Comparison
Birthday Hello vs GroupTogether: a card with cash, or a gift of videos?
GroupTogether is a group card plus a money pool: friends sign a digital card with a message, a photo or a GIF, chip in for a gift card, and the recipient gets the card and the money on a chosen date. The card costs $5.50 and is free when the group collects at least $20. It does not support video. Birthday Hello is the opposite shape: no money, but a video, photos and a message from every guest, delivered as gifts to unwrap on a private page, for $15 per event. Pick GroupTogether to fund a present; pick Birthday Hello when the messages are the present.
Prices and features checked on each company's website on October 6, 2026.
Birthday Hello vs GroupTogether at a glance
| Birthday Hello | GroupTogether | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for one birthday | $15 per event, paid once when you publish. | Card $5.50, or free when the group collects at least $20 USD. Contributors pay 2.9% + $0.30 per payment. |
| What the birthday person gets | A private page with one wrapped gift per guest: video, photos and message. | A digital card by email (or a printable PDF) and, if money was collected, an eGift card from 150+ retailers. |
| Video | Every guest can record or upload a video. | Not supported: “we do not support adding video or audio to the card at this time”. |
| Photos and messages | Photos and a written message from every guest. | A written message with one photo or GIF per signer. |
| What guests need | No account, no app. | No account; an email address to sign. Contributions by card. |
| Who sees what before the day | Only the host. | Contribution amounts are hidden from other signers. Whether signers see each other’s messages is not stated. |
| Delivery | You publish and share the private link on the birthday. | Scheduled email delivery at a date, time and time zone, with a virtual unwrapping when a gift is attached. |
| Occasions and extras | Birthdays only. | Any occasion. Money collection up to $2,000, eGift cards, printable PDF, card packs from $25. |
Sources: grouptogether.com/us/pricing and our pricing page.
When is GroupTogether the better choice?
- The group wants to chip in for a present: GroupTogether collects the money and delivers a gift card with the card.
- A signed card with short messages is enough; nobody needs to record anything.
- You want the cheapest option: $5.50, or free once $20 is collected.
- You need a printable PDF or a card for a non-birthday occasion.
When is Birthday Hello the better choice?
- You want videos: GroupTogether does not support video or audio.
- You want each person to send more than one photo and a longer message, kept together as a gift.
- The surprise and the reveal matter more than the money.
- You want a birthday experience with themes, in English or Spanish.
How much does one birthday cost with each?
For a birthday with 25 guests, a GroupTogether card is $5.50, and free if the group also collects at least $20 for a gift card; each contributor then pays 2.9% plus $0.30 on their payment. Birthday Hello is $15 and collects no money, but every one of those 25 guests can leave a video, photos and a message. If you want both, the two tools are not exclusive: many hosts collect money with one and messages with the other.
On Birthday Hello, an average of 20 people send a gift for each birthday. The price is the same whether 5 or 50 people join.
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