Sansan review (2026): is it worth it?
Shared company contact database built from scanned business cards
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Sansan report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for company-wide business card databases
Sansan turns the business cards a whole company collects into one shared, searchable contact database, with a person checking each scan. But no price is published, there is a 10-user minimum and a 1-year term, and the email-signature feature is Japan only. If you are one person, look elsewhere.
Who Sansan is for
- Fits if a sales team wants every employee's cards in one company-wide database
- Works for firms with offices in several countries, as cards in 11 languages are read
Who Sansan is not for
- Not for you if you are an individual, as it is sold to companies with a minimum of 10 users
- Watch out: no prices are published and the standard contract term is 1 year
- Skip it if you want a free plan or a trial, as none is listed
- Tight if you are outside Japan and want signature capture, which is Japan only
- Watch out: scans include a human data-entry step, so it is not fully automatic
Why Sansan gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyNo price is published; every plan is quoted after a consultation, so it sits in the middle by default, with a 1-year term and a 10-user minimum.
- FFree plan and trialNothing free is on record: no free plan and no trial on the pages read.
- CFeaturesScanning, a shared database, org charts, Virtual Cards and email lists. The listing names a gap: Contact Inbox, which pulls contacts from signatures, is Japan only.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record, and it is a company roll-out with scanners, accounts and a CRM feed to set up.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, iPhone and Android, with Salesforce, an API and SAML. No desktop app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sansan's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Sansan's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 0 of the 15 other digital business cards we grade, and level with 1.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 3 of 15) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 16 digital business cards we grade, cut by the letter each got. Sansan’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 1 of 15, level with 8
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 15, level with 2
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 15, level with 11
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 15, level with 8
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 3 of 15, level with 12
Keep Sansan, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Sansan you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 14 of the 15 other digital business cards grade higher.
What you could make
- Digital business card: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.
What this rests on. Sansan’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Sansan?
Sansan turns the business cards a company's staff collect into one shared contact database. Cards are scanned with a dedicated scanner or a phone photo, read by AI and checked by people, then searched and used by the whole company. It is sold to organizations on a contract, not to individuals.
Worth knowing
- No prices are published: every plan is quoted after a consultation, and the standard contract term is 1 year.
- The FAQ states a minimum of 10 users.
- Scanning uses a human data-entry step, since the vendor says AI alone is not yet accurate enough.
- The Contact Inbox feature that pulls contacts from email signatures is, per the features page, available only in Japan.
Key features
- Card scanning with human checking
- Paper cards are scanned with a dedicated scanner or photographed on a phone. Sansan says AI reads each card and a person then checks it, giving 99.9% accuracy across 11 languages.
- Shared contact database
- Every employee's contacts go into one company database that anyone can search, so staff can see who in the company already knows a given person.
- Organization charts and activity history
- An organization tree is built for each customer company, and emails, calls and meetings can be attached to a company or a person.
- Virtual Cards
- Online business card exchange is part of the standard contract, and contacts added this way are managed like ones met in person.
- Email to contact lists
- Contacts can be turned into lists by business type, department or position, used to send bulk emails, and tracked for opens and clicks.
- Integrations and security controls
- The features page lists Salesforce integration, an API, two-factor authentication, SAML, IP address restrictions and usage log downloads.
Sansan pricing
We could not confirm Sansan’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See sansan.com for current prices.
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Common questions
Does Sansan have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Sansan is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Sansan have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Sansan is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Sansan open source?
Sansan is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.