Mobilo vs Wave Connect (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Wave Connect grades higher than Mobilo: 3.0 against 2.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 24, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
Mobilo grades higher on value for money. Wave Connect grades higher on the free plan, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Mobilo
NFC business cards and digital wallet cards with team lead capture
Wave Connect
Digital business cards with AI badge scanning on prepaid credits
Which one is for you
Pick Mobilo if
- Fits if you want a physical NFC card and a lead form on a low yearly plan
- Works for event staff who switch a card between a contact card and a lead form
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: plans are billed yearly only and all sales are final, so cancelling after purchase or renewal brings no refund
- Tight if you're staying free, as lead capture, the card scanner and CRM links all need Pro
- Not for you if you need team controls on Pro: the admin panel, Microsoft and Google sign-in and team analytics start on Teams
- Watch out: the low card prices are a sale; normally a custom card is $39, wood $59 and metal $139
- Skip it if you want a custom landing page or white-glove onboarding with under 100 seats
Pick Wave Connect if
- Fits if you staff a booth and want badge scans sent to a CRM without renting the show's scanner
- Works for a team of three or more that wants cards and CRM sync on one plan
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you scan a lot: credits cost $250 for 115, a badge takes 4 and they expire after 12 months
- Tight if you want CRM sync alone or as a pair, since it starts on Teams, which bills three users at least
- Watch out: removing Wave branding and a branded QR code need Pro, at $7 a month yearly or $9 monthly
- Not for you if you need SSO, SCIM or unlimited lead-capture users without a quote, as those are Enterprise only
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAMobiloGood | 3.0GPAWave ConnectVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BPro is $3 a month billed yearly and Teams $4 a user, inside this category's cheapest quarter, which starts at $4.99. A custom NFC card is normally $39 once, and plans come only on yearly billing. | CPro is $7 a month on yearly billing ($9 monthly in the iOS app), near this category's dearer quarter at $7.50. Teams is $5 a user, the middle, with three users at least. Scanning credits cost extra: $250 for 115. |
| Free plan and trial | CThe wallet card is free, with photos, a logo and 40+ social links, shared by tap or QR. Collecting the other person's details, the card scanner and CRM links all need Pro, so you'll hit that quickly. | BThe free card comes with a personal email signature, unlimited sharing and contacts, wallet passes, a lead form and personal analytics, with no end date. The 10 AI scanning credits are a one-off taste. |
| Features | CNFC cards with modes that switch between a contact card, a landing page and a lead form, unlimited lead capture, a scanner, AI lead scoring and a team admin panel. The listing's gap: the pages read don't name the native CRM integrations. | BCards with galleries, video and booking, a scanner that reads badges, paper cards and LinkedIn QR codes offline, waterfall enrichment, signatures for Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail, team templates and native CRM sync. That covers the whole job. |
| Ease of use | BMobilo rates 4.7 on the US App Store from 740 ratings, short of the 1,000 ratings an A needs. | AWave Connect rates 4.8 on the US App Store from 1,604 ratings, the top of our ease ladder. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Zapier to 6,000+ apps, Microsoft Azure Active Directory sync and Apple and Google Wallet. No desktop app. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with native sync to HubSpot, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Zoho, Pipedrive and HighLevel, and Zapier to 5,000+ apps. No desktop app. |
| Best for | a low-cost NFC card with lead capture | small teams scanning event badges into a CRM |
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: Mobilo and Wave Connect. How we grade
Price against what you get
Mobilo starts at $3 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Wave Connect starts at $5 a month for each person and scores 3.3.
Wave Connect scores higher, and starts $2 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other digital business cards on the chart, none scores higher than Mobilo for less, and none scores higher than Wave Connect 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
At a glance
| Mobilo | Wave Connect | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $3 per month, billed annually (Pro) | $5 per user / month, billed annually (Teams, three-user minimum) |
| Free plan | A digital wallet card is free: share a customizable profile by tap or QR code from Apple or Google Wallet. Lead capture, the card scanner and CRM links need Pro. | a digital card, a personal email signature, unlimited sharing and contacts, Apple and Google Wallet, a lead capture form, personal analytics and 10 trial credits for AI scanning. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of Pro, or 90 days when bought with a physical card | 7-day free trial of Pro; 14-day free trial of Teams |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Lulu Systems, Inc. | Wave Connect Inc. |
| Price read from | mobilocard.com | wavecnct.com |
| Checked | Oct 24, 2026 | Oct 24, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Mobilo
- Plans are shown billed annually only, and the checkout says all sales are final: cancelling after purchase or renewal brings no refund.
- Card prices are discounted until October 25; normally a custom classic card is $39, wood $59 and metal $139.
- Pro is for one person; team admin controls, SSO and team analytics start on Teams, licensed per person.
- A custom landing page and white-glove onboarding need 100 seats or more.
Wave Connect
- AI scanning uses credits: 4 per event badge and 1 per paper card, LinkedIn QR or lead form; 100 credits plus 15 free cost $250 and last 12 months.
- Teams needs at least 3 users, and CRM sync, templates and locked fields start there.
- Enforced SSO, SCIM provisioning and unlimited lead-capture users need Enterprise, which is quoted.
- Removing Wave Connect branding and using a branded QR code need Pro or higher.
Key features
Mobilo
- NFC cards and wallet card
- Plastic, wood and metal NFC cards with a QR code for older phones, plus key fobs and phone buttons. Every card comes with a digital card for Apple or Google Wallet.
- Card modes
- Switch what a tap opens: a contact card, a personal landing page, a lead generation form or any web address.
- Lead capture and scanner
- Pro collects unlimited leads, scans paper business cards into contacts and scores leads with Mobilo AI against your ideal customer profile.
- Team admin panel
- Teams admins assign licenses and cards, lock or override each member's profile fields, group people by department or location and report on the team's taps.
- Directory sync and sign-in
- Sign in with Microsoft or Google, and sync employees from Microsoft Azure Active Directory to order cards, update details and off-board people.
- Integrations
- Leads go to 6,000+ apps through Zapier as well as through native CRM integrations; the pages read do not name the native ones.
Wave Connect
- Digital card and sharing
- Contact details, photo gallery, video and files, calendar bookings and a link in bio, shared by QR code, text, email, wallet pass, phone widget or offline.
- AI badge and card scanner
- Snap an event badge with only a name and company and Wave finds the rest; it also reads paper cards and LinkedIn QR codes, and keeps scanning offline.
- Waterfall enrichment
- Several data sources plus AI search look for each contact's email, phone and LinkedIn. Failed lookups and duplicate scans are not charged.
- CRM sync
- Teams syncs leads natively to HubSpot, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Zoho, Pipedrive and HighLevel with custom field mapping, or to 5,000+ apps through Zapier.
- Email signatures
- Branded signatures for Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail; Teams admins set signatures for the whole team.
- Team admin
- Templates, bulk import from a spreadsheet, bulk edits and locked fields, admin, manager and viewer roles, and a shared lead dashboard.
Plans
Mobilo
Digital Card$0
A digital card in Apple or Google Wallet with photos, a logo and 40+ social links, shared by tap or QR code.
Pro$3
per month, billed annually
One person: unlimited lead capture, business card scanner, AI lead scoring, and Zapier and native CRM integrations.
Teams$4
per user / month, billed annually
Adds an admin panel: lock and override profile fields, departments and office locations, Microsoft and Google sign-in, team analytics.
Business$5
per user / month, billed annually
Sold through sales. A custom landing page and white-glove onboarding need 100 seats or more.
Custom Classic Card$39
one-time, per card
Custom-printed NFC card with a QR code; $10 until October 25. Branded card $19.99, wood $59, metal $139.
Wave Connect
Free$0
A digital card and personal email signature, unlimited sharing and contacts, wallet passes and a lead form.
Pro$7
per month, billed annually ($9 billed monthly in the iOS app)
Branded QR code and profile, custom colors and fonts, no Wave branding, AI lead capture with enrichment and offline mode.
Teams$5
per user / month, billed annually (3-user minimum)
Admin platform, templates and locked fields, team lead capture with qualifiers and voice notes, CRM sync and a shared credit pool.
EnterpriseCustom
Enforced SSO, SCIM, unlimited lead-capture users on an annual credit package, CRM setup and a dedicated account manager.
Wave NFC Business Card$23
one-time, per card
NFC card linked to your Wave profile. Custom printed $42, metal $53, phone tap or bracelet $23.
Ways to pay less
Mobilo
- Other savings
Cards from $10 until October 25
Mobilo sells the custom classic card for $10 (normally $39), wood $15, metal $20 and Paper Plus $25 until October 25, each with 90 days of Pro free.
Wave Connect
- Annual discount
Save about 22% with yearly Pro
The US App Store lists Pro at $84 a year against $9 a month, and Wave's pricing page shows Pro at $7 a month billed annually.
- Other savings
Bonus credits on larger lead capture packs
Wave adds free credits to bigger packs: 5 extra with 50, 15 with 100, 35 with 200 and 70 with 400 credits.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Mobilo or Wave Connect?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Mobilo starts at $3 per month, billed annually (Pro), and Wave Connect starts at $5 per user / month, billed annually (Teams, three-user minimum). One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Mobilo or Wave Connect?
As of Oct 24, 2026, both Mobilo and Wave Connect have a free plan.
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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.