What is Eight?
Today, I’m introducing Eight, a business card digital management service.
For those who have been managing business cards with physical folders, this service significantly reduces the hassle.
Basic Information about Eight
| Product Name | Eight |
| Company | Sansan Inc |
| Official Website (Eight) | https://8card.net/en/ |
| Official Website (Eight Team) | https://materials.8card.net/for-company/company-premium/ |
| Launch Year | 2012 |
| Free Plan | Available |
Eight is a business card management service provided by Sansan Inc., headquartered in Tokyo.
By taking a photo of a business card with the smartphone app, the app converts the information from the image into text, creating a searchable contact list.
Launched in 2012, the service initially gained attention for its unique approach: “Staff manually input data from the submitted business card photos”.
For users, this reduces workload and eliminates the hassle of organizing business cards manually, which is incredibly convenient. At the same time, I was quite surprised when I first heard about this process.
Additionally, users can share their business card information (profile details) via a URL or QR code to exchange business cards online. Using the app, digital business cards can also be exchanged by tapping smartphones together.
The service even provides users a feature to create virtual backgrounds for video conferences, displaying their name, title, and QR code.
With the rise of video conferences in recent times, opportunities to exchange business cards by scanning QR codes on virtual backgrounds have also increased.
In addition, the personal version of “Eight” includes social networking features such as viewing career information, receiving scouting offers, and getting notifications when the information of a contact in your address book is updated.
For businesses, “Eight Team” is also available, offering a service that allows organizations to centralize and share business card information within their teams.
What Eight Can Do
Key Features
For Personal Users “Eight”
- Capture business cards and automatically extract text data
- Save the extracted data to Eight’s contact list
- Search within your contact list
- Receive notifications when information about connected users is updated
- Access articles about career-related information
- Receive scouting offers from companies
- Exchange business cards online using a URL or QR code
- Use the app to exchange digital business cards by tapping smartphones together
Eight also offers a paid premium service, which includes the following features:
- Data extraction for all fields on both sides: Staff manually verify and correct all fields on both sides of the business card, including previously registered cards
- Download business card information
- Identify mutual connections
- Faster data processing: Process business card data five times faster than free users
- Integration with your smartphone contacts
- Save images as notes
- Send thank-you emails immediately
For Business Users “Eight Team”
The “Eight Team” plan allows organizations to share business cards within their teams.
Key Features are as follows
- Manage business cards across multiple users
- Configure whether each user’s business card information is shared within the organization
- Categorize business cards using tags
- Download data in CSV format
- Integrate with HubSpot
- Identify mutual connections
Pricing
As for the latest pricing, please check the official website.
English page is also available.
For company uses, please visit “Eight Team” official website below.
Smartphone App
Eight also offers apps for iOS and Android.
