Free to build
Everything up to the moment you invite guests is free: every page, every section, the guest list, your printable QR codes, the preview on your own phone. One flat charge publishes it. That is the whole pricing model, and we would rather say it here than after you have spent an evening writing.
Story, schedule, travel, dress code, FAQ, registry wording, photos, theme. Nothing is watermarked and nothing is time-limited while you work on it.
Import households, set who is invited to what, mark required RSVPs. You can do all of this before you decide to publish.
Free wedding websites usually pay for themselves by selling your guests something. Yours will never show a registry marketplace, a banner, or a sponsored vendor.
One charge, at publish. Nothing renews, nothing lapses the month after the wedding, and there is no per-guest pricing that punishes a bigger family.
Publishing opens the live guest hub, makes your printed QR codes resolve for guests, and turns on invitation emails. Everything before that is yours to use free.
Guest contact details are never sold, shared with vendors, or used to market anything. Retention rules are published in plain language.
| Simplyweds | Most free builders | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost model | Free to build, one flat charge to publish. | Free forever, funded by registry commission and vendor ads. |
| Guest experience | No advertising of any kind. | Registry prompts and vendor placements shown to your guests. |
| Address | A simplyweds.com address, included, with nobody else's branding on it. | A branded subdomain unless you upgrade. |
| Guest limits | No per-guest pricing. | Tiers or fees as the list grows. |
| After the wedding | Your site stays up until you archive it. | Often deleted or paywalled once the season ends. |
Write the whole thing, show it to your partner, and pay only when you are ready to send the QR code out.