Event Platforms: Pros, Cons, and My Favorites

There are many different platforms you can use to share the details of your party.

These include Facebook, Paperless Post, Splash, Evite, Mixily, and more. They all make it easy to create an attractive information page about your event.

As of 2025, my favorite service and the one I recommend to my friends is Mixily. I've used it for years now. It's completely free, there are no ads on your event page, and your guests won't get any spam afterward. My second favorite is Partiful — this is what Gen Z is mostly using in New York City. You can keep up with Mixily's latest changes at the Mixily blog.

My name is Nick Gray, and I'm the best-selling author of the party handbook The 2-Hour Cocktail Party. I've hosted hundreds of parties all over the world, and been featured in the WSJ, The New York Times, and New York Magazine.

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Comparison Table New and Other RSVP Platforms Best Practices for Each Platform

Comparison Table

PLATFORM	PRO	CON
Mixily	Super simple setup No ads, no spam Works great on mobile	Less custom and fancy designs Smallest of all listed services. Most have never heard of it
Facebook	Easiest to set up and RSVP Easy to share reminders Guests can connect with each other	Less attendance as guests might not see your event and reminder messages Too informal for work events Some people don’t use Facebook
Paperless Post	Variety of fun party templates New free Flyer product is fast and easy Good mobile app	Sometimes invitations and messages go to spam Certain features require a paid account
Evite	Well-known, established brand for events Good for families. Allows RSVPs with number of adults, children	Tons of advertisements on your RSVP page Sometimes invitations and messages go to spam
Partiful	Tons of theme and effects to choose from Easy to set up Covid-19 Safety Settings Send guests auto-reminders	You have to create an account and enter your phone number to RSVP which might cause less attendance

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New and Other RSVP Platforms

These are new platforms which I haven't reviewed yet, but have heard great things about:

Luma: Free forever plan, supposedly a great UI. Referred to me by Alex Zub (this guy). He said: "I like it 10X better than Mixily."
Partiful: People in their early 20s like this! Partiful focuses on text message communication. I found the design distracting, but loved how they hide the details until you RSVP. I don't like text messages for my style of longer reminder messages (with Guest Bios).
Invite.social This is a newer platform that has a nice free plan and some added benefits for a reasonable price. Has a bunch of event banners or you can upload your own. You send out your invite yourself via text or email, and it collects the RSVPs.
Hobnob: My friend Sean Oliver likes Hobnob a lot. I wrote a brief comparison article: Evite vs Hobnob.

Best Practices for Each Platform

Mixily

See my full list of Mixily settings here.

Partiful

See my full list of Partiful settings here.

Featured Images

Check out these great featured images that you can use when you create your own RSVP page to get your guests excited!

Eventbrite

One of the many reasons that I don't like Eventbrite are the automated emails. For example, 48 hours after your party, Eventbrite will send a survey like this to all of your registered guests:

I've found that the engagement rates on these default emails are very low and they are rather annoying to guests. Be sure to disable it! If you want to send a post-event survey, read my advice here.