Joy (WithJoy) vs OSWP

Joy combines a wedding website, registry, and planning dashboard for couples and their guests. Its free dashboard includes a guest list, online RSVP tools, and website features. Couples can assemble a registry with Joy Shop products, gifts from other stores, and cash funds; cash contributions can use Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App, while card payments go through Stripe. Guests can use the mobile app to add photos to a shared album and leave messages in a virtual guest book. The app also provides travel details, map integrations, accommodation booking, and ride-sharing integrations. Google Maps previews can show directions for schedule events. Couples can password-protect event pages and manage whether events appear in Joy search or search engine results, though search engines may take a few days to a few weeks to reflect indexing changes. Email messaging is free; text delivery and scheduled messages require the paid Messaging Plus upgrade. Card contributions carry a 3.5% processing fee paid by the guest and a $1.70 fee to transfer the Stripe balance. Joy is available on the web, Android, and iOS.

OSWP is a wedding platform for managing invitations, RSVPs, planning and multiple events, with self-hosted and web options. Its invitations use personalised guest links, track activity and follow up automatically with people who have not opened them. RSVP tools handle dietary preferences, plus-ones, table assignments and guest-list exports. A planning board brings together vendors, tasks, budget envelopes and timeline views. Seating can be arranged by drag and drop or suggested automatically with dietary needs, relationships and family dynamics in mind. Couples can publish an RSVP-enabled wedding website with themes, custom domains and a registry integration layer. Its AI planner, Etta, can use planning data to answer questions and take actions such as nudging guests. OSWP says users can supply their own database, cloud and AI provider. The Community plan is free forever, with unlimited guests and core features, but has no managed hosting, automatic backups or priority support. Couple costs £12 per month; Planner costs £49 per month and supports up to 10 active weddings.