Comparison · November 2026
The best group card websites: 8 compared, free options included
Updated · by Milad, founder of Ouvella
A digital group card is the easy way to get the whole team, the whole class or the whole family to sign one card, wherever they are. There are plenty of sites for it, and they differ in ways that matter: what is really free, how many people can sign, whether everyone reads everyone else’s message, and how the card reaches the person on the day. We read the pricing pages and help articles of eight of them so you can pick in a few minutes.
The short version: for zero cost, use one of GreetPool’s free designs. For the most features, with GIFs, video and printed books, Kudoboard. For a printed card everyone signs from afar, Moonpig. For a card where nobody reads anyone else’s message until the big day, Ouvella, at €14.99 once.
Ouvella is our product. So we are not neutral: we listed it with its limits, we say plainly when another site fits better, and every fact about the other sites comes from their own pages, listed at the bottom. No affiliate links, and no site paid to be here.
At a glance: which site for which need
- Best for companies that want every feature: Kudoboard
- Best for a free card with no message limit: GreetPool
- Best for video, voice notes and a built-in gift collection: Thankbox
- Best for a card you flip through like a paper one: GroupGreeting
- Best for optional private messages and a fee-free gift card pot: GroupCards.io
- Best for a printed card everyone signs from afar: Moonpig Group Cards
- Best for a classroom or club on a free board: Padlet
- Best for keeping every message private until the big day: Ouvella (ours)
The comparison in one table
| Site | Price (November 2026) | Free option | Messages | GIF, video, voice | Hidden from other signers | Print / keepsake |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kudoboard | $6.99 to $19.99 per board | 5-post demo, can’t be delivered | 20, 100 or unlimited | GIFs, audio; video from Premium | Optional (Milestone, business plans) | JPG download, book from $32.99 |
| GreetPool | $4.99 per card | Yes, on “FREE” designs | Unlimited | GIFs, video; voice not stated | Not stated | PDF keepsake |
| Thankbox | €4.99 or €8.99 incl. VAT | Free to create, pay to send | Unlimited | GIFs; video and voice on Premium | Optional, per message | |
| GroupGreeting | $5.99 per card, excl. VAT | No (demo card to sign) | Unlimited (700 characters each) | GIFs, stickers | No, everyone sees everything | Low-resolution PDF |
| GroupCards.io | $4.99 per card | No (30-day Business trial) | Unlimited | GIFs, stickers; no audio or video | Optional, per message | PDF; printed card in the UK |
| Moonpig | Price of the card you pick | None mentioned | Up to 50 | Not stated | Not stated | Physical card or e-card |
| Padlet | Free; €15 a month | Yes, 3 padlets | Not stated | Recorded video and audio | No, the board is shared | PDF export, print |
| Ouvella (ours) | €14.99 once (Ouvella price as of October 25, 2026) | No, signing is free | 200 | Voice; an animated GIF can be the photo, no GIF library; no video | Yes, always | Booklet to print or save as PDF |
Facts taken from each site’s official pages on November 1, 2026, prices as shown to us from France. “Not stated”: the pages we read don’t say. Offers change, so check the site before you pay.
The 8 sites in detail
The order is not a ranking: each site is here for a different need.
Site 1: Kudoboard
Best for companies that want every feature
An online group card service built for workplace recognition: one big board where everyone posts a message, for farewells, birthdays, work anniversaries or sympathy.
- Price:
- Single boards: Lite $6.99 (20 posts), Premium $9.99 (100 posts), Milestone $19.99 (unlimited). Business plan from $299 a year for 1 to 50 employees. Prices in US dollars.
- Free?
- A free demo board, capped at 5 posts, which cannot be delivered to the recipient through Kudoboard. A free Business plan trial, no credit card required.
What it does well
- GIFs (GIPHY library) from the Lite board, audio clips, video posts from Premium
- Slideshow from the Milestone board and on business plans
- A gift card collection right on the board (USD, EUR, AUD, CAD or GBP)
- Hardbound books from $32.99 shipped to many countries; poster prints within the continental US
- Slack and Microsoft Teams invites on the Pro and Enterprise plans
Good to know
- By default, every post is viewable by anyone with the board link; private posts on Milestone boards and business plans
- Gift collection: a processing fee on each contribution and a $1,000 cap per board
- On a single board, the slideshow and unlimited posts mean the $19.99 Milestone board
Official site: kudoboard.com · our detailed Kudoboard comparison
Site 2: GreetPool
Best for a free card with no message limit
A group card site with a gallery of designs for every occasion: birthdays, farewells, weddings, new babies, thank-yous and more.
- Price:
- $4.99 per card, according to its FAQ (shown to us as €4.99 from Europe). Prepaid packs of 6 to 50 cards save up to 40% per card, and the credits never expire. Unlimited subscriptions for teams.
- Free?
- A rotating selection of designs marked “FREE” work exactly like paid cards: no limit on messages, signers or features, and no credit card.
What it does well
- Unlimited signers and messages; signers never pay and need no account
- Videos, photos and GIFs
- A downloadable PDF keepsake
- Group gift card: everyone chips in and the recipient picks from 300+ brands
Good to know
- The free designs are a limited selection that changes over time
- Group gift card: a service fee applies, shown before you pay
- Voice messages and whether signers see each other’s messages: not stated on its pricing page
Site 3: Thankbox
Best for video, voice notes and a built-in gift collection
A group card and group gift service based in Edinburgh, Scotland, shown as a board or as a card.
- Price:
- Classic €4.99 and Premium €8.99, VAT included (shown to us in euros). A pack of 25 Premium cards for €87 (€3.48 a card), and a Team Plan on request.
- Free?
- Free to create, with no sign-up: you only pay when you send it.
What it does well
- Unlimited messages; photos, GIFs, YouTube and TikTok videos on every Thankbox
- Premium adds uploaded videos, voice notes, a slideshow and your own design
- Private messages: any contributor can hide theirs so only the recipient sees it (the organizer can still read it)
- A PDF download for you and the recipient
- Gift collection up to €400 (Classic) or €1,000 (Premium), redeemable at 2,000 retailers worldwide, as a prepaid card or by PayPal
Good to know
- A fee on each gift contribution: 1.1% + £0.17 in GBP, 2.5% + €0.17 in EUR, 2.9% + $0.19 in USD
- Video, voice notes and the slideshow need Premium
Site 4: GroupGreeting
Best for a card you flip through like a paper one
A digital card that keeps the feel of a paper one: pick a cover (or upload your own), then everyone places their message on pages you turn.
- Price:
- $5.99 per card (excluding VAT), or plans of 10 to 100 cards, from $54 to $399, to use within 12 months.
- Free?
- No free card on its pricing page. You can sign a demo card to try it.
What it does well
- Unlimited signatures and pages; no registration needed to sign
- Photos, GIFs and stickers
- An optional gift card
- A PDF of the card after delivery
Good to know
- No private messages: according to its FAQ, everyone can see everyone’s messages, as on a paper card
- 700 characters per message
- The PDF is low resolution, and the card stays online for one year after delivery
Site 5: GroupCards.io
Best for optional private messages and a fee-free gift card pot
A group card site run by Group Cards Limited, which also offers boards, bulk sending and automations for companies.
- Price:
- $4.99 per Premium card; 5 cards for $22.45 with no expiry; Business plan $23 a month, billed $276 a year (50 members).
- Free?
- No free card on its pricing page. A 30-day free trial of the Business plan, no credit card required.
What it does well
- Unlimited pages and signatures; images, GIFs and stickers
- Private signatures: a message can be visible only to its sender and the recipient
- Gift card collection pots at no extra cost, with an optional tip
- The card stays online indefinitely and downloads as a PDF
- A printed card posted by Royal Mail, in the UK
Good to know
- No audio recordings or video messages on a single card
- Printing and posting are UK only
Site 6: Moonpig Group Cards
Best for a printed card everyone signs from afar
The group option of the greeting card retailer: the organizer picks a Moonpig card, shares a link, and everyone adds their own message before the card goes out.
- Price:
- The price of the card you choose: see Moonpig, its help article on group cards quotes no price.
- Free?
- None mentioned.
What it does well
- Up to 50 people can add a message
- Works with any card size, as a physical card or an e-card
- An optional deadline closes the card to new messages
- Each person picks their own font and colour
Good to know
- Run through the UK, Ireland, Australia and US Moonpig sites
- A physical card cannot be switched to an e-card later
- No stickers on group cards; photos, GIFs and privacy between signers are not stated in its help article
Site 7: Padlet
Best for a classroom or club on a free board
Not a card site but a collaborative board, with plans for classrooms and schools: everyone pins a post (text, photo, recorded video or audio). It works as a group card: create the board, share the link, then send it to the person.
- Price:
- Free, or Platinum at €15 a month or €120 a year (shown to us in euros). Classroom and school plans too.
- Free?
- Up to 3 padlets, 20 MB uploads, 2-minute video and 5-minute audio recordings, no credit card.
What it does well
- Available in over 40 languages
- Export to PDF, image or CSV, or print, from the Share menu
- Secret link, with an optional password or required log-in
Good to know
- A board, not a card: the layout and the hand-over are up to you
- People allowed to post also read, comment and react on the board: no surprise between contributors
- The free plan stops at 3 padlets
Site 8: Ouvella
Our product ·Best for keeping every message private until the big day
This is our product. An online group card everyone signs from their phone without seeing anyone else’s message: farewell, retirement, end of internship, birthday, new baby, wedding, get well or teacher.
- Price:
- €14.99 once per card, for the whole group, up to 200 messages. No subscription.
- Free?
- No free version: you create the card and collect the messages before paying, then pay before you give it. Signing is free, with no account.
What it does well
- Nobody reads anyone else’s message: only the person receiving the card, and you as the organizer, see them all
- Each message: up to 1,000 characters of text, one photo and a one-minute voice message
- On the day: a private link and QR code, plus a full-screen slideshow for the TV or projector
- A keepsake booklet to print or save as a PDF
- A link to your own online collection, shown to signers and never to the recipient
- Card shown in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian or Brazilian Portuguese; no account for anyone
Good to know
- No GIF library and no video (an animated GIF can be the photo)
- 200 messages per card at most
- No business plan and no subscription: each card is paid for on its own
- Nothing shipped by post, and no card for sympathy or condolences
Farewell card
Good luck, Riley!
Thank you for making every Monday stand-up feel shorter. We’ll miss you.
Maya
Your project tracker lives on. Good luck out there!
📷 photo
Leo
Six years of coffee runs and not one wrong order. Legendary.
🎙️ voice
Ari
Thank you for taking the time to show me everything on day one.
Jo
Signed by Maya, Leo, Ari, Jo and 24 others
Number 8, in full transparency
Ouvella is an independent site, created by Milad. We built the card around one idea: everyone writes the real memory without reading the message above theirs, and the person discovers it all on the day, as a slideshow at the party or quietly on their phone. Pick Ouvella if:
- you want nobody to read anyone else’s message before the big day
- you’d rather pay one flat price (€14.99) than subscribe
- your team is international and wants the card in its own language
- a message, a photo and a voice note per person is enough, without a GIF library or video
Group card online free: what actually works
Looking for a free group card or free group ecards for the office? Here is what genuinely costs nothing, and where each option falls short.
A free GreetPool design
Good: A real online group card, with no limit on messages or signers and no credit card.
Catch: Only on the designs marked “FREE” at the time, a selection that changes.
A free Padlet board
Good: Up to 3 boards, with photos and recorded video or audio.
Catch: Everyone sees everything, and the layout and hand-over are up to you.
A form, then a homemade slideshow
Good: With Microsoft Forms or Google Forms, everyone answers on their own and only you read the replies. Paste them into PowerPoint or Google Slides for the party.
Catch: Free and private, but the layout takes you an evening, and photos or voice notes have to be gathered separately.
A shared document or a team channel
Good: A Word document online, a Google Doc, or a Teams, Slack or group chat created without the person: ready in a minute.
Catch: Everyone sees everything, and someone has to gather the messages before they can be given.
Kudoboard’s demo board
Good: Free, and a good way to try the tool.
Catch: Capped at 5 posts, and Kudoboard does not let you deliver it to the recipient: it is a trial, not a card to give.
What about Thankbox? Creating one is free, but you pay when you send it. Ouvella isn’t free either, and we’d rather say so: €14.99 once, about €0.75 per person for a team of 20, and signing stays free for everyone. Whatever you pick, our farewell messages for a coworker will help with the words.
How to choose, in 4 questions
1. One card, or every card this year?
For a single occasion, a per-card price is simplest: GroupCards.io, GreetPool, Thankbox, GroupGreeting, Kudoboard or Ouvella. If your team celebrates every birthday and every leaving do, a subscription can work out cheaper: Kudoboard’s business plans, GroupCards.io’s Business plan, GreetPool’s subscriptions or Thankbox’s Team Plan. For an office birthday, see also our group birthday card.
2. Should it arrive on paper?
Moonpig group cards can be physical cards, GroupCards.io prints and posts cards in the UK, and Kudoboard turns a board into a hardbound book. Everywhere else, the keepsake is digital, usually a PDF you can print at home.
3. Do you want the messages kept private?
A shared board has real charm: you watch it grow and laugh at everyone’s photos. But people tend to echo the message above theirs, and the card can reach the person too early. For warmer, more personal messages, look at Thankbox’s and GroupCards.io’s private messages (each contributor’s choice), Kudoboard’s private posts (Milestone and business plans), or Ouvella, where privacy is the rule for everyone.
4. How will you hand it over?
For a party with a screen, look for a slideshow: Kudoboard (Milestone), Thankbox (Premium) and Ouvella include one. For the group gift, Kudoboard, Thankbox, GreetPool and GroupCards.io build in a group gift card; Ouvella shows the link to your own collection. Everything about our card is on the group farewell card page.
How we made this list
- Official pages only. On November 1, 2026 we read each site’s pricing page, FAQ or help center. No third-party reviews, nothing from memory: the exact addresses are in the sources below.
- The same criteria for everyone. The real price of one card, whether a genuinely free option exists and its limit, how many messages, which media, who reads what, how the card is handed over (slideshow, PDF, print) and the group gift.
- What we didn’t do. We did not buy a card on every site: this comparison relies on what each one publishes. When a page doesn’t say, we write “not stated” rather than guess.
- Ouvella is our product. It is on the list with its limits, and the order is not a ranking. No link is an affiliate link, and no site paid to appear.
- Prices as shown from France. Thankbox, GreetPool and Padlet displayed euros to us; several sites adapt the currency to your country, so you may see a different amount.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free group card online?
Yes, with limits. GreetPool’s designs marked “FREE” work like paid cards, with no limit on messages or signers, but the selection is small and changes over time. Padlet is free for up to 3 boards, where everyone sees everything. A Microsoft Forms or Google Forms survey pasted into a slideshow also costs nothing. Kudoboard’s free board is only a 5-post demo that cannot be delivered. Thankbox is free to create, but you pay to send. Ouvella is not free (€14.99 once for the whole group), but signing is.
What is the best group card website?
There isn’t a single one: it depends on what matters to you. For the most features (GIFs, video, printed books, business plans), Kudoboard. For a free card with no message limit, a free GreetPool design. For video, voice notes and a built-in gift collection, Thankbox Premium. For the feel of a paper card, GroupGreeting. For a physical card everyone signs, Moonpig or, in the UK, GroupCards.io’s printing service. For a card where nobody reads anyone else’s message until the big day, Ouvella, which is our product.
What are the best Kudoboard alternatives?
GreetPool (free designs, video, PDF keepsake), Thankbox (video and voice notes on Premium, private messages, gift collection), GroupCards.io (optional private signatures, gift card pots with no added fee), GroupGreeting (a page-turning card) and Ouvella (every message private by default, slideshow included). Padlet or a Microsoft Forms survey work for zero cost.
Are there free group ecards for the office?
If your company runs on Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, you already have free tools: a Forms survey turned into a slideshow, a shared document, or a Teams or Slack channel created without the person. For an actual ecard, a free GreetPool design costs nothing. For an office that celebrates someone every week, a subscription such as Kudoboard’s Business plan, GroupCards.io’s Business plan or Thankbox’s Team Plan may fit better than one-off cards.
Can signers see each other’s messages?
It depends on the site. On GroupGreeting everyone sees everything, as on a paper card. On Kudoboard a post is viewable by anyone with the board link by default, and private posts can be turned on for Milestone boards and business plans. Thankbox and GroupCards.io let each contributor make their own message private. On Padlet, people who post can read the board. GreetPool and Moonpig do not say on the pages we read. On Ouvella, signers never see anyone else’s message, with no setting to change.
Can we collect money for a group gift on the card?
On several sites, yes, as a group gift card: Kudoboard (processing fee, $1,000 cap per board), Thankbox (up to €400 or €1,000, with a fee per contribution, for example 2.9% + $0.19 in USD), GreetPool (service fee shown before paying) and GroupCards.io (no added fee, optional tip). Ouvella does not collect money: you paste the link of your own online collection, which signers see and the recipient never does.
Can I print a digital group card?
Usually as a PDF: GreetPool, Thankbox, GroupGreeting (low resolution, according to its FAQ), GroupCards.io, Padlet and Ouvella (keepsake booklet) all let you save or print it. Kudoboard sells hardbound books from $32.99, GroupCards.io prints and posts cards in the UK, and Moonpig group cards can be physical cards. Voice messages and videos stay online.
How much does a group card cost?
In November 2026, per card: $4.99 at GroupCards.io and GreetPool, €4.99 or €8.99 at Thankbox, $5.99 excluding VAT at GroupGreeting, $6.99 to $19.99 at Kudoboard, and €14.99 at Ouvella, about €0.75 per person for a team of 20. Padlet has a free plan, and teams that celebrate all year may save with a subscription.
Sources
Official pages read on November 1, 2026.
- Kudoboard: kudoboard.com/pricing · support.kudoboard.com · kudoboard.com/print/
- GreetPool: greetpool.com/pricing
- Thankbox: thankbox.com/pricing · thankbox.com/features/private-messages
- GroupGreeting: groupgreeting.com/pricing · groupgreeting.com/faq
- GroupCards.io: groupcards.io/pricing · groupcards.io/faq
- Moonpig: help.moonpig.com/en/articles/318716-how-do-i-make-a-group-card
- Padlet: padlet.com/site/pricing · padlet.help/l/en/about-padlet/do-you-have-it-in-my-language · padlet.help/l/en/article/orwj31gwae-export · padlet.help/l/en/article/l2d9pcbd9i-padlet
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