What is Card Context used for?

Card Context is a networking CRM that scans business cards and QR codes, groups contacts by the event where you met, and queues follow-ups afterward. It is a good fit for founders following up after conferences, sales teams working trade show leads and recruiters collecting contacts at career fairs.

Is Card Context free?

Yes. Card Context has a free plan, and paid plans start at €9 per month.

Is Card Context open source?

No. Card Context is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the CRM category, open-source options include Relaticle, NextCRM and LINE Harness.

What are some alternatives to Card Context?

Card Context competes with folk, Clay and Nimble.

Card Context: features, pricing and alternatives

About Card Context

Card Context is a lightweight CRM for people who meet many contacts at conferences, trade shows, dinners and meetups. It turns those conversations into a follow-up pipeline by scanning paper business cards with AI-based OCR and reading LinkedIn, WhatsApp or WeChat QR codes from the same camera view, with no mode switching.

Every contact is organized under a Context, meaning the event or meeting where the person was met, which can hold goals, tags and an AI-generated recap. Voice memos in English and French are transcribed onto the contact, and an AI assistant answers plain-language questions about the user's own network. A Today queue schedules follow-up reminders, with message templates for email, SMS, WhatsApp and LinkedIn.

Contacts can be imported from the phone address book, vCard or CSV with duplicate review and merging, and each user gets a public shareable card with a QR code and vCard download. An MCP server and export API give AI tools access to the data. The site says it is not a multi-seat sales CRM with forecasting. A free plan and a paid Pro plan are offered.

Key features

AI OCR scanning of business cards
QR scanning for LinkedIn, WhatsApp and WeChat
Contacts grouped by event or meeting context
Follow-up reminders with message templates
Voice memos transcribed onto contacts
Import from address book, vCard or CSV
MCP server and export API

Good fit for

→Founders following up after conferences
→Sales teams working trade show leads
→Recruiters collecting contacts at career fairs

Tags: crm; business-cards; networking; ocr; qr-code; follow-ups; events; mcp

Card Context: questions and answers

What is Card Context used for?: Card Context is a networking CRM that scans business cards and QR codes, groups contacts by the event where you met, and queues follow-ups afterward. It is a good fit for founders following up after conferences, sales teams working trade show leads and recruiters collecting contacts at career fairs.
Is Card Context free?: Yes. Card Context has a free plan, and paid plans start at €9 per month.
Is Card Context open source?: No. Card Context is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the CRM category, open-source options include Relaticle, NextCRM and LINE Harness.
What are some alternatives to Card Context?: Card Context competes with folk, Clay and Nimble.