Comparison
Cardline vs Blinq
Blinq is the polished consumer-first option in digital business cards, and for a single professional it is a genuinely good product. The question this page answers is narrower: if you are rolling cards out to a team and you care whether the contact actually lands in the recipient's phone, where do the two differ?
Choose Blinq if…
- You want the most refined individual card experience and do not need admin controls.
- You already use their NFC products and want everything from one vendor.
- You need a mature integration list today rather than on a roadmap.
Choose Cardline if…
- You are provisioning 10–250 people and want brand lock plus one-click central updates.
- You want the contact-save rate reported as a number, not inferred from view counts.
- You want per-seat pricing that does not require hardware to be useful.
What Blinq does better
- Blinq's individual card design and onboarding are excellent — better polish than most of the category.
- Their integration catalog is broader than ours is today, and their CRM connectors are shipped, not planned.
Feature by feature
Cardline and Blinq, side by side
| Feature | Cardline | Blinq |
|---|---|---|
| Save Contact on iOS and Android | Native contact sheet, no app, no typing | Blinq supports saving; flow varies by browser |
| Wallet pass (Apple / Google) | Included on Team and above | Available on paid plans |
| Brand-locked templates | Admin locks logo, colors, and layout per group | Template control on higher tiers |
| Central update of every card | Change once, all seats update instantly | Supported for team plans |
| Save-rate analytics | Contact saves per view, per person and per team | Views and taps, save rate not reported |
| Hardware required | None — QR, link, and wallet pass | Blinq sells NFC cards and accessories |
| Data export | CSV and vCard export on every plan | Export available, plan-dependent |
Pricing
Blinq figures are their public list pricing, verified August 2026. Cardline prices come from our own price list.
| Plan | Cardline | Blinq |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Free forever, one card | Free tier available |
| Entry paid, per user / month | $4 billed annually | Public list pricing, see their site |
| Team / business tier | $7 billed annually | Public list pricing, see their site |
| Hardware needed for full value | No | Optional NFC products sold separately |
Migration
Moving from Blinq
Export your Blinq directory to CSV, then drop the file into Cardline's CSV import. Names, titles, emails, phones, and links map automatically; anything unmapped is shown for review before cards are created. Existing QR codes keep working until you retire them.
What your team hands over instead
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- amara@northwind.example
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FAQ
Cardline vs Blinq: common questions
Try Cardline alongside Blinq
Nothing to uninstall, nothing to reprint. Create one card free and compare the save flow yourself.