Comparison
Guestcount vs Evite
Evite is a free online invitation platform for birthdays, weddings, school and club events, with paid upgrades. Pick Evite for personal occasions and simple invitations. Pick Guestcount when a brand, agency or venue runs an invite-only event that needs approvals, door check-in and partner invite links, from $249 per event.
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Guestcount and Evite side by side
| Feature | Guestcount | Evite |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free to build; you pay to publish. Single events from $249. Essential, Growth and Brand plans from $299 a month, billed monthly or annually. | Free invitations and RSVP tracking. Premium is priced per event by guest count, from $17.99 for up to 12 guests to $99.99 for up to 750. Evite Pro is $249.99 a year. |
| Branded RSVP pages | Yes: a theme, your colors and fonts, your flyer and page blocks, built in the page designer. | Invitation designs. Pro adds upload-your-own-design invitations and your logo for business events. |
| Custom domain | Yes, on Brand: your own domain or a guestcount.com subdomain. | Not published |
| Embedding on your own site | Yes, set up with our team. | Not published |
| Approvals and waitlist | Yes: approval per event or per invite link, with bulk approval. When an event is full, guests are offered a waitlist and you promote them as spots open. | Not published |
| Plus-ones | An allowance per guest and per invite link. Guests pick a number, name each plus-one, or answer your questions for each. | Not published |
| Door check-in | Yes: search, QR scan and walk-ups on iOS, a shared phone or the dashboard. Door staff sign in by phone and use no seat. | Not published |
| SMS | Yes: invitations, updates and a confirmation text on every event, alongside email. | Send invitations by SMS or email, and in-app messages to guests you choose. |
| Partner invite links and attribution | Yes: a link per partner or person, with its own spots and plus-ones. RSVPs, approvals and check-ins are credited per link and per partner. | Not published |
| Guest history across events | Yes, on Essential, Growth and Brand: one record per guest across your events, with their show rate. | Not published |
| Team roles | Admin and Manager roles with per-person permissions, per-event collaborators, and door staff at no seat cost. | Pro adds a co-host or guest of honor. |
“Not published” means we found no public source for it; ask Evite directly.
Who Evite is better for
- Birthdays, weddings, school and club events.
- Hosts who want free invitations and RSVP tracking.
- Small business occasions such as holiday parties, with your logo on Evite Pro.
Who Guestcount is better for
- Brands, experiential agencies and venues running invite-only events.
- Events that need approvals, a waitlist and door check-in on the night.
- Events where partners bring guests: each partner gets a link, and you see who they brought and who showed up.
Common questions
Is Guestcount a good alternative to Evite for business events?
For invite-only brand and venue events, yes. Guestcount adds branded RSVP pages on your own domain, approvals, a waitlist, door check-in and partner invite links, from $249 per event. For personal occasions and simple invitations, Evite is a good fit.
How much does Evite cost compared with Guestcount?
Evite invitations are free, Premium is priced per event from $17.99 for up to 12 guests to $99.99 for up to 750, and Evite Pro is $249.99 a year. Guestcount is free to build and starts at $249 per published event, with monthly and annual plans. See pricing.
Can Evite send invitations by text message?
Yes. Evite's app says you can send invitations by SMS or email. Guestcount also sends invitations and updates by text and email, and every event comes with a confirmation text.
Does Evite have door check-in?
We found no check-in feature on the Evite pages we read, so ask Evite directly. Guestcount door staff check guests in from their phones by searching a name, scanning a QR code or adding a walk-up.
Sources
Evite details from these pages, checked . Guestcount details from the product.
- Evite homepage: https://www.evite.com/
- Evite Premium pricing: https://support.evite.com/premium/what-is-premium/premium-pricing
- Evite Premium: https://support.evite.com/premium/what-is-premium
- Evite Pro: https://www.evite.com/pro
- Evite on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id431685286