WEMET vs. Cardynale: which NFC business card should you choose?

Over the last few years, NFC business cards have shaken up traditional paper business cards because of their practicality, their eco-responsible aspect and their innovation in the field of Networking.

These new generation business cards, allowing contact details to be exchanged quickly, are marketed by several companies including WEMET and Cardynale, two leading players on the French market.

This article proposes to analyze in detail the pros And the inconveniences of each option to help you determine which one best fits your business needs.

From card personalization to CRM integration and specific functionalities, find out which of these innovative solutions stands out as the best alternative on the market.

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General presentation

WEMET

WEMET is a Toulouse startup created by Samuel Dassa and Hannah Dassa specializing in the publishing of contactless business cards using NFC technology to facilitate the exchange of professional information.

With its platform, WEMET recently expanded its functionalities to include management software, in addition to the sale of NFC cards.

Cardynale

Cardynale (ex JustOneCard) is a French startup created by William Bellity and Antoine Payre, specialized in publishing software dedicated to the management of digital business cards.
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With expertise and a strong commitment on a technical level, Cardynale is banking on a complete software and easy to handle, also coupled with NFC business cards for simplified management of professional exchanges and meetings.

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Comparison of key features

NFC technology and connected card offers

WEMET

WeMeet offers 3 types of connected business cards.

- In white PVC (50€ excluding VAT),
- In black PVC (50€HT)
- Made of upcycled wood (60€ excl. VAT).

This NFC & QR Code connected business card allows you to share your digital profile and add your QR Code to Apple & Google Wallet.

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Cardynale

Cardynale offers create a free digital business card, which allows you to share a complete profile (social networks, brochures, contact information, etc.) and that can be associated with various physical media:

• Recycled PVC cardynal (white or black): 49€HT
• Recycled wood cardynal (maple or cherry): 60€HT
• Cardylane metal (PVC hybrid) (gold or silver finish): 79€HT

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In terms of physical media, the two offers are quite similar, except that WeMeet does not offer a 100% digital alternative, nor a metal card.
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Dashboards and profile management

Each of the two companies offers a dashboard, allowing you to update your information or that of your employees and to personalize your profile.

While at first glance the two platforms may seem quite similar, there are some differences that must be taken into account when making a choice.

Here is an example of both profiles:

Personalization

WEMET

• Offers a dashboard with advanced customization options, similar to those offered by Cardynale.
• It is possible to choose to add “widgets” (custom buttons) with the possibility of choosing your icon from a library.
• WeMeet has an add-on for managing email signatures.

Cardynale

• Ergonomic dashboard allowing the personalization of profiles‍
• 100% customizable widget and the possibility of including unlimited links (brochures, videos, photo gallery, social networks...)
• Addition Of animations, like the logo fades in when the profile appears.‍
• Custom email signature, in accordance with the information in the profile, practical for being professional until the end of your emails.

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‍Team management
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Each of the platforms must obviously adapt to be able to manage the information of an entire team.

WEMET

• Possibility to create a template for the profiles of all collaborators.
• Entering employee information en masse.
• Administration system between users to ensure consistency within the team.

‍Cardynale

• Designed for teams with extensive customization settings.
• Importing a Excel file via the “Edit Multiple Profiles” feature to update or configure all card information.
• Complete administration system for giving Access to employees and restrict fields that can be modified via the “Field blocking” feature.

Contact exchange form

Each system includes a contact exchange form, allowing the contact person you share your contact details to give you theirs as well.

WEMET

• Possibility to activate or deactivate this option, which will make the exchange button disappear on the digital profile.
• Inability to fill in your own privacy policy on this form, which may cause compliance problems with certain privacy policies.

Cardynale

• Possibility to activate or not this form, which will be revealed after adding contacts.
• Possibility of automatically sending a follow-up email to your meeting, by copying you, to facilitate the follow-up of new contacts. This email can be in French, English or be deactivated.
  
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‍Mobile app

The advantage of connected business cards is that they allow you to easily generate contacts, so it seems essential to have a mobile application for Sort and list these encounters.
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It is one of the big strengths of Cardynale which is the only solution offering this service on the French market.

WEMET

No mobile app.
Despite this, users can still exchange their contact details via the connected business card, by simply holding their WeCard close to a smartphone.

Cardynale

• Mobile application that allows you to easily reference all the prospects encountered via the map, add tags and notes, and easily sort them.
• Possibility to add your QR code To the wallet of his iPhone or Android in one click or to follow your usage statistics over 7 days.
• Scan paper business cards to automatically create a contact via Cardynale AI.
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With Cardynale's mobile application, imagine meeting a prospect at a trade show, Scan your paper business card instantly, add context notes, and sync it all with your CRM in one click.

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Contact Management and CRM Integrations

The contacts generated by the connected business cards are then transferred to the platforms in order to be processed.

WEMET

• The WEConnect platform lists the various meetings.
• It is possible to export the data as.CSV.
• Connection with the main CRMs on the market (Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive...)

• Through the Performances feature, WEMET also offers statistics on the use of business cards.

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Cardynale

• Cardynale also lists all contacts, including who met with each contact.
• Information collected by employees, including Tags and notes for more details on prospects.
• API integrations with the 11 biggest CRM of the market for a smooth export in one click (HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Pipedrive, Copper, Salesflare, Flexmail, Zendesk Sell & Close.io).

• Integration with +4000 applications via Zapier and Make.
• Enrichment of prospect data directly on the platform.
• Statistics on all exchanges and the number of prospects collected.
  
  
  

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Deals

WEMET

WeMeT offers 3 different offers:
- WeCard, a connected and ready-to-use business card, without a subscription.
- An add-on, WeSales, including lead enrichment and connection to your internal CRM
- An add-on, WeMail, which includes email signatures


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Cardynale

• Offer Gratuit : Cardynale offers a free version to democratize the digital business card.
  Armed with your QR code in your Wallet or on your Cardynale application, you can already switch to networking 2.0! Up to 5 members per space.
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• Offer Business : For teams, from 6 €/month/member (team management, group editing of profiles, unified branding & card templates, CRM integration, data enrichment, advanced statistics, etc.)
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• Offer Enterprise : +250 members (SSO connection, dedicated support, individual support and follow-up)

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To find out more about Cardynale's rates, go to hither.

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Conclusion

WEMET is a viable option for a wide range of businesses, including large corporations.

Cardynale offers a tastier value for money with a very intuitive and ergonomic platform, extensive customization, robust CRM integrations and a dedicated mobile application.

In addition, Cardynale allows you totry for free the entire platform before ordering a card, making it the premium choice for modern professionals.

Cardynale clearly stands out as the solution The most complete and innovative on the market.

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Want to know more about other tools?

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Discover here the comparisons of Kipful VS Cardynale and Vkard vs Cardynale.

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