Tov.events vs Greenvelope: International Jewish Weddings

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: €0 vs. $9-30 per send

Greenvelope charges by 'plan' based on guest count: ~$9 for 25 guests, up to $200 for 500 guests. Tov.events is free, with no guest limit and no subscription. For 200 guests (a typical Jewish wedding), you save $60-100.

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, the button automatically switches to 'אני בא / לא יכול' based on the recipient's phone language. In practice, your Hebrew-speaking guests click instead of calling — your response rate rises exactly where it used to stall.

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 themes designed specifically for Jewish occasions — a bar mitzvah with Torah motifs, a feminine bat mitzvah design, a wedding with optional Hebrew calligraphy.

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. A Tov.events invitation automatically detects the language of the phone opening the link (a simple Accept-Language header check) and displays the content in the matching language. Your cousins in New York see English, your grandparents in Bnei Brak see Hebrew, your family in Paris sees French. Greenvelope sends one invitation in one language, period.

To create your trilingual invitation in 5 minutes, head to Tov.events — free, account created in 30 seconds.