Dear Delilah is the only Australian-built platform offering animated cinematic wedding invitations with one-time AUD pricing. WithJoy is best for per-event guest scheduling. Zola is best for couples who want a free platform with strong registry tools.
Choosing a wedding website platform feels like a small decision until you realise it shapes how hundreds of guests experience your day before they even arrive. We've spent time with all three platforms — so here's what you actually need to know.
The Short Answer
If you want a beautifully designed, story-driven wedding website that connects seamlessly to luxury physical stationery, Dear Delilah is built for you. If you want a utilitarian registry hub, Zola does that well. If you want something free and functional with decent design, Joy is a solid choice.
Design Quality
This is where the platforms diverge most sharply.
Dear Delilah takes a chapter-based, full-screen narrative approach — your guests move through your story like turning pages of a beautifully printed book. Every template is crafted to feel like luxury editorial, not a form builder. Themes include Floral, Boho, Classic, and Minimal, all with custom accent colours.
Joy offers clean, modern templates — nothing offensive, nothing remarkable. They cover the basics well and have improved their visual polish in recent years, but the experience still feels transactional rather than romantic.
Zola is focused on registry and planning tools rather than design. Their wedding pages are functional and relatively attractive, but the depth of customisation is limited compared to dedicated microsite platforms.
RSVP Features
Dear Delilah includes RSVP built directly into the website experience — guests RSVP inside the story, with dietary requirements, a message to the couple, and instant confirmation. Your dashboard shows responses in real time, with inline editing and CSV export. The RSVP flow is gated behind your story: guests who decline skip to a closing chapter, while those attending unlock the map and gift registry.
Joy has strong RSVP tools — meal selection, plus-ones, and guest list management are all well-handled. It's one of their strongest features.
Zola includes RSVP but their primary strength is registry and vendor management. The RSVP experience is basic by comparison.
Stationery Integration
This is where Dear Delilah is genuinely unique. Your digital wedding microsite and your physical stationery suite share the same aesthetic DNA — the same fonts, colours, and tone. A QR code on your printed invitation links directly to your site. Your Treasure Map guest guides pull live seating data from the platform. The whole experience, digital and physical, feels like one continuous story.
Joy and Zola do not offer physical stationery integration.
Pricing
- Dear Delilah — Free plan includes the full microsite and RSVP. Complete plan unlocks guest guides, song requests, photo sharing, and premium themes.
- Joy — Free for basic features; premium plans from ~$19/month for advanced tools.
- Zola — Free for the core wedding website; charges apply for premium registry features and some design templates.
Our Verdict
For couples who care about design — who want their digital presence to feel as considered as their table settings — Dear Delilah is in a different category. Joy and Zola are solid tools for logistics. Dear Delilah is built for the experience.