Comparison · Business card management
Meishio vs Sansan
Sansan is a company-wide card database, sold by quote, where people enter each card's data after AI reads it. Meishio is a lighter, self-serve shared address book for small teams, free during early access, that keeps Google Contacts current. If you need human-checked data and Salesforce integration across a large organisation, Sansan is the stronger fit.
Meishio editorial team
Both products start from the same problem: business cards that sit in one person's drawer. They solve it at different sizes. Sansan describes itself as cloud software that brings business cards, contact data and sales history into one shared database. Meishio is built for small teams that want to see who the company knows, without a sales process to buy it.
Facts about Sansan below come from Sansan's own English site and its Japanese comparison page, read on 20 Oct 2026. Sansan publishes no prices, so we can only describe how it prices.
Who each is for
Meishio is for
- Small teams that want one shared list of who the company knows, and who knows them
- Japanese companies in India, and teams who meet people from both countries
- People whose contacts already live in Google Contacts and who want them kept correct
- Teams that want to start the same day, without a sales call or a contract
Sansan is for
- Companies of all sizes, from major corporations to small and medium businesses, in Sansan's words; used in more than 60 countries
- Organisations that want each card read by AI and then entered by people
- Companies that connect contact data to Salesforce or to their own systems through an API
Side by side
| What | Meishio | Sansan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Meishio:Free during early access; nothing is charged. Team is ₹999 per seat a month in India, from 2 seats. Prices in US dollars and yen are not set yet.[7] | Sansan:No public price. Sansan quotes each company; costs are made up of initial costs, operating costs, a monthly licence fee, monthly options and a monthly scanner set.[3] |
| Minimum and contract | Meishio:No contract during early access. Team is planned monthly or yearly; the yearly amount is not set yet. A Free plan stays free for one person.[7] | Sansan:A 10-user minimum. The standard term is 1 year.[2] |
| Scanners | Meishio:None needed: a phone camera is enough. | Sansan:Scanner sets are billed monthly; the minimum number equals your floors or office locations.[3] |
| How cards are read | Meishio:Phone photos, up to 12 cards in one photo. AI reads each card and asks you to check only the fields it was unsure about. Nobody keys in your cards.[8] | Sansan:A Sansan scanner or a phone photo. AI reads the card, then people enter the data by hand; Sansan states 99.9% accuracy.[2] |
| Japanese cards | Meishio:English, Japanese and bilingual cards. Kanji and English names stay on one contact; titles such as 部長 are read as titles.[8] | Sansan:11 languages, including Japanese. The app itself is in English, Japanese or Simplified Chinese.[2] |
| Team sharing | Meishio:Early-access team workspaces: each person chooses which work contacts to share, and the team sees who knows whom and who follows up. Notes and personal numbers stay private. | Sansan:Contacts go into one company-wide database that colleagues can search.[4] |
| Google Contacts | Meishio:Two-way. Contacts come in from Google Contacts; fixes you approve go back, each can be undone, and nothing already in Google is deleted.[8] | Sansan:Not listed. The features page names email, Salesforce and API integration.[4] |
| CRM and other systems | Meishio:No direct CRM sync (planned). CSV export laid out in Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive, Outlook or kintone columns, and vCard files. | Sansan:Salesforce integration and an API.[4] |
| Data location | Meishio:Singapore. Storage in Japan is available on request for company plans.[9] | Sansan:Not stated on the pages we checked.[2] |
| In India | Meishio:Prices planned in rupees, yen, dollars and Singapore dollars. Suggests +91, +81 and +65 country codes for numbers saved without one. The iPhone app is in TestFlight; the web works on any phone. | Sansan:The Sansan iOS app is listed on the Indian App Store. No rupee price is published (quote only).[6] |
Choose Sansan if
- You want people, not only software, to check every card. Sansan adds human data entry after its AI and states 99.9% accuracy; Meishio has no human data entry.
- You are rolling out across a large organisation, with many floors or offices, and want dedicated scanners.
- You need a Salesforce integration or an API today. Meishio has neither yet; it exports CSV files.
- You want an established product rather than one in early access: Meishio's paid plans have not started, and its iPhone app is still in TestFlight.
Choose Meishio if
- Your team is too small for Sansan's 10-user minimum, or you want to try it this week without a contract.
- You want published prices: nothing is charged in early access, and the planned Team price is on the pricing page.
- Your contacts live in Google Contacts and you want them cleaned up and kept in sync, with every change reversible.
- You want to know when people change jobs: Meishio checks public sources when you ask and shows the source and date.
- Your team meets people in English and Japanese and wants one contact per person, in both scripts.
Moving from Sansan to Meishio
Meishio does not connect to Sansan, so moving is a one-time copy of the cards you choose, not a sync.
Download from Sansan
Sansan's own comparison page lists download as a Sansan feature. Ask whoever runs Sansan at your company for a CSV of the cards you need.
Import into Meishio
Choose the file in Meishio. It recognises a Sansan export, keeps kanji names with their readings, and puts the department and card exchange date in each person's note.
Check and merge
People you already have from Google Contacts or earlier scans are matched, so you can merge them instead of adding them twice.
Share with the team
Each person shares the work contacts the team should see. Keep Sansan running until the team has checked the import.
Questions
How much does Sansan cost?
Sansan does not publish prices; it quotes each company. Its pricing page lists initial costs, a monthly licence fee and a monthly scanner set, and its FAQ gives a 10-user minimum and a standard 1-year term. On Sansan's own Japanese comparison page, the scanner is listed at ¥10,000 a month per unit.
Does Meishio have people check scanned cards, like Sansan?
No. AI reads each card, Meishio marks the fields it was unsure about, and you check those. Nobody at Meishio keys in your cards. If human-checked data entry matters most to you, Sansan offers it.
Can I move my Sansan cards to Meishio?
Yes. Download a CSV from Sansan and choose it in Meishio's import. Meishio recognises the Sansan columns and keeps names with their readings.
Does Meishio share data with Sansan?
No. Meishio has no connection to Sansan and sends nothing to it. Importing a Sansan CSV is something you do yourself.
About these guides
Meishio editorial team
The Meishio editorial team writes these guides: how to keep a business network in order when cards pile up, teams change and people move on. Every fact about another product is checked on that product's own pages, and the sources are listed on each page.
Sources
Where the facts on this page come from, and when we read them. Products change; check the source before you decide.
- [1]Sansan home page (opens in a new tab), Sansan Global Pte. Ltd. ·
- [2]Sansan FAQ (opens in a new tab), Sansan Global Pte. Ltd. ·
- [3]Sansan pricing (opens in a new tab), Sansan Global Pte. Ltd. ·
- [4]Sansan features (opens in a new tab), Sansan Global Pte. Ltd. ·
- [5]Eight Team and Sansan compared (Japanese) (opens in a new tab), Sansan, Inc. ·
- [6]Sansan on the App Store (India) (opens in a new tab), Apple App Store (India) ·
- [7]Meishio pricing, Meishio ·
- [8]Meishio FAQ, Meishio ·
- [9]How Meishio handles your data, Meishio ·