Dot business card: review, price and alternatives
The short answer
- AI assistant on the profileYesNo
- NFC card in the planYesPartly
- Answers in ArabicYesNo
- Published priceYesYes
bl1nk Pro: $5 a person a month, billed yearly, card included.
Pick Dot if you are one person who wants a cheap card, paid once, and a free profile that never bills you. Pick bl1nk if you want the profile to work for you after the tap: an assistant that answers visitors in Arabic or English and saves them as leads, with team control and the card in one yearly price.
- An AI assistant on the profile answers the visitor and asks for their details. Dot’s AI scans paper cards for you; nothing on the profile talks to the visitor.
- Lower team price with the AI included: $5 a person a month with a PVC or bamboo card, against $15 a member on dot.Teams Growth for CRM integrations and custom cards.
- Leads arrive enriched and scored on Pro, with a WhatsApp or email follow-up drafted for you.
- Arabic answers on the profile, and support on WhatsApp from a team in the region.
When Dot is the better pick
For one person on a budget, Dot is hard to beat: a $30 card paid once, a free profile with two-way contact exchange and a wallet pass, and no subscription unless you want Profile+. It also sells form factors bl1nk does not, such as a wristband, a phone sticker and a counter display.
Checked against Dot’s own website in November 2026. Where we could not confirm something, the row says so.
| Feature | bl1nk | Dot |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant on the profileAnswers visitors and asks for their details | bl1nkYesOn every plan, Free included (fair use) | DotNo |
| Answers in Arabic and EnglishIn the language the visitor writes in | bl1nkYes | DotNoNo assistant on the profile |
| Lead enrichment and scoringWho they are and who to call first | bl1nkYesPro | DotNo |
| Follow-up drafted for youOn WhatsApp or email | bl1nkYesPro | DotNo |
| Ask your contacts a question“Who did we meet at the expo and not follow up?” | bl1nkYesAsk bl1nk AI (Pro) | DotNo |
| NFC card, QR and link sharingNo app needed on the other phone | bl1nkYes | DotYes |
| NFC card included in the plan | bl1nkYesPVC or bamboo with Pro, metal +$40 | DotPartlyIncluded on dot.Teams; individuals buy it once, from $30 |
| Company template and staff controlOne brand on every card, people in and out | bl1nkYesPro, from 2 people | DotYesdot.Teams, from $8 per member a month, billed yearly |
| CRM sync | bl1nkYesHubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, Pipedrive and more on Pro | DotYesOn dot.Teams Growth, $15 per member a month |
| Published price | bl1nkYes$5 a person a month, billed yearly | DotYesPublished |
| Support on WhatsApp, in ArabicA person in the region replies | bl1nkYes+961 71 171 756 | DotPartlyCheck their support channels |
Dot sells the card once and the profile is free for life with it. Profile+ and dot.Teams are optional subscriptions. Dot’s shop and pricing live at dotcards.net.
- dot.Profile
- FreeFree for life with a device. Two-way contact exchange, QR code, Apple and Android wallet, 7 days of insights
- Cards (one time)
- From $30Black card $30, metal card $50, custom card $50, custom metal $75
- dot.Profile+
- $15/month7-day free trial; yearly billing advertised at 20% off. AI paper card scanner, contact export, custom QR code, no Dot branding
- dot.Teams Essential
- $8 per member/monthBilled yearly. Standard devices included, profile templates, team management
- dot.Teams Growth
- $15 per member/monthBilled yearly. Custom devices, Profile+ for everyone, CRM integrations, white label
Checked on Dot’s own website, November 2026. Team prices as shown for a team of 1 to 15; the page lets you pick larger team sizes.
For comparison
bl1nk pricing
- Free
- $0 for one person. Visitors see everything, AI assistant included.
- Pro
- $5 a person a month, billed yearly ($60). PVC or bamboo card included, metal $40 more.
- 50+ people
- Talk to us for a custom setup.
You buy a Dot device (a card, a metal card, a wristband, a sticker that sits under a phone case, or a counter display), set up a free dot.Profile and activate the device. A tap on a phone, or a scan of the QR code on the card, opens the profile in the browser. The other person saves your details in one tap and can send theirs back.
Dot is easy to confuse with the US DOT medical card for truck and bus drivers. They are unrelated: this page is about the business card brand at dot.cards.
Three different ways to pay for the same tap. Prices are each vendor’s own, checked November 2026.
| Dot | Wave | bl1nk | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free profile | Yes, with a device you buy | Yes, free plan | Yes, 1 profile |
| Paid plan for one person | Profile+, $15 a month | Pro, $7 a month billed yearly | Pro, $5 a person a month billed yearly |
| Team price | $8 or $15 per member a month, billed yearly | $5 per user a month billed yearly, 3 seats minimum | $5 a person a month, billed yearly |
| NFC card | Bought once from $30; included on dot.Teams | Sold separately | PVC or bamboo included in Pro |
| Wallet pass | Yes | Yes | No |
| AI assistant for visitors | No | No | Yes, on every plan |
Dot is one of the cheapest ways into tap-to-share: buy a card or a wristband once and the profile is free for life, with two-way contact exchange and a wallet pass. Profile+ and dot.Teams add branding, contact export, a paper-card scanner and CRM sync. What it does not do is talk to the people who open your profile: there is no assistant, scoring or drafted follow-up.
Where Dot is strong
- Card paid once, from $30, with a free profile for life
- Wristband, phone sticker and counter display as well as cards
- Wallet pass and two-way contact exchange on the free profile
Where it falls short
- No AI assistant on the profile and no lead scoring
- CRM integrations only on dot.Teams Growth, at $15 a member
- No Arabic-first support for teams in the Gulf and Levant
Alternatives to Dot: Wave, a polished app with a free plan and low team prices; V1CE, a premium card paid once with an optional AI subscription; and bl1nk, with an AI assistant that talks to visitors and the card in one yearly price.
How much does a Dot business card cost?
As of November 2026, a standard Dot card is $30 and a metal card $50, paid once, with a free profile for life. Profile+ is $15 a month, and dot.Teams is $8 or $15 per member a month, billed yearly. bl1nk is free for one person, and Pro is $5 a person a month, billed yearly ($60) with a PVC or bamboo NFC card included (metal $40 more), dropping to $4.50 from 10 people and $4 from 25.
Does Dot have a monthly fee?
Not for the basic profile, which is free for life with any Dot device. The monthly fees are optional: Profile+ for individuals and dot.Teams for companies.
Is a Dot card the same as a DOT medical card?
No. Dot (dot.cards) is an NFC business card brand. The DOT medical card is a US health certificate for commercial drivers from the Department of Transportation. They share a name and nothing else.
Does Dot work on iPhone and Android?
Yes. Dot says its devices work with iPhone and Android, and the profile opens in the browser, so the other person needs no app. Each card also has a QR code for phones that do not read NFC.
What does bl1nk do that Dot does not?
bl1nk puts an AI assistant on every profile that answers the visitor’s questions in Arabic or English and asks for their details. On Pro, each lead is enriched and scored and the follow-up is drafted for WhatsApp or email, with the NFC card in the price.
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