Blinq has built a genuinely strong reputation — an App Store "Best of" feature, solid G2 reviews, and a free tier that reviewers consistently call generous. It's a real, credible option. Here's exactly how it stacks up against Cardlyx.
Pricing, side by side
The key difference in team pricing: Blinq's Business plan is priced per user but enforces a 5-user minimum spend — so a 3-person team pays for 5 seats regardless. Cardlyx's Business plan is a flat rate that already includes 5 seats, which works out similarly in practice, but without the framing of paying for headcount you don't have. Where Cardlyx pulls ahead is the individual Professional tier, priced meaningfully lower than Blinq's Premium at both monthly and annual billing.
Lead capture: the actual structural difference
Blinq's standout individual feature is AI-powered contact enrichment — automatically filling in emails, phone numbers, and LinkedIn profiles for contacts you scan. That's a genuinely useful feature for capturing other people's cards. But it's the reverse of what a growing business usually needs: getting the recipient's info back automatically when you share your own card. Cardlyx's lead capture gate sits directly in that save-contact flow, with an optional or mandatory toggle, so every card you share is a chance to capture a lead — not just a chance to enrich a card you scanned.
Free plan, honestly compared
Blinq's free tier is well-regarded for a reason — two cards and unlimited sharing is a strong offer. Cardlyx's free plan gives one card rather than two, but with no scan or sharing ceiling either, so for a single-card use case (which covers most individual freelancers, agents, and reps), the practical experience is similar.
Where Blinq genuinely has the edge
To be fair — Blinq's AI contact enrichment, reliable Apple and Google Wallet support, and broader integration ecosystem (20+ native CRM connectors at the Business tier) are real strengths Cardlyx doesn't match today. If enriching contacts you collect is your main use case, or you specifically need Wallet support right now, Blinq covers that ground.
The bottom line
If your priority is enriching the contacts you collect from others, or you want the most mature integration ecosystem available today, Blinq is the more established choice. If your priority is making sure every card you share turns into a captured lead — with a lower individual price point and team pricing that doesn't frame extra seats as a "minimum spend" — Cardlyx is built specifically around that.
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