Covve vs Mesh

Covve

• Professionals who want reminders to stay in touch with their network
• People who manage their contacts mainly from a phone
• Users who want notes about contacts encrypted end to end

Mesh

• Individuals who want a contact book that keeps itself up to date
• People who want a free personal CRM for up to 1,000 contacts
• Small teams that share contacts and look for warm introductions

Covve

• Mobile only: there is no web app, and Mac access means installing the iPhone and iPad app on a Mac with an Apple M-series chip.
• The App Store lists several Covve Pro prices ($4.99 and $12.99 monthly; $49.99 to $119.99 annually) without saying which applies to new subscribers.
• Contacts cannot be imported directly; they come from an address book synced with the phone, a scanned card or manual entry.
• The plans on covve.com/pricing are for Covve's separate business card scanner, not for the personal CRM app.

Mesh

• The free Personal plan stops at 1,000 contacts and still asks for a credit card at sign-up.
• Sign-up starts a 14-day Pro trial automatically; you have to downgrade to Personal to stay on the free plan.
• The Team plan allows up to 4 team members; larger teams and SAML SSO need Enterprise.
• Paying monthly doubles the Pro price: $20 a month against $10 a month on the annual plan.

Covve

Smart reminders

Automatic reminders prompt you to contact someone at a frequency you set per contact, alongside birthdays and other special dates. Missed reminders can be actioned or rescheduled.

Notes and interaction log

Calls, texts and emails started from the app are logged with date and time under the contact, and Covve prompts you to add a note after each call.

Contact news

Add a contact's company, hobbies or favorite team and the News tab shows recent headlines on those topics to read before you reach out.

Business card scanner

Scans paper business cards straight into contacts, and lets you create a digital business card of your own to share, including through a widget.

AI assistant by email

Email or forward a conversation to the assistant and it adds contacts, logs interactions, writes notes and sets follow-up reminders in your account.

End-to-end encryption

Notes, interactions, reminders and family information are encrypted on the device with a 9-word key that only the user holds. Covve says it cannot read or recover them.

Mesh

Automatic contact import

Creates contacts from the people you have emailed, met on your calendar, texted or called, and from LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

Life updates

Surfaces job changes, location changes and news mentions for the people in your network. Updates are unlimited on the free plan.

Reconnect and reminders

Set reminders for specific people, get prompts when it is time to reconnect, and receive birthday notifications.

Notes on every contact

Notes support Markdown, can reference other contacts with @ and carry # labels that search can filter on. The combined Notes view is on Mac, Windows and web only.

Nexus AI

An AI assistant that answers questions about your network using your contacts' context, such as reasons to get back in touch or ideas for an outreach email.

Mesh for Teams

Shares contacts across a company so colleagues can see who knows whom and spot warm introductions. The Team plan covers up to 4 members.

Covve

• Free$0

  Free download with in-app purchases. The pages read do not state where the free version stops.

• Covve Pro (monthly)$4.99 to $12.99

  per month; the App Store lists two monthly amounts

  In-app subscription billed monthly. The US App Store lists monthly purchases at $4.99 and $12.99 without saying which a new subscriber pays.

• Covve Pro (annual)$49.99 to $119.99

  per year; the App Store lists three annual amounts

  In-app subscription billed yearly. The US App Store lists annual purchases at $49.99, $79.99 and $119.99.

Mesh

• PersonalFree

  Up to 1,000 contacts with imports, search and groups, Reconnect, reminders, birthday notifications and unlimited life updates.

• Pro$10

  per month, billed annually at $120 ($20 billed monthly)

  Unlimited contacts, custom data imports from spreadsheets and CSVs, priority support, invoice-based billing and prioritized data refreshes.

• Team$40

  per seat / month, paid annually ($49 paid monthly)

  Everything in Pro for up to 4 team members, with advanced data enrichment, admin tools and custom integration and setup.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited team members, data import from 100+ software tools, SAML SSO, SOC 2 Type II and a dedicated success manager.

Covve

No public discounts listed.

Mesh

• Annual discount

  50% off Pro with annual billing

  Pro is $120 a year, which works out to $10 a month, against $20 billed monthly. Team is $40 per seat a month paid annually against $49 paid monthly.

• Education

  3 sponsored months of Pro for students and educators

  The pricing FAQ says Mesh will sponsor three months of Mesh Pro for students and educators who email the team.

• Nonprofit

  3 sponsored months of Pro for nonprofits

  The same FAQ extends three sponsored months of Mesh Pro to 501(c)(3) organizations that email the team.