The Best Wedding Websites

Monday, May 19th

2025 Wedding Website Reviews

Zola

• Free wedding websites
• Hundreds of templates
• Single or multi-page views
• Desktop and mobile view
• Get a custom URL
• "A+” Better Business Bureau rating

Zola aims to be an all-in-one wedding resource to "answer all the questions” from the basics to the nitty-gritty details that you face when you're planning a wedding. Their tools will guide you from the moment you say, "I Do”, to your new life as newlyweds. Zola was founded in New York City in 2013 and first launched as an online registry that helped couples register for gifts, cash funds, and experiences.

Free website

The primary tool Zola offers is a wedding registry, but they do provide free wedding websites as well. To start, expect to answer some initial questions to create your account - like how far along you are in the wedding process, you and your partner's names and wedding date (if you have one set), where you're getting married, and who you plan to invite. Once you get past this, you can start getting creative in designing your wedding website.

Make it your own

You'll have to scroll a while to get through all the templates that Zola offers. They have different fonts, shapes, color schemes, and art woven throughout the designs, but all of them are actually quite similar to each other. Each template takes a big picture of you and your partner and puts it in landscape format at the top of the page with your names and wedding date underneath. We've definitely seen more unique and beautiful templates elsewhere, but remember - you're getting this for free. Pick the one you like the most and make it unique by adding your personal information, adjusting fonts, and changing colors.

Less user-friendly

Making edits to your wedding website on Zola takes a minute to figure out. We're by no means saying it is hard, but it felt less user-friendly than most of the other wedding website services we've explored. If you feel you especially lack in the tech-savvy department, we'll say right now that Zola won't be your very favorite place to spend time. You can only make so many changes to the design of your website on Zola and there are no options for changing the layout, but you do have to jump around to select the pages you want shown and to add your own information.

Custom URL

Every Zola wedding site is automatically assigned a Zola URL. However, what comes after it can be customized to feel more personalized. You could add your names to the end or a short phrase that you love if it's available and it won't cost anything.

Order wedding invites and more

Not all wedding planning websites give you the opportunity to make and order coordinating wedding invitations through their company, but Zola does. They also have beautiful templates for save the dates, thank you cards, menus, programs, and name cards. You can customize and order them to come straight to your home for addressing or have them pre-addressed and ready to mail out.

Useful FAQ

A lot of companies have an FAQ page to assist with using their tools, but we found Zola's to be exceptionally helpful. They cover just about any question you might come up with, so if you run into issues creating your wedding website, check here first to see if they've covered your concern.

Good reviews

Zola receives an "A+” rating from the Better Business Bureau. As far as their website service goes, people agree that it's seamless, has good flexibility with RSVPs, and it's great to be able to link their registry service with it. This is definitely one of the most widely used and popular wedding website services, so you will surely have a good experience overall if you choose to build out your own site here.

Beautiful end results

Zola is a great place if you are turning to them to create a wedding website and even wedding invitations. You'll find that it may take a minute to get the hang of personalizing all the details and jumping between pages, but in the end you'll have a beautiful website and it won't cost you a thing. Because people are so satisfied with Zola, they've earned our highest rating.

Minted

• Free wedding websites
• 770 templates
• Collect guest RSVPs
• Link to registry
• Can buy matching cards
• "A+” Better Business Bureau rating

Minted originated in 2007 as an inclusive artist forum where anyone can submit ideas. Their marketplace is energized by design-lovers such as illustrators, painters, stay-at-home moms, fine artists, and first-timers. Their community of independent artists spans all 50 states and over 100 countries. By putting out design challenges, Minted lets customers vote on the submissions, and crowdsourcing analytics surface the best design. Top designs are sold on Minted and artists receive ongoing commissions.

Wedding-specific products

People come to Minted to find unique thank you cards, graduation announcements, baby shower invites, stationery, fine art prints, home gifts, journals, and nearly everything else you could imagine a unique design printed on. Sales support small businesses and blossoming artists, so it's a win-win transaction. What some people may not know is that on the wedding branch of Minted's brand, you can find save the dates, ceremony and reception cards, invitations, and even create a free wedding website.

Desktop and mobile views

There are 770 wedding website templates at Minted, which is quite impressive compared with other options on our list. Not only do they have an unbelievable collection of different styles, but all of the templates come with between 3 and 8 color schemes to ensure that it's more your style. You'll see each template as a desktop and a mobile layout and every time you make a change, a view of both will be shown. The first choice you'll make is the color theme you want to go with, and then you can choose from a few layouts that will make a subtle difference in where photos and text are placed.

Minimal customizations

With Minted, you can't completely change the layout of a template by dragging and dropping photos or text boxes around. For the most part, the look of the website can't vary much from the design you choose. However, you can select the fonts you want used for different headings, the body of the pages, names, and more. You can upload photos and videos for the gallery section, and fill in details like your event location and time, and add a gift registry link. For every event detail you add, you can choose to enable RSVPs, add questions for guests to answer (food allergies, if they are bringing children, if they have a plus one), and add images.

Get matching cards

At any time, you can view your website as it will appear when it's published, so that you can see what you think of it and fine tune any details that need refining. You could also choose to purchase save the dates, wedding invitations, ceremony and reception cards, and thank you cards that go along with the template you chose.

High customer ratings

Minted has an "A+” rating from the Better Business Bureau, and they're well-liked by customers too. Although you can't be as picky with every detail on your Minted wedding website, we found that many people chose to go with this company over other well-known sites because they loved the template options, and aesthetics mattered most to them. A lot of customers choose to buy matching wedding invitations, ceremony cards, and thank you cards from Minted as well.

Can't go wrong

Creating a wedding website through Minted is very straightforward. The extensive number of templates makes up for the fact that you can't completely customize every detail of the layout. Of course, it's also a huge perk that their service is free, so Minted has earned a high rating from us and you won't go wrong if you choose to create your wedding website here.

Joy

• Free to use
• Collect guest RSVPs
• Hundreds of website templates
• Unlimited photo uploads
• Back-end coding option
• Computer and mobile view
• Positive reviews from couples

"First comes love, then comes joy” is the slogan of this wedding site. Joy was founded by three close friends after one of their sisters encountered struggles while planning her wedding and wanted to find a website that offered personalized attention and detail. Together the friends built her a custom website to fit her style, with all the features she was looking for. Soon, wedding guests and friends started asking for a custom wedding website of their own. Joy officially launched in 2016 and has been featured by prominent media outlets like Vogue, The New York Times, Good Morning America, Cosmopolitan, Brides, BuzzFeed, and Insider.

Annoying site navigation

Our initial impression with Joy, regardless of what you're using their service for, is that they lack a simple, clean, user-friendly site. What should be a simple, clean page scroll turns into images zooming in and out, with the feeling of endless scrolling that prevents us from quickly finding what we're looking for. We would not be surprised if within a few minutes, some couples will want to abandon the site altogether since it feels loud and obnoxious.

Highly customizable websites

But, if you decide to persevere with Joy anyway, you'll probably find that it was worth it. By signing up with a username and password and answering some questions about you and your partner and your wedding details, you'll be ushered forward to hundreds of templates. You can easily create a wedding website to fit any style and simplify the process without having to start from scratch. No matter the template chosen, you can change colors, photos, fonts, edit sections, and even do your own back-end coding to adjust formatting if you know how. By the end, the website will surely reflect your personality and set the tone for the wedding vibe you're planning.

No maximum with photo uploads

With shared photo albums on Joy's website, you not only have the option to upload your own photos, but friends and family can add memories and notes before or after the ceremony. This is a fun way to reflect on your life with loved ones and let them show their love and support for you. Joy offers unlimited uploads, so you don't have to worry about missing out on any pictures.

Edit page sections

The main sections you can include on your website (or leave off if you want to be more minimal) are a video, tidbits about your love story, accommodation information, the wedding schedule, RSVP collection, registry, travel plans, guest Q&A, and the wedding party (the who's who of your guest list). As you update and change the design of your layout, you can switch between a computer and mobile view to make sure everything looks exactly how you want it.

Beautiful end results

We weren't able to find a rating for Joy from the Better Business Bureau, but luckily we did find reviews from users for the site. Unsurprisingly, the biggest perk for couples is that Joy is completely free to use. Although there are quite a few things about the site that drive people crazy (like the endless homepage scrolling), Joy's design team takes suggestions to make the whole platform more user-friendly. Couples generally like how professional their websites turn out and are relieved that they don't run into glitches or issues with important things like RSVPs.

A free, high-quality option

If you're looking for a service that gives all website functionality to you upfront without any premium costs, Joy is a great option. It won't be perfect and you may find that there are features or tools you wish they had, but if you want a highly-customizable wedding website, Joy has a lot to offer. We recommend looking through Joy's web templates to see if anything catches your eye - and you might as well check out all the other wedding planning tools they offer while you're at it. Joy has earned a thumbs up from us.

Riley & Grey

• Pay to publish starting at $39/month
• Optional $299 plan for one year
• Over 60 templates
• Unique, bold designs
• Well-liked RSVP function
• Matching invitations available
• Highly rated by users

Riley & Grey has been a wedding website service for design-minded couples for over 10 years. They started as industry outsiders with a belief that every couple should be able to have a well-designed website regardless of tech savviness. The company believes that from planning to execution, weddings are a celebration like no other and should reflect your style as a couple.

Monthly or yearly membership

Before spending too much time creating your website on Riley & Grey, it's important to know that it's not entirely free. You won't need to put a credit card on file or sign up for any sort of free trial to create the website, but you will have to pay if you want it published. There are two options for payments once you are ready to go live with your wedding website. The month-to-month option is $39 and allows you to make edits or cancel any time. If you aren't getting married for a while and want your site to be up months in advance, you'll get more value out of the yearly plan for $299. After the 12 months is up, the yearly membership automatically goes month-to-month until you cancel.

Templates and color schemes

To start designing your website, you just need to input your email address to make an account. The first step in the 4-step process of making a website here is to choose your design from a series of templates that are ready to go. There are over 60 options and many of them have up to 40 color schemes to choose from. You can quickly preview any design to see what it will look like when it's live online. However, only the desktop version is shown, so it's hard to see how it will format when viewed on a phone.

Modern and artistic

There is something modern and artistic about the templates available on Riley & Grey. They truly are aesthetically beautiful and feel more unique than what we've seen from other wedding website services. When you choose one you want to go with, you'll be taken to a page to input your name, create a password, and enter your wedding date (if you have one chosen), and then you can choose a unique URL for your site.

URL reservation fee

To reserve the URL, you'll need to pay a one-time fee of $39 that will be applied to the cost of your monthly or annual membership. This is really only necessary if you plan on taking a long time to finish your site and are worried that your URL will go to someone else. It's possible to skip this step and start editing your site instead.

Simple editing

Making edits is really simple on Riley & Grey. You'll just select the section you want to work on and input your own information into the provided text boxes, edit fonts, and adjust colors. You can have pages for a registry, "About Us”, wedding party, RSVP, itinerary, accommodations, travel, video, FAQ, and more. If you don't want one of the provided pages, you can simply hide it and it won't appear on your website. During the actual design process of your site, you can switch between desktop and mobile versions to see how your layout appears on both. You can also jump to the invitation suite of Riley & Grey to create matching invitations to go with the layout you've chosen.

Solid customer service

A particular aspect of Riley & Grey that people love is the RSVP process. They say it's well-organized, really easy for guests, and it's a reason that people come back to this site over some others. Users note that there are some limitations on Riley & Grey in terms of the functionality or wording that's permanently on the site, but customer service seems to be easy to work with and is willing to make tweaks for you if you reach out to them. Riley & Grey isn't rated by the Better Business Bureau, but people who use their service are satisfied and recommend it to others.

Design over customization

For people who care a lot about aesthetics, but aren't wanting to dive into the nitty-gritty of customization, Riley & Grey is a great choice. Of course you'll always have to weigh their templates against those on free wedding website services, but if you want a reliable site with your own URL and a beautiful design, then definitely check out this option. Riley & Grey has earned our recommendation.

Say I Do

• Both free and paid memberships
• Minimalist templates
• Optional domain name purchasing
• Mobile and desktop views
• Full refunds within 14 days
• Very high user ratings

Say I Do is a place for you to plan, master, and organize your wedding goals. In addition to custom websites, this service has personalized wedding checklists, online wedding invitations, total RSVP control, a seating planner, guest list support, and is available in 11 languages. In short, this platform is made to make your wedding planning as easy as possible with modern, appealing styles and templates to fit your wedding theme.

Minimalist templates

There are well over 100 design templates for your wedding website to choose from. All of them are fairly minimalist, so people who don't want their website to look busy or have lots of bright, bold images and artwork will probably love what they find here. You can change your template at any time throughout the design process, so if you pick something and start adding your information and aren't vibing with it, you can switch to a new template at any time.

Limited design process

The design process of your wedding website on Say I Do is similar to how you'd do it through other sites. The sections you can use or hide include an image gallery, your love story, the schedule, accommodation information, the wedding party, registry, RSVPs, and photos shared from guests. You can switch between mobile and desktop views as you make edits. Template layouts are fixed, meaning you can't move around photos or text, but rather just edit what already exists. It's fairly limited, which is a pro and a con.

Custom domain name options

All website hosting and everything associated with your account is managed by Say I Do. You can choose to purchase a custom domain name for your website that will be yours for between 1 and 10 years.

Free and paid options

Say I Do is both a free and paid service depending on what you want to use them for, but they are upfront about their costs, which is a breath of fresh air. A basic (free) account allows you to manage up to 85 guests, create a custom wedding website, includes a guest list and RSVP manager, and includes digital save the dates. For some people, this is all they need - so they can put their money towards other wedding costs. However, if you want some extra features, your one-time paid options include:

• Standard ($50): Up to 150 guests, everything in the free account, SMS/email save the dates, dietary requirement collection, guest address collection, and a password protected website
• Premium ($75): Up to 250 guests, everything in the standard account, seating planner, SMS/email invitations and thank you notes, and unlimited RSVP questions
• Platinum ($99): Unlimited guests, everything in the premium account, wedding QR codes, hide Say I Do logo, and wedding website visibility control

14-day refund policy

If you change your mind about Say I Do within 14 days, you can reach out to customer service and get a full refund. This refund policy is eligible for all purchases except domain names.

Praiseworthy customer reviews

Say I Do doesn't have a rating from the Better Business Bureau. Customers generally pick this service if they want ultimate simplicity, since their customization functions are limited. For the most part people do like it, but often end up needing to pay for one of the upgraded memberships when they realize they don't have all the functionality that they need to make the website totally useful. Users praise Say I Do for being so user-friendly, having great customer service, and making it easy to manage all the major parts of their wedding planning.

Stress-free choice

It's nice that Say I Do has a free version that wedding couples can actually use rather than it having such basic functions that you're ultimately forced to pay for an upgrade. Their paid memberships are reasonably priced and we're happy to see such high ratings from customers. This is a place where you could quickly make a nice website, so it's a non-stressful choice for wedding websites. Although Say I Do isn't one of our very favorites, we still back them.

eWedding

• Free and upgraded user tools
• 14 website styles to choose from
• Custom domain name
• Option for unlimited photos and RSVPs
• Option for custom extension

eWedding gives you the permission to fire your wedding planner. This company was created in Canada by a husband and wife duo back in 2002. They aim to automate much of the wedding planning process with an RSVP system, evites, custom domain and email, registry, budget and payment alerts, text notifications, and more. eWedding boasts that you'll save hundreds or even thousands of dollars using their online tools. They've been featured by Wall Street Journal, The Knot, The Huffington Post, Pacific Weddings, ABC, and other acclaimed outlets.

Few free website themes

The first thing you'll do when designing your wedding website is choose a theme that fits your style. In total, there are 14 themes to choose from at eWedding, which is far less than we've seen from some other services. There isn't a huge variation of styles you can go with, so we could quickly see that there will be people who don't love any of them and will need to look elsewhere. In addition to the few themes available, only 8 of them are free. To use the other 6, you'll need to upgrade to a premium account.

You'll want premium

If you want to use eWedding's premium website themes, the cost is $9/month. Most people won't bat an eye at this, but it's worth noting. In addition to having the full 14 website styles to choose from, you'll also get a custom domain name, 125 text notifications (as opposed to 10 with the basic account), unlimited photos and albums, guest tools, open and closed RSVPs, unlimited RSVPs, unlimited email blasts, ad free, priority support, and more. It's pretty clear that the premium account is needed in order to get most of the features that people will be looking for.

Extra, but unnecessary, options

For $27/month, you could also get SSL security, email forwarding, white label, SEO, and custom extensions (.love, .wedding, and so on). These are definitely not necessary, so unless you want to go all out with every possible feature, the regular premium account should satisfy your needs.

Choose your sections

After choosing a theme for your website, you could add a patterned or solid background or use a picture of you and your partner. You can edit the plain text fonts on your site, add background music, and select the sections you want included. Things like a registry, "Our Story” page, photos, RSVPs, events, and countdown are pretty standard features on a wedding website. However, with eWedding you can also add polls and quizzes for your guests to see how well they really know you, add a blog, travel and accommodation links, Thank Yous, and a contact form. We like that they've thought of everything here.

Few user ratings

There is no Better Business Bureau rating for eWedding. They don't have a lot of publicity on third-party sites where users have left honest reviews for us to see. Of the few that we found, people said that customer service was lacking but overall the website builder was easy enough to use. Most reviews are from at least 7 years ago, so it was difficult to find recent feedback.

Limited personalization

Overall, personalization here is limited. Besides some font and background changes, there isn't much you can do to edit the look of the websites on eWedding besides changing the content to match your own details. If you want to keep things simple, this might be a good thing. But most people want to be involved in every nitty-gritty detail of their wedding planning and presentation process, so we imagine that a lot of people will want to turn elsewhere to create a wedding website. We've awarded eWedding an average score.

Squarespace

• 15-day free trial
• Plans starting at $16/month
• 10 wedding templates
• Templates or custom websites
• Custom domains
• Full personalization
• Link registry, manage RSVPs, add photos, animation
• "A” Better Business Bureau rating

Squarespace was founded in a University of Maryland dorm room in 2003. They've grown into a team of over 1,760 individuals with a shared vision that everyone can be an entrepreneur. Since their launch, millions of websites have been created on the Squarespace site. Anyone with a desire to have their own website to boost the success and recognition of their business can turn to this company and build out whatever they dream up.

Wedding-specific options

Squarespace operates a wedding-specific branch of their business that is just for those wanting a beautiful wedding website with a custom domain name, photo galleries, registry information, and RSVPs. There are only 10 wedding-specific templates to choose from, which isn't very many. However, Squarespace caters more to those who are creativity-driven and want to have total control over every detail of their website. So if this resonates with you, you can use their Blueprint AI tool to adjust colors, fonts, and page layouts to bring your own vision to life.

Completely customizable

When you find a template you want (if you choose not to go fully custom), you'll be shown sample color presets to select from that will guide the overall feel and palette of your whole website. From there you can edit sections, move text boxes around, change the size and location of photos, adjust fonts, and change the entire layout. You could spend a lot of time on Squarespace since it is set up to be completely customizable and you aren't just editing a predetermined design. Your wedding website here can be anything you want it to be.

For the tech-savvy couples

For anyone who isn't tech-savvy, Squarespace will be extremely overwhelming. You can make changes all the way down to the system pages like a 404 error page, lock screen, and more. You'll also have the option to add things like a checkout page, which definitely doesn't apply to wedding websites, so you'll need to be able to ignore and navigate around options that don't apply to you.

Free trial

To test out Squarespace, you'll get a 15-day free trial. In this time you'll have access to all their features and can even publish your site. Of course, 15 days isn't long enough for a wedding site to be in operation, so at some point you'll have to upgrade to a paid account. Plans range from $16 per month to $49/month. Most of the features apply to businesses, like time zone conversions, schedulers, discounts and coupons, SMS/text reminders, and more. The lowest-tier plan should be sufficient for operating your wedding website.

Declining satisfaction rates

The Better Business Bureau gives Squarespace an "A” rating. Squarespace is a fast and affordable place for business owners to get off the ground and launch publicly, so it's widely used. In recent months, there have been a lot of issues reported by users about payment issues, poor customer service, and issues with connections to other sites. This doesn't necessarily apply to wedding websites, but it's still disappointing to see that customers aren't as happy as they used to be.

Highest rated full-custom site

Squarespace is a go-to place for many people creating websites of any kind. If you want full control of your design, layout, color palettes, animations, banners, and fonts, then Squarespace is your best bet for a wedding website. But, for some, this is overkill and they just want a simple, free option instead. Because of this, Squarespace has earned an average rating among the options for making wedding websites.

Wix

• Free to use
• 28 templates
• Fully custom web designs
• Extensive tools
• Differentiate mobile and desktop views
• "A+” Better Business Bureau rating

Wix was founded in 2006 by Israeli developers with a main office in Tel Aviv. They are a complete solution for building professional websites for creators, agencies, business owners, and enterprise companies. The company says they aim to stay ahead of the curve by giving users the most innovative and efficient tools to help them succeed at every stage of their journey. When building a website on Wix, you can start from scratch, use their AI website builder, or select one of their templates.

Five main steps

To simplify the process of making a website for couples who are planning a wedding, Wix has made a section of their business specifically for that purpose. The five main steps laid out by Wix to create the perfect site include browsing other wedding websites for inspiration on what to include on your own site, choosing a template that will work best to display your event, personalizing your site with custom events and details, sharing your wedding details with guests, and getting your own domain so people can easily find your site online.

Slightly confusing setup

As is almost always the case, you'll need to sign up for an account on Wix with your name and email address. You'll first be offered the use of Wix's AI tool where you chat in and describe the site you're wanting to create. You can skip this step and search instead for the type of website you want to create. We simply typed in "Wedding” and went from there. There's a series of broad questions about the type of site you want (ticketed or registration only), the time and location, and the tools you want on your website (seating map, email marketing, event schedule, online store). You can skip any of these and come back to them later if you're unsure of what you want. It may feel a little confusing at first, since Wix caters more to businesses than wedding-type events, so the questions don't always seem applicable.

28 wedding templates

You can choose to customize a template from Wix or generate a custom design with AI. For the sake of simplicity, we browsed through the 28 wedding templates that were available and chose the one we liked best. Even if you aren't totally head over heels for one of the templates, remember that Wix has all the customization options you could dream of, so by the end of the design process, you could have a website that looks completely different.

Complicated tools

For the average person, the tools available on Wix will be overkill. You can go down endless rabbit holes clicking buttons and having options for adding apps, unique design elements, pop ups, communication channels, page transitions, color themes, sections, managing how it looks on mobile vs. desktop, and so much more. You could make your wedding website anything you dream it to be if you have the time, knowledge, and creative power. Linking a registry, creating individual sections, and managing RSVPs was confusing even for us. We imagine that most people won't want to do this much work to create their wedding website.

Free is good enough

It's never entirely clear upfront whether or not Wix is free. Never at any time along the way does Wix have a popup saying, "Hey! By the end of all your hard work you will need to pay ‘x' amount to have this published.” Luckily, it is free to create and publish a website here, but there are options for upgrading if you want a custom domain, extra storage space (unnecessary for a wedding site), another collaborator, and more. Prices range from $17/month to $159/month, but these are really only for businesses, so a free plan should provide all you need for a wedding website.

Happy users

Wix is one of the most popular sites that businesses turn to when they're launching a new website for their company. It's simple enough to use if you want full customization and has reasonable costs associated with their tools. Wix has an "A+” rating from the Better Business Bureau and excellent reviews from users. People appreciate the great customer service here and the high-quality tools that create professional websites. We didn't find wedding-specific reviews here though, so it's mostly a place you'd use if you were a business.

Avoid unnecessary stress

Wix is a reputable service that's fantastic for businesses. If you love design and know your way around website creation, it would be fun to make a wedding website here. Otherwise, you'll probably end up frustrated and confused unnecessarily. There are plenty of other sites that you won't have to pay for and that have easy to use drag-and-drop templates to create a gorgeous wedding website. We'd recommend using one of those instead of Wix.

The Knot

• Free to use
• Hundreds of wedding templates
• Order matching invitations
• Mobile and desktop view
• Track unique website visitors
• Guest RSVP tracking

The Knot is part of a worldwide family of brands that operates in more than 16 countries. Their sister companies all work to help people celebrate life's biggest events. They include WeddingWire, Bodas, Hitched, The Bump, and The Bash. The Knot's main goal is to connect couples with local wedding professionals and also offer a suite of personalized wedding websites, planning tools, invitations, and registry services.

Stick with a theme

Some of the themes you can explore for your free wedding website at The Knot include floral, botanical, classic, rustic, modern, and others. There are hundreds of options, so quantitatively the designs you have at your fingertips blow their competitors out of the water. The hardest part of creating your website will be deciding which of the many beautiful templates to go with. Once you land on your favorite, you can make as many changes as your heart desires until the website really reflects you as a couple.

Managed with a profile

You'll need to make a profile to dive into the editing process of your wedding website. This includes your and your partner's names, an optional customized wedding link for guests to use when finding your site, and your wedding date and location (if you've chosen one). You'll use this profile to log in and out when making any changes to your website.

Personalize or hide sections

A list of website sections is shown on the right-hand side of your screen once you enter the website editor tool. You can select a section to add your personalized content. There are places to add your story, photos, the wedding party, Q&A, travel, things to do, your registry, and RSVPs. You can easily hide pages that you don't want as part of your website too. Besides adding your information into the provided areas, there aren't any other customizations that can be done on The Knot's wedding website creator, like rearranging page layouts or anything else. The hard part is done for you, so you can switch between desktop and mobile views as you go to make sure everything looks a-okay.

Invitations to match

To keep your wedding style cohesive, it's a fun idea to order matching wedding invitations to go along with the template/theme you've chosen. You can also order RSVP cards, save the dates, menus, gift tags, programs, rehearsal dinner invitations, and all the physical paper items you'd need from The Knot. Where you switch between desktop and mobile views of your design, you can also see how it will look on paper invitations as well.

Track visitors

You'll be able to see how many unique visitors to your site you have each week. This will help you gauge how many of your guests are actively viewing the information you've published there. You'll also be able to track the online RSVP responses from your guests, sync gifts between your registries, and track your gifts as well.

Not the favorite

We were a little scared off by The Knot Worldwide's "F” rating from the Better Business Bureau. This doesn't mean that making a wedding website on The Knot is a bad idea though. Many people defer to this site because it's free and there are other wedding planning tools that The Knot provides. However, there are complaints that it often glitches - which we can attest to since it happened to us while using their editing tools. From all reviews from users, it's clear that when compared with other wedding website services, The Knot is usually not the favorite.

Better off elsewhere

Because The Knot's wedding website builder is so incredibly easy to use and comes with an impressive selection of templates, we wanted to give them a high rating. However, we found that people like a little more customization than what is offered here and it may not be the most reliable place to create a website, so you'll be better off using a different company.

Lovebird

• Starting at $49
• 3 membership plans
• Hundreds of themes
• Mobile friendly
• Optional password protection
• Demo mode

Lovebird is part of the Sincere family of brands. They're sister companies with Punchbowl, an online invitation and digital greeting card service; Timehop, a digital nostalgia app; and Memento, a way to request and combine video messages to make a group video for someone. Lovebird says they are redefining elegant wedding communication by managing all the touchpoints with guests like cards, invitations, save the dates, and wedding websites.

Themes for all tastes

The themes you can browse when choosing a template for your wedding website on Lovebird include destination & beach, metallic, cultural, botanical, modern, vintage, boho & rustic, classic, and more. There are a couple hundred options and most of the designs can be switched to a few different color schemes too. We like the layout of the theme selection page, since it is clean and shows a mobile view and a desktop view at the same time. It shouldn't be too hard for couples to quickly identify their favorite Lovebird layouts.

Demo mode

When you select a website template you like, there is a "View Demo” button that launches you onto the website for you to view just like your guests will. As you make changes to the website, you can always quickly jump into the demo mode to see what your page will look like when it is officially live online.

Personalize your site

After choosing a template, you will need to provide your name, your partner's name, the wedding date (if you have one), and the location of the wedding (if you have one). Next you'll be taken to a signup page where you'll enter your name, email address, and create the password that you'll use to access the progress you've made with your website. From there you can start making edits to your site. This includes selecting the typography you like best for the names and headers as well as the body, editing sections, inputting your personal information on all the pages, linking your registry, and adding media.

Simple to use

We really like the design settings on Lovebird's site. It's so easy to jump between sections, input the relevant information, and keep things organized. You can't make changes to the template like dragging and dropping icons, moving text around, or editing the background design. In some ways this is nice because there are plenty of templates to choose from, but it isn't overwhelming to feel like you could make endless changes either. No matter what, Lovebird keeps the website looking professional, beautiful, and easy for guests to navigate.

Not free

The biggest hangup that we anticipate people will have with Lovebird is that this is not a free service like many other website creation platforms are. There are 3 packages with one-time costs:

• Starter Plan ($49): Includes wedding website, digital save the dates, custom URL, registry linking
• Digital Invitations ($249): Includes everything in starter plan + guest list, RSVP tracking, guest polling and meal selection, and a video guestbook from Memento
• Full Suite ($279): Includes everything in the digital invitations plan + digital engagement announcements, digital thank you cards, and shared albums from Memento

You'll likely want to at least go with the Digital Invitations package to make the most out of your wedding website, but this is pretty expensive considering you can get this service free somewhere else.

No user reviews

There is no Better Business Bureau for Sincere Corporation or Lovebird, unfortunately. Lovebird is a newer site and there aren't even many ratings from users who have paid for their service. It would be beneficial for this company to promote reviews so that they could build trust with brides and grooms who are hesitant about paying to build their wedding website here.

A hard sell

We like everything about Lovebird besides their pricing and lack of feedback from users. The price you pay does include more than just a wedding website, so if you're wanting more digital services to save you time and money on paper invitations, it would be more worth it. However, if you're only looking for somewhere to create a wedding website, Lovebird will cost more than is necessary since you could find free services elsewhere. This keeps Lovebird at the bottom of our list (for now).