PlanHitch or Zola?
Zola is an American wedding platform based in New York, best known for its gift registry, with a free wedding website, guest list and seating chart, and paper invitations to buy. Here is what each does, what each costs, and who pays for it, so you can pick the one that suits how you’re planning.
Choose Zola if
- Your registry is the centre of your planning, and you want it on your wedding website.
- You want paper invitations printed for you.
- You want a free wedding website.
Choose PlanHitch if
- You're planning a UK wedding and want UK suppliers, prices and contracts.
- You want your venue and supplier contracts read before you pay a deposit.
- You'll send invitations on WhatsApp, with a seating chart and table cards to match.
Side by side
Checked against Zola’s own pages on 23 October 2026. “Not listed” means we couldn’t find it there, not that it can never exist.
| Feature | PlanHitch | Zola |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to couples | PlanHitch:Free plan, or Premium at £24 a month (£249 a year) | Zola:Free to use. A custom domain for the website is from $17.99 |
| How it makes money | PlanHitch:Couples. No supplier pays to be listed, placed or put in front of you. | Zola:Selling wedding gifts and wedding-related items |
| Based in | PlanHitch:The UK, with your data hosted in the EU | Zola:New York, USA |
| Reads your supplier contracts | PlanHitch:Yes. One free review on every plan, unlimited on Premium | Zola:Not listed |
| Guest list and RSVPs | PlanHitch:Yes. Up to 50 guests free, 200 on Premium, unlimited on Unlimited | Zola:Yes |
| Wedding website | PlanHitch:On Premium | Zola:Free |
| Seating plan | PlanHitch:Drag-and-drop plan, 5 tables free. Prints a seating chart and table cards to match your invitations | Zola:Yes, with a print-ready PDF |
| Invitations | PlanHitch:Design from seven matching suites on Premium. Send by email, or on WhatsApp from your own phone | Zola:Paper invitations, priced per card |
| Planning assistant | PlanHitch:A planner you talk to, which changes your plan and can undo it, on Premium | Zola:Not listed |
| Gift registry | PlanHitch:No | Zola:Yes, its core product |
Questions couples ask
Does Zola work for UK weddings?
Zola is an American company, and its prices are in US dollars. Its website and guest list will work for any wedding, but if you're booking UK venues and suppliers, a planner built for UK weddings will fit more of what you're doing.
What's happening between Zola and The Knot?
On 14 October 2026, The Knot Worldwide, which also owns Hitched, announced an agreement for Zola to join its group. It says both will continue as separate brands, and the deal was still subject to closing conditions when we checked.
Does PlanHitch have a gift registry?
No. If a registry matters most to you, Zola does it well. Many UK couples link a registry or a honeymoon fund from their wedding website instead, which works alongside PlanHitch.
Where these facts come from
Checked on 23 October 2026. If something here is out of date, tell us at contact@planhitch.com and we’ll correct it.
- Zola: free wedding websites (custom domain pricing)
- Zola: wedding seating chart
- Zola: wedding invitations
- Zola (company), Wikipedia
- The Knot Worldwide: Zola to join its portfolio (14 October 2026)
Also compare: PlanHitch vs Bridebook · PlanHitch vs Hitched
Try it before you decide
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