RecoCards vs CardTogether
A small team with no budget can use either: both are free for one card signed by any number of people. Use CardTogether if the PDF download has to be free, and if you would rather nobody had to make an account. Use RecoCards if you want scheduled delivery on a free card, want to attach a gift, or want your company logo and your own cover art on it, all of which it has and CardTogether does not. RecoCards charges $2.49 for one premium card or $5.99 a month for unlimited (verified 2026-10-31).
RecoCards is a free group card with a layered set of paid upgrades: the free tier is $0 per card with unlimited signers, unlimited messages, card and board layouts, gift sending and scheduled delivery; $2.49 per card adds the PDF and JPEG download, premium and custom covers, background music, a company logo, branding removal and password protection; $5.99 a month (or a $199 lifetime purchase) makes those premium features unlimited. CardTogether has one tier, free, with the download included and no account anywhere in the flow.
Start a free cardAlways free. No sign up required.
Scheduled delivery is the feature that matters most for a date you cannot miss: a work anniversary card or a birthday card that has to land on the morning rather than whenever someone remembers to send it.
Feature by feature
Every RecoCards fact below is sourced from their own site and dated. Where a fact isn't published, we say so instead of guessing.
Source: https://recocards.com/p/pricing/ Verified 2026-10-31
| Feature | CardTogether | RecoCards |
|---|---|---|
| Price to send one card | Free | Free ($0 per card). $2.49 per premium card, or $5.99/month for unlimited premium cards, or $199 lifetime |
| Free tier | Everything, no paid tier exists | Yes: unlimited cards, unlimited signers, unlimited messages, scheduled delivery |
| Account required | No account for the creator or any contributor | Yes for the creator: recocards.com offers login and sign up and a dashboard. Contributor requirement not published |
| Signers per card | Unlimited | Unlimited, on every plan including free |
| Message length | Up to 2,000 characters per message | Not published |
| GIF support | Yes, built-in Giphy search | Yes, plus photos, on the free tier |
| Video or audio messages | Not supported | Background music on premium; video not published |
| Money / gift collection | Not supported | Gift sending and receiving is part of the product; a money-pooling collection is not published |
| PDF or print export | Yes, one-click PDF download, free | Yes, PDF and JPEG, premium only ($2.49 per card and up) |
| Scheduled delivery | Not supported | Yes, on the free tier |
| Branding on the card | None | RecoCards branding on free cards; removed on premium. They state there are no ads |
| Card lifetime | Deleted automatically 60 days after creation | Not published |
Where RecoCards is stronger
We'd rather point this out than pretend it isn't true.
- Scheduled card delivery on the free tier, which CardTogether does not offer at any price.
- Password protection on a card, plus upload-your-own covers and backgrounds and a company logo, on the premium card.
- Background music on a card, and a gift send-and-receive flow built into the same product.
- A flat $5.99/month unlimited plan, and a $199 one-time lifetime option for anyone who dislikes subscriptions.
Which one should you use?
RecoCards is the better pick if you want scheduled delivery, password protection or company branding on the card, and will either live with their branding or pay $2.49 to remove it. CardTogether is the better pick if you want the download for free, want no account in the flow at all, and are fine with a card that deletes itself after 60 days.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, on a real free tier. Their pricing page (verified 2026-10-31) lists $0 per card with unlimited signers, unlimited messages and scheduled delivery; the $2.49 premium card adds the PDF and JPEG download, custom covers, a company logo, password protection and branding removal. CardTogether is free with the download included.
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