Blinq vs Dot (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, we pick Blinq: it is first in our ranking of digital business cards, and it grades higher too, 3.0 against 2.4.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
Blinq grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Blinq
Digital business cards with contact scanning and event lead capture
Dot
NFC cards, bands and stickers that share a free browser-based profile
Which one is for you
Pick Blinq if
- Fits if you want one free card that people open from a QR code or a wallet pass
- Works for event teams that scan badges and send the leads to a CRM they already use
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you capture a lot of leads: each one captured and enriched on Business costs $9.99 on top, and bulk packs are sold through sales
- Tight if you're a team of two or three, since Business bills five cards at least, about $24.95 a month on yearly billing
- Not for you if you want CRM sync for yourself alone, as Premium covers one person and sync, templates and lead capture need Business
- Watch out: the scanner and contact export are Premium, and enforced SSO and SCIM need Enterprise
- Skip it if you'd rather set up your card on a computer, because cards are made in the phone app
Pick Dot if
- Fits if you want an NFC card or sticker for $30 once and no subscription
- Works for people who'd rather share contacts without either side installing an app
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a phone app, as Dot runs only in the browser
- Pricey if you want the card scanner, contact export or your own logo, which need Profile+ at $12 a month yearly or $15 monthly
- Not for you if you need CRM sync at a listed price: Salesforce, HubSpot and Zapier are on dot.Teams Growth, which is quoted
- Tight if you're staying free, since insights only go back 7 days and dot. branding stays on your profile
How we grade them
| 3.0GPABlinqVery good | 2.4GPADotFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPremium is $7.33 a month on yearly billing ($9.99 monthly) for one person, close to this category's dearer quarter at $7.50. Business is $4.99 a card, on the cheapest-quarter line, but bills five cards at least and adds $9.99 per enriched lead. | CProfile+ is $12 a month on yearly billing ($15 monthly), and dot.Teams Essential $8 a user, both above this category's dearer quarter at $7.50 but short of its dearest tenth. A dot.card is $30 once and the free profile asks nothing more. |
| Free plan and trial | BTwo cards, unlimited sharing and contacts, wallet passes and a personal email signature, free with no end date. One person can share a card on that for good; the contact scanner and contact export are Premium. | Bdot.Profile is free for life: unlimited links, 190+ themes, two-way contact exchange, basic contact management and wallet passes. One person can share on that; insights stop at 7 days and the scanner and export are Profile+. |
| Features | BCards shared by QR, link, NFC, wallet or watch, a scanner for badges and paper cards, AI enrichment, a notetaker, team templates, managed signatures, event lead capture and native CRM sync. That covers the whole job, spread across three plans. | CCards, stickers, bands and a counter display, a profile with unlimited links, two-way exchange, follow-up reminders, branded QR codes and team templates. The listing's gaps: no mobile app, and CRM sync only on the quoted Growth plan. |
| Ease of use | ABlinq rates 4.9 on the US App Store from 132,692 ratings, the top of our ease ladder. | BNo store rating on record. You set up the profile in your phone's browser and share it by tap or QR, with no app to install on either side. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with native sync to HubSpot, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM and Pipedrive, plus Zapier and an MCP server. No desktop app, so on a computer it's the browser. | CWeb only: no iPhone or Android app, so everything runs in the phone's browser and wallet passes. Salesforce, HubSpot and Zapier sync exist only on the quoted dot.Teams Growth plan. |
| Best for | a free digital card, with paid lead capture for teams | a one-off NFC card with a free browser profile |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Blinq and Dot. How we grade
Price against what you get
Blinq starts at $4.99 a month for each person and scores 3.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Dot starts at $8 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
Blinq scores higher and starts $3.01 a month lower. Of the other digital business cards on the chart, none scores higher than Blinq for less, and 6 score higher than Dot for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Blinq also covers meeting notes and email signature.
At a glance
| Blinq | Dot | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $4.99 per user / month, billed annually (Business, five-card minimum) | $8 per user / month, billed annually (dot.Teams Essential) |
| Free plan | Two cards, unlimited sharing and contacts, QR code, widget, email and SMS sharing, Apple and Google Wallet passes, a personal email signature and virtual backgrounds. | Dot.Profile, free for life: 190+ themes, unlimited links, two-way contact exchange, basic contact management, 7 days of insights, a basic QR code and Apple and Android wallet passes. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Premium; 30-day free trial of Business | 7-day free trial of dot.Profile+ |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Blinq Technologies Pty Ltd | dot. cards, inc. |
| Price read from | blinq.me | dotcards.net |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 24, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Blinq
- Business is billed per team card with a five-card minimum, so a team starts at about $24.95 a month on annual billing.
- Leads captured and enriched on Business cost $9.99 each, billed monthly on top of the per-user price; bulk and unlimited packages are sold through sales.
- Premium covers one person only; native CRM sync, templates and lead capture need Business, and enforced SSO and SCIM need Enterprise.
- Cards are set up in the iOS or Android app; the browser dashboard is where Business admins manage team cards.
Dot
- Dot has no mobile app; everything runs in the phone's browser and on the web.
- The AI card scanner, contact export, your logo and removing dot. branding need Profile+, at $12 a month yearly or $15 monthly.
- Salesforce, HubSpot and Zapier sync are on dot.Teams Growth, which is quoted; Essential lists no CRM integration.
- The free profile shows only the last 7 days of insights.
Key features
Blinq
- Cards and sharing
- Two cards free and five on Premium, shared by QR code, link, email, SMS, NFC, Apple or Google Wallet, phone widgets or Apple Watch. Recipients need no app.
- Universal contact scanner
- From Premium, scan event badges, paper cards, QR codes and LinkedIn profiles, offline too, and save them straight to your contacts.
- AI enrichment and notetaker
- Enrichment fills in a contact's photo, title, phone, verified email and LinkedIn from 25+ sources. AI Notetaker records and summarizes the conversation. Both start on Premium.
- Team cards and signatures
- Business admins build templates with locked fields, create cards for the team in a browser dashboard and manage branded email signatures and virtual backgrounds.
- Event lead capture
- Business tags leads to an event campaign, adds custom qualifier forms and reports cost per lead and attribution, with leads synced to the CRM as they are captured.
- CRM sync and MCP
- Native sync with HubSpot, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM and others, Zapier, and an MCP server that lets Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot search your contacts.
Dot
- dot.devices
- Cards, classic and thin phone stickers, metal cards, wristbands and a counter display for shops. A tap or QR scan opens your profile.
- No app on either side
- Profiles are set up and shared through the phone's browser, and the person you meet saves your contact straight from the page.
- dot.Profile
- Bio, banner and profile picture with unlimited contact, social, payment, music and productivity links, updated in real time.
- Contact tools
- The contact tools include two-way exchange, follow-up emails and reminders, meeting notes and meeting location; the AI card scanner, lead map and bulk CSV export need Profile+.
- Branded QR codes
- Profile+ styles your QR code with your logo, text and colors and lets you download it for print.
- dot.Teams
- Admins build profile templates, lock fields, control devices and track invites. Growth adds white-label profiles, a contact map and Salesforce and HubSpot sync.
Plans
Blinq
Free$0
Two cards with unlimited sharing and contacts, wallet passes, a personal email signature and virtual backgrounds.
Premium$7.33
per month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly)
One person: up to five cards, the contact scanner, AI notetaker, AI enrichment, a branded QR code, custom colors and contact export.
Business$4.99
per user / month, billed annually ($6.99 billed monthly)
Billed per team card, five cards minimum. Adds templates, admin email signatures, lead capture, native CRM sync, analytics and MCP.
EnterpriseCustom
Recommended above 100 people: enforced SSO, SCIM provisioning, subteam admins, invoice billing, volume pricing and a dedicated CSM.
NFC Classic card$24.99
one-time, per card
A tap-to-share card linked to your Blinq profile, no subscription needed. Phone sticker $19.99, metal $49.99, custom printed from $59.99.
Dot
dot.Profile$0
Free for life: unlimited links, two-way contact exchange, basic contact management, wallet passes and 7 days of insights.
dot.Profile+$12
per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)
480+ themes, AI paper card scanner, contact export and map, your logo, no dot. branding, styled QR codes and lifetime insights.
dot.Teams Essential$8
per user / month, billed annually
A standard device free for each member, profile templates, locked content, bulk profile creation and team management.
dot.Teams GrowthCustom
Custom devices for each member, Profile+ features, white-label profiles, Salesforce, HubSpot and Zapier sync, team insights.
dot.card$30
one-time, per device
Tap-and-QR card for your dot.Profile with no subscription needed. dot.metal is $50 and custom designs start at $75.
Ways to pay less
Blinq
- Annual discount
Save about 27% to 29% with annual billing
Blinq's pricing page shows Premium at $7.33 a month billed annually against $9.99 monthly, and Business at $4.99 against $6.99 per user.
- Other savings
Up to 25% off NFC cards ordered in bulk
Blinq's NFC shop takes 10% off orders of 20 to 49 cards, 15% off 50 to 99, 20% off 100 to 199 and 25% off 200 or more, applied in the cart.
Dot
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual Profile+
Dot's profile page shows Profile+ at $144 a year ($12 a month) against $15 a month billed monthly, and labels the yearly option save 20%.
- Other savings
Free devices with dot.Teams
Every dot.Teams member gets a complimentary device with an extended warranty: a standard device on Essential and a custom one on Growth.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Blinq or Dot?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Blinq is cheaper to start with: $4.99 a month for each person, against $8 a month for each person for Dot. Blinq starts at $4.99 per user / month, billed annually (Business, five-card minimum), and Dot starts at $8 per user / month, billed annually (dot.Teams Essential).
Which has a free plan, Blinq or Dot?
As of Oct 24, 2026, both Blinq and Dot have a free plan.
Which platforms do Blinq and Dot run on?
As of Oct 24, 2026, only Blinq lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.