Stampgoose vs Tribute: a group video, or an envelope
Tribute is for when twenty people want to say something on camera. Stampgoose is for when you want to say it properly yourself, or with a few others. Here’s the difference.
Tribute and Stampgoose both end with someone watching a video made for them. The difference is who’s in it, and what comes with it. Tribute gathers short clips from a whole group and turns them into one video. A Stampgoose envelope is from you, or from a few of you: a letter, the photos as postcards, and a video, sealed with their name on the front.
Side by side
| Tribute | Stampgoose | |
|---|---|---|
| Who’s in it | Everyone you invite, each recording their own clip | You, or whoever you gather: one person makes the envelope |
| What they get | One video of everyone’s messages | An envelope: a letter, photo postcards and a video, opened one piece at a time |
| The work | Inviting people, chasing them, then editing it yourself or paying their editors | Writing the letter and choosing the photos, about five minutes |
| Words | Captions on the video | A letter as long as it needs to be |
| Keeping it private | A password on the page and the video | Sealed until a day and time, and a passphrase with a hint |
| Price | $35 to $99 to edit it yourself, by length; $99 for their editors | $1.29 for letters and postcards, $5 with a video |
Tribute’s prices are from its pricing page on 9 October 2026. Check theirs before you buy.
When Tribute is the better choice
When the point is the crowd. A retirement where the whole department wants to say goodbye, a fiftieth with friends from every decade, a wedding where the guests who can’t come still want to be there. Tribute is built for gathering dozens of clips: it sends the invitations, reminds the people who forget, and stitches it all together. Nothing we make does that job as well.
When an envelope is the better choice
When it’s you, or a family, with something to say. A minute of video is lovely; a minute of video with a letter that says what you couldn’t say on camera, and the photos it’s about, is something they keep. An envelope can also wait, sealed with a countdown, until the morning of the day, wherever they are in the world.
It’s also quicker. There’s nobody to chase: write it, add the photos and a video, and send one link tonight.
Doing it together
A group can still send an envelope. One of you makes it and puts everyone in: a few lines each in the letter, everyone’s photos as postcards, and one video with all of you in it. And if you’ve already made a Tribute video, you can download it and put it in an envelope with a letter: upload it if it’s under 1 GB, or add it as a YouTube or Vimeo link.
Their site: tribute.co. Ours, for a video from everyone: the video message page, the big birthday envelope and the wedding envelope.
Questions people ask
How much does Tribute cost?
When we checked in October 2026, Tribute’s DIY option was $35 for a video up to 30 minutes, $49 up to an hour and $99 beyond that, and its Concierge editing was $99. You can build a draft for free and pay before you start collecting clips.
Can a group send one Stampgoose envelope?
Yes, through one person. Whoever makes it collects everyone’s lines for the letter, their photos for the postcards and their clips for one video, then sends one link. Up to ten pieces in an envelope.
Is Tribute or Stampgoose better for a retirement or a big birthday?
If dozens of people want to record a message, Tribute is made for that. If it’s a family or a few close friends with something to say, an envelope keeps it personal: a proper letter, the photos, and one video.
Not sending one today?
We’ll remind you before Diwali and Christmas: a few emails a year, a week or so before the days people send envelopes for. Nothing else, and one click stops them.
