These Are the Best Wedding Websites Out There

Creating a wedding website is one of the first planning tasks you should tackle on your wedding checklist—guests will look for it as soon as you announce your engagement. The best wedding wedding websites not only make it easy for guests to access important information like day-of logistics, your registry, lodging and travel accommodations, but also are easy (and fun) from a user perspective. (Because you shouldn't have to waste time figuring out how to add a section for wedding website wedding party bios when you're trying to think about how to write an "our story" page.) There are lots of good wedding website builders, but it can be overwhelming to decide which company offers the best wedding website. Not to worry: We've done the heavy lifting for you by rounding up the top wedding websites around, plus answering common free wedding website FAQs and digging into every option's wedding website benefits. Check out our list to find the site most suitable for your needs.

Best Wedding Websites

We spent countless hours of research to determine the top wedding websites you should check out before you say "I do" to one. Here's our ultimate list of the best-rated wedding websites according to our criteria:

In this article:

1. Best Overall: The Knot Wedding Website
2. Best for Customization: Squarespace Wedding Website
3. Best Paid Tools: WedSites
4. Best for Guest Engagement: WeddingWire
5. Most Design Options: Minted
6. Most Unique Templates: Bliss & Bone
7. Best Wedding App: Appy Couple
8. Best Basic Site: Wix
9. Best Communication Capabilities: Riley & Grey

1. Best Overall: The Knot Wedding Website

Photo: The Knot

Wedding Editor's Take: When it comes down to it, we're the most trusted wedding brand out there. As such, we have the best wedding website tool (and the best free wedding website interface). If you want a wedding website that's easy to set up and provides a large selection of designer themes and helpful features, The Knot is for you.

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Designed for: Anyone! It's totally free and easy to use and has beautiful designs for every style. Plus, it integrates with The Knot App and planning tools, making it not only a fantastic wedding website, but a part of a broader wedding organizer platform that'll help you every step in your planning journey.

Cost: Free

Custom Domain Capability: You can purchase a custom domain for one year for $20.

What Couples Love:

• The Knot has over 500 free, professionally designed templates complete with modern layouts and full-width imagery.
• You have the option to match your invitations and paper goods to your website design for a seamless look.
• It's super easy to set up—within minutes, you can have yours up and running on your phone browser, computer or app.
• Your website's Registry page will automatically populate with your The Knot Registry, so guests can scroll and shop your wish list without ever leaving your website.
• You can even manage and track RSVPs using the app and get RSVP push notifications for easy updates.
• Guests can ask custom questions (both text and multiple choice) through their digital RSVP response on our online form.
• Using your website dashboard, you can find hotels that offer discounted room blocks near your venue.
• You have the unique option to let guests see who else is attending your wedding.
• A messaging hub on your site allows you to communicate with guests via email or SMS texts.
• You can set custom privacy controls, including a password and a setting to be hidden from search engines.
• More perks include personalized URLs, sharing features to easily distribute your wedding website and the ability to make your site feel like you. Add a photo timeline, GIFs, Q&As and livestream information to customize your site.
• User @Keisha on a WeddingWire forum says: "I used The Knot and found it very user friendly, email reminders are already templated and it's free!"
• In a post to the r/weddingplanning subreddit, Reddit user @Rebaderci says: "I like how easy it was to set up and it's very easy to manage. I can continue to update information as we get closer to the wedding. I also love that I can do it all on my app on my phone too."

Additional Offerings: App, Budget Advisor, Checklist, Guest List & RSVP, Registry, Stationery, Style Quiz, Vendor Marketplace

2. Best for Customization: Squarespace Wedding Website

Photo: Squarespace

Wedding Editor's Take: Given that it doesn't have as many wedding-related tools as other sites, Squarespace could be a little too expensive for couples looking to save. But, you'll get a professional-looking site and a custom domain for your money.

Designed for: The couple that cares about design and tech and wants more customization ability. This wedding website builder is the closest thing to coding the site yourself, given its intensive features that are designed for general use. There are only 10 wedding-specific templates available, so this isn't the platform for those who want a specific style.

Cost: Starting at $16 a month for 12 months, or at $25 month-to-month.

Custom Domain Capability: All annual plans receive a free custom domain for one year. Additional domains start $20.

What Couples Love:

• It's the most professional-looking site you're going to get without hiring a designer.
• You can customize pretty much every single element and add a password.
• You can view updates as you make them (instead of having to preview your site separately), which makes customizing super intuitive.

3. Best Paid Tools: WedSites

Photo: WedSites

Wedding Editor's Take: WedSites is ideal for a couple who wants to invest in a program that'll aid with certain planning tasks. However, quality intuitive planning features (like invitation tracking, guest communication tools and multilingual layouts) translate into higher prices. And, it can take some time and effort to set up and truly customize to your needs. There are nearly 40 templates to choose from, or you can design your own.

Designed for: The couple who wants an intuitive wedding website platform that'll streamline planning.

Cost: Free, or you can purchase the Standard Plan for $99 or the Pro Plan for $199.

Custom Domain Capability: You can purchase your custom domain name from a site like GoDaddy and forward it to your WedSites wedding website.

What Couples Love:

• The tools are designed for collaboration, meaning you and your S.O. can work on building your wedding website together.
• The platform has inclusive language and gender-neutral terminology, something not all the best wedding websites offer.
• Even the free template includes building blocks specifically designed for weddings, like wedding party bios, a countdown, live streams, and more.

4. Best for Guest Engagement: WeddingWire

Photo: WeddingWire

Wedding Editor's Take: It's a no-frills option that offers the essentials, plus unique ways to engage with your guests.

Designed for: Couples who want a free wedding website that comes with other planning tools.

Cost: Free

Custom Domain Capability: You can purchase a custom domain for $24 for one year or $35 for two years.

What Couples Love:

• WeddingWire offers over 100 templates to choose from.
• They offer a custom background photo template.
• You can easily customize the colors and fonts on your site.
• It automatically integrates with other digital planning tools.
• WeddingWire offers easy hotel integration that recommends nearby hotels for guests that you can display on your site and lets you book room blocks.
• Add-ons like surveys, quizzes, a digital guest book and a contact form help guests engage with your site and communicate with you directly.
• You can hide pages on the site, password protect it, or hide it from search engines.
• You'll be able to create and edit your wedding site on a computer or on the WeddingWire app

5. Most Design Options: Minted

Photo: Minted

Wedding Editor's Take: Minted is a one of the most popular wedding websites for couples looking for a wedding website maker with a unique feel, and who cares that their website matches their invites and decor.

Designed for: The couple who's stylish, quality-conscious and cares about coordinating their wedding website design with their stationery.

Cost: Free

Custom Domain Capability: A custom domain costs $15 per year.

What Couples Love:

• The hundreds of designs are super unique, curated from a community of independent designers.
• It's easy to use, with a clear and quick start guide.
• Offers a guest list tool with online RSVP.
• You can add a video to your photo gallery.
• You can "shop your website style" to find stationery that matches.

6. Most Unique Templates: Bliss & Bone

Photo: Bliss & Bone

Wedding Editor's Take: Bliss & Bone is a wedding website creator that offers modern and minimalist designs for a truly unique feel. While there are some cool features, there's no free option and very limited wedding-planning tools.

Designed for: Couples looking for wedding website examples that skew super-streamlined and contemporary, and who don't need extra planning tools.

Cost: Free for the first 7 days, but after that a standard website subscription is $15 per month and a premium is $21 per month.

Custom Domain Capability: Bliss & Bone does not offer custom domains on their site, but you can purchase a domain from a site like GoDaddy and connect it to your wedding website.

What Couples Love:

• The over 100 designs are among the best in the biz, with a minimalist vibe that's very of the moment.
• The wedding websites are super-customizable—you can move things around, put information on different pages or all on one page, add your own photos and logos, and more—to create a site that feels custom made.
• You can create your own semi-custom wedding logos and monograms right on the site for $40.
• Bliss & Bone offers the ability to create a multi-language wedding website.
• You can send email announcements, reminders and updates to your guests.
• You may add a cash registry.
• You can buy online or printed invitations and paper productions to match your website for a cohesive look and feel.

7. Best Wedding App: Appy Couple

Photo: Appy Couple

Wedding Editor's Take: Appy Couple is great if you want to do most of your guest communication digitally and don't mind asking them to download an app for you, or if you're interested in coordinating digital wedding stationery.

Designed for: The couple who wants a wedding app.

Cost: $99 annually or $12 per month.

Custom Domain Capability: If you want a custom ".com" domain for your website, you'll have to pay an additional fee starting at $20.

What Couples Love:

• There are over 500 designs to select from.
• The features are interactive.
• You'll have the option of RSVP alerts and guest messaging.
• You can send digital save-the-dates, invitations and thank-you notes that coordinate with your theme.
• You'll have the option to invite certain guests to specific prewedding events.

8. Best Basic Site: Wix

Photo: Wix

Wedding Editor's Take: Wix offers 900+ that are fun and modern, and you can easily customize them with a click-and-drag editor. But if you don't want a big ad at the top of your site, you're going to have to pay extra. Plus, it'll be harder to easily help guests RSVP or shop your registry if you use Wix for your wedding website—you won't find any wedding-specific tools here.

Designed for: The couple that wants a customizable site that they don't have to build from scratch.

Cost: Free

Custom Domain Capability: $16 a month for the "Light" plan, which includes a free custom domain for one year

What Couples Love:

• The photo uploader is very easy to use.
• A click-and-drag editor allows you to update in real time.
• The layouts are modern, minimalist and chic.
• You get a free custom domain when you upgrade to a paid plan.
• Your site is hidden until you publish it, and a password protects specific pages or your whole site.

9. Best Communication Capabilities: Riley & Grey

Photo: Riley & Grey

Wedding Editor's Take: This is one of the priciest wedding sites for couples of the bunch, but it offers nearly 70 beautiful templates and a top-notch, interactive RSVP management system as well as top-notch customer support.

Designed for: Couples who want a fully customizable, well-designed website and easy-to-use guest management system, and don't mind paying for it.

Cost: $39 per month, or $299 for a year

Custom Domain Capability: A custom domain is included in the cost of a Riley & Grey wedding website.

What Couples Love:

• Riley & Grey's wedding websites offer the right balance of structure and flexibility, so the process doesn't feel overwhelming.
• White-glove customer services ensures you have help navigate any tricky issues.
• Matching invitations and paper products are available in print or digital formats.
• The websites have a solid mobile experience that feels app-like, without going through the trouble of downloading an app.
• You'll have the ability to easily change your template design at any time.

How We Choose the Best Wedding Websites

Our team at The Knot reviewed 14 different wedding website builders and narrowed down the list to our favorite nine options. A platform's user-friendliness was most important, but we also looked into the number and design quality of the different templates, personalization options and available planning tools. Pricing was also factored in, particularly making sure that users are getting the most bang for their buck for the wedding websites that charged a fee. In sum, the best wedding websites are all about balancing style and ease of use at a reasonable price.

Additional reporting by Cathryn Haight.