# Meishio

> Business cards updated. Keep up with everyone you've met. Start professional checks against public sources, review the link and date, and optionally connect Google Contacts to send back approved changes. Scan English and Japanese business cards, up to 12 in one photo. Share selected professional records in company workspaces while keeping personal notes private.

- Audience: companies and people doing business between Japan and the world. Japanese companies working abroad, and foreign companies working with or entering Japan. Small and mid-size teams, plus startups and founders. Japan and India, and beyond.
- Price: Free while in early access. Sign in with Google.
- Platforms: on iPhone and the web. The iPhone app is in TestFlight (invite on request; not yet on the App Store); the web runs in the browser on iPhone, Android and desktop. In the iPhone app, new people go straight to iPhone Contacts when the user turns it on.
- Languages: reads English and Japanese business cards, including bilingual cards.
- Privacy: contacts are private to each account and stored in Singapore, and never sold. Meishio never deletes the contacts already in a user's Google account and changes them only with fixes the user approves, which can be undone. The AI providers that read cards, and why, are listed on the Your data page.
- Try it: anyone can scan a business card (up to 4 in one photo) on the try page, without an account, and see each one become a contact; then, optionally, check public sources for a person's current role, with a source and date for any findings (two free lookups a day). Nothing is saved unless they sign up.
- Messages: Meishio drafts follow-ups that open in the user's own Gmail, WhatsApp or LINE. It cannot send messages itself.
- Teams: early-access company workspaces offer deliberate professional-record sharing, collections, relationship context and assigned follow-ups. Personal notes remain private. Paid seat plans, pooled checks and invoices are planned.

## Using Meishio with an assistant

- [Browser workflow guide](https://getmeishio.com/agents) (Japanese: https://getmeishio.com/ja/agents).
- [Public JSON product description](https://getmeishio.com/product.json): first-party product facts, limits and supported browser actions; not a private-account API.
- [Quick start](https://getmeishio.com/guide) (Japanese: https://getmeishio.com/ja/guide).
- Available interface: the normal browser flow. A public MCP server and delegated account API are not currently available.
- Try a business card: https://getmeishio.com/try; authentication: none; interface: browser. Open the scanner or choose the fictional sample. For a real card, ask the user to choose or authorise the image upload. Review the extracted fields. Card details in the browser; a real read is not a guaranteed accurate extraction.
- Keep a real contact: https://getmeishio.com/login?from=try; authentication: user-session; interface: browser. Use the sign-in link from the trial result in the same browser to preserve the selected cards. The user signs in and accepts any account terms. Confirm which real people were saved; retry any failed cards. Saved people in the signed-in account. Trial carry is for a new, otherwise empty account; returning accounts should use the signed-in scanner.
- Prepare a follow-up: https://getmeishio.com/contacts; authentication: user-session; interface: browser. Open the selected person. Add meeting context or review a draft when the user requests it. Save a draft or reminder only for the person and action the user selected. An editable draft or in-app reminder.
- Send a message: https://getmeishio.com/guide; authentication: user-messaging-account; interface: user-messaging-app. Open the reviewed draft in the user’s email, WhatsApp or LINE app. The user chooses the recipient and sends in their own app. Meishio does not send messages itself.


## Quick answers

### What is Meishio?

Meishio is an app for your business contacts, on iPhone and the web: scan cards, check public sources for role updates and review any findings. Connect Google Contacts to sync the changes you approve.

### How does Meishio keep contacts up to date?

When you start a check, Meishio Search looks at public web sources for each person's current role and shows the source and date. Unsure matches are flagged, and nothing changes until you accept.

### Is Meishio free?

Yes, while in early access, with no charges, and a Free plan stays free for one person after that. Your first research (up to 5 people) is free; later research uses one credit per person.

### Does Meishio work with iPhone and Outlook?

iPhone, yes. New people go straight to iPhone Contacts when you turn it on in the iPhone app (in TestFlight); Outlook has no live sync, so import a vCard or CSV file from Meishio.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://getmeishio.com): scan English and Japanese business cards, review possible role changes with sources, and prepare follow-ups; try without an account (in Japanese at https://getmeishio.com/ja)
- [For teams](https://getmeishio.com/for/teams): for companies doing business between Japan and the world. Japanese companies in India are the first example: a shared network that stays when staff rotate (Japanese: https://getmeishio.com/ja/teams)
- [Try it](https://getmeishio.com/try): scan an old business card and check public sources for role updates, or type a name and company; no account needed
- [FAQ](https://getmeishio.com/faq): answers about scanning, Japanese cards, country codes, job changes, privacy and pricing (in Japanese at https://getmeishio.com/ja/faq)
- [Pricing](https://getmeishio.com/pricing): free during early access; a Free plan that stays free for one person after it; once paid plans start, Team is ₹999 per seat a month in India, from 2 seats. Prices in US dollars and yen are not set yet. Yearly amount not set; Pro price not set; quote-based Company tier for 50+ seats (in Japanese at https://getmeishio.com/ja/pricing)
- [Events and trade shows](https://getmeishio.com/for/events-and-trade-shows): Read 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.
- [Founders](https://getmeishio.com/for/founders): For founders: clean up Google Contacts, see when investors and partners change jobs, and scan the stack after a meetup. English and Japanese cards.
- [Sales teams](https://getmeishio.com/for/sales-teams): One 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 staffing](https://getmeishio.com/for/recruiters-and-staffing): For 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 agencies](https://getmeishio.com/for/consultants-and-agencies): For 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 companies](https://getmeishio.com/for/manufacturers-and-trading-companies): For 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 handover](https://getmeishio.com/for/staff-rotation-handover): When 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.
- [For individuals](https://getmeishio.com/for/individuals): Meishio on your own, free: see where someone you met works now, how findings show their source, scanning English and Japanese cards, and keeping Google Contacts clean and in sync (in Japanese at https://getmeishio.com/ja/individuals)
- [Your data](https://getmeishio.com/security): where data is stored, who can see it, which AI services read cards, export and deletion
- [Privacy](https://getmeishio.com/privacy): what is stored, where, and which providers process it (a Japanese summary at https://getmeishio.com/ja/privacy; the English text governs)
- [Security checklist answers](https://getmeishio.com/security/checklist): answers for company IT and security reviewers: storage location, encryption, access control, sign-in, logs, sub-processors, deletion and certifications
- [セキュリティチェックシート回答](https://getmeishio.com/ja/security): the same security checklist answers in Japanese

## Guides and comparisons

- [All guides](https://getmeishio.com/guides): guides, comparisons and use cases in one list
- [Digitize business cards after a trade show](https://getmeishio.com/guides/digitize-business-cards-after-a-trade-show): A 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 Contacts](https://getmeishio.com/guides/clean-up-google-contacts): Back 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 leave](https://getmeishio.com/guides/keep-business-network-when-staff-leave): When 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)](https://getmeishio.com/guides/best-business-card-scanner-apps): 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 India](https://getmeishio.com/guides/simple-crm-for-small-sales-teams-india): Zoho Bigin, Zoho CRM, HubSpot, Freshsales, LeadSquared, Pipedrive and Salesforce Starter: free plans, rupee prices, India data and card scanning compared.
- [Meishio vs Sansan](https://getmeishio.com/compare/meishio-vs-sansan): Sansan 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 Eight](https://getmeishio.com/compare/meishio-vs-eight): Eight 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 CamCard](https://getmeishio.com/compare/meishio-vs-camcard): CamCard 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 CRM](https://getmeishio.com/compare/meishio-vs-hubspot): HubSpot 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 Bigin](https://getmeishio.com/compare/meishio-vs-zoho-bigin): Bigin 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 scanning](https://getmeishio.com/compare/digital-business-cards-vs-scanning): Digital 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.

## Optional

- [Full text for AI assistants](https://getmeishio.com/llms-full.txt): features and every FAQ answer