When Popl is the better fit
When Popl is the better fit
You run large trade-show programmes where badge scanning, LinkedIn photo capture or Marketo sync matter, or you want Outlook email signatures managed centrally. Popl lists all of those.
Nexus vs Popl
Turn every conversation at the stand into a contact in your CRM
Your team taps a card or shows a QR, the visitor sends their details back, and the paper card scanner catches everyone else. Contacts land in HubSpot, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive or monday.com, on a per-seat price you can see before anyone books a demo.
Information gathered on 11 October 2026
This comparison is based on the information Popl published on its own website on that date. Prices and features may have changed since, so check Popl's site before you decide. See the sources
The short answer
Nexus gives event and sales teams the follow-up essentials at a published price
Popl has grown into a dedicated event lead-capture platform, with badge scanning, LinkedIn photo capture and event campaigns, and team pricing quoted after a demo. Nexus covers the core of event follow-up (Exchange, lead forms, a paper card scanner, lead enrichment and native CRM sync) and adds booking and payments on the profile, wood and metal cards, Arabic profiles and SSO with SCIM on Teams, at $8 per seat/month. If scanning conference badges is a must, Popl lists it. If you want your team capturing and syncing leads this week, without a sales call, choose Nexus.
Side by side
| Feature | Nexus | Popl |
|---|---|---|
| Share without a card | Every profile is a live link for messages, email and LinkedIn, with a QR code and an Apple or Google Wallet pass | Digital cards with a QR code. All users can add their PopCode QR to Apple or Google Wallet; admins can email wallet invites |
| Physical NFC cards | PVC (full-colour print), wood (Bamboo, Walnut, Cherry, Maple, laser-engraved) or metal (Black, Silver, Gold, Rose gold). QR on every card; any card can be re-pointed | Popl Card, Phonecard, Keychain and Badge. Materials and prices not stated officially |
| Capturing contacts | Save contact (vCard), Exchange so the visitor sends their details back, and lead forms (Pro and Teams) | QR codes, custom forms and manual entry, with qualifying questions and event campaigns |
| Badge scanning | Not offered. Use Exchange, lead forms or the paper card scanner | Yes, event badge scanning |
| Paper card scanner | Photograph a paper card and it becomes a contact, Arabic and English cards included (every plan, with credits included each month) | Yes, paper business card scanning, plus photos of LinkedIn profiles |
| 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) | Included in the team platform |
| Booking and payments | Booking card for Calendly, Cal.com, HubSpot Meetings, TidyCal, Google, Microsoft Bookings and Zoho Bookings. Pay button for Stripe, PayPal and Gulf providers | Calendar integrations listed. Payments on the card not stated |
| CRM integrations | Native HubSpot, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive and monday.com, plus Zapier, Make and signed webhooks | Salesforce, HubSpot, Marketo, Microsoft Dynamics, Zoho, Monday.com and Slack, plus '30+ integrations', at no extra fee |
| Team admin and offboarding | Locked brand templates, departments and managers, approvals, team analytics, a card pool (assign, reassign, block, replace) and offboarding that keeps the company's contacts | Admin dashboard for members and licences, which can be reassigned. With Okta SCIM, unassigning a user deactivates their account |
| Single sign-on and directory sync | On Teams: SAML and OpenID Connect SSO (Okta, Microsoft Entra; Google Workspace via SAML) and SCIM, where deactivating someone runs offboarding automatically | SAML 2.0 SSO with Okta and Microsoft Entra ID. Directory sync for Entra ID, Google Workspace and Workday. Native SCIM 2.0: 'contact Popl Support'. Enterprise recommended |
| Arabic and right-to-left | Arabic and English profiles with proper right-to-left layout | Not stated |
| Analytics privacy | Views, taps, scans, saves and clicks per person and team. No tracking cookies, no IP addresses stored | ROI reporting and marketing attribution. Cookie and IP handling not stated |
| Security statements | TLS/HSTS, AES-256-GCM field-level encryption, passkeys, breached-password checks, audit logs, EU hosting. No certification claimed | Claims SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR compliance; data encrypted in transit and at rest. Hosting region not stated |
| Team price | Teams $8 per seat/month ($6 billed yearly), from 3 seats, published. Enterprise on request. Cards ordered separately | Quote-only after a demo, 'customized for your exact needs', with unlimited users, events and leads and no per-seat fees |
| Individual price | Starter $5/month ($3 billed yearly), Pro $6 ($4) | Not priced on Popl's page. Third-party: Pro $7.99/month ($6.49 yearly), Pro+ $14.99 ($11.99), in USD |
| Free plan | Yes. One live profile, free for good, plus 7 days of Pro (14 with a card) | A Free individual plan exists. Third-party sources say it gives one card with Popl branding |
Based on information gathered on 11 October 2026 from the sources at the end of this page.
Everything in Nexus
One platform to share, capture and follow up
Nexus isn't just a card and it isn't just a link. It's both, plus everything that happens after someone meets you.
Share without a card
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.
NFC cards when you want them
PVC, wood or metal. One tap on any modern phone opens your profile, no app. Every card can be re-pointed later.
Capture every contact
Save contact, Exchange, lead forms, and a scanner that turns a paper business card into a contact in seconds.
Know who you met
Lead enrichment looks up a contact's company and role on the public web, with the sources shown.
Get booked and paid
Booking and Pay buttons on your profile, with meetings from Cal.com and Calendly tracked in Nexus.
Straight into your CRM
Native HubSpot, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive and monday.com, plus Zapier, Make and webhooks.
Run it for the whole company
Brand templates, a card pool, approvals and offboarding, with single sign-on, SCIM directory sync and passkeys.
Private by design
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.
What's actually different
- 01
A price you can see before the demo
Nexus Teams is $8 per seat/month, or $6 billed yearly, from three seats, with SSO, SCIM and CRM sync included. You can budget for an event before you speak to anyone. Popl's team pricing is quoted after a demo. See pricing.
- 02
Follow-up starts at the stand
Visitors tap and send their details back with Exchange. For anyone carrying paper, photograph their card and it becomes a contact, Arabic and English included. Enrichment then fills in company and role from the public web, with sources. More for events.
- 03
Book the next meeting from the profile
Every rep's profile can carry a Booking card for Calendly, Cal.com, HubSpot Meetings and more. Meetings booked through Cal.com, and Calendly on paid plans, appear in a Nexus Meetings dashboard and the person is added to contacts, so the demo is in the diary before the event ends. More for sales teams.
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Cards that look like your brand
Order PVC in full-colour print, laser-engraved Walnut, Cherry, Maple or Bamboo, or brushed metal in Black, Silver, Gold or Rose gold, all into a company card pool you can assign, reassign, block and replace. Popl doesn't state its card materials officially. See the card range.
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Ready for the Gulf as well as Europe
Profiles read properly in Arabic, right to left. The Pay button supports Tap, Ziina, Mamo, PayTabs, Telr and Thawani alongside Stripe and PayPal, and data is hosted in the EU. Built for teams working across the UK, Europe, UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia. See Nexus for teams.
When Popl is the better fit · When Nexus is the better fit
When Nexus is the better fit
When Nexus is the better fit
Your team meets people at events, in meetings and on site, and needs every conversation in the CRM the same day. Nexus gives each person a branded profile and card, Exchange and a paper card scanner to capture details, enrichment to fill in company and role, and native sync with HubSpot, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive and monday.com. Admins get a card pool, approvals, SSO, SCIM and offboarding that keeps the contacts. Teams is $8 per seat/month ($6 billed yearly) from three seats; see Nexus for teams.
Questions people ask
Does Nexus scan event badges?
No. At events, visitors tap your card or scan its QR and send their details back with Exchange, or fill in a lead form, and you can photograph paper business cards to turn them into contacts. Popl lists badge scanning if that's essential to you.
Does Nexus work with Salesforce?
Yes. Nexus syncs natively with Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive and monday.com, and connects to anything else through Zapier, Make or signed webhooks.
How much does Nexus cost for a team?
Teams is $8 per seat/month, or $6 billed yearly, with a minimum of three seats. Enterprise is on request. Cards are ordered separately. Each seat includes 30 credits a month for card scanning and lead enrichment, pooled for the company.
Can we reuse cards when people leave?
Yes. Company cards sit in a pool you can assign, reassign, block and replace. Offboarding returns cards to the pool, archives or forwards the profile and keeps the company's contacts. With SCIM, deactivating someone in your directory runs offboarding automatically.
Is Nexus SOC 2 certified?
No. Popl claims SOC 2 Type 2; Nexus doesn't claim any certification. We use TLS/HSTS, AES-256-GCM field-level encryption, hashed passwords, breached-password checks, passkeys, audit logs and EU hosting, all described on our security page.
Sources
11 October 2026
Your next event, followed up
Set up your team, fill the card pool and connect your CRM before the doors open.