Mobilo
$36 a year
- Price
- $36 a year, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- You want the same kit for a fifth of the price
The best Dot card alternatives, cheaper and free.
Mobilo for a $3 plan, Cardr for free contact export and the follow-up, V1CE for a card bought once.
Updated October 29, 2026 · Written by Cardr, one of these Dot alternatives, listed second in the order the options fit.
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Example of what happens next: Marcus Bell scans Rachel’s card, saves Rachel to their contacts and chooses to send their own details back. The next morning at 9 a.m., Cardr Pro reminds Rachel to follow up, with the email already drafted.
The best Dot card alternatives in 2026 are Mobilo, Cardr, V1CE, Wave Connect, HiHello and Blinq. Dot’s devices come with a free profile for life, which is a good deal. What sends people looking is that the part used after an event, the paper card scanner, the contact export and the full insights, sits on dot.Profile+ at $15 a month.
Cardr
Free; Pro $144 a year
- Price
- Free; Pro $144 a year, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- You want your contacts free, and used
V1CE
£599.88 a year
- Price
- £599.88 a year, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- You want one card and no monthly fee
Wave Connect
$84 a year
- Price
- $84 a year, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- You want the biggest free plan
Why people look
Who uses Dot, and why they look.
Dot’s users bought a tap device: a card, a sticker, a wearable or a counter stand, each with “FREE lifetime dot.Profile access”. The free profile is solid, with a two-way exchange and both phone wallets. But it keeps “Basic Contact Management” and “Last 7 day insights”, and dot.Profile+ at $15 a month holds the AI paper card scanner, the map of where you met people and bulk export. So the cheaper alternative people search for is usually a cheaper way to get their contacts out and use them.
Dot today
- Free plan
- Yes
- A year, one person
- $144
- A team of ten, a year
- $960
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
What to check before you switch
- Is export free?. Your contacts should leave with you at no charge. Check whether export sits on the free plan or the paid one.
- Keep the device?. A tap device is a chip with a link. If yours can be rewritten, the alternative only needs to give you a link.
- What $15 a month buys elsewhere. Set dot.Profile+ beside each alternative’s plan and see what that money buys there.
The options
6 Dot alternatives, and their limits.
Each is better than Dot at one thing and worse at another, in the order the options fit.
Mobilo
Mobilo sells NFC cards and a free digital card, and its Pro plan is “$3 /month”, with a paper card scanner, lead enrichment and Zapier’s 6,000 integrations. That is the scanner Dot sells on dot.Profile+, at a fifth of the monthly price.
Where it falls short for a Dot user: Mobilo’s range is cards in plastic, wood and metal rather than stickers and wearables.
- Free plan
- Yes
- A year, one person
- $36
- A team of ten, a year
- $480
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
Cardr (that’s us)
Cardr’s free plan includes the contact export Dot puts on dot.Profile+: every contact kept with notes and tags and exportable to CSV or vCard, plus a two-way exchange and a signed Apple Wallet pass. Pro is the follow-up: a drafted message on the day the person named, $15 a month or $144 a year.
Where it falls short for a Dot user: Cardr sells no tap devices and has no paper card or badge scanner on the web, and Dot’s free profile also has both wallets. Scan paper cards free, as many as you like, in the iPhone app. HiHello’s free plan scans five a month, and Wave Connect’s gives 10 trial credits at one credit a card, both as published on October 27, 2026.
- Free plan
- Yes
- A year, one person
- Free; Pro $144
- A team of ten, a year
- $990
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- None
- 1They scan your pass
- 2They save you
- 3They can send theirs back
- 4Pro drafts your follow-up
ExampleRachel Lindgren and Marcus Bell are invented.
V1CE
V1CE sells a card once, from £60 ($79), and its software is free for life with it: a two-way exchange, a built-in CRM synced to yours and follow-ups that send themselves. Nothing to pay monthly unless you add Client Capture OS.
Where it falls short for a Dot user: Its plans are in pounds; Client Capture OS is £49.99 a month; the free plan takes 5% on services sold through your page.
- Free plan
- Yes
- A year, one person
- £599.88
- A team of ten, a year
- Not published
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
Wave Connect
Wave’s free plan saves unlimited contacts and covers both wallets, with ten free AI lead capture credits, and its NFC card is $23. Pro is $7 a month billed annually, against $12 for dot.Profile+ billed annually.
Where it falls short for a Dot user: Badge scanning and enrichment beyond the free credits cost $2.50 a credit, and the paper card scanner needs Pro.
- Free plan
- Yes
- A year, one person
- $84
- A team of ten, a year
- $600
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
HiHello
HiHello’s free plan puts the card in both wallets, and Professional at $72 a year adds analytics and enrichment, half of dot.Profile+’s $144 a year.
Where it falls short for a Dot user: Free scanning is capped at five a month, and HiHello sells no NFC hardware we could find.
- Free plan
- Yes
- A year, one person
- $72
- A team of ten, a year
- $600
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- None listed
Blinq
Blinq sells NFC cards from $24.99 to $79.99 and connects 20+ CRMs natively; its free plan gives two cards with unlimited contact creation and both wallets.
Where it falls short for a Dot user: Premium is $9.99 a month, and Blinq Business needs five cards.
- Free plan
- Yes
- A year, one person
- $87.96
- A team of ten, a year
- $598.80
- Google Wallet
- Yes
- CRM link
- Yes
- NFC hardware
- Yes
At a glance
Side by side, Dot first.
Dot first, so you can see what you would give up. On a phone, open a row for its free plan, wallets, CRM and NFC.
| Product | Pick it if | Free plan | Paid, as published | Wallet | CRM | NFC hardware |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot (now) | You are on it | Yes: dot.Profile, “Free for life”, with “Two Way Contact Exchange” and “Apple and Android Wallet Integration” | $15 (dot.Profile+); $12 a month, $144 billed annually (dot.Profile+) | Apple Wallet and Google Wallet | “CRM Integrations” on the Growth team plan | Yes: dot. devices, with “FREE lifetime dot.Profile access with every order”; shown from £31 to £102 to a UK visitor on October 29, 2026 |
| Mobilo | You want the same kit for a fifth of the price | Yes: the digital business card is “Completely Free”, per their menu | $3 a month (Pro); billing period not stated | Apple Wallet and Google Wallet | “Natively integrate with major CRMs like SalesForce, Hubspot, Pipedrive, and many others” (homepage), plus “6,000 Integrations through Zapier” | Yes: Mobilo Branded $19.99 to Metal Custom Design $139.00 at list price, with promotional prices shown beside them |
| Cardr | You want your contacts free, and used | Yes: the full card, a signed Apple Wallet pass, the two-way exchange and every contact, with no limit on exchanges or contacts and no expiry; no paper card or badge scanner on the web | Pro $15 a month, $144 a year | Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, free | None | None sold; any NFC tag you own can open your cardr.co link |
| V1CE | You want one card and no monthly fee | Yes: “Free software for life” with every card, and a free digital card with “No credit card needed”, whose contact capture is “up to 10 contacts per month” | £49.99 (Client Capture OS) | Apple Wallet and Google Wallet | “Built-in CRM, synced to yours” | Yes: cards from £60, the metal card £110, bought once; in US dollars $79 to $145, per V1CE’s help center |
| Wave Connect | You want the biggest free plan | Yes, $0: “Save unlimited contacts”, “Lead capture form”, “Add to Google or Apple Wallet” | $9 (Pro), per Wave’s plan documentation; $7 a month, billed annually (Pro) | Apple Wallet and Google Wallet | “Native CRM integrations” and “5,000+ Zapier integrations” from Pro, per Wave’s plan documentation | Yes: Wave NFC Business Card $23, Metal NFC Business Card $53 |
| HiHello | You want a simple card and a cheap upgrade | Yes, the Personal plan, but card and badge scanning is capped at 5 a month | $8 (Professional); $6 a month, $72 billed yearly (Professional) | Apple Wallet and Google Wallet | “Salesforce, HubSpot & Dynamics CRM” on Business and Enterprise | “NFC card programming” on Professional; no NFC card for sale listed on their pricing page |
| Blinq | You want NFC cards and CRM depth | Yes, $0 "free forever", with "Two free digital business cards" | $9.99 (Premium); $7.33 a month, billed annually | Apple Wallet and Google Wallet | “Native integration with 20+ CRMs” | Yes: Blinq Classic $24.99 to Blinq Custom Metal $79.99, per their shop |
Dot (now)$15 (dot.Profile+); $12 a month, $144 billed annually (dot.Profile+)
- Pick it if
- You are on it
- Free plan
- Yes: dot.Profile, “Free for life”, with “Two Way Contact Exchange” and “Apple and Android Wallet Integration”
- Wallet
- Apple Wallet and Google Wallet
- CRM
- “CRM Integrations” on the Growth team plan
- NFC
- Yes: dot. devices, with “FREE lifetime dot.Profile access with every order”; shown from £31 to £102 to a UK visitor on October 29, 2026
Mobilo$3 a month (Pro); billing period not stated
- Pick it if
- You want the same kit for a fifth of the price
- Free plan
- Yes: the digital business card is “Completely Free”, per their menu
- Wallet
- Apple Wallet and Google Wallet
- CRM
- “Natively integrate with major CRMs like SalesForce, Hubspot, Pipedrive, and many others” (homepage), plus “6,000 Integrations through Zapier”
- NFC
- Yes: Mobilo Branded $19.99 to Metal Custom Design $139.00 at list price, with promotional prices shown beside them
CardrPro $15 a month, $144 a year
- Pick it if
- You want your contacts free, and used
- Free plan
- Yes: the full card, a signed Apple Wallet pass, the two-way exchange and every contact, with no limit on exchanges or contacts and no expiry; no paper card or badge scanner on the web
- Wallet
- Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, free
- CRM
- None
- NFC
- None sold; any NFC tag you own can open your cardr.co link
V1CE£49.99 (Client Capture OS)
- Pick it if
- You want one card and no monthly fee
- Free plan
- Yes: “Free software for life” with every card, and a free digital card with “No credit card needed”, whose contact capture is “up to 10 contacts per month”
- Wallet
- Apple Wallet and Google Wallet
- CRM
- “Built-in CRM, synced to yours”
- NFC
- Yes: cards from £60, the metal card £110, bought once; in US dollars $79 to $145, per V1CE’s help center
Wave Connect$9 (Pro), per Wave’s plan documentation; $7 a month, billed annually (Pro)
- Pick it if
- You want the biggest free plan
- Free plan
- Yes, $0: “Save unlimited contacts”, “Lead capture form”, “Add to Google or Apple Wallet”
- Wallet
- Apple Wallet and Google Wallet
- CRM
- “Native CRM integrations” and “5,000+ Zapier integrations” from Pro, per Wave’s plan documentation
- NFC
- Yes: Wave NFC Business Card $23, Metal NFC Business Card $53
HiHello$8 (Professional); $6 a month, $72 billed yearly (Professional)
- Pick it if
- You want a simple card and a cheap upgrade
- Free plan
- Yes, the Personal plan, but card and badge scanning is capped at 5 a month
- Wallet
- Apple Wallet and Google Wallet
- CRM
- “Salesforce, HubSpot & Dynamics CRM” on Business and Enterprise
- NFC
- “NFC card programming” on Professional; no NFC card for sale listed on their pricing page
Blinq$9.99 (Premium); $7.33 a month, billed annually
- Pick it if
- You want NFC cards and CRM depth
- Free plan
- Yes, $0 "free forever", with "Two free digital business cards"
- Wallet
- Apple Wallet and Google Wallet
- CRM
- “Native integration with 20+ CRMs”
- NFC
- Yes: Blinq Classic $24.99 to Blinq Custom Metal $79.99, per their shop
Each rival’s cells are quoted from its own pages on the date given with it in the options above (most recently October 29, 2026), in the currency it published; nothing is converted. Cardr’s prices are in US dollars. Where a cell says “see their site”, the page did not state it clearly enough to summarize.
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Free and cheaper
Free and cheaper Dot alternatives.
One person, one year
| Product | 1 year | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Cardr | Free | the whole card, free forever, checked 2026-10-29 |
| Mobilo | $36 | Pro, twelve months, checked 2026-10-29, https://www.mobilocard.com/pricing |
| HiHello | $72 | Professional, billed annually, checked 2026-10-29, https://www.hihello.com/pricing |
| Wave Connect | $84 | Pro, billed annually, checked 2026-10-29, https://wavecnct.com/pricing |
| Blinq | $87.96 | Premium, billed annually, checked 2026-10-29, https://blinq.me/pricing |
| Cardr Pro | $144 | billed annually, checked 2026-10-29 |
| Dot | $144 | dot.Profile+, billed annually, checked 2026-10-29, https://dotcards.net/pages/dot-profile |
Free
Dot’s own free profile is good. Cardr adds free contact export with no limit on exchanges or contacts; Wave adds unlimited contacts and a lead form; Mobilo, Blinq and HiHello publish free cards; V1CE’s software is free with a card it sells.
Cheaper
Mobilo Pro (“$3 /month”), Wave Pro ($7 a month billed annually), HiHello Professional ($6 a month billed yearly) and Blinq Premium ($9.99, or $7.33 billed annually) all cost less a month than dot.Profile+ at $15, or $12 billed annually. Cardr Pro costs the same as dot.Profile+: $15 billed monthly, or $12 a month billed annually.
| Product | Cheapest paid plan, one person, a year | A team of 10, a year |
|---|---|---|
Dot (now)
How this is worked outdot.Profile+, $144 billed yearly. Team: Teams Essential at $8 a month, billed annually, per member, × 10. |
$144 | $960 |
Mobilo
How this is worked outPro at $3 a month, twelve months (its billing period is not stated). Team: Teams at $4 a month, billed annually, per card, × 10. |
$36 | $480 |
Cardr
How this is worked outPro billed annually ($15 billed monthly); the card itself is free. Team: Teams billed annually: $490 for 5 people, then $100 a year each. |
$144 | $990 |
V1CE
How this is worked outClient Capture OS at £49.99 a month, twelve months; V1CE’s own software is free with a card bought once, from £60 ($79). Team: Teams get “up to 30% off” cards; no team software price published. |
£599.88 | Not published |
Wave Connect
How this is worked outPro at $7 a month, billed annually. Team: Teams at $5 a month, billed annually, per user, × 10 (minimum 3). |
$84 | $600 |
HiHello
How this is worked outProfessional, $72 billed yearly. Team: Business, $60 billed yearly, per user, × 10 (minimum 5). |
$72 | $600 |
Blinq
How this is worked outPremium at $7.33 a month, billed annually. Team: Business at $4.99 a month, billed annually, per card, × 10 (minimum 5). |
$87.96 | $598.80 |
Only published numbers: a yearly price, or twelve times a monthly price, in the vendor’s own currency. A plan’s minimum seats are applied. Physical cards, credits and taxes are extra where they apply.
Who should not switch
Stay on Dot if this is you.
- You want stickers, wearables or a counter stand: Dot sells a wider range of tap devices than anyone here.
- The free dot.Profile covers you: it already has a two-way exchange and both wallets.
- Your team is on Dot’s Growth plan with CRM integrations.
If you want a physical tap device from the same company as your profile, Dot sells a range of them and Cardr sells none. Its Growth team plan lists CRM integrations; Cardr has none.
Pick Dot if…
- Stickers, wearables, a stand
- dot.Profile free covers you
- Dot Growth with your CRM
Pick Cardr if…
- You want your contacts free, and used
- A free card, no contact limit
- Pro drafts your follow-up
Make your free cardFree, nothing to cancel.
Switching
Leaving Dot in five steps.
The full checklist is in how to switch digital business cards, and every comparison is in the comparison hub.
- Export your contacts from Dot as a CSV before you cancel anything, and keep the file. Cardr, like most products here, does not import from other products.
- Make the free card you are moving to, and add it to your Wallet.
- Rewrite your NFC tag if it can be rewritten, so it opens your new link. Ask the vendor if you are not sure.
- Update your email signature and your LinkedIn link, and anything printed with a QR code.
- Run both for a week. Anyone who saved your old card keeps it; it simply stops being the one you hand out. Cancel Dot when the new one has earned its place.
Dot’s prices on this page: dotcards.net/pages/dot-profile, read October 29, 2026. dot.Profile+ $15 a month billed monthly, or $12 a month billed annually ($144 a year), with a 7-day free trial. Teams: Essential $8 and Growth $15 per member a month, billed annually.
More on choosing between cards
Start with Best digital business cards: Ten compared on price, Apple Wallet and follow-up, including where the others beat us.
| Product | Page read | Read on |
|---|---|---|
| Dot | dotcards.net/pages/dot-profile | |
| Mobilo | mobilocard.com/pricing | |
| V1CE | v1ce.co/pricing | |
| Wave Connect | wavecnct.com/pricing | |
| HiHello | hihello.com/pricing | |
| Blinq | blinq.me/pricing | |
| Cardr | cardr.co/pricing |
Questions
Dot alternatives, answered.
Every price here was read from the vendor’s own page, most recently on October 29, 2026.
What is the best Dot alternative?
It depends what sent you looking. Mobilo if you want the same kit for a fifth of the price; Cardr if you want your contacts free, and used; V1CE if you want one card and no monthly fee. The full list, with where each falls short, is above.
Why do people leave Dot?
Dot’s free dot.Profile keeps “Basic Contact Management” and “Last 7 day insights”. The paper card scanner, contact export and the full insights are on dot.Profile+ at $15 a month, so the part people use after an event is the part that is paid.
What is the best Dot alternative for teams?
Among the options here, by published team price: Mobilo Teams ($4 per card a month, billed annually), Wave Teams ($5 per user a month, billed annually, from 3), HiHello Business ($5 per user a month, billed annually, from 5) and Blinq Business ($4.99 per card a month, billed annually, from 5). Cardr Teams is $49 a month for 5 people, then $10 each. Check each plan’s minimum against your team.
Does Dot charge per scan or per lead?
We found no per-scan or per-lead charge on Dot’s pricing page on October 29, 2026. Among the alternatives, Wave lists “$2.50 per credit” and Blinq lists “$9.99 per lead captured and enriched. Credit consumption is billed monthly.”. Cardr has no per-use charges.
Can I export my contacts from Dot?
Dot: Bulk contact export is on dot.Profile+, as published on October 29, 2026. Export before you cancel anything. Cardr exports every contact to CSV or vCard on the free plan, and does not import from other products.
Which Dot alternative works without an app?
Cardr needs no app on either side: you make the card on the web, the pass sits in Apple Wallet, and the person you meet opens your page in their browser. V1CE: “Nothing for your contacts to download.” (free digital card page)
Which Dot alternatives sell NFC cards, and for how much?
Mobilo ($19.99 to $139.00 list, with promotional prices shown), V1CE (From £60 once; metal £110 ($79 and $145 in US dollars, per its help center)), Wave ($23 (NFC card) to $53 (metal NFC card)) and Blinq ($24.99 to $79.99), as published. Cardr sells none; any NFC tag you own can open your cardr.co link.
What is a cheaper alternative to Dot?
For the paid features, Mobilo Pro at “$3 /month” is the cheapest published plan here with a paper card scanner. For export, Cardr’s free plan includes it. For hardware with no monthly fee, V1CE sells a card once.
Is there a free Dot card alternative?
Yes: Cardr, Wave Connect, Mobilo, Blinq and HiHello all publish a free digital card. Dot’s own free dot.Profile is also free for life.
Can I keep using my Dot device?
If it can be rewritten, point it at your new link. Ask Dot first. Cardr works with any NFC tag you own, because the tag only opens your cardr.co address.
Is Cardr a good Dot alternative?
Cardr’s free plan includes the contact export Dot puts on dot.Profile+: every contact kept with notes and tags and exportable to CSV or vCard, plus a two-way exchange and a signed Apple Wallet pass. Pro is the follow-up: a drafted message on the day the person named, $15 a month or $144 a year. Cardr sells no tap devices and has no paper card or badge scanner on the web, and Dot’s free profile also has both wallets. Scan paper cards free, as many as you like, in the iPhone app. HiHello’s free plan scans five a month, and Wave Connect’s gives 10 trial credits at one credit a card, both as published on October 27, 2026.
| Fact | Dot | Cardr |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| One person, a year | $144 | Pro $144 |
| CRM link | Yes | None |
Keep reading
More on Dot.
- Cardr vs Dot: every fact side by side, with sources.
- Dot in the price table: every product’s price as published, dated.
- Every comparison: head-to-heads, alternatives and price pages.
- The best digital business cards: who each one is for, including where Cardr loses.
Also on Dot: Blinq vs Dot · Popl vs Dot
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