Built for UK couples
A Riley & Grey alternative you pay for once
Riley & Grey sells its wedding websites as a membership billed monthly or yearly in dollars. When Will You Marry is built in the UK, priced in pounds, and paid for once.
If you have been pricing up Riley & Grey, the number to look at is the membership. Its pricing page lists $39 a month or $299 for a year, with a free tier for designing your site and a $39 Reserve plan that holds your domain until you publish. A membership is what puts the site live, so the cost depends on how long you need it.
When Will You Marry works the other way round. Building is free for as long as you like, and nothing goes live until you choose to publish. Publishing costs £59 once on Standard, or £99 once on Premium, which adds your own domain, a gift registry, a seating chart, a budget tracker and SMS. There is no renewal, and paid sites are guaranteed to stay online for at least 24 months after your wedding date.
Riley & Grey suits some couples better, which we cover below. For a UK wedding, here is how the two compare on the things that tend to matter.
01
Membership against a single payment
A yearly membership makes sense when you know your timeline. Long engagements are where it adds up: a couple who starts their site eighteen months out and keeps it live for the photos afterwards is paying for well over a year. With When Will You Marry the price does not move with the calendar. You pay £59 or £99 when you publish, and if you move from Standard to Premium later you pay the £40 difference and nothing else.
02
Cash gifts for couples outside the US
This is the point most UK couples will want to check. Riley & Grey's FAQ says it cannot support cash or monetary gifting for couples who are not US residents, and that cash gifts carry a 2.95% fee, usually paid by the guest. The When Will You Marry registry on Premium is a set of payment links to accounts you already have, such as Monzo, PayPal, Revolut, Wise or a bank transfer. Guests pay you directly, we never hold the money, and we take no cut.
03
Your own domain
Riley & Grey includes a custom domain with membership and will transfer it to you if you leave, which is a fair arrangement. On When Will You Marry Premium you point a domain you already own, a .com or a .co.uk, at your site with one DNS record. You can also send your guest emails from that domain, so invitations arrive from your own address rather than ours. Standard sites live at your own whenwillyoumarry.com address.
04
RSVPs that protect your headcount
Both platforms collect RSVPs with meal preferences. On When Will You Marry you can cap how many people a single RSVP can reply for, or restrict it to named guests only, so an invitation for two stays an invitation for two. Dietary needs sit alongside each reply, and you can copy the whole guest list straight into Sheets or Excel. If a stream of reply emails sounds like too much, switch to a daily digest at a time you choose.
05
A password for guests, and out of search
Riley & Grey offers a site-wide password and hides sites from search engines by default. We do both. On Standard and Premium you can set an optional guest password covering the whole site, RSVPs included; guests enter it once and stay unlocked for 30 days, and changing it locks out anyone using the old one.
Side by side
When Will You Marry and Riley & Grey, compared
| Feature | When Will You Marry | Riley & Grey |
|---|---|---|
| Price to publish | £59 once (Standard) or £99 once (Premium) | Membership at $39 a month or $299 a year1 |
| Free tier | Build and preview free; publishing starts at £59 | Free to design; pay when you publish1 |
| Fees on cash gifts | None; guests pay you through your own payment links (Premium) | 2.95% transaction fee, usually paid by the guest2 |
| Cash gifts for non-US couples | Yes, through Monzo, PayPal, Revolut, Wise or bank transfer | Not supported for couples who are not US residents2 |
| Custom domain | Premium: connect a domain you own | Included with membership; transferable when you leave1 |
| Password for guests | Optional guest password on Standard and Premium, covering the whole site | Site-wide password, set in Website Settings3 |
| RSVPs | Unlimited RSVPs, meal choices, dietary needs, plus-one limits | RSVPs with meal preferences; per-event invitations in Advanced Mode2 |
| Ads | No ads; a small link back to us in the footer | No ads1 |
| Designs | 7 templates with colour themes and font combinations | Nearly 50 website designs with coordinating invitations2 |
When Riley & Grey may suit you better
Riley & Grey is the better choice if you want a much larger design gallery, close to fifty website designs with invitations to match, or if you want its Advanced Mode guest management, where guests identify themselves by name or email and see only the events they are invited to. US-based couples who want cash gifts through the site itself, and who are happy with a fee on those gifts, are well served there too. And if your wedding is only a few months away, paying the monthly rate for a short spell may cost you less than you expect.
Common questions
How much does Riley & Grey cost?
Its pricing page lists a membership at $39 a month or $299 for a year, with a free tier for designing your site. There is also a $39 Reserve plan that holds your domain and counts towards a membership when you publish. Prices are shown in US dollars.
Can UK couples receive cash gifts through Riley & Grey?
Riley & Grey's FAQ says it is not able to support cash or monetary gifting for couples who are not US residents. You can still set the currency shown on registry items. On When Will You Marry Premium, guests send money straight to your own Monzo, PayPal, Revolut, Wise or bank account.
Is When Will You Marry really a one-time payment?
Yes. You pay £59 for Standard or £99 for Premium when you publish, with no subscription or renewal. Paid sites stay online for at least 24 months after your wedding date, and there is a 14-day refund window.
Can I make guests enter a password to see my site?
Yes, on Standard and Premium. You can set an optional guest password that covers the whole site, RSVPs included, and guests stay unlocked for 30 days once they have entered it. Sites are also unlisted and kept out of search engines by default.
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