Blinq
from $9.99/mo
- Price
- from $9.99/mo, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- Teams on a CRM
- The gap
- Built around a CRM
Blinq vs Dot: prices, limits and who each suits.
Dot sells tap devices and gives a free profile with each; Blinq is software first. Dot’s paid profile costs more for one person, and its team plans cost more per seat.
A third option, free · No card details
US dollarsBlinqDot
- Free plan
- Yes
- Yes
- One person, a month
- $9.99
- $15
- One person, a year
- $87.96
- $144
- Team seat, a month (cheapest billing)
- $4.99 billed yearly
- $8 billed yearly
- Team minimum
- 5 cards
- None stated
Blinq vs Dot, in short: People who search this usually hold a Dot device or are about to buy one. Dot’s free dot.Profile is “Free for life” and comes with every device, and it already does a two-way contact exchange and both phone wallets. Blinq is a software product with NFC cards on the side, and its paid plans cost less: Blinq Premium is $9.99 a month against dot.Profile+ at $15, and a Blinq Business card is $4.99 billed annually against Dot’s Essential at $8 a member. Dot’s CRM integrations are on its Growth plan only.
Updated · every Blinq and Dot fact re-read from their own pages
Dot
from $15/mo
- Price
- from $15/mo, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- A tap device, free profile
- The gap
- Scanner and export are paid
The differences
Where Blinq and Dot differ.
The points that decide it, in the order they usually come up.
Device first or software first
Dot’s devices (cards, stickers, wearables and a counter stand) come with lifetime access to the free profile; they were shown at £31 to £102 to a UK visitor on the day we read them. Blinq’s NFC cards are $24.99 to $79.99, and its software works without one.
What the free plan keeps
Dot’s free profile keeps basic contact management and the last seven days of insights; its paper card scanner, export and full insights are on dot.Profile+. Blinq’s free plan gives two cards with unlimited sharing.
Paying monthly or yearly
dot.Profile+ is $15 a month, or $12 a month billed annually, per Dot’s subscription policy. Blinq: $9.99 or $7.33 a month billed annually.
| What | Blinq | Dot |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Apple Wallet | Yes | Yes |
| Google Wallet | Yes | Yes |
| Solo price public | Yes | Yes |
| Team price public | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
Team plans
Dot Essential is $8 and Growth $15 a member a month, billed annually, with no minimum stated; CRM integrations are on Growth. Blinq Business is $4.99 a card billed annually, from five cards.
Side by side
Blinq vs Dot, as each publishes it.
| What | Blinq | Dot |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, $0 "free forever", with "Two free digital business cards" | Yes: dot.Profile, “Free for life”, with “Two Way Contact Exchange” and “Apple and Android Wallet Integration” |
| Paid plans (US dollars) | Premium: $9.99 a month billed monthly, or $7.33 a month billed annually ($87.96 a year). Business: $6.99 per card a month billed monthly, or $4.99 per card a month billed annually ($59.88 a year), minimum 5 cards. Enterprise is quoted. | dot.Profile+: $15 a month billed monthly, or $12 a month billed annually ($144 a year). Teams Essential: $8 per member a month billed annually ($96 a year). Teams Growth: $15 per member a month billed annually ($180 a year). |
| Team pricing | Business $6.99 per card a month, or $4.99 billed annually; minimum of five cards | Essential $8 or Growth $15 per member a month, billed annually |
| Apple Wallet | Yes, on every tier including Free | Yes: “Apple and Android Wallet Integration” on the free dot.Profile |
| Google Wallet | Yes: “Add to Google or Apple Wallet”, every tier | Yes: “Android Wallet Integration” on the free dot.Profile |
| Follow-up | “AI Notetaker” and “AI contact enrichment” listed on Business; Premium adds a “Universal contact scanner” and contact export; for events, its homepage says “Trigger sequences and next steps while you’re still in the room” | See their site |
| CRM | “Native integration with 20+ CRMs” | “CRM Integrations” on the Growth team plan |
| What | Blinq | Dot |
|---|---|---|
| NFC cards | Yes: Blinq Classic $24.99 to Blinq Custom Metal $79.99, per their shop | 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 |
| Free trial | Premium: 7-day free trial; Business: 30-day free trial | dot.Profile+: 7-day free trial |
| Paid event lead capture | $9.99 per lead captured and enriched; “Unlimited plans and bulk discounts available.” | Not priced on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) |
| Security | SOC 2 Type II audited & GDPR compliant, across all plans | Not stated on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) |
| Support and onboarding | A dedicated CSM and priority support on Enterprise | Not stated on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) |
| Cancelling | Not stated on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) | No refunds once a subscription starts; cancelling ends dot.Profile+ access immediately, with unused time credited to the account |
| Based in | Australia | See their site |
What a team pays
One, five, ten and 25 people, for a year.
Worked out only from published prices: each vendor’s plan for one person, then its team plan with its minimum, on the cheapest billing it publishes. Nothing is converted or estimated; where a price is quoted rather than published, the cell says so.
| People | Blinq | Dot | Cardr, for reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| One person | $87.96 Premium, billed annually | $144 dot.Profile+, billed yearly | $144 Cardr Pro, billed annually |
| 5 people | $299.40 Business | $480 Teams Essential | $490 Cardr Teams, billed annually |
| 10 people | $598.80 Business | $960 Teams Essential | $990 Cardr Teams, billed annually |
| 25 people | $1,497 Business | $2,400 Teams Essential | $2,490 Cardr Teams, billed annually |
Who each suits
Pick Blinq or Dot on this.
Blinq if you are
- A team of five or more that wants the lower seat price
- A company that wants CRM sync without the top team plan
- One person who wants a cheaper paid plan
Dot if you are
- Someone who wants a tap device and never wants to pay monthly
- A team of two or three, where Dot Essential costs less than Blinq’s five-card minimum
- A shop or counter that wants a stand to tap
Sources
What each page said, and when.
Quoted, not summarized, so you can check us. If a price has moved, the vendor’s page is right and this one is out of date.
Premium $9.99 a month, or $7.33 a month billed annually. Business $6.99 per card a month, or $4.99 billed annually, with a "minimum of five" cards. Enterprise is quoted. In its iPhone app Blinq also sells Pro at $22.49 a month or $199 a year (App Store, US, in-app purchases, 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.
When you sign up you choose how many cards to start with (minimum of five) and you’re charged for those cards straight away.
Growth $15 /member/month — billed annually · Essential $8 /member/month — billed annually
A third option
If you mostly need the follow-up sent.
- 1They scan your pass
- 2They tap Save
- 3They can send theirs back
- 4Pro drafts your follow-up
ExampleRachel Lindgren and Marcus Bell are invented.
Cardr, which wrote this page, makes a free digital business card as a signed Apple Wallet and Google Wallet pass, with a page anyone can open and save you from, and a two-way exchange: after they save you, they can send their details back. Pro ($15 a month, or $144 a year) reminds you on day 3 with the follow-up already drafted from the note you kept. Teams $49 a month for up to 5 people, then $10 a month for each person after that.
It does less than either Blinq or Dot in places: no CRM integrations, no badge scanning and no NFC cards for sale. If those matter, pick between the two above. If what goes wrong is the message you never send after meeting someone, try it free first.
Looking past both? Blinq alternatives · Dot alternatives, with dated prices.
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Questions
Blinq or Dot, answered.
Every answer is read from the two vendors’ own pages on October 29, 2026.
Is Dot cheaper than Blinq?
To start, both are free, and Dot’s profile comes free with any Dot device. Paid, Blinq costs less: Premium $9.99 against dot.Profile+ $15 a month, and Blinq Business $4.99 a card against Dot Essential $8 a member, both billed annually.
Is a Dot card worth it?
If you want a device to tap and never want a monthly bill, Dot is built for exactly that: the free profile is for life and does a two-way exchange. If you need a scanner, export or CRM sync, those are on its paid plans, and Blinq’s paid plans cost less.
Do Blinq and Dot have a free trial?
Blinq: Premium: 7-day free trial; Business: 30-day free trial. Dot: dot.Profile+: 7-day free trial. Both also have a free plan or a free app, so the card itself can be tried without a trial.
Do Blinq and Dot work with Apple Wallet?
Blinq: Yes, on every tier including Free. Dot: Yes: “Apple and Android Wallet Integration” on the free dot.Profile.
What do 10 people pay on Blinq and on Dot?
Blinq: $598.80 a year (Business). Dot: $960 a year (Teams Essential). The table above has 1, 5 and 25 people too.
Where does Cardr fit?
Cardr’s card is free, with no limit on exchanges or contacts and no expiry. Pro is $15 a month or $144 a year, which is more than Blinq’s Premium at $87.96 a year. It sells the follow-up rather than the card, and it has no CRM integrations, no badge scanning and no NFC cards.
Free, for good
- Wallet pass
- Apple and Google
- Your page
- cardr.co/you + QR
- Contacts
- No limit
- They send theirs
- Yes
- Pro, $15/mo
- Drafts + day-3 reminder
Get started
Try the free one while you decide.
Cardr’s card is free, with no card details and no expiry. Keep it beside whichever of these you choose.