Minted alternative: Crivando vs Minted
Most people searching for a Minted alternative aren't unhappy with how their site looks. They've hit the feature ceiling. Minted's wedding website is free and the templates are the best-looking in this category, drawn by independent artists and matched to paper stationery. But the RSVPs are basic, there's no native registry, and there are no planning tools. Crivando costs €9 to €23 a month and is built the other way round: guest machinery first. Here's the comparison.
Last checked August 2026 · Every Minted claim on this page links to a public source · Crivando is our own product, and we’ve said where it loses
The short version
Minted is a stationery company that also makes wedding websites, and it shows in both directions: best templates, fewest features. If matching paper invitations matter most, stay. If you need RSVPs with dietary tracking, a cash fund and guest photo collection, that's what Crivando does.
Why couples leave Minted.
The wedding gets bigger than the website. Minted handles a beautiful page with a date on it extremely well. Then you need to know who's coming, who can't eat shellfish, and how many vegetarians to tell the venue about, and the RSVP handling is basic. Fine for a yes or a no. Less fine across a hundred and forty guests.
There's no native registry either, so gifts have to live somewhere else entirely, and no planning tools at all. What you're getting is a very good-looking brochure.
The costs are small but real: a custom URL is $15 a year, the premium upgrade is $35 one-time for things like expanded photo galleries, and an expert design session is $49. Meanwhile you get a $50 credit toward stationery, which is Minted telling you clearly what business it's actually in.
Where Minted beats us.
Design, and the paper. Minted's templates are drawn by independent artists and there are hundreds of them, against our eight. More to the point, they match physical stationery you can order from the same company: invitations, save-the-dates, menus, the lot. We don't offer paper at all. If you want the website and the invitations to look like they came from the same hand, Minted does that better than anyone, and it's free.
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Rows marked with a dash are ones where Minted wins. There are several. A comparison table without them would be an advert.
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| Feature | Crivando | Minted |
|---|---|---|
| Website cost | €9–23/mo | Free ($35 one-time premium upgrade) |
| Templates | 8, each a distinct style | Hundreds, by independent artists |
| Matching paper stationery | Not offered | Yes, plus a $50 credit |
| RSVP with meal and dietary tracking | Yes, with a catering summary | Basic RSVP |
| Cash fund registry | Yes, 0% fee | No native registry |
| Planning tools | Timeline, map, accommodation, guest list | None |
| Custom domain | Connect your own domain: €29 one-time + €5/mo, includes free SSL | $15/yr |
| Guest photo upload by QR | Yes, with an approval queue | No |
| Digital guestbook | Yes, moderated | No |
| Hosting and data | GDPR-compliant EU hosting | US company, US/Canada focus |
Pricing and features checked August 2026. Minted pricing is shown in the currency they publish, not converted. Sources are listed at the bottom of this page.
What Crivando does differently
The things worth paying for, if you’re going to pay. If none of these matter to your wedding, Minted is the sensible choice and we’d rather you made it.
RSVPs with meal and dietary tracking
Guests search their name and respond. You get attendance, menu selections and allergy requirements in one dashboard, plus a catering summary you can hand straight to the venue.
Learn moreNothing taken off your cash gifts
Guests reserve a fund and transfer directly to your bank, PayPal or Venmo. We don't process the payment, so there's no percentage to take. Less slick than tapping a card, and you keep 100%.
Learn moreGuest photos by QR code, with an approval queue
Print a card for the tables. Guests scan it and upload straight from their camera roll: no app, no account. Nothing appears on your site until you approve it, and you keep the original high-resolution files.
Learn moreA moderated digital guestbook
Guests write messages from their phone during the reception or the morning after, when they've actually got something to say. You approve each entry before it goes live, and you can export the lot afterwards.
Learn moreA schedule guests can actually follow
Publish an hour-by-hour programme with transport notes. If the ceremony moves from 2pm to 3pm, you change it once and everyone sees the new time.
Learn moreHosted in the EU, under GDPR
Your guest list, their dietary requirements and their photos sit on EU infrastructure under European data protection rules, rather than on a US platform that also sells them things.
Learn moreMoving from Minted to Crivando.
There's no export button on Minted, or on most platforms in this category, so this is a copy-paste job rather than a migration. Budget an evening, not a weekend.
Take the guest list out first: names, emails, and any RSVP responses already in. Then the text of each page: your story, the schedule, the FAQ answers you've already written. Those are the bits that took you the longest and they move across unchanged.
Build the new site, check it on a phone, and only then send the new link. Don't take the old site down the same day. Leave it up for a fortnight with a line at the top pointing at the new address, so anyone who bookmarked it isn't stranded.
Which one you should pick
You're ordering paper invitations and you want the website to match them exactly. That's Minted's whole reason to exist, it's free, and we can't replicate it.
You need the website to do work, collect RSVPs with dietary requirements, run a cash fund, gather guest photos, rather than just look good while it sits there.
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What is the best alternative to Minted?
If you're leaving because of the feature ceiling, Crivando handles the parts Minted doesn't: RSVPs with meal and dietary tracking, a cash fund at 0% fee, QR guest photo collection with an approval queue, and a moderated guestbook, from €9 a month.
Can Minted handle RSVPs with meal choices?
RSVP handling on Minted is basic: it'll collect a yes or a no. If you need meal selections, dietary requirements and a catering summary to hand to the venue, you'll want something with proper RSVP tooling behind it.
Does Minted have a wedding registry?
No native registry. You can link out to registries hosted elsewhere, but gifts don't live on Minted and there's no cash fund. Crivando includes cash funds with no fee taken, plus links out to external physical registries.
Is Minted's wedding website free?
Yes, the website is free. A custom URL is $15 a year, the premium upgrade is $35 one-time, and an expert design session is $49. Using a Minted website also earns a $50 credit toward their stationery.
Does Crivando have a free plan?
No. Plans run from €9 a month for the base site to €23 a month with all 11 add-ons unlocked. Minted is free, so if cost is the deciding factor and the differences above don't matter to your wedding, stay where you are. We'd rather say that than sell you something you didn't need.
How do I move my wedding website from Minted?
Copy and paste, mostly, since there's no export button on Minted. Take your guest list and RSVP responses out first, then the text of each page. Build the new site, check it on a phone, then send the new link and leave the old site up for a fortnight pointing at the new address.
Do I need a wedding website at all?
Not always. Thirty guests, one venue, everyone local: a group message does the job and a website is admin you invented for yourself. Websites start earning their place once guests are travelling, or when there are enough of them that you'd otherwise answer the same parking question forty times.
Where these numbers come from
Everything claimed about Minted here comes from pages published by Minted or by another platform in this category, checked August 2026. Platforms change their pricing without telling us. If you’re deciding based on a number on this page, spend thirty seconds checking it at the source.