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The Best Places to Build a Cheap Wedding Website

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Looking for the best place to create your wedding website for cheap? We break down the top wedding website providers and share the features of each!

The Best Places to Build a Cheap Wedding Website
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Technology within the wedding industry has sure come a long way over the last decade. Take wedding websites: while some couples still choose to pack their invitation envelope chock-full of accommodation, directions, and registry information, more and more are using a personalized website to relay all those small (and large) details.

But how do you know which one is the best option for you? Do you stick with plain and simple or go all-out with every detail possible? What about paid versus free? Is a free or cheap wedding website any less special than one you pay big bucks for?

Every couple has different wants and needs for their website, so that’s why we have compiled a list of 11 popular options. They offer a variety of features and options, which we’ve done our best to list below in hopes you find the perfect wedding website for you.

We also give you the download on options that we do not recommend, for one reason or another. Check it out!

Cheap Wedding Website Options

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Joy • Free

Pros:

  • Syncs with your registry
  • Upload videos and an unlimited amount of photos
  • Unique individual passwords for each guest, allowing RSVPs for private events
  • Fabulous customer service
  • Uber and Lyft integration
  • A HUGE number of features
  • For more details on Joy, view our post Joy: Simplify Your Wedding Planning

Cons:


Appy Couple • $49-$149 One-Time Fee

Pros:

  • No internet connection needed once guests download app
  • Custom RSVP widgets allow you to get more detailed responses
  • Choose which events are visible to each guest, family or group
  • Option to allow guests to add photos via the app

Cons:

  • More expensive than other options
  • Doesn’t sync with registry

The Knot • Free

Pros:

  • Create a personalized spending plan
  • One of the only sites that syncs with your registry
  • Use The Knot Wedding Planning app to receive notifications and plan your big day on the go
  • Track your Thank Yous

Cons:

  • Limits your photos to 5 albums of around 30 pics each
  • There is no way to embed or upload a video

Zola • Free

Pros:

  • Complex guest list option, allowing you to be very specific with your lists
  • Create private events and RSVP’s, allowing you to invite only specific people to more private events, like the rehearsal dinner
  • Responsive customer service
  • Create a registry with items from multiple stores

Cons:

  • Limited to 100 photos total
  • No video options

Wix • Free – $39 a Month

Pros:

  • Up to 30 minutes of video content, plus unlimited embedding from sites like YouTube
  • Using a personalized hashtag, gather all photos and relevant posts in one social stream
  • Build using “drag and drop”
  • Extremely secure site

Cons:

  • While they have wedding themes, Wix feels more like a blog or business website builder than one for weddings
  • No matching stationery

Minted • Free or $98 One-Time Fee for Premium features

Pros:

  • RSVP to more than one event
  • Easily track guests, lists, and RSVP’s
  • Easy to create
  • Matching invitations and stationery

Cons:

  • Photo gallery only available with Premium plan and then gallery is limited to around 40 pics
  • Doesn’t sync with registry
  • Basic is not password protected

Basic Invite • Free

Pros:

  • Option to collect guests’ addresses
  • Each website has a full matching wedding suite, including Save the Dates, Invitations, Place Cards, etc.
  • No limit to photos uploaded

Cons:

  • No custom domain option
  • Videos can not be added to your site

Squarespace • $12-$40 a Month

Pros:

  • Use the Zola Block to display a selection of items from your Zola wedding registry in Squarespace
  • Connect your RSVP form to storage options—an email address, Google Sheet, or Mailchimp list
  • Highly secure website

Cons:

  • The monthly fee could get expensive, especially if you have a long engagement
  • Limited amount of wedding themes
  • No matching stationery

Cordially • $79-$84 a Year

Pros:

  • Option to invite collaborators to edit sections and add guests
  • Translate any parts of the application that are exposed to the guest to your preferred language
  • Share images, video, polls, slideshows, music, live video, forms, gifs, infographics and more on your wedding website

Cons:

  • Only 6 themes available
  • Expensive for the benefits received
  • Does not sync with any registries

Riley & Grey • $35 month/$240 year

Pros:

  • 65 classy and chic themes
  • Beautiful matching stationery available for some themes
  • Ability to change your site to a different language

Cons:

  • Ridiculously expensive, especially considering the other website options available for free or cheap
  • Does not sync with registry
  • Limit on photos varies by template

Options to Avoid

We put a great deal of time and effort into researching all the different cheap wedding website options available to engaged couples. This includes contacting each company, perusing their help and blog sections, and searching the web for other’s opinions.

You may be wondering why we didn’t list certain companies that are considered quite popular for folks planning their wedding. Below you will find options we recommend avoiding completely and why:

  • ZankYou: With a ton of amazing features, we were excited to share ZankYou with you. Unfortunately, after two tries, we did not get a response to our emails.
  • LuvBirds: No responses to our messages. We just can’t recommend a site to our wonderful readers that is unreachable.
  • Wedding Wire: We ran into the same issue. No replies to our messages! What if you need assistance, especially last-minute, and you can’t get a hold of anyone? Yikes!
  • Wedding Window: Not only did we not receive a response from Wedding Window, but they have not posted on Facebook for over 2-1/2 years. Hello? Anyone home?
  • eWedding: With the wedding website eWedding, the contact page was a dead link. We couldn’t even send a message, much less receive one back. The same goes for
  • Wedding Woo: Also non-responsive. Plus, they haven’t posted on social media for a year. Doh!

Which cheap wedding website builder will you use?

We want to hear from you! Which website builder did you choose for your big day? Feel free to post a link so others can gain ideas and inspiration!


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