Mobilo

US provider with a strong sales focus and an EU hosting option, but a thin GDPR and review situation

  • HQNew York, NY, USA (1178 Broadway, 3rd Fl #1021, New York, NY 10001)
  • Founded2019
  • Target audienceIndividual users/freelancers through to sales teams and enterprise organizations

Mobilo is a provider of digital business cards with NFC cards and QR codes, operated by Lulu Systems, Inc., headquartered in New York (1178 Broadway, New York, NY 10001) with additional offices in Amsterdam and Perth. Founded in 2019, the company positions itself as a B2B solution with a pronounced sales and networking focus: lead capture, native CRM connectivity and a team/enterprise tier with central administration are at the center.

In the overall picture of this comparison, Mobilo reaches a score of 68 out of 100. Its strengths clearly lie in product breadth: feature scope (90/100) and team/admin management (88/100) are among the highest values in the test field. The overall grade is held back above all by the points relevant from a German B2B perspective: data protection (58/100), German-language support (52/100) and the thin, partly weak user review situation (40/100). Mobilo is therefore a functionally mature product, but not one originally tailored to the German market.

Strengths

  • Strong B2B/sales focus with native CRM integrations (Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Dynamics) as well as webhooks/Zapier for lead capture and automation
  • Enterprise features present: team admin console, SAML SSO, HRIS-based provisioning/offboarding, role-based permissions and audit logs
  • Flexible NFC card hardware (plastic, wood, stainless steel) plus QR and Apple/Google Wallet, usable by recipients without an app
  • Regional Google Cloud hosting options (including EU data residency) and GDPR alignment, AES-256 encryption
  • Modular team entry with optional add-ons

Data protection & server location

Mobilo is a US company without a German company headquarters; the controller is Lulu Systems, Inc. in New York. Hosting runs on Google Cloud with selectable regional options, so that EU data residency is possible.

Dedicated Germany hosting is, however, not indicated, and the encryption (AES-256 at rest, SSL/TLS in transit) is standard but not a unique selling point. On the compliance evidence, the picture remains blurry: the SOC 2 statement is contradictory (Mobilo's own team/integration pages cite SOC 2 Type I, some marketing and enterprise sources SOC 2 Type II), an ISO 27001 certification is not substantiated, and a publicly available AVV/DPA under Art. 28 GDPR could not be verified and must be requested from the provider.

For GDPR-sensitive German buyers, Mobilo therefore requires scrutiny: an EU hosting option does exist, but the interplay of a US company headquarters, a missing public data processing agreement and inconsistent certification evidence explains the data protection score of 58 out of 100.

Enterprise readiness & integration

At the enterprise level, Mobilo is broadly positioned. The team solution offers a central admin console with field locking, role-based permissions, team statistics and audit logs, which supports the high team/admin score of 88 out of 100.

As an identity function, SAML SSO is available; onboarding and offboarding run via HRIS-based provisioning. For integration into existing IT landscapes, however, gaps remain: SCIM as a standardized user lifecycle protocol is as little substantiated as an MDM connection (Microsoft Intune, Jamf); the distribution of managed device fleets via MDM is therefore not documented.

This pushes the enterprise integration score down to 72 out of 100. Strong, by contrast, is the connectivity to sales systems: native CRM integrations to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and Microsoft Dynamics as well as webhooks, Zapier and an API cover common lead and automation workflows.

This is complemented by lead capture, analytics, custom branding, email signature management as well as flexible NFC card hardware (plastic, wood, stainless steel) plus QR code and Apple/Google Wallet.

Pricing & plans

We deliberately do not list prices on digitale-visitenkarten.de: they change frequently and are not transparently and fully available for every provider. For Mobilo’s current terms, please refer directly to the provider’s website.

Verdict: Mobilo

Mobilo FAQ

Where is Mobilo's data hosted and is that GDPR-compliant?

Mobilo hosts on Google Cloud with selectable regional options, so that EU data residency is possible; dedicated Germany hosting is not indicated. The operator is Lulu Systems, Inc., based in New York (USA); there is no German company headquarters.

Mobilo advertises a GDPR alignment, but neither a publicly available data processing agreement (AVV) under Art. 28 GDPR nor an ISO 27001 certification could be verified. An AVV should be requested directly from the provider before concluding a contract.

The data protection score is 58 out of 100.

What does Mobilo cost for teams and companies?

We deliberately do not list specific prices, as they change frequently and are not transparently and fully available for all providers. The Teams plan is billed per employee per year and includes an admin panel; important B2B features such as CRM integration and lead enrichment are paid add-ons, and NFC cards are incurred separately as a one-time cost.

All prices are stated in USD, larger organizations receive individual enterprise offers; reviewers also report price increases upon contract renewal. It is best to request the current conditions directly from the provider.

Does Mobilo offer SSO, SCIM and CRM integrations for enterprise teams?

Mobilo supports SAML SSO and HRIS-based provisioning for on- and offboarding as well as a central admin console with role-based permissions, field locking and audit logs (team/admin score 88 out of 100). Native CRM integrations exist to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and Microsoft Dynamics, complemented by Zapier, webhooks and an API.

Not substantiated, by contrast, are SCIM provisioning and an MDM connection (Intune/Jamf), which limits the enterprise integration score to 72 out of 100.

What are Mobilo's user reviews like?

The B2B review situation is thin and partly weak: on Capterra, Mobilo reaches 2.3 out of 5 stars, but only from 3 reviews; on G2 there is merely a single rating without a reliable overall value. A Trustpilot profile exists with several hundred reviews, but a concrete score was not retrievable during the research.

The App Store ratings are, with 700+ iOS and around 200 Android reviews, more numerous and more positive than the B2B portals. Because of the low external validation, the user review score is 40 out of 100.

Sources

  1. www.mobilocard.com
  2. www.mobilocard.com/about-us
  3. www.mobilocard.com/pricing-3
  4. www.mobilocard.com/mobilo-for-teams
  5. www.mobilocard.com/integrated-business-cards-for-commercial-teams
  6. www.mobilocard.com/support-articles/getting-your-card-into-your-wallet-app
  7. www.capterra.com/p/230584/Mobilo
  8. www.trustpilot.com/review/www.mobilocard.com
  9. www.crunchbase.com/organization/mobilo-card
  10. www.newswire.com/news/digital-business-company-mobilo-secures-4-1m-in-seed-funding-22092361
  11. www.openpr.com/news/4411360/mobilo-named-1-enterprise-digital-business-card-platform
  12. www.mobilocard.com/privacy-policy
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