How the RSVP websites are ranked

The five criteria and their weighting

These are the things that decide whether guests reply and whether you get usable numbers: what it costs, whether it asks the questions your caterer needs, whether guests can reply without friction, whether replies land on your guest list, and whether it suits a wedding in Australia.

The scoring rubric

Every score is the highest level whose description fits what the provider's own pages state.

How the total is worked out

Total = the sum over the five criteria of (score ÷ 5 × weight), rounded to the nearest whole number. A 5 on every criterion scores 100. Where two options tie, the one with the higher guest list score ranks first, then meal and dietary questions, then guest experience, then cost, then Australian fit.

How each option was checked

1. Every claim about an option comes from that provider's own pages: its pricing page, feature pages, FAQ, terms or, where its website couldn't be read, its own App Store listing. Each card on the ranking links to the exact pages behind it, and nothing is taken from another company's comparison.
2. For each criterion we looked for a statement on those pages, not a guess: whether guests need an app or account, which RSVP questions exist, whether replies land on the guest list, where seating sits, and the currency and country.
3. Where a page didn't confirm something, the score drops to the level that says "not stated", and the card says so.
4. Prices are copied as each provider publishes them, in its currency. We don't convert them, and where a price isn't public we say where to check it.
5. We don't use affiliate links, star ratings or review counts. Nothing on this site is a user review.

How each option could be checked

Zola and The Knot could only be checked through their App Store listings, so anything those listings don't state (how guests reply, dietary questions) is scored as not stated.

Looked at, but not ranked

• RSVPify: Its website turned away our checks and its App Store app is for event check-in, so we couldn't confirm its RSVP features or prices.
• Google Forms: Its pages didn't load for our checks, so we couldn't confirm its terms.

What we don't score

• Design templates: taste is yours, and every option here has some.
• Registries: we note whether each has one, but a registry can be linked from any wedding website.
• Vendor directories, which are about finding suppliers rather than collecting RSVPs.