| Item | Metal Business Cards | Metal NFC Cards | Metal Credit Cards |
| Function | Luxury business card, VIP card | digital business card, access control | payment, DIY design |
| Financial Authority | No | Usually none (unless integrated with a payment module) | Yes (chip is issued by authorized bank or institution) |
| Customization Freedom | Extremely high (cut out, etch, patterns, colors, shape, size ) | High (encode data, nfc style) | High (Colors, etch) |
| Production time | 8-15 days (depends on color and artwork) | 12-18 days (depends on color and artwork) | 12-18 days (depends on color and artwork) |
| Price | High (USD0.5-8/per) | High (USD1.5-8/per) | High (USD2.5-20/per) |
| Item | Stainless Steel | Brass | Titanium | Aluminum |
| Weight | Medium, moderate feel | Heaviest, solid texture | Light |
Lightest |
| Strength/Hardness | High, not easy to deform | Medium, relatively soft | Extremely high, very durable |
Low, easy to deform |
| Corrosion/Rust Resistance | Very good, not easy to rust | Fair, may oxidize over time | Excellent, never rusts |
Fair |
| Appearance & Color | chemical plat, vacuum plat, paint oil, silk print | chemical plat, vacuum plat, paint oil, silk print | chemical plat, vacuum plat, paint oil |
anoadize different color |
| Processing Difficulty | Medium | Easy to etch | Difficult | engrave Easy to process |
| Grade & Sense | Medium-high | Medium-high | Top luxury | General |
| Cost | Medium, best cost-performance | Relatively high | High | Low |
| Main Applications | business, VIP, membership card | business, VIP, membership card | credit card, NFC card, luxury card | gift card |
| Color | Matt | Brush | Mirror | Frosted | Glossy | Etched texture |
| Black | Matt Black | Brush Black | Mirror Black | Frosted Black | Glossy Black | Etched Black |
| Gold | Matt Gold | Brush Gold | Mirror Gold | Frosted Gold | Glossy Gold | Etched Gold |
| Silver | Matt Silver | Brush Silver | Mirror Silver | Frosted Silver | Glossy Silver | Etched Silver |
| White | Matt White | / | / | Frosted White | / | Etched White |
| Green | Matt Green | Brush Green | Mirror Green | Frosted Green | / | Etched Green |
| Red | Matt Red | Brush Red | / | Frosted Red | / | Etched Red |
| Blue | Matt Blue | Brush Blue | / | Frosted Blue | / | Etched Blue |
| Gun | Natural Gun | Brush Gun | / | Frosted Gun | / | Etched Gun |
| Antique | Matt Antique | Brush Antique | / | / | / | / |
| Rainbow | Matt Rainbow | Brush Rainbow | Mirror Rainbow | / | / | Etched Rainbow |
| 24K Gold (PVD) | Matt 24K Gold | Brush24K Gold | Mirror 24K Gold | Frosted 24K Gold | / | Etched 24K Gold |
| 18K Rose Gold (PVD) | Matt 18K Rose Gold | Brush 18K Rose Gold | Mirror 18K Rose Gold | Frosted 18K Rose Gold | / | Etched 18K Rose Gold |
| Item | Liquid Plating | Vacuum Plating | Paint Oil | Silk Printing | UV Printing |
| Process Principle | Electrolytic deposition of metal ions | Physical deposition of metal targets in vacuum | Atomized paint spraying & drying | Ink screen printing & drying | UV light-cured ink printing |
| Surface Texture | Good metallic, full & heavy | Fine metallic, glossy | Matte/semi-matte, paint film with thickness | Matte/semi-gloss, obvious raised ink layer | Glossy/matte/frosted, 3D achievable, slightly raised surface |
| Color Range | metallic colors (gold, silver, black etc.) | metallic colors (gold, silver, black etc.) | Full color range, mainly solid colors | Full color range, mainly solid colors | Full color range, mianly for gradient colors |
| Surface Flatness | Excellent, coating fits substrate | Excellent, ultra-thin coating without texture change | Fair, with slight orange peel texture | Little poor, easy scratched off and have ilttle dots | Fair, easily scratched off, flat finish and clean |
| Scratch Resistance | Medium, prone to scratching, glazing required | Excellent, no scratches in 2H pencil test | Medium, prone to scratching, clear coat required | Poor, prone to peeling & scratching | Poor, prone to peeling & scratching |
| Corrosion Resistance | Medium, substrate oxidation causes coating discoloration | Excellent, coating isolates air, sweat & water resistant | Medium, general corrosion resistance | Medium, poor sweat resistance of ordinary ink | Medium, poor sweat resistance of ordinary ink |
| Anti Fingerprint | Excellent | Fair, need to add protection oil | Excellent | Poor | Excellent |
| Material Adaptability | stainlesss steel, brass, titanium | stainlesss steel, brass, titanium | stainlesss steel, brass, titanium | stainlesss steel, brass, titanium | stainlesss steel, brass, titanium |
| Production Efficiency | Low, complex process, high environmental requirements | High, high efficiency for standardized production | High, suitable for large-area rapid spraying | High, rapid production after plate-making | High, instant curing, highest efficiency |
| Production Cost | Medium | High | Medium | Cheap | Medium |
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