Blinq vs ScanBizCards (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, we pick Blinq: it is first in our ranking of digital business cards, and it grades higher too, 3.0 against 2.2.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 and Nov 12, 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
ScanBizCards
Business card and conference badge scanner that exports leads to CRMs
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 ScanBizCards if
- Fits if you collect leads at trade shows and want badges and cards scanned into a CRM
- Works for teams of up to 50 users that want one admin panel and lead assignment
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a digital card to share, as the site describes no NFC card or shareable profile
- Tight if you stay on the free plan: it only adds contacts to the address book and includes 2 human transcriptions, once
- Watch out: human transcription is capped at 100 per user a year on Sales Ninja, and extra packs cost $25 per 100
- Watch out: Sales Ninja covers up to 50 users, and bigger teams are quoted
- Not for you if you work from a computer, as only iOS and Android apps are listed
How we grade them
| 3.0GPABlinqVery good | 2.2GPAScanBizCardsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CSales Ninja is $100 a user a year, about $8.33 a month, which is just above the $8 where this category's dearer quarter starts. Extra transcription credits are one-time packs such as 100 for $25. |
| 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. | BThe free plan is free for life and covers scanning cards and badges into the address book. It includes only 2 human transcriptions, one time only, and CRM export is paid. |
| 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. | CScanning, batch scanning, human transcription, CRM export and a scan API. It's a scanner, not a digital card you share, and CRM export, cloud backup and the admin panel are paid. |
| Ease of use | ABlinq rates 4.9 on the US App Store from 132,692 ratings, the top of our ease ladder. | CNo store rating on record. Paid use means connecting a CRM and setting up an admin panel and lead assignment. |
| 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. | CiPhone and Android apps only, with an API and CRM export. |
| Best for | a free digital card, with paid lead capture for teams | scanning business cards and conference badges for leads |
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 ScanBizCards. 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. ScanBizCards starts at $8.33 a month when paid by the year for each person and scores 2.0.
Blinq scores higher and starts $3.34 a month lower. Of the other digital business cards on the chart, none scores higher than Blinq for less, and 8 score higher than ScanBizCards 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.
- ScanBizCards also covers transcription.
At a glance
| Blinq | ScanBizCards | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $4.99 per user / month, billed annually (Business, five-card minimum) | $100 per user / year |
| 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. | Trail-Blazer: free app for scanning business cards and conference badges, adding them to the address book, and 2 human transcriptions (one time only). |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Premium; 30-day free trial of Business | The site advertises a free 14-day trial. |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Blinq Technologies Pty Ltd | ScanBiz Mobile Solutions LLC |
| Price read from | blinq.me | scanbizcards.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 12, 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.
ScanBizCards
- It is a scanner and contact manager, not a digital card you share: its site describes no NFC card or shareable profile page.
- CRM export, cloud backup and the admin panel are on the paid Sales Ninja plan; the free plan only adds contacts to the address book.
- Human transcription is limited: 2 on the free plan (one time only), 100 per user per year on Sales Ninja, and extra credits are one-time packs such as 100 for $25.
- Sales Ninja covers teams of up to 50 users, and the site lists only iOS and Android apps.
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.
ScanBizCards
- Card and badge scanning
- Photograph a business card or conference badge and the app reads it with OCR. Batch scanning of several cards is supported.
- Human transcription
- Scanned cards can be transcribed by a person. Sales Ninja includes 100 per user per year, and extra credits are sold in one-time packs.
- CRM export
- Contacts export to Salesforce and other CRMs, or as CSV. Direct scan-to-CRM and batch export are listed under the paid plans.
- Email signature capture
- Saves and updates contacts from the signature block of emails. Listed with the paid features.
- Intro email and vCard
- Sends an introduction email with a vCard and a photo after a scan.
- Scan API
- The business card and badge scan APIs can be connected to a company's own systems.
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.
ScanBizCards
Trail-Blazer$0
Free for life: card and badge scanning, address book export, and 2 human transcriptions, one time only.
Sales Ninja$100
per user / year, for teams of up to 50 users
Adds CRM export, cloud backup, email signature contact capture, an admin panel, lead assignment, batch export, custom fields and 100 human transcriptions per user per year.
Growth HackerCustom
For more than 50 user licenses, quoted by sales. Includes customized human transcription bundles and personalized onboarding.
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.
ScanBizCards
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Blinq or ScanBizCards?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Blinq is cheaper to start with: $4.99 a month for each person, against $8.33 a month when paid by the year for each person for ScanBizCards. Blinq starts at $4.99 per user / month, billed annually (Business, five-card minimum), and ScanBizCards starts at $100 per user / year.
Which has a free plan, Blinq or ScanBizCards?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Blinq and ScanBizCards have a free plan.
Which platforms do Blinq and ScanBizCards run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Blinq lists a web app. Both list iOS and Android apps. 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.