Comparison
Birthday Hello vs VidDay: one montage or many gifts?
VidDay collects video clips and photos from friends and turns them into a single edited video with music and themes, priced by the final length: $5 up to three minutes, $15 up to ten, then $15 for every extra ten minutes. Birthday Hello collects videos, photos and written messages too, but does not stitch them: the birthday person opens each guest’s contribution as its own gift on a private page, for $15 per event regardless of length. Choose VidDay if you want a finished movie to keep; choose Birthday Hello if you want the surprise of unwrapping one gift at a time.
Prices and features checked on each company's website on October 6, 2026.
Birthday Hello vs VidDay at a glance
| Birthday Hello | VidDay | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for one birthday | $15 per event, paid once when you publish, any number of guests or videos. | $5 for a final video up to 3 min, $15 up to 10 min, +$15 per extra 10 min, capped at $60 for 150 min. Free to collect; you pay to finalize. |
| What the birthday person gets | A private page with one wrapped gift per guest: their video, photos and message together. | One stitched 1080p video with music and theme on a private page, downloadable. Optional video book $79.99. |
| Video | One video per guest, recorded in the browser (up to 3 minutes) or uploaded. | Contributors record or upload; VidDay recommends 30 to 120 seconds. Up to 800 media items and 150 minutes per project. |
| Photos and messages | Photos and a written message from every guest, shown with their video. | Photos get about 4 seconds each inside the final video. Written messages are not part of the product. |
| What guests need | No account, no app. Any phone or computer. | No account; name and email are optional. Any device with the private link. |
| Who sees what before the day | Only the host. The birthday person gets a separate private link when you publish. | Only the creator sees submissions; contributors cannot see each other’s uploads. |
| Delivery | You publish and share the private link on the birthday. | Scheduled delivery at a date and time, or deliver now, with an optional unwrap animation. |
| Occasions and extras | Birthdays only. | 25+ occasions. Music, themes, custom intro, White Glove editing $129, group gifting (contributor pays $1.99 + 3%). |
Sources: vidday.com/pricing and our pricing page.
When is VidDay the better choice?
- You want one finished video with music that the person can download and keep, or a physical video book.
- You prefer someone else to edit it: White Glove editing is $129 with two revision rounds.
- The occasion is not a birthday: retirement, wedding, memorial, get well.
- You expect only a few short clips: under three minutes of final video costs $5.
When is Birthday Hello the better choice?
- You want each friend’s video, photos and words to arrive as a separate gift the birthday person opens one by one.
- Written messages matter as much as the videos; VidDay’s final product is video only.
- Many people will send clips: VidDay’s price grows with total length, Birthday Hello stays at $15.
- You do not want to edit anything or wait for processing: gifts are ready the moment you publish.
How much does one birthday cost with each?
Imagine 25 guests who each record about 45 seconds. That is roughly 19 minutes of footage, which on VidDay lands in the 10 to 20 minute band: $30 for the finalized video, plus $129 if you want White Glove editing. The same birthday on Birthday Hello is $15, with each clip presented as its own gift and nothing to edit. With five guests and clips under three minutes in total, VidDay is cheaper at $5.
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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