Best NFC business card in India, compared honestly
Beeps Card publishes this guide and sells one of the cards compared, labelled as ours. Every price is the seller's own published figure, and how we chose the sellers is set out below.
The best NFC business card in India depends on what opens after the tap. For business owners, sales teams, and professionals who need the tap to generate revenue - displaying a product catalogue with prices, accepting direct UPI payments, booking appointments, and capturing customer briefs - Beeps Card is the leading commercial smart card in India (₹1,699 one-time card + ₹199/year Basic or ₹299/year Pro). For basic contact-only sharing, generic unbranded tags start from ₹499, while custom metal finishes range from ₹1,900 to ₹5,000. Evaluate a smart card by its post-tap conversion features and 3-year total cost of ownership rather than initial hardware cost.
₹1,699 card, once · profile from ₹199/year · your logo printed free · usually arrives in 7-10 days
Six things that actually matter before you buy
Most comparisons only look at the finish of the plastic. The card is just the key - what it opens decides whether the meeting turns into work.
What opens after the tap
The one that decides everything else. Does the tap hand over a contact file, a list of links, or a page where they can see your prices, book a slot and pay you?
The chip inside
NXP’s NTAG 213, 215 and 216 chips hold 144, 504 and 888 bytes. A link needs a few dozen, so any of them carries one - ask the seller which you get, and whether they lock it.
What it costs over three years
The card, plus the yearly profile fee, plus the reprints you no longer buy. Ask what "lifetime free" means in year two - some pages go dark, some start charging to edit them.
Works without an app, and has a QR backup
It has to tap on an iPhone and on an NFC Android with nothing installed on either side. A printed QR code on the card covers the older phones that will not tap.
You can change it yourself, now
New number, new title, new prices, new booking slots - changed from your phone. No reprint, no support ticket, no waiting on the vendor.
An Indian company you can reach
A registered Indian company, support you can reach on WhatsApp, and prices in rupees. Overseas vendors bill in dollars or pounds, with your bank’s conversion charge on top.
Want the rupee-by-rupee version?
We break down paper reprints against smart card hosting in a separate guide.
Who sells NFC business cards in India
Eight options, grouped by what each one is built for. Ours is in the list, labelled as ours. How we chose them: five well-known Indian sellers that publish their NFC card prices, the international platforms that sell to buyers in India online, and the blank tags sold on marketplaces. Sellers who only quote on request are left out, because there is no published price to compare. More Indian sellers, each with a dated price, are in our price index.
Beeps Card
That’s us- The tap opens a page that sells: your products with their prices and your services, an enquiry form that takes file attachments, and appointment booking.
- Direct UPI payment and the Google review button on Pro (₹299/yr). A WhatsApp store on Enterprise.
- A printed NFC card, and a profile with its own QR code for the phones that will not tap.
- Flat rupee pricing: ₹199/yr Basic, ₹299/yr Pro, from ₹399/yr for two profiles, and ₹5,000/yr flat for 20.
TapMo
- The widest material range of the Indian brands: NFC cards from ₹499, a general budget PVC at ₹999, cherry and walnut wood ₹1,139-₹1,499, metal ₹1,999-₹2,399.
- Hosting is bundled - they advertise lifetime access with no subscription - and they ship to 130+ countries.
- Contact sharing, dynamic QR, lead capture and team management are included. Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised.
Tapect
- PVC, bamboo and metal cards. Lite from ₹799, white-label ₹2,000, metal ₹5,000.
- Contact sharing, links, a separate Google review card, and a teams section.
- Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised on their site.
Scube
- PVC from ₹599, metal from ₹1,999, Pops from ₹399, plus the Pulse tracker card.
- Multiple profiles per card in their app, a corporate admin panel, and a two-year replacement guarantee.
- Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised.
1Card
- One of India’s earliest digital visiting card brands, with printed PVC and laser-engraved metal.
- Their cheapest NFC card is ₹500 (printed pvc). A ₹350 card on their shop is QR-only, with no NFC chip.
- Contact sharing and links, editable for life, with a lifetime card warranty. Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised on their shop pages.
TapSticky
- PVC cards from ₹499 with the design included, plus foil cards, stands, keychains and stickers.
- A dedicated range of Google review products, which is a genuinely good fit if reviews are the whole job.
- Contact sharing and links, with a 100-day money-back guarantee. Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised.
International platforms (HiHello, Popl, Uniqode, Wave, Mobilo, V1CE)
- Genuinely strong on the things they are built for: CRM sync, contact enrichment, badge scanning and email signatures.
- HiHello, Wave and Uniqode have free tiers. Mobilo cards from $19.99, V1CE £49.99/mo after a trial, Popl quotes.
- Billed in dollars or pounds, so add your bank’s conversion charge. UPI and WhatsApp ordering are not listed on their pricing pages.
Blank marketplace tags (Amazon, IndiaMART)
- Unprinted cards and stickers, priced per tag by each seller, with no profile behind them.
- Honestly the cheapest setup that works, if you are willing to build and host the page yourself.
- No dashboard, no analytics and no support - if your page goes down, it is your evening.
Indian sellers' prices are each seller's own published figure, as collected in our price index: TapMo [source], Tapect [source], Scube [source], 1Card [source] (whose ₹350 card is QR-only, with no NFC chip [source]) and TapSticky [source]. Each seller's full comparison page links to its own sources.
NFC business card comparison: price, hosting and software
Entry prices, three-year costs and what each profile can do, checked against every vendor’s own site in September 2026. Prices change, so go by that date.
| Provider | Hardware & entry price | 3-year TCO | Profile capabilities | Team scaling | Teardown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beeps CardUs | Hardware & entry pricePrinted NFC card (₹1,699 once)₹1,699 card + ₹199/yr profile | 3-year TCO₹2,296 on Basic / ₹2,596 on Pro | Profile capabilitiesCatalogue with prices, enquiry form with attachments and booking calendar on Basic. Direct UPI and the Google review button on Pro (₹299/yr). WhatsApp store on Enterprise (₹5,000/yr). | Team scaling2-5 profiles on Pro from ₹399/yr; 20 for ₹5,000/yr, 50 for ₹10,000/yr | TeardownTeardown → |
| 1Card | Hardware & entry priceClassic PVC, custom-printed Signature PVC, laser-engraved metalNFC cards from ₹500, metal ₹1,900 - ₹3,300. (Their ₹350 card is QR-only.) | 3-year TCOFrom ₹500 - hosting bundled, no separate yearly fee advertised | Profile capabilitiesContact sharing and links. Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised on their shop pages. | Team scalingBulk quote | TeardownTeardown → |
| TapSticky | Hardware & entry pricePVC cards, foil-finished cards, review cards and stands, keychains, stickersFrom ₹499, free design included | 3-year TCOCard price only - no yearly fee advertised | Profile capabilitiesContact sharing, links and dedicated Google review products. Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised. | Team scalingBought per product | TeardownTeardown → |
| Scube | Hardware & entry pricePVC, metal, Scube Pops, and the Pulse tracker cardPVC from ₹599, metal from ₹1,999, Pops from ₹399 | 3-year TCOCard price only - no yearly fee advertised | Profile capabilitiesContact sharing and links, with multiple profiles per card in their app. Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised. | Team scalingCorporate admin panel, quoted | TeardownTeardown → |
| Tapect | Hardware & entry pricePVC, bamboo wood and metalLite from ₹799, white-label ₹2,000, metal ₹5,000 | 3-year TCOCard price only - no yearly fee advertised | Profile capabilitiesContact sharing, links and a separate Google review card. Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised. | Team scalingTeams and business section | TeardownTeardown → |
| TapMo | Hardware & entry pricePVC, bamboo, cherry and walnut wood, laser-engraved metalBudget PVC ₹999, wood ₹1,139-₹1,499, metal ₹1,999-₹2,399 | 3-year TCOCard price only - hosting bundled, "no subscription, lifetime access" | Profile capabilitiesContact sharing, dynamic QR, WhatsApp contact, lead capture and team management included. Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised. | Team scalingTeam management included | TeardownTeardown → |
| NFC One | Hardware & entry pricePrinted PVC cards, by Impreza Technologies in KochiQuoted - see their Cards & Plans page | 3-year TCOQuoted | Profile capabilitiesContact sharing, social links and a business profile. Payments, a priced catalogue and booking are not advertised. | Team scalingCorporate enquiry | TeardownTeardown → |
| MeCard | Hardware & entry priceEnterprise digital identity platform - cards, ID badges, visitor passesQuoted | 3-year TCOQuoted | Profile capabilitiesBuilt for employee identity rather than selling: ID cards, visitor passes, membership and health cards, centrally issued and retired. | Team scalingCentral dashboard for thousands of cards | TeardownTeardown → |
| International platforms | Hardware & entry priceHiHello (no card - write your own tag), Wave, Popl, Mobilo, V1CE, UniqodeHiHello, Wave and Uniqode have free tiers. Mobilo cards from $19.99. V1CE £49.99/mo after a 30-day trial. Popl quotes. | 3-year TCOBilled in USD or GBP, plus your own bank conversion charges | Profile capabilitiesStrong on CRM sync, contact enrichment, badge scanning and email signatures. UPI and WhatsApp ordering are not listed on their pricing pages. | Team scalingPer seat: Wave $5/user/mo (3 min), HiHello $60/user/yr, Mobilo $4/user/mo | TeardownTeardown → |
| Blank marketplace tags | Hardware & entry priceUnprinted cards or stickersPriced per tag by each seller | 3-year TCOTag cost plus whatever you host the page on | Profile capabilitiesWhatever you build yourself. Genuinely the cheapest working setup if you can write a page and encode a tag. | Team scalingNot applicable | TeardownTeardown → |
The short version: the chip is the small part - a link fits on any of NXP’s NTAG chips. What separates a ₹499 card from one that earns its keep is the page that loads after the tap. A list of links cannot show a price, take a deposit or book a slot.
Seen enough? The card is the cheap part - it is the profile that does the work.
Card ₹1,699 once · Profile from ₹199/year · Free delivery across India
What opens when someone taps your card
Most cards drop a phone number into someone’s contacts, where it sits. The useful question is whether they can see your prices, book you and pay you before they put the phone down.
It helps you sell, not just introduce yourself
A paper card gives someone a number to call later. This gives them a price to look at, a slot to book and a way to pay you.
- Products and services listed with prices (Basic, ₹199/yr)
- Enquiry form that takes a message and an attached file, so a brief arrives with the lead (Basic)
- Appointment booking, free or paid, shown to you as a list or a calendar (Basic)
- Pay via UPI button that opens the payer's own UPI app with your UPI ID filled in; the money goes straight to your bank (Pro, ₹299/yr)
- Google review button on the profile (Pro)
- WhatsApp store with 8 storefront designs, taking payment through your own gateway (Enterprise, from ₹5,000/yr)
It reflects your own brand, not a template
A template with your name typed in looks like everyone else's. On Pro, the profile can look like your business instead.
- Extra profile templates, and you can switch design any time without losing what you entered
- Custom fonts, plus your own CSS and JavaScript for styling
- Beeps branding removed
- Instagram and LinkedIn feeds on the profile
- A website embedded in the profile
- SEO settings and a blog on the profile
It tells you who is interested
A paper card tells you nothing once it leaves your hand. A profile shows how many people visited and who saved your number.
- Everyone who uses Save to contacts is recorded with their name, email and phone, in a list you can export as PDF or Excel (Basic)
- Enquiries arrive in your dashboard with the sender's name, email, phone, message and any attached file (Basic)
- A weekly visits chart (Pro)
- Visits broken down by country, device, operating system, browser and language (Pro)
- A newsletter pop-up that collects visitor emails into a subscriber list
It grows from one card to a whole team
For agencies, clinics, consultancies and sales teams: one account, several profiles, and cards ordered from the same place.
- Pro holds 2 to 5 profiles on one account, from ₹399 to ₹699 a year
- Enterprise covers teams: ₹5,000 for 20, ₹7,000 for 40, ₹10,000 for 50 profiles a year
- NFC cards ordered from the dashboard, each set to open the profile you pick
- Edit a profile when someone changes role, and every card already handed out opens the updated page
What is actually inside an NFC business card
Two things decide whether a card taps reliably for years: the chip inside it and what it is made of.
Room for a link and a little more. A business card stores one link, which needs a few dozen bytes, so this is enough for the job.
More memory than a card link needs. Handy if a tag also has to carry a small contact file.
The most memory of the three. For a card that stores one link, the extra space goes unused.
The memory figures are NXP's: its NTAG 213, 215 and 216 chips hold 144, 504 or 888 bytes, and all three share its read-only locking and 32-bit password protection. So ask a seller two things rather than which chip it is: does the card open a link you can change, and is the chip locked so nobody else can rewrite it? Count how many bytes your link needs.
PVC, metal or wood: what the card is made of
What an NFC business card costs over three years
Reprint batches and dollar-billed subscriptions against flat rupee pricing, worked out over 36 months.
One person: consultant or agency founder
Paper cards at 60 and at 25 a month, with one change of details a year, priced at Vistaprint India's published rates [source], against a Beeps card and a Pro profile.
| Networking method | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | 3-year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper cards, 60 a month (printing + reprints) | Year 1₹1,900 | Year 2₹1,900 | Year 3₹1,900 | 3-year total₹5,700 |
| Paper cards, 25 a month (printing + reprints) | Year 1₹820 | Year 2₹820 | Year 3₹820 | 3-year total₹2,460 |
| Beeps Card Pro (₹1,699 card + ₹299/yr Pro) | Year 1₹1,998 card + Pro | Year 2₹299 | Year 3₹299 | 3-year total₹2,596 |
A team: 20 field sales reps
Per-seat platforms at their own published prices, against the Beeps Enterprise tier. Dollar prices are billed in dollars, so we have left them that way: what they cost in rupees depends on your bank's rate and charges.
| Platform | A year, 20 people | 3 years |
|---|---|---|
| Wave Connect Teams $5 a user a month | A year, 20 people$1,200 | 3 years$3,600 |
| HiHello Business $60 a user a year | A year, 20 people$1,200 | 3 years$3,600 |
| Mobilo team management $4 a user a month, cards extra from $19.99 | A year, 20 people$960 | 3 years$2,880 |
| Beeps Enterprise cards optional, ₹1,699 each once | A year, 20 people₹5,000 | 3 years₹15,000 |
Three years, one card, no reprints. That is the whole pitch.
Card ₹1,699 once · Profile from ₹199/year · Free delivery across India
Which card fits which buyer
Every card in this guide shares a link when it is tapped. They differ in what that link can do once it opens, and in who keeps it running.
Contact sharing is the whole job
A card that only drops your name and number into someone's contacts is the simplest kind, and budget chips from ₹499 are built for exactly that. Beeps Card is built for what comes next: your prices on screen, an enquiry with their details, a booked slot - from ₹199 a year - and a UPI button that pays you on Pro, ₹299.
You never want to see a renewal
Cards with the hosting bundled into the price suit a buyer who wants one payment and a page that stays as it is. Ours has a yearly plan from ₹199 because the page behind the tap keeps working: it takes enquiries, bookings and payments, and what we add to your plan reaches the same card, with no new card to buy. If a plan ever lapses, your profile is kept for 12 months and comes back exactly as it was when you renew.
The weight of metal in the hand is the point
Metal and wood cards are made for the feel of the object, and the material is what you pay for. We print matte PVC in black or white, with your logo printed free, and put the rest into what opens after the tap - the part your contact actually uses.
You would rather host the page yourself
A blank tag pointed at a page on your own server suits an engineer who enjoys running it. Beeps Card is for people who would rather not: the page, the uptime, the dashboard and help on WhatsApp are ours to keep running.
Compare Beeps Card with a specific brand
Already weighing up one particular vendor? Each page below puts them next to us, line by line.
1Card Alternative
Printed and metal cards from one of India’s earliest brands, next to a profile that sells.
TapMo Alternative
Their metal and wood range against our UPI, catalogue and booking.
Tapect Alternative
Creator-facing profiles against a WhatsApp store and a booking calendar.
Scube Alternative
Tap-to-contact cards and Pops, against a profile that takes the order.
TapSticky Alternative
Their ₹499 entry card against a profile that takes UPI payments.
NFCOne Alternative
A Kochi-built digital card, against multi-profile licensing and booking.
Popl Alternative
US event software billed in dollars, against flat rupee pricing.
Uniqode Alternative
QR management with scan limits, against a card with no tap limit.
HiHello Alternative
Software with no card of its own, against hardware plus a WhatsApp store.
Mobilo Alternative
Per-seat billing in dollars, against ₹5,000/yr flat for 20 profiles.
V1CE Alternative
UK luxury metal cards with international customs vs domestic Indian express logistics.
Wave Connect Alternative
A US platform billed per seat in dollars, against profiles that collect UPI payments in rupees.
The 10-minute test before you pay anyone
Five checks worth doing before you order from any smart card vendor in India - including us.
Open a live sample profile on your own phone
If a vendor cannot show you a working profile on your phone within thirty seconds, walk away. A screenshot cannot show you how fast a page loads or what its buttons do.
Open ours →Ask which phones it taps on, and what happens on one that will not
A good answer is specific: iPhone XS and later and most NFC Android phones open a tapped card with no app, and a QR code printed on the card covers every other phone with a camera. Ours carries both.
Which phones tap →Ask what costs recur in Year 2 and Year 3 in writing
Ask directly: what happens if I do not pay next year? Does my page stay up, get filled with ads, or get deleted entirely? Demand clear renewal pricing upfront.
Our renewal prices →Check who you are buying from
Look for a registered company with an address and a phone number you can call. Your card points at a link someone has to keep alive for years.
Who we are →Message their customer support on WhatsApp with a technical question
Send a pre-sales inquiry via WhatsApp. How fast and accurately they respond before taking your money is exactly how they will treat you when an issue arises.
Try ours →NFC business card questions, answered
How long the card lasts, what the chip holds, how UPI payments arrive and how teams are handled.
Which is the best NFC business card in India for sales professionals and business owners?
It depends on what the tap has to do. If it should sell - a price list, a booking, a UPI payment - Beeps Card is built for that: products with prices, enquiries and appointment booking on Basic at ₹199 a year, UPI payments on Pro at ₹299, and the card at ₹1,699 once. Metal cards start from ₹999 in our price index, and any NFC card can hand over a number. Beeps Card is priced for the page that brings the work back.
Why do NFC business card prices in India vary so much?
Three things: the material (PVC, wood or metal), what the profile behind the tap does, and how the hosting is paid for - bundled into the card price, included for some years, or a yearly plan. In our price index, the cheapest NFC card from each seller runs from ₹499 (Kurmah) to ₹1,249 (TapOnn), and metal cards from ₹999 to ₹5,000.
Sources: Kurmah [source], TapOnn [source], Linkology [source], Tapect [source]
What is the risk of buying a "lifetime free / no annual fee" NFC business card?
Hosting still costs the seller something every year, so a card with no yearly fee pays for it another way - usually in the card price. Ask how many years are included and what happens after. 1Card describes its profile as "no subscription and no expiry"; ProfileTap includes 7 years of its Pro features in the card price. Beeps charges a yearly fee from ₹199, says so up front, and emails you before it runs out. If a plan lapses, the profile shows a "not found" page, and everything is kept for 12 months: renew in that time and it comes back exactly as it was.
Does an NFC business card require an app to work on iPhone and Android?
No. Apple says iPhone XS and later support background tag reading, so a tap opens the card’s link without an app, and Android phones with NFC look for tags whenever the screen is unlocked. For a phone that will not tap, the profile’s own QR code opens the same page from the camera.
Sources: Apple Developer, Android Developers
What is the difference between NTAG213, NTAG215 and NTAG216 chips?
Memory, mainly: NXP’s NTAG 213, 215 and 216 hold 144, 504 and 888 bytes. A business card stores one link, which needs a few dozen bytes, so any of the three will carry it. All three have NXP’s read-only locking and 32-bit password protection, so a card can be locked against being rewritten.
Sources: NXP Semiconductors
Can I collect UPI payments and sell products directly from my Beeps Card profile?
Yes. On Pro, a Pay via UPI button opens the payer’s own UPI app with your UPI ID filled in; the money goes straight to your bank, and Beeps takes no fee or cut. Products with their prices are on every plan, and Enterprise adds a WhatsApp store with eight storefront designs, taking payment through a gateway you connect.
What is the most cost-effective NFC business card solution for a commercial sales team?
For 2 to 5 people, Pro holds several profiles on one login, ₹399 to ₹699 a year. For bigger teams, Enterprise is ₹5,000 a year for 20 profiles (₹250 each), 40 for ₹7,000 and 50 for ₹10,000. The per-seat platforms publish their own prices in dollars; the team cost table above sets them side by side.
Beeps Card publishes this guide and sells one of the cards compared.
Sources
Sellers' prices are their own published pages, chip figures are NXP's, phone behaviour is Apple's and Android's documentation, and paper prices are Vistaprint India's. Each was read on the date shown.
- TapMo, source page. Checked .
- Tapect, source page. Checked .
- Scube, source page. Checked .
- 1Card, source page. Checked .
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- TapSticky, source page. Checked .
- NXP Semiconductors, NTAG 213/215/216: NFC Forum Type 2 Tag compliant IC with 144/504/888 bytes user memory. Checked .
- Vistaprint India, source page. Checked .
- Linkology, source page. Checked .
- Kurmah, source page. Checked .
- TapOnn, source page. Checked .
- ProfileTap, source page. Checked .
- Apple Developer, Adding Support for Background Tag Reading. Checked .
- Android Developers, NFC basics. Checked .
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