Lynkle has carved out a clear position in this space: 100% digital, no hardware, with a design-forward card and a privacy feature few competitors offer — you can set your card to private with expiring links, or make it discoverable on Google and Bing if you want it searchable. It's a legitimate, well-built platform. Here's how it compares against Cardlyx point by point.
Pricing, side by side
Lead capture: the actual structural difference
This is the clearest difference between the two. Lynkle's free plan doesn't include lead capture at all — you have to upgrade to Pro just to unlock the feature that turns a card share into a captured contact. Cardlyx builds lead capture into the sharing flow itself, with an optional-or-mandatory toggle, rather than treating it as a premium unlock gated behind a separate subscription tier.
Free plan, honestly compared
To be fair, Lynkle's free plan is genuinely generous on the basics — unlimited contact fields and full Wallet integration at $0 is a strong offer, and it's a real, no-catch free tier rather than a limited demo. Where it falls short of Cardlyx's free plan specifically is lead capture: if generating leads is the reason you want a digital card in the first place, Lynkle's free tier doesn't do that job, and Cardlyx's does.
Where Lynkle genuinely has the edge
To be fair — Lynkle's privacy controls (private/expiring links vs. searchable cards) are a genuinely unique feature Cardlyx doesn't currently offer, and its native iOS app plus web app combination gives it an edge for people who specifically want an app-based experience alongside browser access.
The bottom line
If privacy controls like expiring links or a native iOS app are must-haves for you, Lynkle covers that ground well. If your main reason for wanting a digital card is capturing leads from every share — without needing to upgrade first just to unlock that capability — Cardlyx is built around that from the free plan up.
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