Free Kudoboard alternatives
Kudoboard has no free tier: its own pricing page lists $6.99, $9.99 and $19.99 per board and team plans from $25 a month (verified 2026-10-31). If you want a card a group signs and you are not paying, there are six tools with a real free option. For a small team with no budget, the shortest answer is CardTogether (free, no cap, no accounts, download included) or Signed Together (free to create and send, $2.49 if you want the download). If the card must stay online for years, GreetBook. If you want scheduled delivery for nothing, RecoCards. All six are below, with what each free tier leaves out.
We make one of these tools, so read the table rather than the ordering. Every figure comes from the company's own pricing or FAQ page on the date shown, and where a company does not publish something we say so instead of filling the cell in.
The options with a real free tier
CardTogether
This is us Verified 2026-10-31- Price
- Free. No paid tier exists
- What the free tier includes
- Everything. There is nothing to upgrade to
- Account required
- None, for the creator, the signers or the recipient
- Signers
- Unlimited contributors, unlimited messages, up to 2,000 characters each
- The catch
- Every card and its messages are deleted automatically 60 days after creation, and there is no video, no scheduled delivery and no gift collection.
Best for: A group of any size that should not have to pay or sign up, when a PDF of the card is enough to keep.
Signed Together
Verified 2026-10-31- Price
- Free. $2.49 per card, once, for premium
- What the free tier includes
- Create, collect unlimited messages, photos and GIFs, and send by email
- Account required
- Not needed to sign. Creator requirement not published
- Signers
- Unlimited signers on the free plan
- The catch
- The free card carries Signed Together branding and does not include the download; the printable PDF booklet, the poster, scheduled delivery and branding removal are the $2.49 upgrade.
Best for: A card you want as a printable booklet or a poster, where $2.49 once is an easy yes.
RecoCards
Verified 2026-10-31- Price
- Free ($0 per card). $2.49 per premium card, $5.99/month unlimited, or $199 lifetime
- What the free tier includes
- Unlimited cards, unlimited signers, unlimited messages, gifts, and scheduled delivery
- Account required
- Yes for the creator (login, sign up, dashboard). Signer requirement not published
- Signers
- Unlimited, on every plan including free
- The catch
- The PDF and JPEG download, custom covers, a company logo, password protection and branding removal are all premium.
Best for: A card that has to arrive on an exact date, since scheduled delivery is on the free tier.
GreetBook
Verified 2026-10-31- Price
- Free up to 20 posts. 6.99 euros per card, once, for unlimited posts
- What the free tier includes
- A design selection, photos, GIFs, stickers, free delivery, no watermark, 20 posts
- Account required
- None, for the creator, the signers or the recipient
- Signers
- The free card counts posts, not people, and stops at 20
- The catch
- Past twenty signatures you are paying. Export to PDF is not published at any tier.
Best for: A card the recipient should be able to reopen for years: GreetBook says cards stay online indefinitely.
GreetPool
Verified 2026-10-31- Price
- $4.99 per card. $4.50 to $2.98 per card in prepaid packs. Free with a gift card of $20 or more
- What the free tier includes
- A rotating selection of designs is free and behaves exactly like a paid card
- Account required
- Not needed to sign. The creator checks out and has a dashboard
- Signers
- Unlimited, and the price does not change with how many sign
- The catch
- The free designs rotate, so you take what is marked free that week. Everything else is a per-card purchase.
Best for: Pooling money for a gift card from 300+ brands inside the same card, or bulk-creating cards from a spreadsheet.
Free for All eCards
Verified 2026-10-31- Price
- Free. Funded by donations, with a monthly costs target shown on their own site
- What the free tier includes
- Their whole product: unlimited signers, unlimited messages, photos and GIFs
- Account required
- Not published
- Signers
- Unlimited signers and unlimited messages, per their own homepage
- The catch
- A donation-funded project rather than a company, so treat its long-term availability accordingly. Card lifetime and account policy are not published.
Best for: Someone who wants no paid tier anywhere in the product and is happy to chip in instead.
The paid tools people compare these against
Listed so the free ones above can be read in context, with what each actually costs.
| Tool | What it costs | Full comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kudoboard | $6.99 / $9.99 / $19.99 per board, $99 memorial, team plans from $25/month billed annually. No free tier published | vs CardTogether |
| GroupGreeting | $5.99 per card, volume packs down to about $3.99 at 100 cards. No free tier found (verified 2026-08-30; their site blocks automated re-checks) | vs CardTogether |
| Thankbox | Free to start and collect, $5.99 (Classic) or $9.99 (Premium) to send | vs CardTogether |
| Group Cards | $4.99 per card, bundles cheaper, Business plan $23/month with a 30-day trial | vs CardTogether |
| GroupTogether | $5.50 per card, free when an attached gift collection reaches $20 | vs CardTogether |
Frequently asked questions
There are six with a real free option: CardTogether (free, no paid tier, no accounts, download included), Signed Together (free to create and send), RecoCards (free per card, with scheduled delivery), GreetBook (free up to 20 posts), GreetPool (a rotating set of free designs) and Free for All eCards (donation funded). All verified 2026-10-31 from each company's own pricing page.
CardTogether, in one line
Start a card, share the link, everyone adds a message or a GIF. No account, no purchase, no ads on the card. Every card is deleted 60 days after it is created.
Every number we publish about ourselves is on the CardTogether facts page.
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