Tov.events vs Greenvelope: International Jewish Weddings
You have guests in 3 countries. You're torn between Tov.events (French + Hebrew) and Greenvelope (upmarket American English). Here's the honest comparison.
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Greenvelope is an established American solution for digital invitations. Tov.events is a French solution built for the French-speaking and Israeli Jewish market. If you're a couple with guests in Paris, Tel Aviv, and New York, which should you choose? The right choice comes down to 5 concrete criteria.
1. Hebrew: available vs. native
Greenvelope technically supports several languages, but Hebrew isn't a product priority. The Hebrew typography (which needs to break correctly right-to-left, handle niqqud vowel points, and respect Jewish typographic conventions) is approximate at best. Tov.events is built around Hebrew: native RTL across the whole interface, carefully chosen Hebrew fonts, dual-calendar dates (Gregorian + Hebrew).
2. Price: free during the beta vs. paid plans
Greenvelope charges by 'plan' based on guest count: ~$9 for 25 guests, up to $200 for 500 guests. Tov.events is free during the beta.
3. RSVP in Hebrew vs. English
Your grandparents in Israel receive the invitation. Greenvelope's 'I'm going' / 'Can't make it' button creates friction. They don't click — they call their daughter to confirm instead. On Tov.events, if you choose Hebrew for their household, the reply buttons appear in Hebrew. In practice, your Hebrew-speaking guests can reply themselves instead of calling.
4. Kosher sensibility and Jewish codes
Greenvelope has lovely 'wedding' templates, but none include Jewish visual elements: a chuppah, a subtle Star of David, a Jerusalem-stone-inspired palette. Tov.events offers designs made for Jewish celebrations: weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, brit milah, and more.
5. The Hebrew date on the invitation
A crucial detail: for a Jewish wedding, the Hebrew date (e.g. '14 Sivan 5786') is often included alongside the Gregorian date. Greenvelope requires you to enter and format it by hand. Tov.events calculates it automatically from the Gregorian date and displays it in the traditional format.
Special case: mixed France/Israel/US couples
This is where Tov shines the most. In Tov.events, you choose each household’s language (otherwise, the event’s language applies): your cousins in New York see the invitation in English, your grandparents in Bnei Brak in Hebrew, your family in Paris in French. Buttons, dates and the form follow that language; your own texts stay as you wrote them. Greenvelope sends one invitation in one language, period.
To create your multilingual invitation, head to Tov.events — free during the beta.
About — Written by the Tov.events team, who build the tools Jewish families — Sephardi, Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, secular — use for their simchas.
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