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Group card sites.
Side by side.

Every site here lets a group sign one card from a link, with no account for the people signing. They differ on price, on video, and on what the person is left with.

The table is from each site's own pricing and help pages, read on 27 September 2026. We make tbf, so read our row with that in mind.

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Everyone's words in one card.

Updated

A speech bubble. Happy birthday to our favourite person in the group chat. Don't tell the others.

Pick a design

  • Sitting with a friend. Years of this. Long may it continue.
  • Sitting with a friend. No plans, no rush. Just us and the trees.
  • Pizza on the sofa. We ordered extra. We ate it before you arrived.
  • Pizza on the sofa. Sofa and pizza and the film you picked.
  • Midcentury birthday card. Happy birthday.
  • Half a biscuit over a mug of tea, the other half gone in, and the words one, two, three, four. Happy birthday. Try not to go soft.
  • Pizza on the sofa. The last slice has your name on it. Fight for it.
  • Cutpaper birthday card. Happy birthday.
  • Pizza on the sofa. Cheesy and warm, like the company.
  • A family holding hands. Our smallest person, a year taller.

The question

Each writer gets a question.

One at a time, about Sam. They answer in their own words, or write without one.

Who they are to you
  1. Something Sam did this year that you still think about.
  2. Words of Sam's that you have caught yourself using.
  3. A day Sam made better just by turning up.
  4. Something Sam taught you without meaning to.
  5. A small thing about Sam that nobody else would notice.
  6. The story about Sam you tell most.
  1. The moment you knew you had a proper friend in Sam.
  2. Something Sam did that only a friend would.
  3. A thing you still laugh about together.
  4. The time Sam turned up when it mattered.
  5. Something Sam knew about you before you said it.
  1. Something Sam did for the family that went unsaid.
  2. A habit of Sam's that you have caught yourself copying.
  3. A memory of Sam from when you were younger.
  4. Something Sam put up with from you.
  5. Something Sam taught you, mostly by example.
  1. A small thing Sam did that you noticed and never mentioned.
  2. The moment you knew.
  3. Something Sam did this year that made things easier for you.
  4. A thing about Sam you would not change.
  5. Something Sam carried that was yours to carry.
  1. The thing you go to Sam for.
  2. Something you picked up from working beside Sam.
  3. A bad day at work that Sam turned round.
  4. Something a new starter should be told about Sam.
  5. Something Sam did that made the job feel worth doing.

Or write without one.

Six sites, one card each

The cheapest single card on each, for a birthday or a leaving do. Prices as the sites show them.

SiteOne cardVideo from signersOne film of everybodyGift cardHow long it lasts
tbf£4.99, or one a month free in the iPhone appEvery card, up to 30 seconds eachYes, cut for you, plus a 60 second versionYes, guests can add to itThe link for 90 days, then in the free app
Thankbox£4.99, or £8.99 for PremiumPremium onlyNo, Premium plays a slideshowYes, contributors pay a feeNever expires, with a PDF
Groupcards£4.79Not on a single cardNot statedYesOnline with no end date, with a PDF
GatheredCards£3.59Not statedNot statedYes, a gift pot with a feeA print ready PDF
GroupGreeting£5.99Not statedNot statedYesOnline for a year, with a PDF
Kudoboard$6.99 for 20 posts, $9.99 for 100From the $9.99 boardA slideshow you export, on the $19.99 boardYesOnline for good

From thankbox.com/pricing, groupcards.io/pricing, gatheredcards.com/pricing, groupgreeting.com/pricing and faq, and kudoboard.com/pricing, read on 27 September 2026.

Not stated means the site's pricing and help pages do not say. GroupGreeting's FAQ gives $4.99 where its pricing page gives £5.99 and $5.99.

Which one suits what

Each does one thing best.

  • tbf

    When you want to hear them. Everybody can record a clip, and we cut them into one film the person watches on the day.

  • Thankbox

    A good pick for a UK leaving card with a collection. The Classic card is the same price as ours.

  • Groupcards

    Cheap, and it can post a printed copy in the UK for £4.99 plus postage.

  • GatheredCards

    The lowest price for one card on this list.

  • GroupGreeting

    The widest choice of card fronts, if the design matters most.

  • Kudoboard

    A big board for a big group, with prints on every board and a slideshow on its top one.

What the table does not show

Gift cards cost more than the price on the front, because Thankbox and GatheredCards both charge the people chipping in a percentage plus a few pence each time.

Video is where the sites split. Most take a photo or a GIF. Few take a clip.

On tbf the video is part of every card. We cut the clips into one film, with the funniest clip first and everybody at once near the start.

The person can film themselves watching it in the iPhone app. Theirs to keep.

How a group card works on tbf

The same three steps for a birthday, a leaving do or a new baby.

  1. 01

    Pick a card and a day.

    Choose the front and when it opens. It opens at nine in their time zone unless you pick a time.

  2. 02

    Send one link round.

    Each person adds a message, records a clip, or both. Nobody needs an account.

  3. 03

    They open it on the day.

    Every note, then the film of everybody who wrote in.

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Questions

What is the best group card site?

It depends on what you want the person to end up with. For a film of everybody, tbf. For a printed copy, Groupcards. For the lowest price, GatheredCards.

Which group card sites let people add a video?

tbf on every card, Thankbox on Premium and Kudoboard from its $9.99 board. The others list photos and GIFs only.

Do people need an account to sign a group card?

Not on any of these six. The person who starts the card makes one on some of them.

Is there a free group card?

tbf gives one card a month free in the iPhone app. Thankbox lets you start one free and pay when it is sent.

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