Best Wedding Website Builders: Free Options Compared Honestly
Zola, Joy, WedSites, Squarespace and Wedding Plan compared on free plans, RSVP, guest links, languages, passwords, custom domains and how long your site stays online, with every claim checked on each builder's own site.
There's no single best wedding website for everyone. The right builder depends on three things: whether you need a gift registry, whether your site must be password-protected or on your own domain, and how many of your guests read a language other than English. Most of the well-known builders are free to start. They differ in what "free" covers and in how long your site stays online.
Below we compare five builders side by side, with a short verdict for each and a checklist to help you pick the best free wedding website builder for your wedding.
Disclosure: Wedding Plan is our product. We've tried to be fair: every claim about another builder comes from that builder's own website, checked on 12 November 2026, and we point out where competitors do things better than we do.
How we compared them
We read each builder's own product pages, pricing pages and help articles. We didn't sign up for competitor accounts, so this isn't a hands-on review of their editors. When a builder's site didn't say something clearly, we wrote "not stated" rather than guess. Features and prices change, so check the builder's site before you decide.
We left out two big names, The Knot and Minted, because their pages wouldn't load for our checks. We'd rather leave them out than repeat claims we couldn't verify.
What we looked at:
- Free plan: can you publish and share the site without paying?
- RSVP: can guests reply on the site, and what can you ask?
- Guest-specific links or pages: can a guest see only what applies to them?
- Languages: can guests read the site in their own language?
- Privacy: password protection and hiding from search engines.
- Custom domain: yournames.com instead of the builder's address.
- Branding and ads shown to your guests.
- How long the site stays up.
The best wedding website builders at a glance
| Zola | Joy | WedSites | Squarespace | Wedding Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free to publish | Yes | Yes, including hosting | No: design free, pay to publish ($39 one-time and up) | No free plan; 14-day free trial | Yes (Free plan) |
| RSVP on the site | Yes, guests search their name; meal choices | Yes, per event; meals, hotel and more | Standard and Pro plans | Yes, with a customizable form | Yes, per event: attending and party size |
| Guest-specific links or pages | Not stated | Guests see only the events they're invited to | Personal links that open the guest's language version | Not stated | Personal invitation link for every guest |
| Languages for guests | No translation; buttons stay in English | Guests switch menus and buttons; your text stays as written | Unlimited language versions (Pro) | Not stated | 34 languages for buttons and headings, one per site |
| Password protection | Yes | Yes, whole site or single pages | Yes, on any paid plan | Yes, page or whole site | No (hidden from Google instead) |
| Custom domain | Yes, from $17.99, or use your own | Yes, buy from Joy or use your own | Yes | Free for the first year on annual plans | No |
| Builder branding or ads | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | No ads on the site; small Wedding Plan bar unless SUPER VIP |
| How long the site stays up | "Never expire" | Not stated | 6, 12 or 24 months by plan; extendable | Not stated (paid subscription) | 3 months free, 1 year VIP, lifetime SUPER VIP |
| Gift registry | Yes | Yes, with zero-fee cash funds | Gift registry section | Cash gift registry or links to registries | Gift box and gift list on paid plans |
Prices are in US dollars as shown on each builder's site on 12 November 2026.
Zola: best if you also want a big registry
Zola says its wedding websites are "free to create and publish", and its help centre says your account, website and registry "will never expire". That's a strong free offer. The registry sits on your site, so guests can shop without leaving it.
- RSVP: guests open the RSVP page and search for their name. They need to be on your guest list, and you can ask for meal preferences.
- Privacy and domain: you can password-protect the site. Custom domains start at $17.99, or you can point a domain you already own at your Zola site.
- App: Zola has its own app for managing things on the go.
Watch out for: languages. Zola says it doesn't translate sites, some buttons stay in English, and it can't currently show special characters on wedding websites. That matters if your guests read Spanish, French or any language with accents.
Joy: best all-round free option for most couples
Joy (withjoy.com) says the website is "completely free", including RSVP tools, templates and hosting. Its RSVP is the most detailed of the group: you can ask about meals, hotel rooms and more, and each event can have its own RSVP.
- Guest-specific pages: invited guests see a version of the site that shows only the events they're invited to. Useful if not everyone is coming to the rehearsal dinner.
- Privacy: you can put a password on the whole site or on chosen pages, and control whether your event shows in search results.
- Languages: guests can switch Joy's menus and buttons to their own language. Your own text stays as you wrote it, but you can make separate pages for each language group.
- Domain and registry: buy a domain through Joy or use your own. The registry pulls in gifts from other stores and offers cash funds with no fees.
Watch out for: guest photo uploads. Joy says guests need its app to upload photos. Joy's pages also don't say how long a site stays online.
WedSites: best for multilingual weddings, if you're happy to pay
WedSites lets you design for free, but you need a paid plan to publish. Plans are one-time payments: Basic $39 with 6 months of hosting, Standard $99 with 12 months, and Pro $199 with 24 months. Online RSVPs start on Standard, and the multilingual site is a Pro feature. Extra hosting costs $10 a month or $60 a year. When hosting ends, the site goes offline.
- Languages: WedSites lists "unlimited languages", each version edited separately. Each guest can have a preferred language, and their personal link opens that version.
- Privacy and domain: an access code is available on any paid plan, and you can connect your own domain.
- Mobile: WedSites says every design is mobile optimized.
Watch out for: it isn't free to share, and the site has a fixed hosting time. Put the hosting end date in your calendar.
Squarespace: best if design control matters most
Squarespace is a general website builder with wedding templates, not a wedding-only tool. There's no free plan, but every site starts with a 14-day free trial and no credit card. Annual plans include a custom domain free for the first year.
- RSVP: Squarespace says you can take RSVPs "with a customizable form". There's no guest list or per-event RSVP tracking described on the page we checked.
- Privacy: you can put passwords on single pages or the whole site. Everyone uses the same password for a page.
- Registry: a cash gift registry, links to other registries, or a Zola registry that syncs automatically.
Watch out for: cost and effort. You pay a subscription after the trial, and you build more yourself than you would with a wedding builder.
Wedding Plan: best for personal invitation links and many languages
Wedding Plan is a planning app (iPhone, Android and web) with a free wedding website builder built in. The free plan covers the basics: events with a map, RSVP, a guest book for wishes, a 6-photo album and 4 designs. Paid plans, VIP and SUPER VIP, are one-time purchases that add designs, photos, music, a gift box and more time online.
- Personal invitation links: every guest on your list can get their own link with their name on the invitation, and their RSVP updates their own entry. See how personalized invitation links work.
- 34 languages: pick one language per site for the buttons and headings (RSVP, Love Story, Wedding Event). You write your own texts in whatever language your guests read.
- RSVP: guests give their name and phone, then say yes or no and how many people are coming for each event. You can switch to Only guests on the list so strangers can't reply. More in our wedding website RSVP guide.
- Hidden from Google: couple sites carry a noindex tag, so they don't show up when someone searches your names.
Where competitors are stronger:
- No password and no custom domain. Your address is weddingplan.online/your-names. If you need a password-protected site or yournames.com, Zola, Joy, WedSites and Squarespace all offer one.
- Simpler RSVP. There are no meal, dietary or song questions. Zola and Joy let you ask more.
- No store registry or cash fund. Paid plans add a gift box with your bank details and QR code, and a gift list. Zola and Joy have full registries.
- Shorter time online on the free plan. A free site stays up for 3 months, VIP for 1 year and SUPER VIP for life. Zola says its sites never expire.
- Guest list limit on the free plan. Outside Vietnam, the guest list holds 20 guests on Free, 50 on VIP and 999 on SUPER VIP. RSVPs through the website itself aren't capped.
How to choose the best free wedding website builder for you
Answer these questions in order. The first "yes" usually decides it.
- Do you want a registry on the same site? Zola or Joy.
- Must the site be password-protected or on your own domain? Joy, Zola, WedSites or Squarespace. Wedding Plan doesn't do either.
- Do many guests read another language? WedSites Pro for full translated versions, Joy for translated menus plus language pages, Wedding Plan for 34 built-in languages on the free plan.
- Do you want each guest to get their own invitation link? Wedding Plan sends a named link per guest; WedSites uses personal links for languages; Joy shows each guest their own events.
- Do you need lots of RSVP questions? Joy, then Zola.
- Do you want full design control and don't mind paying? Squarespace.
Two checks apply to any builder. First, find out how long the site stays online and whether the builder shows its own name or ads to your guests. Second, open the demo or your draft on a phone, because most guests will. If you're still deciding what kind of tool you need at all, read digital wedding invitation vs wedding website.
FAQ
Which wedding website builder is completely free?
Zola and Joy both say their websites are free to create and publish, and Joy says hosting is included. Wedding Plan has a free plan with a 3-month time online. WedSites and Squarespace aren't free to publish.
Which wedding website builders offer password protection?
Zola, Joy, WedSites (paid plans) and Squarespace. Wedding Plan has no password; sites are hidden from search engines and you can limit RSVPs to guests on your list.
Can I use my own domain for a wedding website?
Yes, with Zola, Joy, WedSites and Squarespace. Zola's domains start at $17.99, and Squarespace includes one free for the first year on annual plans. Wedding Plan doesn't support custom domains.
How long do wedding websites stay online?
It varies a lot. Zola says sites never expire. WedSites hosts for 6, 12 or 24 months depending on the plan. Wedding Plan keeps a free site up for 3 months, VIP for 1 year and SUPER VIP for life. Joy's and Squarespace's pages we checked don't state a time limit.
Next steps
If personal invitation links, many languages and a free start fit your wedding, try the free wedding website builder and preview the wedding website templates before you commit. For everything else about planning, sharing and writing your site, start with our complete guide to your wedding website.
