letsparty vs The Knot
The Knot is the best-known wedding brand, with a free website, free digital save-the-dates and paper invitations, but no digital invitation of its own. letsparty sends digital invitations for the wedding and every party around it, with RSVPs by name and a live head count.
From each one’s own pages, checked October 25, 2026. Sources are at the bottom.
The short version
- Pick The Knot for a free wedding website, vendor listings and paper invitations.
- Pick letsparty to send the invitations themselves by text or email, with meal choices by name and nudges for anyone who hasn’t answered.
What one party costs
| Invitations | letsparty | The Knot |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Free | No digital invitations; paper from $1.29 each |
| 30 | $29 (Party) | No digital invitations; paper from $1.29 each |
| 50 | $29 (Party) | No digital invitations; paper from $1.29 each |
| 100 | $29 (Party) | No digital invitations; paper from $1.29 each |
letsparty counts invitations: one per household or couple, however many people are on it. letsparty’s launch prices are being finalized.
Where The Knot is better
- Best-known wedding brand in the US; couples already have accounts
- Free website with registry and guest list in one app
- Thousands of paper invitation designs with coordinating website themes
- Free digital save the dates
Sending, and what guests need
| letsparty | The Knot | |
|---|---|---|
| A free plan | Yes Up to 15 invitations a party. | Yes The Knot says the website is 'completely free' with no required fees; only the custom domain is paid. |
| Ads on free invitations | No | Not confirmed Not stated |
| Texts are sent from | Your own phone One tap sends them all from an iPhone after a one-time setup, or one at a time from any phone. | Paste the link yourself Guests reach RSVP through the website URL. Digital save the dates are a shareable link sent by email or text. 'Quick group texts or emails' with message templates are offered; the sender isn't stated. |
| Invitations by email | Yes | Yes |
| Guests need an app | No | No Not stated |
| Guests sign up or verify to answer | No Each household’s own link already knows who they are. | Not confirmed Not stated |
Features side by side
“Not confirmed” means we couldn’t find it on their pages, not that it’s missing.
| letsparty | The Knot | |
|---|---|---|
| RSVPs tracked as they come in | Yes Sent, opened and answered, for every household. | Yes Free; exportable for vendors |
| A meal choice for each person | Yes A question beside each name, with choices like “Chicken, Fish, Veggie”. | Yes RSVP questions 'like meal choices' |
| Kids counted on their own | Yes Asked on every RSVP unless you turn it off. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Plus-ones limited or off | Yes How many guests each invitation can bring, or none, and a plus-one for one guest alone. | Not confirmed Not found in official pages |
| A head-count limit and waitlist | Yes · Party plan Past the limit, yeses join a waitlist you let in. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Reminders and nudges | Yes A “can you make it?” email before the RSVP date and a reminder before the party. | Yes RSVP reminders |
| A date poll | Yes Guests mark the dates that work; you pick, and the poll turns into the RSVP. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Co-hosts | Yes Plan together in a shared group with one address book, or add a co-host to one party. | Not confirmed Not found |
| A what-to-bring sign-up | Yes · Party plan A sign-up with limits, and write-ins. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Guests’ photos in one place | Yes · Party plan A photo wall from a table QR code, with a slideshow. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Guest comments or a wall | Yes · Party plan Notes from guests before the party. | Partly App shows 'notes from guests' |
| Your own photo on the card | Yes Photo designs put your picture on the card. | Yes Photo save the dates and upload-your-own designs |
| An invite that opens like an envelope | Yes Every invite opens like an envelope with their name on it; other openings (a wax-sealed letter, a gift box, French doors) are on the Party plan. | Not confirmed Not found |
| Designs | 334 On the design wall today, each one a live invite you can open. | 3,000 Paper invitations listing showed 3,000 items; 100+ website designs; 86 digital save-the-date designs |
| Save-the-dates | Yes Save-the-date designs and a save-the-date start in the planner. | Yes Free digital; paper also sold |
| Several events on one invite | Yes · Host Pass plan Make it a weekend: each guest gets one link to the parties they’re invited to, and answers each one. | Yes RSVP page configured with events, from the shower to the reception |
| A wedding website | Yes · Wedding plan Your story, every event, travel, the registry and questions, with an optional password; guests RSVP on their own invites. | Yes Free |
| Thank-yous | Yes · Party plan A thank-you message to everyone who came; thank-you cards in your designs with the Host Pass. | Yes Paper 'Thank Yous' collection |
| Guests confirm their address | Yes Guests confirm their own address and phone. | Yes Simple form to email or text to guests |
| Printed invitations | No Digital only. | Yes Large paper catalog |
| Add to calendar | Yes Apple, Google and Outlook, plus a feed that keeps every party current. | Not confirmed Not found |
Questions
Does The Knot have digital invitations?
We didn’t find a digital invitation product of its own: it sells paper invitations, with free matching email designs and free digital save-the-dates.
Sources
The Knot
- Website completely free; custom domain optional (updated 2026-05-22) (2026-10-25)
- Custom domain $19.99/1 yr or $39.98/2 yrs; 100+ website designs (2026-10-25)
- Guest list, RSVP, meal choices, address collection, reminders, matching emails (2026-10-25)
- Free digital save the dates (86 items), shareable link by email or text (2026-10-25)
- 3,000 paper invitations; per-card prices (2026-10-25)
The Knot is a trademark of its owner; letsparty isn’t affiliated with it. Prices and features change: check their sites before you choose. See something out of date? Write to invites@letsparty.rsvp and we’ll fix it.