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 Popl: prices, limits and who each suits.
Blinq publishes every self-serve price and Popl quotes its team plans on a call. For one person, Popl Pro in its app costs less: $76.99 a year against Blinq Premium’s $87.96.
A third option, free · No card details
US dollarsBlinqPopl
- Free plan
- Yes
- Yes
- One person, a month
- $9.99
- $7.99
- One person, a year
- $87.96
- $76.99
- Team seat, a month (cheapest billing)
- $4.99 billed yearly
- Quoted
- Team minimum
- 5 cards
- —
Blinq vs Popl, in short: Both are built for capturing leads at events and sending them to a CRM, so the choice turns on how you buy and how many of you there are. Blinq puts Premium and Business on its pricing page, from Premium at $9.99 a month to Business at $4.99 a card billed annually, with a minimum of 5 cards. Popl sells individuals Pro and Pro+ inside its free app and sells teams through a meeting, so a team can only compare after a call. For one person paying yearly, Popl Pro is the cheaper of the two. For a team that wants a number before a demo, only Blinq gives one.
Updated · every Blinq and Popl fact re-read from their own pages
Popl
from $7.99/mo
- Price
- from $7.99/mo, checked 2026-10-29
- Best for
- Event teams with a stand
- The gap
- Team price: book a demo
The differences
Where Blinq and Popl differ.
The points that decide it, in the order they usually come up.
How you find out the price
Blinq’s pricing page lists Premium, Business and its minimum. Popl’s says “we quote pricing over a meeting” for teams, and its individual prices are on the App Store: Pro $7.99 a month or $76.99 a year, Pro+ $14.99 or $144.99.
What goes into Wallet
Blinq puts the card itself in Apple or Google Wallet on every tier. Popl adds its QR code, the “PopCode”, to either wallet from the dashboard, without the app, per its help center.
What the AI does
Blinq lists an AI notetaker and AI contact enrichment on its Business plan, per its plan cards. Popl drafts follow-up emails with AI on Pro, Pro+ and its team plans. One summarizes the conversation; the other writes the message.
| What | Blinq | Popl |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Apple Wallet | Yes | Yes |
| Google Wallet | Yes | Yes |
| Solo price public | Yes | Yes |
| Team price public | Yes | Not stated |
| Free trial | Yes | Not stated |
Integrations, counted differently
Blinq says “native integration with 20+ CRMs”; Popl links “30+ integrations”, CRMs among them. The two numbers count different things, so check that the CRM you run is on the list rather than comparing the totals.
Security
Both state SOC 2: Blinq “SOC 2 Type II audited” across all plans, Popl “SOC 2 Type 2 enterprise-grade security”.
Per-user charges
Blinq Business charges per card, from five. Popl’s team page says “you won’t be charged extra per user”, but without a published price that cannot be turned into a sum here.
Side by side
Blinq vs Popl, as each publishes it.
| What | Blinq | Popl |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes, $0 "free forever", with "Two free digital business cards" | Yes. The Popl app is free to download, with paid tiers inside it (App Store, UK, read October 29, 2026) |
| 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. | Pro (in the app): $7.99 a month billed monthly, or $76.99 a year. Pro+ (in the app): $14.99 a month billed monthly, or $144.99 a year. Teams: “we quote pricing over a meeting”. |
| Team pricing | Business $6.99 per card a month, or $4.99 billed annually; minimum of five cards | Quoted on a call; “you won’t be charged extra per user” |
| Apple Wallet | Yes, on every tier including Free | Yes: their QR code (the “PopCode”) can be added to Apple or Google Wallet from the dashboard, without the app, per their help center |
| Google Wallet | Yes: “Add to Google or Apple Wallet”, every tier | Yes, the QR code, per Popl’s help center |
| 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” | “Send AI Follow-Up” drafts on Pro, Pro+ and team plans, per their help center |
| CRM | “Native integration with 20+ CRMs” | “View all 30+ integrations”, CRMs among them |
| What | Blinq | Popl |
|---|---|---|
| NFC cards | Yes: Blinq Classic $24.99 to Blinq Custom Metal $79.99, per their shop | Not re-read: popl.co refused our requests on October 29, 2026 (HTTP 429) |
| Free trial | Premium: 7-day free trial; Business: 30-day free trial | Not stated on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) |
| 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 | SOC 2 Type 2 |
| Support and onboarding | A dedicated CSM and priority support on Enterprise | Dedicated CSM onboarding and support, a 30-day onboarding plan and quarterly 1:1 check-ins |
| Cancelling | Not stated on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) | Not stated on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) |
| Based in | Australia | United States |
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 | Popl | Cardr, for reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| One person | $87.96 Premium, billed annually | $76.99 Pro (in the app), billed yearly | $144 Cardr Pro, billed annually |
| 5 people | $299.40 Business | Quoted on a call | $490 Cardr Teams, billed annually |
| 10 people | $598.80 Business | Quoted on a call | $990 Cardr Teams, billed annually |
| 25 people | $1,497 Business | Quoted on a call | $2,490 Cardr Teams, billed annually |
Who each suits
Pick Blinq or Popl on this.
Blinq if you are
- A team that wants a price before it talks to sales
- Anyone who wants the whole card in Apple or Google Wallet on the free tier
- A company already on one of the CRMs Blinq connects natively
Popl if you are
- One person who wants the cheapest yearly plan of the two
- An event team with a stand that wants badge scanning and no per-user charge
- Someone who wants the follow-up email drafted
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).
"we quote pricing over a meeting"
When you sign up you choose how many cards to start with (minimum of five) and you’re charged for those cards straight away.
Popl Pro £5.99 · Popl Pro Yearly £56.99 · Popl Pro Plus £14.49
Pro $7.99 a month or $76.99 a year; Pro+ $14.99 a month or $144.99 a year (in-app purchases)
A third option
If you mostly need the follow-up sent.
- 1They scan your pass
- 2They save you
- 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 Popl 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.
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Questions
Blinq or Popl, answered.
Every answer is read from the two vendors’ own pages on October 29, 2026.
Is Popl cheaper than Blinq?
For one person, yes: Popl Pro is $7.99 a month or $76.99 a year on the US App Store, and Blinq Premium is $9.99 a month or $7.33 a month billed annually ($87.96 a year). For teams Popl does not publish a price, so the answer comes from its sales team.
Does Popl publish its team pricing?
No. Its pricing page says “we quote pricing over a meeting”. Blinq publishes Business per card, billed monthly or annually, with a minimum of five.
Do Blinq and Popl have a free trial?
Blinq: Premium: 7-day free trial; Business: 30-day free trial. Popl: Not stated on the pages we read (October 29, 2026). Both also have a free plan or a free app, so the card itself can be tried without a trial.
Do Blinq and Popl work with Apple Wallet?
Blinq: Yes, on every tier including Free. Popl: Yes: their QR code (the “PopCode”) can be added to Apple or Google Wallet from the dashboard, without the app, per their help center.
What do 10 people pay on Blinq and on Popl?
Blinq: $598.80 a year (Business). Popl: quoted on a call. 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 and Popl’s Pro (in the app) at $76.99 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
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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.