Best Wedding invitation services with digital and printed options

Last Updated on May 18, 2025 by Joy Editors

Virtual wedding invitations have reshaped how couples share their special day news. Each digital invite costs just $1, while traditional printed ones can set you back thousands. The results are impressive too. Greenvelope users see a 92% response rate, and the platform makes it easy to track RSVPs and message guests.

Modern wedding invitation services give couples amazing options for both digital and printed formats. Digital invites let you customize and send your announcements within hours through email, text, or WhatsApp. The printed options are just as impressive. Zola gives you over 1,000 invitation designs to choose from and sends five free samples before you buy. Minted features more than 30 unique designs you can customize in their Brides + Minted collection.

The environmental benefits make digital invites an even better choice. Greenvelope’s users have kept over 990,000 pounds of paper out of landfills, and the company has planted 26,000 trees. Here at Jot, we began a mission to give you the perfect mix of convenience, quality, and sustainability. Our service brings together everything great about digital and traditional invitations. You get the speed of digital delivery with classic stationery’s elegance, all while protecting your wedding budget.

Joy

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Joy brings together digital convenience and traditional elegance to create your perfect wedding stationery. Our signature wedding invitation service pairs beautiful designs with both electronic and printed delivery options that will give a special touch to your announcement.

Joy Key Features

Our platform makes wedding planning simple from invitation to celebration. Choosing Joy for your wedding invitations gives you these great services at no extra cost:

• A wedding website that matches your invitation design perfectly
• One-on-one help from our stationery specialists
• Digital proofs from our talented in-house designers
• Design edits until you’re completely happy with the result
• Free addressing on all envelopes

Our digital wedding invitations come with a mobile form builder that makes life easier. The prebuilt wedding guest table template helps you collect and manage all guest responses. You can track individual priorities and requirements to plan everything smoothly.

Our wedding planning tools go beyond invitations. Templates for vendor agreements, guest information collection, and registry building turn what could be planning headaches into simple tasks.

Joy Customization Options

Making each invitation unique is what we do best. You can start with our designer templates or create something completely new. Our flexibility matches any service out there:

Pick your size from these three options:

• Petite (4.25″ x 7″)
• Classic (5″ x 7″)
• Grand (6″ x 8″)

We offer signature, pearlescent, and recycled paper options. Looking for extra luxury? Our custom foil detailing adds metallic shimmer to selected text.

Our color options include the elegant Peach Cream palette. Your envelopes can be just as special – we offer colored options and distinctive liners along with free addressing.

Want something truly unique? Our design services go further:

• Change existing template designs
• Add custom crests or illustrations
• Book time with our wedding experts
• Get original artwork made just for your wedding

Joy Pricing

We keep our pricing simple and quantity-based – the more invitations you need, the better the value. Here’s what our popular Classic (5″ x 7″) format costs:

Pricing for Classic format invitations

Grand format (6″ x 8″) invitations start at $7.20 each for smaller quantities and drop to $3.00 each for orders of 100 or more.

Every invitation package includes free envelope addressing, a wedding website, design consultation, professional proofs, and unlimited edits. This gives you great value compared to paying for each service separately.

Joy Best For

Our service works great for:

Design-conscious couples – Through collaboration with talented designers like Snow and Ivy, we create beautiful options. You can get the perfect look from our templates or custom creations.

Busy couples with multiple events – Our digital tools help you handle complex guest lists for different wedding events. Creating separate guest lists and tracking RSVPs happens in one place.

Environmentally mindful couples – You can choose recycled paper options or digital invitations without giving up style.

Couples who want personal attention – We offer unlimited design changes, one-on-one expert consultations, and custom design services to get every detail right.

Budget-conscious couples – Larger orders mean lower per-invitation costs. Plus, you can return wedding stationery for any reason if you’re not happy.

Wedding planning involves many decisions. You can cancel and get a full refund anytime before approving your proofs. This flexibility and our detailed services make Jot perfect for couples who want a simple yet personal approach to wedding invitations.

Minted

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Minted has made its mark in the wedding invitation market with artist-designed stationery and luxury papers and printing techniques. They’ve built a solid reputation for quality over the years that goes well with our offerings at Jot, though we do things a bit differently.

Minted Key Features

Minted really shines through several features that couples love when looking for premium stationery:

• Free recipient addressing on envelopes with coordinating designs
• Access to independent artists’ designs through their design competitions
• Thick, luxury paper stocks including options made in the USA and UK
• Traditional printing techniques including letterpress and foil-pressing
• Free wedding website with every invitation order
• Design consultation with stationery experts

They also offer custom design services for couples who want something unique. You can work with your own designer to create custom watercolor illustrations (starting at $650), venue illustrations (starting at $400), or custom maps (starting at $300) to make your wedding invitations truly special.

Their custom design process is simple and straightforward. You submit a request form, fill out a design brief, get a quote, talk to a designer, and work together until your vision comes to life.

Minted Customization Options

Minted gives you plenty of ways to make your wedding stationery your own:

Format Options:

• Petite (4.25″ x 6″)
• Classic (5″ x 7″)
• Grand (6″ x 8″)
• All-in-One (5.76″ x 12.03″)

Paper Types:

• Signature (130# thickness) – standard option included at no extra cost
• Premium 100% Recycled – made from recycled materials
• Pearlescent (98# thickness) – adds subtle shimmer
• Doublethick (240# thickness) – extra sturdy premium option
• Luxe Museum Board (360# thickness) – their most premium paper

Letterpress invitations come in two cotton paper choices: a 100% Cotton paper (320 gsm) with a creamy off-white hue and a Premium 100% Cotton paper (500 gsm) that’s extra thick with a bright white finish.

You can play around with colors (including custom ones), pick different shapes through their Silhouette™ shapes, change text, and add custom foil text. Need something special? Their design team will work with you until everything looks perfect.

While we at Jot focus on both digital and physical invitation options with simplified processes, Minted puts more emphasis on high-end physical stationery with traditional printing methods.

Minted Pricing

Minted’s prices change based on size, quantity, paper type, and printing techniques. Here’s what you can expect to pay:

Extra costs for premium options:

• Premium paper: +$1.75 per card
• Pearlescent paper: +$1.00 per card
• Recycled paper: +$1.00 per card

Letterpress wedding invitations start at $485 for 100 one-color invitations, with an extra $90 for a second color.

Custom design services vary in price:

• Watercolor illustrations: starting at $650
• Custom venue illustrations: starting at $400
• Custom maps: starting at $300
• End-to-end wedding suites: starting at $850

For custom designs, you’ll need to pay 50% of the estimated design fee upfront. This deposit isn’t refundable if you cancel before completion.

These prices might be higher than what we offer at Jot, but Minted has a membership program where you can save 20% plus get free shipping on everyday orders. This makes their premium products more budget-friendly.

Minted Best For

Looking at what they offer and their prices, Minted works best for:

Design-focused couples who love artist-created designs and want to invest in premium stationery. Their design competitions bring in unique artwork from artists worldwide that you won’t find anywhere else.

Couples planning formal or luxury weddings who want traditional printing techniques like letterpress and foil-pressing. The raised texture from letterpress printing adds that extra touch of luxury perfect for upscale celebrations.

Couples wanting custom stationery elements like venue illustrations, maps, or watercolor artwork. These personal touches create beautiful keepsakes your guests will treasure.

Detail-oriented couples who really care about paper quality and printing techniques. Their 100% cotton papers and premium options like Luxe Museum Board (360# thickness) are perfect for those who notice the little things.

Couples with a bigger budget who want premium physical invitations and aren’t too worried about digital options. While Minted does great work with high-quality physical stationery, we at Jot give you more choices between digital and physical formats at different price points.

Minted’s “all-in-one” invitations are great for eco-conscious couples. These invitations combine the invitation and RSVP card on one folding sheet without extra envelopes. This saves paper while keeping things fancy, though it’s different from our digital options at Jot that cut down on paper use even more.

Minted excels at premium physical stationery, but we at Jot take pride in giving you more flexibility between digital and traditional formats. This makes wedding invitations work for different budgets and planning styles.

Zola

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Zola works as a complete wedding planning platform. Unlike other wedding services that focus mainly on stationery, their invitations are just one part of their all-in-one approach. Their wedding invitation service merges with other planning tools to create a unified experience from save-the-dates to thank you cards.

Zola Key Features

The platform’s invitation service revolves around a simple DIY card feature. You don’t need design experience to create beautiful wedding invitations. Here’s what makes their platform stand out:

• Many shapes, sizes, and paper types for printed invitations
• Large collection of wedding invitation templates
• Quality printing services at competitive prices
• Free guest addressing on all envelopes
• Free change-the-dates if your wedding plans change
• Five free customizable samples delivered to your door

Zola truly serves as a one-stop shop for wedding planning. They connect couples with pre-screened vendors for venues, DJs, and catering. This approach is different from Jot’s strategy. We focus only on creating exceptional invitations rather than managing every wedding planning aspect.

Zola Customization Options

Zola gives you plenty of ways to personalize your invitations:

Paper Options:Eight distinct paper choices include recycled, pearlescent, and linen options. The recycled paper stands out – it’s thick, carbon-neutral, and made entirely from post-consumer waste.

Design Flexibility: Couples can create their perfect invitations through several ways:

• Change existing templates with preferred fonts, colors, and layouts
• Add metallic highlights with foil accents
• Upload their own designs for printing
• Combine digital and traditional elements

Complete Suites: One big advantage is their matching wedding suites. These keep visual consistency across all wedding stationery. Each collection typically includes save-the-dates, invitations, enclosure cards, programs, place cards, and menus.

This creates a unified look throughout the wedding planning experience. At Jot, we also offer coordinated design elements but focus more on both digital and physical formats that work together naturally.

Zola Pricing

Zola offers affordable options in the wedding invitation market with clear pricing:

Industry reports show that 100 wedding invitations usually cost between $300-$700 or about $5.50 per guest. Zola’s prices start much lower, making them a budget-friendly choice.

They also include valuable free services:

• Matching envelopes with all invitations
• Guest addressing service
• Change-the-dates if plans change
• Wedding website matching your invitation design

These inclusions save money compared to services that charge extra for these features. While Jot offers competitive pricing with complete services, Zola provides a more affordable starting point for couples on tight budgets.

Zola Best For

Zola works best for:

Budget-conscious couples who want quality invitations without high prices. Starting at $1.99 per invitation, they’re available to couples with limited wedding budgets.

Couples who like integration between invitations and other wedding planning tools. Zola handles everything from invitations to vendor selection, perfect for couples who want all their planning in one place.

Environmentally conscious couples who care about sustainability. Their recycled paper option uses 100% post-consumer waste, though Jot’s digital invitations reduce paper use even more.

Couples who need flexibility between digital and physical formats. You can mix approaches, but Jot offers more advanced digital options.

Couples looking for simplicity in planning. Ordering everything from one place cuts shipping costs and creates a matching look across all stationery.

Couples should remember that Zola offers broad wedding planning features but doesn’t specialize in invitations like we do at Jot. Their invitation service is just part of their larger wedding platform.

Couples who want dedicated invitation experts guiding them will find more value in Jot’s specialized approach than Zola’s general wedding planning platform. Yet, those who prioritize affordability and want everything in one place might find Zola a practical choice worth thinking over.

Greenvelope

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Greenvelope creates elegant digital wedding invitations with sustainability as their guiding principle. My research into their virtual wedding invitation approach shows their eco-friendly mission makes them unique compared to Jot’s balanced digital and physical options.

Greenvelope Key Features

The platform focuses on creating a complete digital invitation experience with these standout features:

• RSVP Management – You can track guest responses in real-time. This makes planning much easier than paper RSVPs
• Guest Communication – You can update attendees through built-in messaging about changes
• Address Validation – The system checks email addresses before sending to reduce delivery issues
• Survey Questions – You can ask guests about their meal priorities, song requests, or other custom questions
• Scheduled Reminders – The system sends automatic reminders about RSVP deadlines
• Daily Updates – You get custom notification summaries about guest activity

Greenvelope lets you send invitations through email, SMS text, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, or shareable links. This flexibility gives them an edge over competitors. However, each paid account has only 500 text messages before extra charges start.

Greenvelope Customization Options

The platform has over 400 wedding invitation designs with many ways to customize:

Digital Envelope Experience: The platform recreates opening a traditional envelope digitally. You can pick envelope colors, custom liners matching your invitation design, and add virtual wax seals. This aims to capture the joy of getting a physical invitation.

Design Flexibility: Each template can be changed by:

• Adjusting layouts
• Changing color schemes
• Selecting different fonts
• Customizing wording

Couples with specific ideas can upload their own designs while using Greenvelope’s delivery system and RSVP tracking.

Their design approach is different from Jot’s hybrid model. They only work with digital formats, while we offer both digital and printed options. They focus on changing existing digital templates instead of our complete approach to physical stationery.

Greenvelope Pricing

The pricing depends on your guest count:

Note: Each person counts separately, even within families

Keep in mind that sending both save-the-dates and formal invitations needs either two separate packages or their annual option. This is different from Jot’s approach of offering complete wedding stationery packages.

You can try their service free by sending to up to 10 people. Any mailing to more than 10 people needs a paid plan.

Greenvelope Best For

My analysis shows Greenvelope works best for:

Environmentally conscious couples – They started with a mission to create elegant invitations without paper waste. They support environmental causes through strategic collaborations with Mountains to Sound, the National Forest Foundation, and 1% for the Planet.

Budget-minded couples – Traditional wedding invitations cost between $5,000-$8,000. This is a big deal as it means that Greenvelope’s highest package at $225 saves you money.

Geographically dispersed guest lists – Digital delivery removes international postage costs and delivery uncertainty for couples with guests in different locations.

Tech-comfortable couples – The platform is user-friendly but works best when couples and guests are relaxed with digital communications.

Couples facing tight timelines – You can create and send invitations in one day without printing and mailing delays.

Greenvelope’s approach is fundamentally different from Jot. They focus only on digital invitations, while our service knows many couples want both digital convenience and physical keepsakes. Jot combines eco-friendly digital options with beautiful physical invitations that guests can display and couples can keep as mementos.

Shutterfly

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Shutterfly blends mass-market appeal with wedding customization tools. This makes it a prominent name in the wedding invitation industry. Their USA-based printing operations deliver quality and convenience, which both contrasts and complements our specialized approach at Jot.

Shutterfly Key Features

Shutterfly puts reliability and customer satisfaction at the heart of their wedding stationery service:

• 100% happiness guarantee that gives complete customer satisfaction
• In-house USA-based printing for quality control
• Free wedding invitation samples before final orders
• Matching wedding stationery suites for cohesive design
• Free address printing service to save time with envelopes
• “Mail for Me” service that sends invitations directly to guests

Shutterfly stands behind their quality with a complete satisfaction promise. Their sample kit lets couples experience different paper types, wedding invitations, save the dates, RSVP cards, enclosure cards, menus, programs, and envelope samples before they buy.

Shutterfly makes it easy to coordinate between invitations, RSVP cards, enclosure cards, and day-of essentials like menus and programs. Their online address book helps couples manage guest lists, track RSVPs, and update contact information in one place.

Shutterfly Customization Options

Shutterfly gives couples several ways to personalize their wedding invitations:

Format Options:

• Flat invitations (traditional single-sided cards)
• Gatefold (dramatic folded reveal design)
• Tri-fold (extra space for detailed information)

Paper Choices:

• Standard Smooth Cardstock (budget-friendly)
• Signature Smooth Cardstock (mid-tier option)
• 100% Recycled Cardstock (eco-friendly alternative)
• Pearl Shimmer Cardstock (luminous finish)
• Luxe Double-Thick Cardstock (premium ultra-thick option)

Shutterfly lets couples add foil details for a luxurious shimmer effect and unique trim options including rounded, scalloped, or bracketed edges. Couples who want complete creative control can upload their custom designs for printing.

Compared to our offerings at Jot, Shutterfly has similar customization options but doesn’t match our continuous connection between digital and physical invitation formats.

Shutterfly Pricing

Shutterfly sits in the mid-range price tier for wedding stationery:

Based on average customer spending

Prices change based on chosen upgrades. Premium options like foil stamping, unique trim styles, and higher-grade paper types will cost more. The Luxe Double-Thick Cardstock is a big deal as it means that you’ll pay more for its ultra-thick, high-end feel.

Shutterfly runs frequent promotions—sometimes up to 50% off with free shipping. This makes their services more budget-friendly for cost-conscious couples.

Shutterfly Best For

These features and prices make Shutterfly ideal for:

Mid-budget couples who want quality and value. Most Shutterfly customers spend $400-$550 total on wedding stationery. This puts them between budget options and luxury providers.

One-stop shoppers looking for coordinated wedding elements. Their platform creates matching designs across save-the-dates, invitations, programs, menus, and thank you cards.

Quality-conscious couples who value domestic printing. Their USA-based printing operations focus on quality control and craftsmanship.

Cautious decision-makers who like sample options. Getting physical samples before a full order helps reduce purchase anxiety.

Every couple must balance quality and budget. Shutterfly’s satisfaction guarantee and frequent promotions make it a solid mainstream choice. At Jot, we think our mix of digital convenience and premium physical options gives modern couples more flexibility in today’s wedding planning world.

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Conclusion

The differences between top wedding invitation services become clear after learning about them. Each service has its advantages, but Jot stands out by combining digital convenience with traditional elegance. We give you the best of both worlds – eco-friendly digital options and beautiful physical invitations that become cherished keepsakes.

Budget-conscious couples might think over Zola’s lower starting price or Greenvelope’s digital-only approach. Notwithstanding that, these options don’t provide the individual-specific experiences and flexibility that make our brand special. Minted focuses on premium physical stationery and Shutterfly takes a mass-market approach. We adapt to your specific needs instead of forcing you into preset packages.

Your priorities will determine the wedding invitation choice. Do you want environmental sustainability without compromising on elegance? Do you need expert guidance with unlimited design revisions? Would you like smooth integration between digital and physical formats? These questions point to one answer—Jot.

Our service focuses on what modern couples value most: flexibility, personalization, and value. Jot’s features are built around your needs – from lower per-invitation prices for bigger guest lists to our complete wedding planning tools. Your wedding stationery should tell your unique story, and we help make that happen.

Your wedding invitations establish the tone for your celebration. Choosing Jot means more than picking a stationery provider. You partner with dedicated specialists who know these aren’t just paper or digital files. They’re the first glimpse of your love story that guests will see.