What a CompanyCard looks like
Three example cards made with CompanyCard (the people and companies are demo examples). Each one opens from a link or QR code, and the reader saves the contact with one tap — no app needed.
Instead of a feature grid, this page works out what each vendor would bill you at your headcount, from the numbers on their own pricing pages as read on 19 September 2026. HiHello prints every rate. Popl prints none, so its column says what you get before the quote.
Three example cards made with CompanyCard (the people and companies are demo examples). Each one opens from a link or QR code, and the reader saves the contact with one tap — no app needed.
HiHello and Popl no longer sell to the same person. HiHello's pricing page still opens with a plan for "1 user" that costs nothing; Popl's opens with "Simple pricing for teams of all sizes" and no number under it. So the useful question is not which product is better but which of them will quote you at all, and for how much, at the size you are.
One person who wants a free card. HiHello, without much argument. Its Personal plan is labelled "Free Forever" and includes four cards, wallet passes for Apple and Google, an email signature and virtual backgrounds. Popl offers a trial, not a plan. CompanyCard's free tier is one card with a small credit on it — honest, but fewer cards.One person who will pay. HiHello Professional: $8 a month billed monthly, $72 a year if you pay up front, sixteen cards, contact enrichment and analytics. CompanyCard Pro is $4.99 a month or $3.99 billed yearly for one card with unlimited links, custom branding, lead capture and the credit removed. Popl does not sell to an individual from its website at all — see the FAQ below.Two, three or four people who want shared branding. This is the awkward size. HiHello Business is sold for "5-100 users". Popl quotes. CompanyCard Business starts at one seat, $4.99 a month each ($3.99 billed yearly), and it is the only one of the three that prints a team price a business of three can pay without a call or a fifth person.Five people or more. HiHello Business is $6 per user billed monthly, or $5 yearly, and it is self-serve. CompanyCard Business is $4.99 per user billed monthly, or $3.99 yearly, so on published rates it is the lower price at five and above — but you set it up by talking to us, where HiHello you can buy online.A team whose job is trade shows. Popl, and the price is whatever the call produces. The plan card sells unlimited events, a universal badge scanner, data enrichment and CRM sync; the card is a line item. Neither HiHello nor CompanyCard is built around a booth.| Headcount | HiHello | Popl | CompanyCard |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person, free | $0 — Personal, 4 cards, 5 scans a month | No free plan; a free trial and a demo | $0 — 1 card, wallet pass, small CompanyCard credit |
| 1 person, paid | $8/mo billed monthly · $72/yr billed yearly (Professional, 16 cards) | Not sold online to individuals; the link goes to the app download | $4.99/mo · $3.99/mo billed yearly ($47.88/yr) (Pro, 1 card) |
| 3 people | 3 × Professional = $24/mo with no shared admin, or Business at its 5-user floor, $30/mo | Quote | 3 × Business = $14.97/mo · $11.97/mo billed yearly, admin dashboard and brand lock included |
| 5 people | Business $30/mo billed monthly · $300/yr billed yearly | Quote — “you won't be charged extra per user, per seat, or per license” | $24.95/mo · $19.95/mo billed yearly |
| 25 people | Business $150/mo · $1,500/yr | Quote, same all-inclusive structure | $124.75/mo · $99.75/mo billed yearly |
| Events team at a conference | Business includes event lead capture and unlimited badge scans | The product: unlimited events, universal badge scanner, enrichment, CRM sync, SOC 2 Type 2, a dedicated CSM | Not built for this; lead capture on Pro is a card feature, not a badge scanner |
Arithmetic from hihello.com/pricing (switch on and off), popl.co/pages/pricing, popl.co and our own pricing page, all read on 19 September 2026. HiHello's five-user figure assumes Business is bought at the bottom of its “5-100 users” range. Rates move — reread both vendors before you buy.
Most comparisons of HiHello, ours included until September 2026, quoted $6 and $5 as its monthly prices. They are its yearly prices. The page loads with a control labelled "Billed yearly up to 25% off" already on, and the plan cards under it read "$6 per month, $72 billed yearly" and "$5 per user/month, $60 per user/year".
Click the switch off and the cards re-render: Professional becomes "$8 per month billed monthly" and Business "$6 per user/month billed monthly". The page's own script carries both sets of figures, and we clicked it in a browser on 19 September 2026 to confirm the render matches. If you intend to pay month to month, the numbers that matter are $8 and $6.
This is not a criticism of HiHello — a yearly default is common — but it is why some pages will tell you HiHello Business is $5 and others $6, and why our own earlier pages had to be corrected.
Popl's pricing page is a real page with real content; it just contains no rate. As of 19 September 2026 it is headed "Simple pricing for teams of all sizes" and every button on it is "Request Pricing" or "Book a Demo". The dollar figures on the page belong to customer case studies — pipeline generated, revenue closed — not to plans.
What it does tell you is the shape of the deal. Its FAQ answers "Does Popl charge per seat or per license?" with "No. Popl's pricing is all-inclusive — you won't be charged extra per user, per seat, or per license. Your plan covers your whole team, no matter how much it grows over time." It also says "Talk to our sales team and we'll provide you with a quote" and "To learn more about pricing, book a demo with us for a custom quote". So the bill is a single negotiated number rather than a per-head one, which is genuinely different from HiHello and from us.
The homepage frames the whole company as "Your AI GTM platform for in-person events" and answers "Can I try Popl for free?" with "Yes, Popl offers free trials and personalized demos". The trial is described as a way for individuals to try Popl Teams before setting one up — a path into a team purchase, not a free card.
Nobody outside Popl can tell you, because Popl does not publish a rate. As of 19 September 2026 popl.co/pages/pricing shows plan contents and two buttons, "Request Pricing" and "Book a Demo", and its FAQ says "Talk to our sales team and we'll provide you with a quote". HiHello prints every figure: Professional $8 a month billed monthly, Business $6 per user a month billed monthly, $6 and $5 respectively if you pay for the year. The only way to compare the two bills is to ask Popl for yours.
HiHello's team plan is labelled for "5-100 users", so as of 19 September 2026 three people are either on three separate Professional plans at $24 a month billed monthly, with no shared admin or template lock, or buying Business at its five-user floor for $30. Popl gives you a quote. CompanyCard Business has no seat minimum, so three people are $14.97 a month billed monthly or $11.97 billed yearly, with the admin dashboard and brand lock included. Our published per-user rate is also below HiHello's at five and above; HiHello's advantage there is that it is self-serve.
Because its pricing page opens with the "Billed yearly up to 25% off" switch already on. As of 19 September 2026 the first Professional price you see is $6 a month, which is the yearly plan, $72 charged once. Turn the switch off and the same plan reads "$8 per month billed monthly". Business does the same thing: $5 per user a month with the switch on, $6 with it off. Both numbers are correct; they describe different billing terms.
Not from the website, as of 19 September 2026. The pricing page has a "Popl for Individuals" panel for "solo entrepreneurs and professionals", but its link sends you to the page for downloading the Popl app rather than to a plan or a price, and the homepage FAQ describes the free trial as a way for individuals to "experience the benefits of Popl Teams before committing to setting up a team". An individual price for Popl is not published anywhere we could find.
HiHello: four, on a plan it labels "Free Forever", with Apple and Google Wallet, an email signature and virtual backgrounds included and card and badge scanning capped at five a month. Popl: none as a plan; what it offers is a free trial and a demo, and the only "free" on its pricing page is the footer's "Get the free mobile app". CompanyCard: one card with QR code, link and wallet pass, no scanner, and a small CompanyCard credit on it that the Pro plan removes. All three read on 19 September 2026.
As of 19 September 2026 Popl's plan card lists unlimited events and conferences, an AI-native universal badge scanner, verified contact and company data enrichment, event campaigns with qualifying questions, self-serve CRM and calendar integrations, SOC 2 Type 2 security and a dedicated customer success manager, with digital business cards as one line on that list. HiHello's Business plan lists event lead capture, unlimited scans and unlimited contact enrichment too, but the product is built around the card; Popl's is built around the booth. If badge scanning at conferences is the job, that is Popl's home ground, and CompanyCard does not compete there at all.
CompanyCard sells one card, priced on the page, free to start, with team plans that begin at a single seat. That is the whole pitch against this pair.