Who wrote this, before anything else: videos.me, which makes a competing tool and is not in the comparison below. We are not going to tell you which of VidDay and Tribute to pick. Every figure here was read off their own pricing pages on the date stamped under the tables, and the totals are computed from those models rather than typed by hand.
VidDay and Tribute are the two best-known group video makers, and they meter the price the same way: by how long the finished film runs. That is where the similarity stops. VidDay starts at $5 for a film up to three minutes and climbs in steps to a $60 ceiling. Tribute starts at $35 and covers everything up to thirty minutes in that one price.
So which of them costs less depends entirely on how long your film turns out, and the crossover is not where most people would guess. The tables below are their own published prices, with every total computed rather than typed, and we do not tell you which to pick.
| VidDay | Tribute | |
|---|---|---|
| What the price is charged by | The finished film’s length | The finished film’s length |
| Entry price | $5, films up to 3 minutes | $35, films up to 30 minutes |
| The length ladder | $5 to 3 min, $15 to 10, $30 to 20, $45 to 30, $60 to 150 | $35 to 30 min, $49 to 60 min, $99 beyond |
| Annual plans | Personal $59.99 a year for 6 videos; Business $237.99 for 30 | None published |
| When you pay | At the end, to download and share (create now, pay later) | Before collecting starts; draft mode is free |
| What goes in the film | Video, photos, and text cards | Video, with a theme library and music built in |
| Editing | Trim, split, reorder, text cards, themes, unlimited previews | Drag-and-drop editing |
| Music | Music library plus a custom song builder | Music built into the themes |
| Done-for-you editing | Not published on their pricing page | Concierge editing, $99 |
| Contributor reminders | Smart invites: open tracking, RSVP list, automatic reminders | Automatic reminders built in |
| Physical keepsake | Video Book (17 covers), postcard with QR code, gift wrap | 7-inch Video Book, on the $149 tier |
| Scale they publish | Not published on their pricing page | Reports 8 million video messages sent |
Both price by how long the finished film runs, so the number of people matters less than how long each of them talks. Computed from the published ladders, including the step a collection crosses by talking a few seconds longer.
| Collection | VidDay | Tribute |
|---|---|---|
| 6 clips of 30 sec | $5.00pay per video, up to 3 min (film runs 3 min) | $35.00DIY, up to 30 min (film runs 3 min) |
| 6 clips of 35 sec | $15.00pay per video, up to 10 min (film runs 3 min 30 sec) | $35.00DIY, up to 30 min (film runs 3 min 30 sec) |
| 15 clips of 60 sec | $30.00pay per video, up to 20 min (film runs 15 min) | $35.00DIY, up to 30 min (film runs 15 min) |
| 40 clips of 35 sec | $45.00pay per video, up to 30 min (film runs 23 min 20 sec) | $35.00DIY, up to 30 min (film runs 23 min 20 sec) |
| 40 clips of 60 sec | $60.00pay per video, up to 150 min (film runs 40 min) | $49.00DIY, up to 60 min (film runs 40 min) |
We are a third option, and the honest reason to mention us on a page about the two of them is that we do not charge by length at all. videos.me prices by the videos you actually receive, so a film that runs long costs the same as a short one with the same number of clips, and nobody crosses a tier by talking for an extra ten seconds.
The other difference is when you find out. The whole loop, collect, compile, watch, share and download, works before any payment, so the question "what if only six people reply" gets answered before you have spent anything. We may be the better option for that reason or we may not: the arithmetic for every route, ours and theirs, is on our cost comparison page.
| Collection | videos.me |
|---|---|
| 6 clips of 30 sec | $2.10pay as you go, 6 × $0.35 |
| 6 clips of 35 sec | $2.10pay as you go, 6 × $0.35 |
| 15 clips of 60 sec | $5.25pay as you go, 15 × $0.35 |
| 40 clips of 35 sec | $14.00pay as you go, 40 × $0.35 |
| 40 clips of 60 sec | $14.00pay as you go, 40 × $0.35 |
Every route for every tool in the category, including the annual plans and a year of collections, is worked out on our cost comparison page.
VidDay and Tribute facts read from vidday.com/pricing and tribute.co/pricing, 12 October 2026. Their features and prices are theirs to change; check their sites for current details. Our own figures are read from the pricing service that charges the card, not typed.
It depends on the length of the finished film, and it crosses over. A six-clip film of about three minutes is $5 on VidDay against $35 on Tribute. A forty-clip film running over twenty minutes is $45 on VidDay against $35 on Tribute, so the order reverses. Past an hour, VidDay’s ceiling is $60 and Tribute’s price is $99. Work out roughly how many minutes you will end up with before comparing the two.
Yes, both price by how long the finished film runs rather than by how many people contribute. The ladders are different: VidDay has five steps from $5 to $60, Tribute has three from $35 to $99.
Both publish a way to see something first, but at different points. VidDay is create now, pay later: you build the montage and pay at the end to download and share it. Tribute offers a free draft mode, with payment required before collecting messages begins.
Both. VidDay publishes smart invites with open tracking, an RSVP list and automatic reminders. Tribute publishes automatic reminders as part of its collection flow.
Both publish one. VidDay sells a Video Book with 17 cover options, plus a postcard with a QR code and gift wrapping. Tribute includes a 7-inch Video Book on its $149 tier.
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