Keep This Day vs The Knot and Zola

Last checked 21 October 2026 against The Knot and Zola’s own website. Written by the Keep This Day team.

The Knot and Zola are the two biggest wedding planning sites in the US. Both give you a free wedding website with RSVP and make money from registries, stationery and vendors.

Keep This Day is smaller and focused on the guests: the website, RSVPs and find-your-seat are free, and one payment per wedding adds a live photo album guests open without an app, a voice guestbook, a venue screen and day-of check-in.

The Knot and Zola vs Keep This Day at a glance

	Keep This Day	The Knot and Zola
Wedding website	Free, no time limit	The Knot: free, no paid upgrade required. Zola: free to create and publish
Online RSVP	Free: meals, dietary needs, plus-ones, song requests, your own questions, household links	The Knot: custom questions, meal choices, per-event RSVP, secure RSVP. Zola: multi-event RSVP, plus-ones, meals, song requests, reminders
Guest photos	Paid one-time: guests scan a QR code and upload in the browser. No app, no account	Zola: Disposable Camera by QR or text link, live shots only (no uploads from the camera roll), free up to 5 guests then priced by guest count. The Knot: no guest photo sharing found in its help center
Guestbook	Written love notes and voice messages up to 2 minutes, included in the paid upgrade	Not found on either site
Seating	Free: assign tables and seats per guest or by CSV; guests search their name to find their table. No floor-plan designer	Zola: seating chart with floor plans and a print-ready PDF. The Knot: not found
Day-of guest check-in	Day-of check-in for helpers, synced across phones, included in the paid upgrade	Not found on either site
Photo storage	Uploads open 90 days after the wedding; gallery and downloads for 1 year	Zola camera: up to one year after the event, then deleted
Registry	No registry. A gifts page can link to yours	Both: registry and cash funds (The Knot: no cut of cash gifts; 2.5% card fee paid by guests)
Apps	Web app only; works in any phone browser	The Knot: Wedding Planner app. Zola: iOS app only
Custom domain	No custom domains; your address is keepthisday.com/e/your-names	The Knot: $19.99 a year. Zola: from $17.99
Vendor marketplace	No	Both
Price	Website free. Day-of upgrade one time per wedding: S$69 / US$49 / £39 / €45 / A$79 / C$69 / RM149 / ₹2,499	Free websites; they earn from registry, stationery and vendors

Choose The Knot and Zola if

You want registry, cash funds, stationery and your website from one company.
You are planning in the US and want a big vendor marketplace and planning tools.
You want a printable seating chart with floor plans (Zola).
You want a custom domain for your website.

Choose Keep This Day if

Your guests should share their own camera-roll photos with no app, in one live album.
You want a voice guestbook and a live venue screen.
You want helpers to check guests in on their phones, and guests to find their own table.
You want to send invitations by WhatsApp or Telegram and pay once in your own currency, such as SGD, MYR, GBP or AUD.

Good to know

The Knot’s website blocked automated reading, so we used the articles from its official help center. Zola’s camera pricing FAQ did not load when we checked, so we have not listed its tier prices.

Sources

The Knot and Zola details come from these official pages, checked on 21 October 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm on their site before you buy. Keep This Day details come from our pricing page and terms.