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.
We'll save you the sales pitch: on free-tier features Wave Connect beats us; on published prices and the team seat floor CompanyCard does. This page is mostly about telling you which case you're in.
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.
Most "alternative" pages are written by the alternative. This one is too, so here is the part those pages usually leave out: Wave Connect's free tier does more than ours.
Wave's free plan lists a lead capture form and a personal email signature. We gate lead capture behind Pro. Those are real differences and we are not going to explain them away.
On price it runs the other way. Wave's pricing page opens on yearly billing, where Pro is $7 a month and Teams $5 per user; switched to monthly they are $9 and $7 per user (read 29 September 2026). Ours are $3.99 and $3.99 per user billed yearly, or $4.99 and $4.99 billed monthly.
There is one more published place we win, and it is decisive for the people it affects: Wave's Teams plan requires a minimum of three seats. CompanyCard has no seat minimum. If you are a two-person business that wants locked branding and a shared dashboard, you cannot buy Wave Teams at the size you actually are.
| Wave Connect (verified September 2026) | CompanyCard | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Card, email signature, wallet, unlimited contacts, lead capture form | Card, QR + link, wallet, unlimited edits |
| Branding on free | Yes — Pro removes it | Yes — Pro removes it |
| Individual paid | $9/mo Pro ($7/mo billed yearly) | $4.99/mo Pro ($3.99/mo billed annually) |
| Team paid | $7/user/mo ($5 billed yearly) | $4.99/user/mo ($3.99 billed annually) |
| Team seat minimum | 3 seats | None |
| NFC hardware | Sold, not required | None sold |
Read from wavecnct.com/pages/pricing on 29 September 2026; the page opens on yearly billing, and the monthly figures are shown with the switch off. Wave wins the free-plan columns; CompanyCard wins on price and the seat minimum. Terms change — check before deciding.
CompanyCard. Wave Teams needs three seats, so you either overpay for a seat you don't use or stay on individual plans without shared branding.
Wave. Their free tier includes a lead capture form; ours doesn't.
CompanyCard, on the published per-user numbers: $4.99 against $7 billed monthly, $3.99 against $5 billed yearly. Wave Teams is bought online; ours is set up by talking to us.
Not across the board, and it would be dishonest to claim so. As of September 2026 Wave Connect's free plan includes a lead capture form and a personal email signature, while our free plan has no lead capture. On price CompanyCard is lower: as of 29 September 2026 Wave lists Pro at $9 a month billed monthly ($7 billed yearly) and Teams at $7 per user ($5 billed yearly), against our $4.99 and $4.99 per user ($3.99 and $3.99 billed yearly). CompanyCard also has no seat minimum, where Wave's Teams plan requires three seats. If your team is one or two people, that difference is the whole decision.
As of September 2026, Wave's free tier lists a digital business card, a personal email signature, unlimited sharing, unlimited contacts, Apple and Google Wallet, QR, email and SMS sharing, and a lead capture form. Free cards carry Wave branding — its Pro plan advertises removing it. Check wavecnct.com for current terms.
Yes. Wave's Pro plan lists "Remove Wave branding" as a paid feature, and CompanyCard's free cards carry a small CompanyCard credit that Pro removes. Neither free tier is unbranded, so that is not a reason to pick one over the other.
When your team is smaller than three people and you want them on a proper team plan with locked branding and central admin. Wave's Teams plan starts at three seats; CompanyCard has no seat minimum, so a two-person business can buy exactly two.
If you are a single user who wants lead capture on a free plan, or you want a team plan you can buy online without talking to anyone. Those are Wave's, and we would rather you chose correctly than churned in a month.
It includes one digital business card, a QR code and sharing link, your profile, links and socials, an Apple and Google Wallet pass, and unlimited edits — free forever, no credit card. Free cards carry a small CompanyCard credit; removing it is part of Pro.
Our free plan takes two minutes to test. So does theirs.