deckle.page or The Knot?
The Knot is a wedding company: vendor listings, planning tools, a registry, an app and a website. We make one thing, your wedding’s website and its paper as one design. Here is the difference, read from The Knot’s own pages, including where The Knot is better.
The website
deckle.pageFree, with no paid tier
The KnotFree
Your own web address
deckle.pageAbout $21 a year for a .com: twice what the registry charges, with our half shown. It never renews by itself
The Knot$19.99 a year1Cheaper there
An account before you see your site
deckle.pageNo. Two names and a date, and it exists
The KnotYes: “Sign up to create your website”, asked after your names2
Ad trackers on a guest’s page
deckle.pageNone. A guest’s page makes no request to any other company
The KnotNo public example site to measure
Guest details and other companies
deckle.pageNever shared, never sold
The KnotIts policy shares data for partners’ own marketing, which it says may count as a sale (policy of 16 September 2026)3
What a guest’s phone downloads
deckle.page1.4 MB on our example with sixteen photos, and no scripts
The KnotNo public example site to measure
Paper that matches the site
deckle.pagePrint-ready files in the same design, free to print anywhere. We don’t sell printed cards yet
The KnotMatching printed invitations1Better there
Registry
deckle.pageA link to the registry you choose
The KnotBuilt in1Better there
Phone app
deckle.pageNo
The KnotYes1Better there
A password on the page
deckle.pageYes, free
The KnotYes1
Choose The Knot if
you want vendor listings, planning tools and a registry in one account, an app to run it from, and printed invitations you can order today.
Choose deckle.page if
you want to see your site before giving anyone your email, your guests’ details kept to yourselves, and a page that opens fast on any phone, with paper in the same design.
See yours in ten secondsMoving from The Knot
Start a page with your names and date, put your schedule and venue in the editor, and add a link to the registry you already have. Your guests reply on deckle.page; nothing on The Knot has to change.