Eight review
A free card scanner for sharing and searching contacts within Eight.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Eight combines business card scanning with contact search and digital-card sharing. Professionals can photograph paper cards, save their details, and search by person, company, department, or position. It also supports QR-code sharing and exchanging digital cards by bringing smartphones together. Its focus is sharing and finding contacts within the Eight network, so it suits individuals who want a lightweight contact workflow rather than a verified CRM connection or export workflow.
The free plan includes business card scanning, stored-contact search, and digital business card sharing. Eight Premium adds digitizing both sides of a card, downloading business card information, finding common connections, and integrating with a phone contact list. According to the vendor's pricing page, Premium costs ¥600 per month or ¥6,000 per year. The paid tier is most relevant to people who need fuller card capture or want to download and connect contact details; users who only need to scan, search, and share can start with Free.
A useful part of the product's network focus is that connected contacts can notify users when their cards change, such as after a career move, and users can message contacts in Eight. The app is available on web, Android, and iOS, with cloud and mobile deployment. Email and documentation are support channels, and GDPR is listed as a compliance posture. Choose Eight if card sharing and contact discovery inside its network are central to your workflow. Consider another option if your process depends on a CRM integration or a specific export format.
Eight pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Scans paper cards and makes saved contacts searchable by several fields.
- Shares digital cards by QR code or phone-to-phone exchange.
- Notifies users when connected contacts update their cards.
- Where it doesn't
- Downloading business card information requires Premium.
- Digitizing both sides of a card requires Premium.
- Premium is needed to integrate with a phone contact list.
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