MyBirthday
The ecard sites and MyBirthdayCards, side by side
| Hallmark eCards, JibJab, Smilebox | MyBirthdayCards | |
|---|---|---|
| Hallmark eCards | Many eCards listed as free; some let you add photos. Hallmark+ ($8.99 a month or $79.99 a year, 7-day free trial) adds unlimited eCards, and Crown Rewards members get a free eCard every month. | Free to make and preview. 2.60 € in the euro zone, £2.20 in the United Kingdom and $2.90 everywhere else per card sent, paid once. No subscription, no credits, no ads. |
| JibJab | Video ecards starring you: you put 1 to 5 faces into a video or music video. A free account gets a handful; membership is $36 a year or $24 for 6 months on the web. | No faces and no photos: drawn mini-games with their name and age written in. |
| Smilebox | Cards, slideshows and collages made with your photos, your music and text, to download or share. Sign-up required. | Nothing to upload: pick a game, type their name, write your message. |
| Jacquie Lawson, American Greetings, Blue Mountain | Animated ecards on a membership; see their own pages for the current price and trial. | One card at a time: you pay when you send it, and there is nothing to renew or cancel. |
Read on 2026-11-01 on hallmark.com/ecards, Hallmark+, Crown Rewards, jibjab.com, JibJab membership help and smilebox.com. Jacquie Lawson, American Greetings and Blue Mountain did not let us read their pages that day: see Jacquie Lawson prices, American Greetings ecards and Blue Mountain for their current offers. Prices can change: their pages have the current figures.
What the card is
A Jacquie Lawson or Blue Mountain ecard is an animation the person watches. A MyBirthdayCards card is something they play: about twenty seconds, a single gesture, impossible to lose, with their name and age inside the game. It ends on the birthday cake, then your message.
When they are the better choice
- You send many cards a year and want a large catalogue for every occasion: a membership pays off.
- You want your own photos and music in a card or a slideshow: Smilebox does that.
- You want a funny video with your faces in it: that is JibJab.
When MyBirthdayCards fits better
- You send a birthday card now and then and do not want a membership to remember to cancel: 2.60 € in the euro zone, £2.20 in the United Kingdom and $2.90 everywhere else per card.
- You want a card that does something: they play it, with their name in the game.
- They open it from a link on any phone or computer, with no app and no account, and you are told when they do.
Questions
Is there a membership on MyBirthdayCards?
No membership is needed. You pay once per card you send: 2.60 € in the euro zone, £2.20 in the United Kingdom and $2.90 everywhere else. Making and previewing are free.
Is it an animated card like Jacquie Lawson?
It is animated, but it is a game they play rather than a film they watch: about twenty seconds, with their name and age inside, and it always ends on the cake.
Can I add photos or music?
No. The cards are drawn games with their own music. For photos and your own music, Smilebox does that; for your faces in a video, JibJab.
Do they need an account to open it?
No. They tap the link and it plays in the browser. The link does not expire.
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