Paper and digital cards solve different problems
A paper business card is a physical handover item. It works without a phone, battery, or compatible app and remains useful at meetings, trade events, or in sales situations where a brief introduction is the goal. Its main limitation is operational rather than technical: when a phone number, role, address, or website changes, replacing distributed cards can be inconvenient.
A digital business card shifts the interaction to a phone. With QREasy, the supported Apple Wallet and Google Wallet journeys let a recipient review and save contact details or open a QREasy-created website. This makes the digital format useful for follow-up, repeat sharing, and audiences who already manage contacts on a phone. Understanding how QREasy fits the workflow helps you compare the formats by task rather than by appearance.
- Choose paper when the physical handover, a keepsake, or use without a smartphone matters most.
- Choose digital when recipients are likely to review a contact or website on their phone.
- A hybrid is often practical: paper for the meeting and a digital card for later contact.
Apple Wallet and Google Wallet: contacts or a website
Apple Wallet and Google Wallet are destinations, not interchangeable labels; the useful distinction is what the recipient receives after opening the card. A contact Wallet card presents contact details for review and saving. A website-linked Wallet card opens a site made with QREasy instead. Both journeys support the same practical decision: give someone information they can retain or act on immediately.
Contact Wallet cards and the first one-page website are available with the Free plan. Website-linked Wallet cards require Lite SME or Business. That distinction matters if your goal is simply to let someone save your contact details, versus making your QREasy website the central destination. QREasy provides small website-building tools and website templates for that second path.
Choose a contact Wallet card when accuracy, speed, and easy saving are the priority. Choose a website-linked card when the recipient should first see how you present your work, services, or business information. In either case, test the recipient journey on the devices you expect people to use before sharing it widely.
- Contact Wallet card: the recipient reviews and saves the contact details.
- Website-linked Wallet card: the recipient opens the QREasy-created website.
- Preview the intended journey on both iPhone and Android before distribution.
Static URL, dynamic redirect, or embedded vCard?
Static URL and dynamic QR codes solve different update problems. A static URL QR contains one fixed URL. The content served at that address can change without changing or reprinting the code—for example, a hosted webpage can be edited or a PDF can be replaced at the same address. Only changing the URL encoded in the QR requires a new static code. The practical static-versus-dynamic comparison maps out these update scenarios.
A dynamic QR encodes a managed redirect rather than the final destination, so its destination can be changed without reprinting, subject to plan limits. An embedded static vCard is different: the contact data is encoded directly in the QR. To change those embedded details, create and distribute a new code. A static URL should not be described as an embedded vCard; the contact data of an embedded vCard lives inside the code, while a static URL simply points to whatever content is hosted at that address.
Editing a hosted QREasy website does not automatically require a dynamic QR; keeping the same URL is enough if the goal is to change the page behind it. Dynamic redirects become relevant when you need to change where the QR leads. Neither static nor dynamic QR codes guarantee successful scanning on every device, so test the destination and camera behavior on the devices your audience uses. QREasy offers QR code generators for these formats.
- Static URL: the address stays fixed while the hosted content behind it may change.
- Dynamic redirect: the destination can change through a managed redirect, subject to plan limits.
- Embedded static vCard: the contact details are inside the code, so changing them requires a new QR.
QREasy plans: match capacity to the workflow
Plan choice should follow the number of sites, pages, and redirect destinations you expect to manage—not just the card you hand out. The QREasy plans page distinguishes Free, Lite SME, and Business by websites, page limits, dynamic QR capacity, analytics history, and access to website-linked Wallet cards. Static QR codes are unlimited on all three plans.
Free is enough to test a contact-led workflow with one website of up to one page, one dynamic QR, unlimited static QRs, and seven days of analytics history. Lite SME is the minimum for website-linked Wallet cards and expands the operating room. Business provides more sites, longer pages, and substantially more managed redirects.
- Free: one website, up to one page; one dynamic QR; unlimited static QRs; seven days of analytics; contact Wallet cards included. Website-linked Wallet cards require a paid plan. Price: EUR 0.00 monthly or annually.
- Lite SME: three websites, up to four pages each; 50 dynamic QRs; unlimited static QRs; 90 days of analytics; website-linked Wallet cards included. Price: EUR 2.99 monthly or EUR 28.70 annually.
- Business: 33 websites, up to 10 pages each; 357 dynamic QRs; unlimited static QRs; 90 days of analytics; website-linked Wallet cards included. Price: EUR 9.99 monthly or EUR 95.90 annually.
A practical decision checklist
Use a simple decision sequence. Start with the handoff: if the meeting requires a tangible card and no phone is expected, paper wins. If recipients are likely to use a phone, choose a digital contact or website flow. Next identify what must change. Editing the page behind a fixed URL does not require a new QR; replacing contact data encoded in a vCard does; changing destinations across campaigns may justify a dynamic redirect.
Finally, check plan fit, device behavior, and the update process you can maintain. Test the static URL, dynamic redirect, and embedded vCard options before printing anything. Once you know whether the priority is saving details, opening a website, or changing destinations over time, you can choose the least complex format that meets the need.
- Choose paper for a physical, no-device exchange.
- Choose a contact Wallet card to make saving details the main action.
- Choose a website-linked Wallet card to open your QREasy site.
- Choose a static URL QR when the same address should present changing content.
- Choose a dynamic QR when the destination itself must change within plan limits.
