How Much Does a Wedding Website Cost in the UK?
You've just got engaged. Someone has already asked whether you have a wedding website yet. Before you sign up for the first free platform you find, it is worth knowing what UK couples actually pay — and what "free" is funded by.
The range is £0 to a few hundred pounds, once. Monthly website subscriptions exist, but they are not the decision most UK couples are making.
Free wedding websites, and who pays
Bridebook, Hitched, Joy, and The Knot do not charge couples a monthly fee. We are not going to claim they do.
They stay free because venues and suppliers pay to reach you. Bridebook's VenuePro plans are public: £99 to £995 a month plus VAT, with Couple Targeting and Power Match so venues can get in front of couples — including before an enquiry. Hitched sells Premium and Gold to suppliers; the homepage is an ad unit.
That is a fair trade if you want a supplier shortlist. It is a different product from a guest website you actually plan from. For the honest comparison, see Bridebook alternative.
Spreadsheet sprawl is the other £0 option
The other free path is a Google Sheet for the guest list, another for the budget, a Canva invite, a WhatsApp thread for dietary requirements, and a free RSVP page. Joy does that last job well.
It works until plus-ones, three-course choices, and the table plan live in different places, and you and your partner are the integration layer.
What £249 actually buys
Tie The Knot is £249, once. You get lifetime access. No subscription to cancel after the day. There is a 30-day money-back guarantee.
For that payment you get the guest website plus:
- Five templates — Modern Fresh, Romantic Classic, Boho Chic, Classic, and Luxury
- Shared planning board
- Linked budget tracker
- Drag-and-drop table planner
- RSVP with three-course meal choices, dietary tags, and plus-ones, in the couple dashboard
- Gift registry and cash funds
- Guest photo gallery (QR, no app, no login)
- Multi-day timelines, hotel and taxi info
No supplier ads on the site or the planner. Support is hello@tietheknot.uk.
If you want to see the front end rather than a mock-up: A&J in Brixton (18 July 2026), Rebecca and Samantha in Chelmsford (10 May 2026), and Charlotte and Graham in Chelmsford (26 July 2026).
For why a one-time fee exists when the big names are free, see wedding website one-time fee.
A side note on actual subscriptions
Wix and Squarespace will rent you a website by the month. Over 12 months a modest plan can land around the same money as a one-time wedding product; over 18 months it costs more, and you have to remember to cancel. That maths is real. It is just not the decision most UK couples are making.
The decision is free-marketplace versus paid-and-contained, or spreadsheets versus one dashboard.
When you should not pay
If you still need to find a venue, spend £0 on Bridebook or Hitched first. We do not replace them for that.
If the software budget is zero, a free marketplace website is a legitimate choice.
If you only need a pretty RSVP page, Joy will do that without a card being put down.
If a free Hitched or Bridebook site already does what your guests need, keep it. Paying £249 to duplicate a page that works is a waste.
The bottom line
UK wedding websites are either free because venues pay, or paid because you want a planning suite with no marketplace. Tie The Knot is the second kind: £249 once, lifetime access, 30-day money-back, five templates.
Find the venue on Bridebook, Hitched, or Google. Plan the day on Tie The Knot.
Start on tietheknot.uk — £249 once, lifetime access, 30-day money-back.