The Thankbox alternative built around private, lasting messages
Thankbox is a polished group card with gifts and hampers. Cheerfold focuses on the message itself: private contributions, transcribed video, and a flip-book keepsake worth holding onto.
Thankbox is a well-made group card — colleagues add messages, photos and videos, and UK senders can bolt on flowers or hampers. The difference with Cheerfold is privacy and format: every message is written in private and revealed to the recipient as an animated flip-book plus a printable PDF, and there's a free tier to start. If gifts-and-hampers is your priority, Thankbox is great; if a private, keepsake-quality card is, Cheerfold fits better.
Side by side
Cheerfold vs Thankbox
How the two stack up, feature by feature.
| Feature | Cheerfold | Thankbox |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes | Paid per box |
| Private contributions (no one sees others' messages) | Yes | Public board |
| Written & video messages | Yes | Yes |
| Automatic video transcription | Yes | No |
| Animated flip-book keepsake | Yes | Online board |
| Printable PDF keepsake | Paid & Keepsake | Download |
| Occasion-specific designs + writing prompts | Yes | Templates |
| Add-on gifts / flowers / hampers | No | Yes |
| No account to contribute | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free, $9 or $15 per card | Paid per box (+ add-ons) |
Thankbox details reflect our understanding at the time of writing — always check their site for the latest.
Why teams switch
What you get with Cheerfold
Every message stays private
Contributors never see each other's notes, so you get genuine, original words — not copies of the message above. The recipient is the first to read it all.
A flip-book keepsake, not a wall
Messages are delivered as an animated, page-by-page flip-book to open online, plus a printable PDF on paid cards — something to keep, not a link that expires.
Video with auto-transcription
Anyone can record a short video right in the browser. We transcribe each one automatically, so the words live on in the printable PDF too.
Designed for the occasion
Each occasion — farewell, birthday, retirement, work anniversary — has its own design and built-in writing prompts, so the right words come easily.
How it comes together
From idea to keepsake in four steps
No accounts for contributors, no chasing people in a shared doc. Just one link and a beautiful result.
Set up the card
Pick an occasion, add the recipient’s name, and get a shareable link plus your own dashboard — about a minute’s work.
Invite the team privately
Teammates open the link and add a message or video without seeing anyone else’s, so nothing gets spoiled.
Lock it in
Watch the message count climb (never the contents), then close the card whenever the moment’s right.
Hand over the keepsake
The recipient flips through every message page by page — and paid cards add a printable PDF to keep.
Credit where it's due
- Add-on flowers, hampers and gifts (UK)
- Polished, well-known UK product
- Messages, photos and video supported
The bottom line
Thankbox shines if you want to attach a gift, flowers or a hamper. For private messages and a card the recipient actually keeps, start a Cheerfold card free.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Everything you might want to know before your first card.
Try the Thankbox alternative your team will keep
Start a card in under a minute — free, no credit card. Everyone adds a private message, and you hand over a flip-book keepsake plus a PDF.
No credit card required.