The profile, the QR, the lead capture and the analytics are free forever — no card required, no trial, no card details taken. A physical card is paid once. Pro is optional, and every card comes with months of it included.
That is the whole pricing philosophy in one line, and it is the opposite way round to most of this market.
Optional. Most people never need it — and every card comes with Pro included anyway: three months with plastic, six with bamboo and dual-chip, twelve with metal.
Buy a card, or do not buy a card. Either way the profile is free, the QR is free, the lead capture is free and the analytics are free, and they stay free — not for a trial, not for ninety days, not until we change our minds. There is no clock running anywhere on your account.
You can search the cheap end of eBay right now and find NFC cards advertising “no subscriptions, no monthly fees” in the listing title, because the people selling £6 metal cards worked out that the subscription is what everybody hates. They are right. What those cards cannot do is change where they point after you have handed one over, tell you anyone tapped it, or let the other person send their details back — so the moment your number changes, the card is a coaster.
The combination is unusual. No subscription required, and the card still updates forever, still counts every tap and scan, and still brings the lead back. Pro exists if you want your contacts exported into something else, and it is £3.99 a month — but it is genuinely optional, and every card comes with months of it thrown in.
The profile — with contact-back and analytics — is free forever. A card is a one-off way to hand it over. Pro adds the power tools. No forced subscription, ever.
A live contact profile, a shareable URL and a QR code. Update once, every share stays current.
Printed plastic NFC card with your name and handle. Tap to share on any modern phone, QR on the back for older ones.
Natural bamboo card, laser-engraved with your name. Warm, tactile and low-impact — a tree planted for every order.
One card that shares your profile and opens the gate. Dual-chip NFC + MIFARE — pair it to a barrier or door for sites and marinas.
Brushed-steel card with engraved name and QR plus embedded NFC. Wallet-safe, premium feel, lasts years.
Pro for every member, company branding, an admin roster and a leads rollup. Software-only — bring your own printing, or add the card pack below.
You never have to be on any of them. A crew of five can buy a £95 card pack outright and never pay us again.
Lost or damaged? Redirect the old one and re-order the same card at a member price — plastic £18, bamboo £28, dual-chip £38, metal £49. Your profile stays the same.
For small teams, site staff, or contractor crews. Add five emails at checkout — each member gets an invite and their card links itself. Includes 3 months Pro.
Bigger crew — 10+ seats, company branding, or want to print your own cards? Talk to us about a team plan.
Order a team packA card is cheap. The subscription attached to it is where the money goes. Competitors are costed at their cheapest published rate, annual where that is lower, because a comparison is only worth anything if it is fair to the other side.
| Set-up | The card | Software | Three-year total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Contacts | £59 metal | £0 — free tier does the job | £59 |
| Universal Contacts + Pro | £59 metal | £39/yr, first year included | £137 |
| Dot + Profile+ | $30 card | $144/yr (their cheapest rate) | ≈ £355 |
| Blinq + Business | $34.99 metal | $4.99/user/mo annual, min 5 seats | ≈ £718 for the five |
| V1CE + Client Capture OS | £110 metal | £49.99/mo | ≈ £1,910 |
Competitor prices checked against their own live pricing pages on 18 August 2026; converted at roughly $1.30 to the pound and rounded. Blinq’s lead capture only exists on a Business plan with a five-seat minimum, so that row is the whole five. Our figures are exactly what is on this page.
Twelve templates, four materials, your logo and a live QR — styled in your browser, front and back. Save it, share it, order it.
No. We are a UK company and we make money from cards and from Pro, not from your contacts. You can delete your public profile and your account data whenever you want; the only things we keep are the records the law requires, listed in the Privacy Policy.
Nothing. The card is yours, the profile stays live, lead capture and analytics keep working. You lose export, webhooks and save-to-contacts until you turn Pro back on — the data itself is still there waiting.
Because you are not buying the metal. A £6 card points at a static page that can never change and tells you nothing about who tapped it. Ours carries a profile you can rewrite forever, sends the lead back to you, and counts every tap — and we will still be here to support it. If all you want is engraved metal, buy the engraved metal; we would rather say that than pretend.
No. The profile, the QR, lead capture and analytics are free forever. A card is paid once. Pro is optional and only adds export, webhooks and integrations — and every card comes with months of it included.
