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Business card scanner apps compared (2026)

For a large company that wants people to check every card, Sansan. For a small team in Japan, Eight Team. For a free scanner inside a CRM, HubSpot or Bigin. For one person who just wants scans, ABBYY or Covve Scan. Meishio fits small teams that read English and Japanese cards and keep contacts in Google Contacts. Microsoft Lens is no longer an option: it stopped making new scans in March 2026.

Meishio editorial team

Most phones can photograph a card. The differences that matter come after the photo: whether the app reads Japanese and bilingual cards, where the contact ends up (your phone, Google Contacts, a CRM or the app's own list), whether a team can share it, and what it costs once you scan more than a handful.

This list is for people in India, Japan and Singapore who meet a lot of people in person, on their own or as a team. The order groups similar apps together; it is not a ranking.

How we chose

  • We read each vendor's own pages (pricing, features and help articles) and their Indian App Store listings on 20 Oct 2026. Every fact below links to the page it came from.
  • We did not run hands-on tests or measure accuracy ourselves. Where a vendor makes an accuracy claim, we say it is theirs.
  • We included apps that turn a paper card into a contact and are listed on the Indian App Store. We left out Microsoft Lens, which Microsoft retired (no new scans after 9 Mar 2026 (opens in a new tab)); Wantedly People, which is listed only on the Japan App Store (opens in a new tab); and Google Lens and Adobe Scan, because we could not confirm on a vendor page that they create contacts from cards.
  • Prices are as each vendor's page showed them from India that day, in the vendor's currency. App Store prices are in-app purchase prices on the Indian App Store. Prices change, so check before you buy. Rupee prices we could not confirm independently are marked unverified.
  • Meishio is our product. It appears once, with its limits, and it is not placed first.

The options

  1. 1.

    Sansan

    Best for: larger companies that want people to check card data[1][3]

    Cards are scanned with a Sansan scanner or a phone; AI reads them, then people enter the data, and Sansan states 99.9% accuracy. Contacts go into one company-wide database with Salesforce and API integration, in 11 card languages including Japanese. Quote-only pricing, a 10-user minimum and a one-year standard term make it a company purchase, not an app you try tonight.

    Price: No public price; Sansan quotes each company (checked 20 Oct 2026)[2]

    Visit Sansan ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2.

    Eight and Eight Team

    Best for: individuals, and small teams in Japan[4][6][7]

    Eight is Sansan's free personal app; Eight Premium (¥600 a month, or ₹399 on the Indian App Store, unverified) adds extras such as downloading your cards. Eight Team lets small companies, mostly under about 30 people, share cards, with no per-card charge. Eight Team is priced in yen with a one-year contract, and its pages don't say whether companies outside Japan can sign up.

    Price: Eight Team: ¥19,800 a month per contract plus ¥500 per user a month (first 10 accounts free of the per-user fee), before tax, paid monthly on a one-year contract (checked 20 Oct 2026)[5]

    Visit Eight and Eight Team ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3.

    CamCard Business

    Best for: teams that want cards pushed straight into a CRM[8][9][10]

    AI recognition in many languages, including Japanese; company- or department-wide sharing; and listed integrations with Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, SugarCRM, HubSpot, Zoho and Google Contacts. Pricing is on request, with a 10-day trial. It is listed on the Indian App Store (details).

    Visit CamCard Business ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4.

    HubSpot

    Best for: teams starting with a free CRM that includes a card scanner[11][13]

    The scanner in HubSpot's mobile app is free and saves cards straight into HubSpot's CRM, on iOS and Android, using machine learning to match card text to fields. HubSpot's scanner page lists no languages, so try a Japanese card yourself. Accounts on free tools only are hosted in the US.

    Price: Scanner free; CRM free plan ₹0 a month for up to two users (checked 20 Oct 2026) unverified[12]

    Visit HubSpot ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5.

    Bigin by Zoho CRM

    Best for: small businesses in India that want a simple CRM with a scanner[14][15][16]

    Bigin's mobile card scanner reads 15 languages, including Japanese, and is part of the free plan (one user, one pipeline, 500 records). Paid plans add team pipelines. Zoho lists data centres in Mumbai and Chennai for Zoho as a whole.

    Price: Free for one user; Express ₹400 per user a month billed yearly, ₹550 billed monthly, GST extra (checked 20 Oct 2026) unverified[15]

    Visit Bigin by Zoho CRM ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6.

    Covve Scan

    Best for: professionals capturing and managing leads on their own[17][18]

    Unlimited card and QR scanning, offline scanning, recognition in more than 60 languages and a Google Contacts integration on the Essential plan; Pro adds team collaboration and central access to all leads. Contacts can also be exported to Excel, Outlook or your phone's address book.

    Price: Essential $119 per seat a year, Pro $199 per seat a year, billed annually, USD (checked 20 Oct 2026)[17]

    Visit Covve Scan ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7.

    ABBYY Business Card Reader

    Best for: one person who wants a plain scanner app on iPhone[19]

    Reads cards in 25 languages, including Japanese, with OCR on the phone, and highlights characters it is unsure of so you can check them against the image. Exports to Excel (CSV) and, with Premium, to Salesforce Leads. No team sharing is described, and ABBYY's old product page now redirects to a developer SDK page, so the App Store listing is the main source.

    Price: Indian App Store, in-app: BCR Premium ₹249 a month or ₹1,699 a year (lower ₹189 and ₹1,199 tiers are also listed), or ₹5,900 with no time limit (checked 20 Oct 2026) unverified[19]

    Visit ABBYY Business Card Reader ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  8. 8.

    HiHello

    Best for: people who want a digital card that also scans[20][21][22]

    HiHello is mainly a digital business card. It also scans paper cards and event badges, within monthly limits: 5 on the free plan, 20 on Professional and 50 per user, pooled, on Business. Scanned contacts can sync to Salesforce, HubSpot or Dynamics 365, and to Google Contacts on paid plans.

    Price: Free; Professional $6 a month billed yearly ($72); Business $5 per user a month, 5-user minimum, USD (checked 20 Oct 2026)[20]

    Visit HiHello ↗ (opens in a new tab)
  9. 9.

    Meishio

    This is us

    Best for: small teams that read English and Japanese cards and use Google Contacts[27]

    Reads English, Japanese and bilingual cards, up to 12 in one photo, and asks you to check only the fields it was unsure about; nobody keys in your cards. Contacts sync with Google Contacts and can be shared with a team workspace, with who knows whom. It is in early access: the iPhone app is in TestFlight, there is no human data entry, direct CRM sync is planned but not available, and the team screens are in English for now.

    Price: 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.[26]

    Visit Meishio ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Where Meishio fits, and where it doesn't

Meishio is built for small teams that meet people in English and Japanese, especially Japanese companies in India: it reads bilingual cards, keeps kanji and English names on one contact, writes approved changes back to Google Contacts and lets a team see who knows whom. It can also check public sources for job changes when you ask, with the source shown.

It is not the right choice if you need people to check every card (Sansan does), cards pushed directly into a CRM (CamCard Business, HubSpot and Bigin do), or an app that is already on the App Store and Google Play. Its paid plans have not started, so you are trying an early product.

Questions

Which free business card scanner apps are there?

It depends where the contacts need to go. HubSpot's mobile scanner is free and saves into HubSpot's free CRM; Bigin's free plan includes its scanner for one user; Eight's personal app is free. Meishio is free while in early access.

Which scanner apps read Japanese business cards?

Going by the vendors' own pages: Sansan (11 languages), Bigin's scanner (15), ABBYY (25), CamCard Business, Covve Scan (more than 60) and Meishio, which also keeps kanji and English names on one contact. Eight's app is in Japanese and English. HubSpot's scanner page lists no languages, and Freshsales says its scanner reads English cards only.

Is Microsoft Lens still available?

No. Microsoft began retiring Lens on 9 Jan 2026, ended support on 9 Feb, and stopped new scans after 9 Mar 2026.

Which apps have people check the scanned data?

Of the apps here, Sansan says it adds human data entry after its AI. The others describe AI or on-phone recognition, or don't say. Meishio uses AI and asks you to check only the fields it was unsure about.

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. [1]Sansan FAQ (opens in a new tab), Sansan Global Pte. Ltd. ·
  2. [2]Sansan pricing (opens in a new tab), Sansan Global Pte. Ltd. ·
  3. [3]Sansan features (opens in a new tab), Sansan Global Pte. Ltd. ·
  4. [4]Eight home page (English) (opens in a new tab), Sansan, Inc. ·
  5. [5]Eight Team pricing (Japanese) (opens in a new tab), Sansan, Inc. ·
  6. [6]Eight Team FAQ (Japanese) (opens in a new tab), Sansan, Inc. ·
  7. [7]Eight: Business Card Manager on the App Store (India) (opens in a new tab), Apple App Store (India) ·
  8. [8]CamCard Business home page (opens in a new tab), INTSIG Information Co., Ltd. ·
  9. [9]CamCard Business pricing (opens in a new tab), INTSIG Information Co., Ltd. ·
  10. [10]CamCard Business on the App Store (India) (opens in a new tab), Apple App Store (India) ·
  11. [11]HubSpot business card scanner app (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  12. [12]HubSpot CRM pricing (viewed from India) (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  13. [13]HubSpot data centers (opens in a new tab), HubSpot, Inc. ·
  14. [14]Introducing card scanner in the Bigin Android app (opens in a new tab), Zoho Community ·
  15. [15]Bigin pricing (viewed from India) (opens in a new tab), Zoho Corporation ·
  16. [16]Know your Zoho data center (opens in a new tab), Zoho Corporation ·
  17. [17]Covve pricing (opens in a new tab), Covve Visual Network Limited ·
  18. [18]Covve Business Card Scanner on the App Store (India) (opens in a new tab), Apple App Store (India) ·
  19. [19]Business Card Scanner by ABBYY on the App Store (India) (opens in a new tab), Apple App Store (India) ·
  20. [20]HiHello pricing (opens in a new tab), HiHello, Inc. ·
  21. [21]HiHello FAQ (opens in a new tab), HiHello, Inc. ·
  22. [22]Syncing contacts with Google (HiHello help) (opens in a new tab), HiHello, Inc. ·
  23. [23]Scan business cards in the Freshsales mobile app (opens in a new tab), Freshworks Inc. ·
  24. [24]Retirement of Microsoft Lens (opens in a new tab), Microsoft Support ·
  25. [25]Wantedly People on the App Store (Japan) (opens in a new tab), Apple App Store (Japan) ·
  26. [26]Meishio pricing, Meishio ·
  27. [27]Meishio FAQ, Meishio ·

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