VidDay is the most feature-rich maker in the category: photos and text cards beside video, themes, a music library with a custom song builder, trimming and splitting, invite tracking with automatic reminders, and video-book keepsakes. If you want to produce a montage and enjoy producing it, VidDay gives you the most tools, and their create-now-pay-later model is fair.
videos.me makes the opposite bet: that most organisers do not want an editor at all. One link out, clips back, tick and reorder, one film, priced by the videos received rather than the finished length. Choose by temperament: if a song builder sounds fun, choose VidDay; if it sounds like a second job, that is what we removed.
| videos.me | VidDay | |
|---|---|---|
| Price model | Per video received: $0.35 each, or bundles $7.99 / $19.99 / $34.99 | By finished length: $5 (to 3 min), $15 (to 10), +$15 per 10, capped $60; memberships $59.99/yr for 6 videos, $237.99/yr for 30 |
| When you pay | After videos arrive; nothing if no one replies | At the end, to download and share (create now, pay later) |
| What you can collect | Video (recorded in browser or uploaded) | Video, photos, and text cards |
| Editing | No editor by design: tick, reorder, compile | Trim, split, reorder, text cards, themes |
| Music | None: download the film and score it anywhere | Music library plus a custom song builder |
| Invite tracking | One anonymous link; contributors never sign up | Smart invites: open tracking, RSVP list, automatic reminders |
| Contributor experience | Record in the browser, no app, no account | Record from phone or webcam via the link |
| Keepsakes | Digital film, private link, download | Video Book (17 covers), postcard with QR, gift wrap |
VidDay facts read from vidday.com/pricing, 12 October 2026. Length pricing unchanged since August 2026; membership prices read for the first time. Their features and prices are theirs to change; check their site for current details.
For small collections, usually: six clips cost about $2.10 with us versus VidDay’s $5 minimum tier. For long films their length pricing rises toward $60 while our bundles cap at $34.99. For very produced montages, compare against what you’d actually build.
Yes, that is one of their strengths: smart invites with open tracking, RSVPs, and automatic reminders. videos.me deliberately uses one anonymous link instead: contributors never sign up to record, we send no invites and no reminders, and you do the nudging your own way.
VidDay: photos and text cards can go straight into the montage. videos.me collects video only today.
Two minutes to set up, free to create, and nothing to pay until you unlock your videos.
Will people actually record something?
They open the link and record in their browser. Nothing to install, and no account to make.
What if I set it up and nobody sends anything?
Creating a collection is free, and you pay when you unlock your videos. An empty collection costs you nothing.
What do I even ask people to say?
Every occasion page here comes with prompt ideas you can send as they are, or write your own.