Is HeyVite a good Paperless Post alternative?
If you love the idea of a beautiful digital invitation but not the arithmetic of Coins, HeyVite is the alternative to look at. You create an invitation, add your guests, and hit send (by email, WhatsApp or a shareable link), and every reply, meal choice and plus-one tracks itself on one live dashboard.
The core difference is how you pay. Paperless Post prices most Cards per recipient in Coins, and each premium element (envelope, liner, backdrop, stamp, logo) adds Coins for every single guest. HeyVite charges once per event (free to start, then $15, $45 or $110), and the price does not move when the guest list grows or the design gets dressed up.
How do Coins compare to flat per-event pricing?
On Paperless Post, designs are priced per guest. Their pricing page now sells per-guest tiers (Free $0, Basic $0.50, Premium $1.05, All Access $1.44 per guest), and their own calculator prices a 40-guest list on the Premium tier at $52.50, with premium envelopes, liners and backdrops pushing the per-guest rate higher. By their terms, Coins and subscriptions are non-refundable, with an EU/UK cooling-off exception for unused Coins, and free promotional Coins expire a year after they are granted. (Their model changed from itemized Coin packages; advertised as of September 2026.)
HeyVite’s paid plans are $15, $45 or $110: one payment for one event, no currency to buy and no leftover balance to track. Adding an envelope, changing the design or polishing every detail never adds to the bill, and for events beyond 900 guests there is a contact-sales path.
What does each free tier actually include?
Paperless Post’s free path is real but bounded: your first 50 Flyer invites (their casual, text-friendly format) are always free, with an event page, real-time RSVP tracking, guest messaging and reminders. Some basic Card templates are free too, but by their own pages, most stationery-style Cards require Coins to send, and premium elements always cost Coins per recipient. To their credit, no tier shows ads to hosts or guests.
HeyVite’s free plan covers the whole craft: design and send invitations and track RSVPs with no credit card. The full Card Studio, the premium and luxe collections, the envelope reveal and a watermark-free card, exactly as they come on every plan. Guest Privacy is there too. The one thing a paid plan changes is room for more guests: when an event outgrows the free list, you raise the cap for that single event, not your account.
Is the guest list private on Paperless Post vs HeyVite?
Paperless Post gives hosts a “Show Guest List” toggle: when it is on, you choose which groups other guests can see (attending, not yet replied, or not attending). Their help pages do not state which way a new event starts, so check the toggle before you send.
HeyVite’s answer is structural. Every guest gets their own private link to their own invitation, and Guest Privacy (no public guest list, no name search, per-guest isolation) is included on every plan, free ones too. There is nothing to remember to switch: only you ever see your guest list. If you would rather post one open, share-anywhere link, you can turn name-search on for that event. It is off by default.