RSVPix vs a group chat
A group chat is where most event photos already end up, it costs nothing, and everyone is already in one. For a small event it is completely reasonable.
Where the difference actually is
Photos get compressed, they scroll away within a week, people who were not in the chat get nothing, and there is no way to find the photos of one particular person.
Side by side
| A group chat | RSVPix | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | Free to try, then $49 once |
| Everyone included | Only people in the chat | Anyone who scans the code |
| Photo quality | Usually compressed | As uploaded |
| Still findable in a month | Rarely | Yes, for the gallery period |
| Each guest gets their own photos | No | Yes |
| Host controls what appears | No | Yes |
What RSVPix will not do
- Photos appear after they have been uploaded and processed, not while the event is still running.
- Face matching is not perfect. It can miss a guest, and it can occasionally return someone else’s photo inside the right gallery.
- It cannot make your guests participate. Adding photos needs no sign-in during the event, but a personal gallery is not effort-free: Your guests scan the QR code, enter an email address and accept the terms, collect a four-digit code from their inbox, give a first name, last name and country, allow the camera, wait for the on-screen guide to load, and take one selfie.
If reading that list makes a group chat sound like the better fit for your event, it probably is. We would rather you worked that out now.
Or run one real event free and judge it on your own photos.
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Can I use both?
Yes, and plenty of events should. These approaches cover different halves of the same problem, and RSVPix costs nothing to run once alongside whatever you already planned.
What does RSVPix cost?
$0 to run one real event, then a one-off pass from $49 (A$79) sized by guest count. The one-off event passes are a single payment. They do not auto-renew, and each covers one event, with galleries that close 12 months after that event.
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