Pricing
Published pricing, all the way to 50,000 seats.
No seat minimums to unlock a feature. No mandatory hardware. No sales call between self-serve and enterprise — the band below replaces it.
Free
Evaluate Cardinal or keep light, personal use going indefinitely.
1 seat
Start free- 1 digital card, unlimited QR sharing
- Native vCard save
- Email signature generator
- Basic card-view count
Pro
For solo professionals, freelancers, and small-business owners.
1 seat
Start free- Unlimited cards, branded QR, custom link
- Full CSV export and card-view analytics
- Unlimited AI business-card/badge OCR scanner
- Priority support
Team
Small teams standardizing on one card, with no seat minimum.
1 seat minimum, no cap
Start free- Everything in Pro, per seat
- Centralized admin dashboard
- Brand/template locking
- Native CRM sync — no seat minimum
- Bulk CSV import — coming with org provisioning
- SSO (SAML/OIDC) — on the roadmap
Business
A real corporate rollout, below full enterprise scale.
20+ seats
Talk to us- Everything in Team
- Real-time, bi-directional CRM sync
- AI Notetaker with consent-aware recording
- Auto-drafted, context-personalized follow-up
- Event/kiosk lead-capture mode
- SCIM provisioning tied to HR changes — on the roadmap
Enterprise
Self-serve pricing through 50,000+ seats.
Every competitor we've studied goes dark to “contact sales” between 50 and 101 seats. Cardinal publishes the number instead — a same-day quote where the category usually costs a 2–4 week sales cycle.
| Seats | Price / user / mo (annual) |
|---|---|
| 100–499 | $6.00 |
| 500–999 | $5.00 |
| 1,000–4,999 | $4.00 |
| 5,000–14,999 | $3.00 |
| 15,000–49,999 | $2.50 |
| 50,000+ | $2.00 |
Everything in Business, plus:
- HRIS-driven provisioning (Workday, BambooHR, ADP)
- Multi-tenant / multi-brand / multi-region admin hierarchy
- SOC 2 Type II, GDPR/DPF registration
- Dedicated onboarding/account manager, SLA-backed support
- Unlimited event/kiosk lead-capture usage
- Custom contract terms available on top of the published floor
Add-ons
Available at any paid tier
| Add-on | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| NFC physical card — on the roadmap | Not yet available to purchase | Planned as an optional add-on, never mandatory, at any tier. |
| Metered event/kiosk usage beyond plan allowance | $0.15–$0.25/lead scanned, or $299/event flat | Business's plan allowance is 2 events/month included. |
| SMS follow-up channel | $0.01/segment + platform fee | Opt-in only; requires org-level 10DLC + consent-flow setup. |
| HIPAA / ISO 27001 compliance package | Included at 5,000+ seats; paid rider below that | Sell into healthcare/finance without every customer subsidizing the audit. |
Compare
Every feature, every tier
| Feature | Free | Pro | Team | Business | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital card, QR sharing | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Native vCard save | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Apple & Google Wallet passes — on the roadmap | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Full CSV export & view analytics | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Bulk CSV import — coming with org provisioning | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| AI card/badge OCR scanner | Not included | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Admin dashboard, brand/template locking | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| Native CRM sync (no seat minimum) | Not included | Not included | Included | Included | Included |
| SSO (SAML/OIDC) — on the roadmap | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| SCIM provisioning — on the roadmap | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| NFC tap-to-share — on the roadmap | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Custom domain for your card links — on the roadmap | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| AI Notetaker + auto-drafted follow-up | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Event/kiosk lead-capture mode | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| HRIS-driven provisioning (Workday, BambooHR, ADP) | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Multi-tenant / multi-brand admin hierarchy | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| SOC 2 Type II, GDPR/DPF | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Dedicated onboarding, SLA support | Not included | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
FAQ
Questions procurement asks first
Is there a seat minimum?
No. Every paid tier is priced per seat with a floor of one — a single operator never has to buy five seats to unlock CRM sync or any other feature.
Do you support SSO and SCIM below Enterprise?
Not yet — SSO (SAML/OIDC) and SCIM provisioning are both on the roadmap, planned for well under the 100-seat wall competitors put identity depth behind. Google Workspace domain auto-join (any tier) already gets most teams the 'sign in with your work account and land in the right org' outcome without either.
What happens to data when an employee leaves?
Offboarding revokes their server-side profile and session immediately. Contacts they already saved to their own device stay theirs — the written data-ownership policy makes clear which is which before you sign, not after.
How does Enterprise pricing work above 50,000 seats?
The published $2.00/user/mo floor at 50,000+ seats is a starting point, not a wall — custom contract terms are available on top of it. Every band below that is the real, published price; there's no separate hidden sales-call tier.
Is hardware required?
No, and it never will be — the product works fully with just the digital card, QR, and link. NFC physical cards are on the roadmap as an optional add-on; they aren't purchasable yet.
Can I put my card links on our own domain?
Not yet — custom domains for card links are on the roadmap. Today every card lives at a Cardinal-hosted link (/c/your-slug), which you can still brand with your org's template, theme, and locked fields.
Is there a discount for nonprofits or startups?
Yes — a 50%-off Team-tier rate ($3/user/mo annual) for registered nonprofits and pre-seed startups. Mention it when you talk to us.
Talk to us
Rolling out to a team or the whole company?
Tell us about your rollout — seat count, timeline, what IT needs to see — and we'll follow up within one business day.