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
Popl vs Dot: prices, limits and who each suits.
Dot is a tap device with a free profile for life; Popl is an event lead capture platform. One person pays less on Popl Pro, and only Dot publishes its team prices.
A third option, free · No card details
US dollarsPoplDot
- Free plan
- Yes
- Yes
- One person, a month
- $7.99
- $15
- One person, a year
- $76.99
- $144
- Team seat, a month (cheapest billing)
- Quoted
- $8 billed yearly
- Team minimum
- —
- None stated
Popl vs Dot, in short: These two are built for different days. Dot sells a device you tap, with dot.Profile free for life, a two-way contact exchange and both phone wallets on the free plan. Popl is built around events: a badge scanner, enrichment, AI-drafted follow-up emails and CRM integrations, with teams sold through a meeting. For one person paying monthly, Popl Pro in its US app is $7.99 against dot.Profile+ at $15. For a team, Dot prints its prices ($8 and $15 a member, billed annually) and Popl does not.
Updated · every Popl 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 Popl and Dot differ.
The points that decide it, in the order they usually come up.
What you are buying
Dot: devices at £31 to £102 (shown in pounds to a UK visitor), each with the free profile. Popl: a free app, Pro and Pro+ inside it, and team plans by quote.
What the free plan does
Dot’s free profile already exchanges contacts both ways and goes into Apple and Android Wallet. Popl’s app is free to download, and its QR code goes into either wallet without the app.
After the event
Popl drafts follow-up emails with AI on Pro, Pro+ and team plans, and lists a badge scanner for events. Dot’s paper card scanner, map of where you met and bulk export are on dot.Profile+.
| What | Popl | Dot |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Apple Wallet | Yes | Yes |
| Google Wallet | Yes | Yes |
| Solo price public | Yes | Yes |
| Team price public | Not stated | Yes |
| Free trial | Not stated | Yes |
Team prices
Dot Essential $8 and Growth $15 a member a month, billed annually, CRM integrations on Growth. Popl: “we quote pricing over a meeting”.
Side by side
Popl vs Dot, as each publishes it.
| What | Popl | Dot |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes. The Popl app is free to download, with paid tiers inside it (App Store, UK, read October 29, 2026) | Yes: dot.Profile, “Free for life”, with “Two Way Contact Exchange” and “Apple and Android Wallet Integration” |
| Paid plans (US dollars) | 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”. | 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 | Quoted on a call; “you won’t be charged extra per user” | Essential $8 or Growth $15 per member a month, billed annually |
| Apple Wallet | Yes: their QR code (the “PopCode”) can be added to Apple or Google Wallet from the dashboard, without the app, per their help center | Yes: “Apple and Android Wallet Integration” on the free dot.Profile |
| Google Wallet | Yes, the QR code, per Popl’s help center | Yes: “Android Wallet Integration” on the free dot.Profile |
| Follow-up | “Send AI Follow-Up” drafts on Pro, Pro+ and team plans, per their help center | See their site |
| CRM | “View all 30+ integrations”, CRMs among them | “CRM Integrations” on the Growth team plan |
| What | Popl | Dot |
|---|---|---|
| NFC cards | Not re-read: popl.co refused our requests on October 29, 2026 (HTTP 429) | 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 | Not stated on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) | dot.Profile+: 7-day free trial |
| Paid event lead capture | Not priced on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) | Not priced on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) |
| Security | SOC 2 Type 2 | Not stated on the pages we read (October 29, 2026) |
| Support and onboarding | Dedicated CSM onboarding and support, a 30-day onboarding plan and quarterly 1:1 check-ins | 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 | United States | 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 | Popl | Dot | Cardr, for reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| One person | $76.99 Pro (in the app), billed yearly | $144 dot.Profile+, billed yearly | $144 Cardr Pro, billed annually |
| 5 people | Quoted on a call | $480 Teams Essential | $490 Cardr Teams, billed annually |
| 10 people | Quoted on a call | $960 Teams Essential | $990 Cardr Teams, billed annually |
| 25 people | Quoted on a call | $2,400 Teams Essential | $2,490 Cardr Teams, billed annually |
Who each suits
Pick Popl or Dot on this.
Popl if you are
- An event team that scans badges and wants follow-ups drafted
- One person who wants the cheaper monthly plan
- A company that needs SOC 2 Type 2 and 30+ integrations
Dot if you are
- Someone who wants a device to tap and no monthly bill
- A small team that wants a published price per member
- A counter or shop 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.
"we quote pricing over a meeting"
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.
Popl Pro £5.99 · Popl Pro Yearly £56.99 · Popl Pro Plus £14.49
Growth $15 /member/month — billed annually · Essential $8 /member/month — billed annually
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 Popl 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? Popl alternatives · Dot alternatives, with dated prices.
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Questions
Popl or Dot, answered.
Every answer is read from the two vendors’ own pages on October 29, 2026.
What is the difference between Popl and Dot?
Dot sells tap devices and gives each one a free profile for life with a two-way exchange. Popl is an app and a team platform for capturing leads at events, with AI-drafted follow-ups and a badge scanner, and its team prices are quoted.
Does Popl have a monthly fee?
Only if you choose a paid plan. The app is free; Pro is $7.99 a month or $76.99 a year on the US App Store, and Pro+ $14.99 or $144.99. Dot’s profile is free for life, and dot.Profile+ is $15 a month.
Do Popl and Dot have a free trial?
Popl: Not stated on the pages we read (October 29, 2026). 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 Popl and Dot work with Apple Wallet?
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. Dot: Yes: “Apple and Android Wallet Integration” on the free dot.Profile.
What do 10 people pay on Popl and on Dot?
Popl: quoted on a call. 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 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
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.