Wedding invitation cost calculator
Put your own guest count through real published figures - printing, postage, addressing and the fees people forget - and see it against one flat digital price.
That is about 75 to 80 invitations, because one goes to each household rather than each guest.
What kind of stationery
Printed
$675 - $1,089
Digital, with us
US$29
One payment, however many guests. No postage, no addressing, no reprints. US$99 if you want the design made for you.
Difference: $646 - $1,060
Figures from The Knot and Zola, with postage at USPS Notice 123 rates, all checked on 30 July 2026 - the same sources as the cost guide, where each is cited. The Knot’s study covers roughly a 100-guest wedding, so other sizes are scaled by household count rather than measured. Treat the result as a realistic range, not a quote.
Why the total is usually higher than the quote
The number a stationer quotes is for printing. The number you pay includes postage on the way out, postage on the way back if you enclose a reply envelope, addressing, assembly, the spare copies you are advised to order, and a rush fee if you leave it late.
Zola puts those extras at 25 to 40 per cent on top of printing, which is how a $400 quote becomes a $560 bill. Postage is the part that catches people: a First-Class Forever stamp is 82 cents, and a square envelope is non-machinable and carries a 49 cent surcharge per piece before you add anything for weight.
Where printed still wins
We sell digital invitations, so the comparison above is not disinterested and you should read it that way. The printed figures are other people’s published numbers rather than ours, which is why each one is cited.
Paper genuinely wins in three places: as a keepsake, with guests who do not use a smartphone, and where the formality is part of the occasion. The common resolution is not one or the other - send digitally to the list and print a short run of fifteen or twenty for the relatives who want one and for yourselves. That is a fraction of a full print run, and this calculator will show you the difference.
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Where the money goes
The full breakdown, every figure with its source and the date we checked it.
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Where do these numbers come from?
The Knot's Average Wedding Invitation Cost and its 2026 Real Weddings Study, Zola's stationery cost guide, and USPS Notice 123 for postage. All were checked on 30 July 2026, and each is cited on our cost guide, which is where the same figures are explained in full.
Why is the invitation count lower than my guest count?
Because one invitation goes to each household, not each guest. The Knot puts it at roughly 75 to 80 suites for 100 guests, which is the single biggest reason quoted per-card prices feel misleading.
Why is it a range rather than one number?
Because the honest answer is a range. Printing method, paper stock and how much of the design is bespoke move the figure more than anything else, and Zola puts addressing, assembly and rush fees at 25 to 40 per cent on top of printing. A single number would be a guess wearing a decimal point.
Does it work outside the United States?
The postage is US rates from USPS Notice 123, and the printing figures are US studies, so the total is most accurate for a US wedding. Elsewhere the shape holds - households not guests, extras on top of printing - but substitute your own postage.
Is this trying to sell me something?
We sell digital invitations, so read the comparison with that in mind. The printed figures are other people's published numbers rather than ours, which is why they are cited - and the cost guide is explicit that printed still wins where you want a keepsake.
Does it save what I enter?
No. It runs in your browser, sends nothing anywhere and stores nothing. There is no account.
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