Less of a walled garden. More of a card.
dot.cards built a beautiful, design-forward NFC card with a strong brand. Prflio is the more open alternative — same NFC tap, lower price, twelve hand-designed themes, and a public profile that works on any phone with no app.
Same idea. Different tradeoffs.
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Both ship a polished NFC card with a designed digital profile. dot.cards leans into a single uniform aesthetic; Prflio ships 12 hand-designed themes you actually pick from.
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Prflio Pro is $2/month annual. dot.cards Premium is roughly $5/month. Across a year, Prflio Pro is ~$24 vs dot.cards Premium at ~$60.
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Prflio profiles work in any phone browser with no app needed for the visitor. dot.cards nudges visitors toward installing the app to save your contact.
Prflio vs dot.cards, feature by feature.
Comparison data current as of May 2026. Competitor features change — check their site for the latest.
More themes, less lock-in, lower price.
Twelve themes, not one aesthetic
Prflio ships 12 hand-designed themes — Parchment, Fern, Noir, Cobalt, Fog, Sand, Citrus, Lavender, and more — each tuned for a different personal brand. dot.cards ships a single uniform aesthetic by design. If you want your card to look like you, not like a brand template, Prflio gives you more room.
No app needed for the visitor
A Prflio profile loads in any phone browser, with a Save Contact button that drops them straight into their native phonebook. dot.cards profiles nudge visitors toward installing the dot.cards app for the full experience. We optimize for the visitor having zero friction.
Less than half the monthly price
Prflio Pro is $2/month annual. dot.cards Premium is roughly $5/month. Even Prflio Pro Plus ($4/mo, includes analytics) is cheaper than dot.cards Premium. Same NFC tap, less of a hit on your card statement.
dot.cards has unmistakable brand polish.
dot.cards has invested heavily in a unified design language and a beautiful card object. If the brand and physical product matter as much as the software, dot.cards is the call.
- Object design
The dot.cards physical card is genuinely nice — premium materials, recognizable typography, considered packaging. Prflio cards are well-made but more utilitarian. If you hand someone the card and they say 'oh, nice card,' dot.cards wins that exchange.
- Brand cohesion
Every dot.cards profile looks like a dot.cards profile — same fonts, same layout, same vibe. If your audience values that signal of "this person uses the design-forward card," dot.cards is purpose-built for it. Prflio cards look like personal cards, not brand cards.
- Mature Android app
dot.cards has a shipping Android app. Prflio is iOS-only at launch — Android is on the roadmap but not in your hands today.
It depends on what you want to signal.
- You want a card that reflects your personal brand, not the cards-app brand
- You care about the lowest monthly price for the same job
- You want the visitor to save your contact in zero taps, no app required
- You want twelve theme options, not one design template
- iOS is your primary phone (Android coming, not here yet)
- The physical card object matters more than the software flexibility
- You like the dot.cards aesthetic and want every profile to share that look
- Brand recognition of the dot.cards card is part of the signal you want to send
- Your team is on Android — Prflio Android is on the roadmap, not here yet
- Premium materials and packaging are non-negotiable
Re-tap the card. Pick your theme.
dot.cards cards are NFC tags with a writable URL — same hardware standard as everyone else. Open the Prflio iOS app, write your new prflio.com URL to the existing dot.cards card, and you're done. No new hardware needed, no waste.
- STEP 01Sign up free at prflio.com/sign-up.
- STEP 02In dot.cards, export your profile data (vCard or copy fields manually).
- STEP 03Paste the fields into your Prflio editor and pick a theme — Parchment, Fern, Ivory, Noir, Fog all work for personal cards.
- STEP 04In the Prflio iOS app, tap "Write NFC tag" and tap your existing dot.cards card. The tag now points at your Prflio slug.
- STEP 05Update your QR sticker, email signature, and any printed materials to point at the new URL.
Prflio vs dot.cards, answered.
A card that looks
like you.
Sign up free, pick a theme, claim your slug. Have your Prflio ready before your next coffee, conference, or showing.
