or subscription))
Two things make that ladder harder to budget than it looks. First, the per-guest rate is indicative rather than fixed: the page states that the more guests you invite, the less you pay per guest, and the Coin cost per recipient also depends on the design you choose. Second, the headline rates carry the caveat “demonstrated at 50 guests”, so a 150-guest wedding cannot simply multiply them.
If you send more than one thing — a save the date, then the invitation, then a change-of-plan card — you pay per event each time, which is where the Paperless Pro subscription ($250/year) starts to make sense. For a single wedding invitation it usually does not. Our guide to what wedding invitations cost puts these numbers next to paper.
How much does Paperless Post cost for 100 guests?
≤ $105 Premium (≤ $50 Basic, ≤ $144 All Access) — upper bounds, not a checkout total. No 100-guest total renders on the pricing page, so those are ceilings computed from the published per-guest rates, not a checkout figure — the real total is lower. Wedvite is $89, and the same $89 covers 40 guests or 400.
| Service | Price model | Cost for 100 guests | Free tier | RSVP | Animated envelope | WhatsApp / text delivery | Ad-free for guests |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paperless Post | Per event in Coins: $0.00 / $0.50 USD / $1.05 USD / $1.44 USD per guest across four feature sets | ≤ $105 Premium (≤ $50 Basic, ≤ $144 All Access) — upper bounds, not a checkout total | Yes — the first 50 invitations sent via email or phone number directly through the Paperless Post site can be sent without purchase | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes |
| Bliss & Bone | Per recipient, three volume tiers; the wedding website is a separate monthly subscription | $90 (100 × $0.90) for the invitation send, plus $15–$21/mo if you also want the website | Partly — Customize any design fully and preview the exact invitation your guests will receive before you spend anything. | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Minted | Free Online Invitations and a free wedding website; flat paid upsells such as a custom URL | Free ($0) | Yes — Free wedding websites include multiple layouts, event RSVPs, gift registries, maps and directions, a wedding party page, guest accommodations | Yes | No | Partly | Partly |
| Wedvite | $89 flat, paid once, unlimited guests, no per-guest fee | $89 | Partly — design everything free and share with your first 10 guests; pay once to publish for everyone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Read the table honestly and Wedvite loses columns. Minted costs nothing at 100 guests, and Paperless Post has a permanent free tier — the first 50 invitations sent by email or phone number — where we only have a free design-and-share stage. What the flat row buys is predictability: one price, however the guest list moves.
Paperless Post vs Wedvite
They are built for different jobs. Paperless Post is an events product with a design library that happens to do weddings; Wedvite makes one thing — a wedding invitation that lives at its own link. That shows up in the details: Wedvite gives every design an animated envelope, background music, a venue map, a photo gallery and a built-in RSVP with a guest-messages dashboard, in more than 30 designs and 11 languages including right-to-left Arabic.
The money works differently too. Wedvite is $89 flat, paid once, for unlimited guests, and you can edit the invitation after sending without re-issuing anything, because the link never changes. Paperless Post bills per event and per recipient, so the bill follows the headcount: a short list costs less than a flat fee and a long one costs more, and you cannot know which until the guest list is final.
Where Paperless Post wins: a permanent free tier, a Custom URL on All Access — Wedvite has no custom domain at all — and US and Canada text sending built in. Where Wedvite wins: flat pricing at any guest count, the envelope included rather than gated, WhatsApp delivery as the default channel, and languages. The Paperless Post and Wedvite head-to-head runs the same columns side by side. Our round-up of digital wedding invitation platforms scores ten services on the same columns.
When is Paperless Post still the better pick?
When the list is small and the budget is zero. Under about 50 guests, the free feature set or the Basic rate of $0.50 USD per guest is hard to beat, and the card will look good. If your guests are all on email in the US or Canada, the built-in texting and the contact tools are a real convenience.
It is also the better pick if you want a specific Paperless Post design. Taste is not a column in a table, and a card you love beats a spreadsheet win. And if you are sending several events — engagement party, rehearsal dinner, the wedding itself — the Pro subscription can work out cheaper than paying per event three times.
Choose differently when the guest list is large, when it is going out on WhatsApp rather than email, when you need a second language, or when you want the price fixed before you know the final headcount. That is the case for a flat-price invitation — see what Wedvite costs, read the Wedvite FAQ, or see how WhatsApp wedding invitations actually reach guests.
Other Paperless Post alternatives
Bliss & Bone charges per recipient on a three-tier volume ladder, which works out at $90 (100 × $0.90) for the invitation send, plus $15–$21/mo if you also want the website — design and preview are free until you send, but the wedding website is a separate monthly subscription and the card itself is flat, with no envelope animation (Bliss & Bone’s own pricing page).
Minted is the free option that still looks like stationery: free Online Invitations with RSVP collection and a free wedding website, monetised through flat upsells such as a custom URL — the trade-offs are no envelope animation and email-or-link delivery only, with no SMS or WhatsApp channel (Minted’s own help centre).
Evite is free up to 750 guests but shows advertising to those guests, with Premium sold as flat one-off packages by guest count (Evite’s own help centre).
What you get for one flat price
Digital wedding invitations from $89 flat, unlimited guests, RSVP included. Guests open a link — no app to install, no account, and no advertising anywhere near your invitation.
One flat price
Pay once. Send to 40 guests or 400 — the price never moves, and there is no subscription to cancel later.
Built for WhatsApp
One link that unfurls into a rich preview card in WhatsApp, iMessage and Instagram — no email addresses to collect.
30+ hand-crafted designs
From Toscana's golden-hour vineyards to Aurora's northern lights, plus a full Gulf collection — each with a cinematic hero and envelope opening.
11 languages
Hand-tuned typography per language, including full right-to-left scripts. Your first language is always included.
RSVP + wishes dashboard
Guests RSVP on the invitation itself; every response and personal wish lands in your live dashboard instantly.
Edit after sending
Venue moved? Time changed? Update once and every guest sees it on the same link — nothing to re-send.
The current catalog spans more than 30 designs — from Toscana's vineyards and Santorini's blue domes to Sakura, Deco, Provence, Royal, Imperial, Aurora's northern lights and a full Gulf collection — every one editable word-by-word before you pay.
Also comparing? Start at our comparison hub, or read the Greenvelope alternatives and Evite alternatives guides, or digital versus paper invitations.
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