In short
Virtual Video Guestbook costs $29 and collects your guests' videos into a gallery you keep for 12 months. Video Message costs $49 and turns those videos into one edited film, delivered within 24 hours of closing your collection. They are cheaper and they host for longer. We are the only one of the two that actually produces the keepsake. The $20 difference buys the edit.
Virtual Video Guestbook is run by VideoBooth Systems, a company with genuine pedigree: they report more than three million video messages captured for brands including Disney, BBC, Nike and Microsoft. Their consumer product is simple, inexpensive and well built. It collects video messages beautifully. What it does not do is make the film.
Side-by-Side Comparison
Virtual Video Guestbook
You receive a gallery and a compilation of raw clips — not an edited film with music, transitions and pacing
Nothing is produced for you, so there is no delivery timeframe and no finished keepsake
No physical kit: you design, print and place your own signage
The free trial caps you at 10 videos and adds a watermark
Trimming, ordering and scoring the film remain your job, after the event
Video Message
One beautifully edited film with music and transitions, delivered within 24 hours
You do nothing after the event — no assembling, no trimming, no scoring
$49 for the digital QR code, or $99 for three separate events
Optional printed kit on Amazon ($79): banner, table signs, QR stickers, witness badges
Every individual message is also downloadable from your private dashboard
Where Virtual Video Guestbook Is Stronger
No product wins on every axis. Here is what Virtual Video Guestbook genuinely does better than we do.
$29 per guestbook — genuinely cheaper than our $49 digital code
12 months of hosting included; we remove files after 90 days, with an email reminder first
Up to 2,000 videos, and guests may record up to 3 minutes each — we cap messages at 60 seconds
Backed by VideoBooth Systems, who report over 3 million video messages captured for brands including Disney, BBC, Nike and Microsoft
Videos are saved as 1920x1080 MP4 files, downloadable and yours to keep
Which One Should You Choose?
Choose Virtual Video Guestbook if…
Price is your first constraint, you want a full year of hosting, you expect very high volume or need long messages of up to three minutes — and you are happy to assemble the film yourself, or happy never to assemble it at all and simply keep the gallery.
Choose Video Message if…
You want the keepsake, not the raw material. You close your collection and one edited film arrives within 24 hours, ready to play at the anniversary party — with every individual message downloadable too, and the option of a printed station that prompts guests to record.
The Verdict
At $29, Virtual Video Guestbook is the cheapest credible way to collect video messages at an event, backed by a company that has done this at scale for two decades. But collecting is the easy half. What you get back is a folder of clips and a gallery link. Video Message costs $49 and gives you the thing you actually wanted on the day you set up that QR code: one edited film, delivered within 24 hours, ready to watch. Twenty dollars is a fair price for never opening a video editor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Virtual Video Guestbook cheaper than Video Message?
Yes. Virtual Video Guestbook is $29 per guestbook against $49 for our digital QR code. The difference is the edit: they collect and host your videos, we collect them and produce a finished film with music and transitions within 24 hours.
Does Virtual Video Guestbook produce an edited film?
Their site describes a video gallery and a compilation video that you can share or download. There is no edited film with music, transitions and pacing, and no delivery timeframe, because the assembly is yours to do. Verified on their website in July 2026.
How long can guests record on each platform?
Virtual Video Guestbook allows up to 3 minutes per message and as many messages as guests like. Video Message caps each message at 60 seconds. Shorter messages make a film people watch to the end — three minutes each from eighty guests is four hours of footage to sit through.
What happens to my videos after the event?
Virtual Video Guestbook keeps your messages online for 12 months and you can download them at any time. With Video Message, your edited film and every individual video are downloadable and yours to keep forever; we remove them from our servers after 90 days for privacy, and email you a reminder before we do.
Get the Film, Not Just the Footage
Close your collection and receive one beautifully edited film within 24 hours.
Get a Digital QR Code — $49Pricing and features for Virtual Video Guestbook were verified on July 9, 2026 from their own website. Products change — please confirm current details with them before deciding. Virtual Video Guestbook is a trademark of its respective owner and is not affiliated with Video Message.