Guides
Guides for business cards, contacts and team networks
How to get a stack of cards into your address book, keep it correct, and keep a team's relationships when people move on, plus comparisons with the card apps and CRMs people weigh Meishio against. Written to be useful whichever tool you use.
Guides
Practical guides for the work around business cards, contacts and a team's network. Useful whichever tool you use.
- Digitize business cards after a trade showA same-week routine for turning a trade-show stack into contacts you can use: note, sort, photograph in batches, check the right fields, merge, follow up.
- Clean up Google ContactsBack up first, merge only the duplicates you are sure of, fix country codes, separate work and personal, update old jobs last. A safe order for Google Contacts.
- Keep your network when people leaveWhen a salesperson resigns or an expat rotates home, their contacts often go too. What belongs to the company, a handover checklist, and what to do afterwards.
- Business card scanner apps compared (2026)Sansan, Eight, CamCard Business, HubSpot, Bigin, Covve Scan, ABBYY, HiHello and Meishio: who each suits, prices and Japanese support, checked 20 Oct 2026.
- Simple CRMs for small sales teams in IndiaZoho Bigin, Zoho CRM, HubSpot, Freshsales, LeadSquared, Pipedrive and Salesforce Starter: free plans, rupee prices, India data and card scanning compared.
Comparisons
Meishio next to the products people weigh it against. Facts about other products carry a source and the date we checked them, and each page says where the other product is the better choice.
- Meishio vs SansanSansan is quote-based, company-wide card management with human data entry. Meishio is a self-serve shared address book for small teams. Checked 20 Oct 2026.
- Meishio vs EightEight is Sansan's free personal card app; Eight Team shares cards in small Japanese companies, priced in yen. How Meishio compares, checked 20 Oct 2026.
- Meishio vs CamCardCamCard Business by INTSIG scans cards for teams and links to CRMs. How it compares with Meishio, and CamCard's status in India. Checked 20 Oct 2026.
- Meishio vs HubSpot free CRMHubSpot is a CRM with a free plan and a free card scanner. Meishio is not a CRM: it keeps the people your team meets. When to use which, or both.
- Meishio vs Zoho BiginBigin is Zoho's simple CRM for small businesses, with rupee prices and a card scanner. Meishio keeps the people your team meets. Which you need, and when.
- Digital business cards vs scanningDigital card apps share your details; scanners handle the cards you receive. HiHello, Blinq and Popl next to Meishio, with prices checked on 20 Oct 2026.
Use cases
How Meishio fits a particular team or job.
- Japanese companies in IndiaOne shared business-card network that stays with the company when staff rotate home.
- Events and trade showsRead up to 12 cards from one photo in your account, or up to 4 on the free try. Meishio adds trade-show cards to Google Contacts and checks for job changes when you ask.
- FoundersFor founders: clean up Google Contacts, see when investors and partners change jobs, and scan the stack after a meetup. English and Japanese cards.
- Sales teamsOne shared list of everyone your sales team has met: see who knows a buyer, catch job changes with the source, and give every follow-up one owner.
- Recruiters and staffingFor recruiters and staffing teams: scan cards from client meetings and campus events, check who has changed jobs with the source, and share client contacts with the team.
- Consultants and agenciesFor consulting firms and agencies: one shared list of clients and partners, who on the team knows each of them, and introductions that don't depend on one person's phone.
- Manufacturers and trading companiesFor business development at manufacturers and trading companies: scan the trade-fair stack and keep dealers, buyers and plant contacts in one shared team list.
- Staff rotation and handoverWhen an expat rotates home or a manager leaves, keep the client contacts, who knew whom and the open follow-ups. A shared team record that stays with the company.
- IndividualsMeishio on your own, free: scan cards, see where people work now with the source, keep Google Contacts clean.
See a card become a contact.
Take a photo of a business card, in English or Japanese, and see what Meishio reads. Nothing is saved unless you create an account.
Free while in early access. No account needed to try.