Nexus vs Blinq
You already know why a digital card beats paper. Nexus gives you the same live link, QR code and wallet pass, then lets people book time with you, pay you and send their details back from the same profile. Add a wood or metal card when you want the introduction to land.
Information gathered on 11 October 2026
This comparison is based on the information Blinq published on its own website on that date. Prices and features may have changed since, so check Blinq's site before you decide. See the sources
The short answer
Blinq is a polished digital card with a generous free plan, email signatures and virtual backgrounds. Nexus matches the essentials (live link, QR, Apple and Google Wallet, NFC cards in plastic, wood and metal, native CRM sync, SSO and SCIM) and goes further on the profile itself: a Booking card, a Pay button for Stripe, PayPal and Gulf providers, Arabic profiles with proper right-to-left layout, and a company card pool you can reassign. Blinq's pages don't state booking, payments, Arabic support or physical card reassignment. If your card is where business starts, Nexus is built for what happens next.
| Feature | Nexus | Blinq |
|---|---|---|
| Share without a card | Every profile is a live link for messages, email and social bios, with a QR code and an Apple or Google Wallet pass on every plan | QR, widget, email and SMS sharing and Apple and Google Wallet on every plan, including Free. Branded QR from Premium |
| Physical NFC cards | PVC (full-colour print), wood (Bamboo, Walnut, Cherry, Maple, laser-engraved) or metal (Black, Silver, Gold, Rose gold, brushed and engraved). QR on every card; any card can be re-pointed | Sold separately: Classic (plastic), Eco (real wood) and Metal (engraved stainless steel), plus wristbands, phone stickers and keychains |
| Capturing contacts | Save contact (vCard) and Exchange so the visitor sends their details back. Lead forms on Pro and Teams. Contacts with notes, tags and CSV export | Unlimited sharing and contact creation on Free. Business adds lead capture mode, custom qualifiers and lead forms |
| Paper card scanner | Photograph a paper card and it becomes a contact, Arabic and English cards included (every plan, with credits included each month) | Contact scanner from Premium |
| Lead enrichment | Looks up a contact's company and role on the public web and shows the sources (every plan, with credits included each month) | AI contact enrichment from Premium. On Business, lead capture costs $9.99 per lead captured and enriched |
| Booking and payments | Booking card for Calendly, Cal.com, HubSpot Meetings, TidyCal, Google, Microsoft Bookings and Zoho Bookings. Pay button for Stripe Payment Links, PayPal, Tap, Ziina, Mamo, PayTabs, Telr and Thawani | Not stated |
| CRM integrations | Native HubSpot, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive and monday.com, plus Zapier, Make and signed webhooks | Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive and Outlook Contacts; '20+ CRMs'. Zapier, API and an MCP server |
| Email signatures and backgrounds | Not offered | On every plan, including Free. Admin-controlled on Business |
| Team admin and offboarding | Locked brand templates, departments and managers, per-person access rules, approvals, roster import, a card pool (assign, reassign, block, replace) and offboarding that keeps the company's contacts | Locked fields and templates that sync instantly. 'Offboard in a click'. Reassigning a physical card is not stated |
| Single sign-on and directory sync | On Teams: SAML and OpenID Connect SSO (Okta, Microsoft Entra; Google Workspace via SAML), SCIM, required two-step verification and passkeys | Okta, Active Directory and SAML SSO; Microsoft Entra for card provisioning. Enforced SSO and SCIM on Enterprise |
| Arabic and right-to-left | Arabic and English profiles with proper right-to-left layout | Not stated on the pages we checked |
| Analytics privacy | Views, taps, scans, saves and clicks, per person and team. No tracking cookies, no IP addresses stored | Card analytics on all tiers; team analytics, attribution and ROI on Business. Cookie and IP handling not stated |
| Security statements | TLS/HSTS, AES-256-GCM field-level encryption, hashed passwords, breached-password checks, audit logs, EU hosting. No certification claimed | States SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance. Google Cloud (region not stated), TLS 1.2+ in transit and AES-256 at rest |
| Price | Starter $5/month ($3 billed yearly), Pro $6 ($4). Teams $8 per seat ($6), from 3 seats. Enterprise on request. Cards ordered separately | Premium $9.99/month ($7.33 yearly). Business $6.99 per user ($4.99 yearly), billed per card, minimum 5. Enterprise custom. '$' shown without a currency |
| Free plan | Yes. One live profile, free for good, plus 7 days of Pro (14 with a card) | Yes, 'Free forever', with 2 digital cards |
Based on information gathered on 11 October 2026 from the sources at the end of this page.
Everything in Nexus
Nexus isn't just a card and it isn't just a link. It's both, plus everything that happens after someone meets you.
Your profile is a live link. Send it in a message, put it in your bio, show the QR code or add it to Apple and Google Wallet.
PVC, wood or metal. One tap on any modern phone opens your profile, no app. Every card can be re-pointed later.
Save contact, Exchange, lead forms, and a scanner that turns a paper business card into a contact in seconds.
Lead enrichment looks up a contact's company and role on the public web, with the sources shown.
Booking and Pay buttons on your profile, with meetings from Cal.com and Calendly tracked in Nexus.
Native HubSpot, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive and monday.com, plus Zapier, Make and webhooks.
Brand templates, a card pool, approvals and offboarding, with single sign-on, SCIM directory sync and passkeys.
No tracking cookies, no IP addresses stored, encrypted contact data and EU hosting. Arabic and English profiles.
Nexus is made by HexaFlow, a software company founded in 2019 with offices in Dubai, London, Muscat and Riyadh.
Add a Booking card for Calendly, Cal.com, HubSpot Meetings, TidyCal, Google, Microsoft Bookings or Zoho Bookings. Calendly, HubSpot and TidyCal open right inside your profile, and Cal.com and paid Calendly bookings appear in your Nexus Meetings dashboard with the person added to contacts. More for sales teams.
A Pay button takes payments through Stripe Payment Links, PayPal or Gulf providers such as Tap, Ziina, Mamo, PayTabs, Telr and Thawani. Money goes straight to you; Nexus never sits in the middle. Ideal for consultants, trainers and anyone who invoices on the spot. See pricing.
Nexus profiles come in Arabic and English, laid out right to left in Arabic, and the paper card scanner reads Arabic business cards too. Choose from 36 templates with your own brand colours and fonts. Blinq doesn't state language support on the pages we checked. See the templates.
Company cards live in a pool: assign them, reassign them when roles change, block a lost one and replace it. When someone leaves, their card goes back to the pool and the company keeps their contacts. Blinq doesn't state physical card reassignment. More on Nexus for teams.
Nexus Teams starts at three seats, with SSO, SCIM, approvals and CRM sync included. Blinq's Business plan bills per card with a minimum of five, and SCIM is on its Enterprise plan. See Nexus for teams.
When Blinq is the better fit
You want a free plan that covers the basics, or email signatures and virtual backgrounds managed alongside your cards. Blinq includes both, and it states SOC 2 Type II if your procurement team asks for it.
When Nexus is the better fit
You want your profile to do more than share contact details. With Nexus, people save your contact, send theirs back, book a meeting and pay you from the same page, and everything lands in your contacts and your CRM. Your card comes in PVC, laser-engraved wood or brushed metal, and your profile works in Arabic and English. Pro is $6/month ($4 billed yearly) and Teams is $8 per seat from three seats; see pricing.
Build your profile in minutes, add booking and payments, and pair it with a PVC, wood or metal card.