WedTexts Alternative: Wedding Guest Texting Compared (2026)

Looking for a WedTexts alternative? Compare its per-guest pricing with Cordially Wed's lower one-time tiers, WhatsApp support, and free RSVP tools.

By Mia · 2026-07-20

WedTexts has been texting wedding guests longer than almost anyone, since 2015, and it does the core job well: scheduled SMS reminders that reach every guest on any phone, with unlimited messages on every plan and nothing for guests to install. If you're evaluating it and looking at alternatives, the honest comparison comes down to three things: what the per-guest pricing costs at your list size, whether SMS alone reaches your whole family, and whether you want texting connected to your RSVPs. Prices below are from WedTexts' public pricing page as of July 2026; always check their site for current numbers.

How WedTexts prices

WedTexts charges by guest count, one-time, per wedding:

Messages are unlimited on every tier, including the free one, which is genuinely rare in this category; there is no counter making you ration the day-of update. Two-way replies, including photo replies, come with the cheapest paid plan, paid tiers carry a 30-day money-back guarantee, and three user accounts mean a parent or planner can log in and help. The meter is purely your guest list: cross 100 guests and you're at $195, cross 150 and the only option is $300.

How Cordially Wed prices instead

Cordially Wed is also one-time with unlimited messages, but the tiers are sized differently, by unique guest phone numbers:

At every overlapping paid size that's the lower price: 100 guests is $140 on WedTexts and $59 on Cordially Wed, 150 is $195 versus $99, and anything from 151 to 400 guests is $300 versus $99 or $149. Replies are always included, texts go out from the platform's dedicated sending numbers rather than your personal phone, and above 400 guests there's a contact flow instead of a self-serve tier. WedTexts keeps one clear win here: its free tier covers a real 15-guest list, while Cordially Wed's free tier is a self-test, real messages sent to your own phone before you pay.

WhatsApp for family abroad

WedTexts is SMS and MMS with no WhatsApp channel, and its FAQ is upfront that delivery is only guaranteed for US cell numbers; international sends are best-effort. If everyone on your list has a US number, that's no limitation at all. If your family spans countries, it changes the math: relatives in India, the UK, the Gulf, or Europe often live on WhatsApp, and international SMS can be patchy. Cordially Wed sends SMS and WhatsApp from the same screen, with regional sending numbers for US, UK, and India lists. Replies from both channels land in the same inbox in the app, not on your phone, so an aunt answering on WhatsApp and a college friend answering by SMS end up in one place.

What surrounds the texting

WedTexts is deliberately a single-purpose tool: guest texting with Easy-Fill templates, scheduled reminders, and native iOS and Android apps to manage it. RSVPs live elsewhere; its reminder texts point guests to whatever RSVP you've set up, which means the tool can't tell who has already replied. Cordially Wed connects the texting to the rest of the guest side, all free: a guest list with per-event tagging, RSVP collection with per-event responses, a wedding website, seating charts, and Apple and Google Wallet guest passes. The practical payoff is targeting: because the same tool holds your RSVPs, a reminder can go only to guests who haven't responded, and a schedule change only to the guests tagged for that event. Guests still need no app; RSVP links open in the browser.

Which should you pick?

Stay with WedTexts if you want the most established SMS reminder tool, prefer a native mobile app, have a domestic guest list, and are happy tracking RSVPs elsewhere; the free 15-guest tier remains the cheapest way to text just a wedding party. Look at an alternative if your list is over 100 guests, your family is international, or you want reminders that know who has already RSVPed. On price alone, Cordially Wed is lower at every overlapping paid size, and everything around the texting is free. You can compare with no risk on either side: WedTexts has its free tier, and Cordially Wed lets you send a free test message to your own phone at cordiallywed.com/invite, so you see exactly what your guests would receive before paying anything.

Start texting guests with Cordially Wed: add your guest list and reach everyone by SMS and WhatsApp.