Tov vs. Paperless Post: Which Tool for a Jewish Wedding?
Paperless Post has a 15-year head start. Tov has 5 differentiators that matter for a French-speaking Jewish wedding. An honest comparison.
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You are comparing Paperless Post, Greenvelope, Joy, and Tov.events. You want to pick the tool that fits YOUR Jewish wedding. Here is an honest comparison, written by the Tov team but without the marketing spin — we will tell you where others do better too.
1. Price
Paperless Post: a freemium model that turns paid fast. Past 25 guests, you buy 'coins' (the digital equivalent of stamps). For 250 guests plus RSVP and reminders, expect to pay €80-150.
Tov offers a free beta with invitation preparation, manual sharing, household and ceremony responses, and CSV export.
2. Hebrew
Paperless Post: no native Hebrew support. No RTL. No Hebrew fonts. If you type Hebrew, the rendering breaks.
Tov: native Hebrew fonts (Frank Ruhl Libre + Heebo), full automatic RTL, a calculated Hebrew date. Your grandparents who read only Hebrew see your invitation in Hebrew if you choose that language for their household.
3. French-language support
Paperless Post: English-only interface. Your invitation itself can be in French, but the entire dashboard, notification emails, and customer support are all in English.
Tov: 100% French interface. Customer support in French. Editorial templates designed around French conventions (formal, elegant, none of the 'cocktails are at 6 PM' phrasing).
4. Editorial beauty
Paperless Post: excellent templates — a 15-year head start. It's their absolute strength. The invitations are gorgeous, directly comparable to Crane & Co. or Mr. Boddington's.
Tov: 16 animated models, each with its own design, original music and a gesture to open it, in 3 to 9 colour versions. Native Hebrew, right to left, in real Hebrew typefaces. Not Paperless Post's catalog size, but a coherent art direction built for Jewish culture.
5. Seating chart
Paperless Post: no built-in seating chart. You need another tool (WedSites, Allseated). Extra cost and complexity.
Tov exports responses and counts as CSV for your planning. Seating arrangements belong in a separate tool; the beta does not provide a seating chart.
The honest verdict
If you're marrying in France, with a Jewish family that's at least partly Hebrew-speaking, Tov is probably the better fit, especially for Hebrew and French. If you're marrying in the US with a 100% English-speaking crowd and you love a wide visual catalog, Paperless Post is probably your choice.
Tov is young and still evolving. And it's 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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