MOO vs Vistaprint vs Print Peppermint

Vistaprint is cheaper, by a lot, at the bottom of the market. 250 standard cards are 19,99 US$, which works out to eight cents a card. The catch is in the fine print: that price is the front side only, on 14pt stock.

MOO doesn't sell 250 or 500 packs of its Original card. 200 are 78 US$ and 400 are 135 US$, and the Luxe 32pt card is 149 US$ for 200. You pay for better paper and a better editor.

We're not in that race, and I won't pretend we are. Our cheapest Standard card is 52 US$ for 100. Where we get interesting on price is at the top: hot foil pressed with a real die on 32pt cotton is from 310 US$ for 250. The closest like-for-like we found from a big online printer, Jukebox's foil-stamped card, is 479 US$ for 250, on 20pt.

MOO wins this round against Vistaprint. Its Original is 16pt with both sides included, and its Luxe is a 32pt, four-layer Mohawk Superfine card with a coloured seam in one of eight colours. Vistaprint's standard is 14pt, with thicker and textured stocks as upgrades.

Here's what neither will tell you on the product page: thickness and finish don't always mix.

• MOO's own support says Luxe is "not compatible with glossy or special finishes like foil or spot gloss."
• Vistaprint says its Ultra Thick is "unable to add foil accents" and its soft touch can't take special finishes.

We print 16pt to 48pt, on cotton, kraft and dyed-through colour stocks, plus wood, metal and plastic. And thickness is where finishes start: a 32pt or 48pt cotton card can carry foil and letterpress side by side, plus a painted edge.

This is the biggest difference, and it's about how the finish is made, not what it's called.

Foil. Vistaprint's foil accent is digital: its FAQ says "the metallic foil is flat" and takes the colour of your design. Its raised foil is templates only ("we're only able to offer pre-designed templates"). MOO offers gold or silver on its 18pt Super card, under 50% coverage, and doesn't say how it's applied.

Hot foil stamping is a different animal: a heated metal die presses a metal film onto the sheet. On soft cotton it leaves a slight bite, so the foil catches light at the edges of every stroke. We stamp about 40 foils with a die, on cotton up to 48pt.

Letterpress. MOO's Letterpress card is one of 12 preset debossed designs; "you can't change the debossed Letterpress design itself," and your name and logo are digitally printed. Vistaprint doesn't sell letterpress business cards. We cast your artwork into a plate and press it into cotton.

Fine detail survives foil: our foil and letterpress hold positive lines to 0.1 mm; we design to 0.15 mm for the crispest strike. A gradient becomes one solid foil colour.

Vistaprint, replying on its own product page: "our system is fully automated and so there is little to no human interaction with an order." MOO doesn't offer printed proofs.

That's fine for a phone number on white card stock. It's how you end up with type too small to read, or a dark logo that prints black.

Every file we print is checked by a person before the proof goes out, and the proof is free. If something won't print the way it looks on screen (a hairline in foil, white ink on cotton, a QR code in gold), we fix it and tell you in one line why.

MOO is faster for plain cards: Original matte ordered before 2pm ET is eligible for next-day. Its foil takes about 6 business days and its letterpress 9.

Vistaprint's economy shipping on 1 October showed an estimated delivery of 16 October, with paid options down to about 4 business days.

We don't do rush production, and we'll say so before you pay:

• Standard ships in 3–4 business days after proof approval, then UPS Ground (1–3 days in the US); flat hot foil and plastic take 7.
• Custom work is about 3 weeks after you approve the proof, with free shipping within the continental US.

These are estimates, not promises, and I'd rather you plan with the real number. If your date is tight, tell us first and we'll say honestly whether it works.

We read the 60 most recent 1–2 star Trustpilot reviews for each, on 1 October 2026. Small samples, so treat these as patterns, not verdicts.

• MOO is rated 4.5 from 18,793 Trustpilot reviews. About 27 of the 60 recent low reviews were about missed delivery dates, often after paying for express. About 15 were about trim and centring; MOO tells customers to allow about 2 mm of movement. Customers praise its paper, colour and easy ordering.
• Vistaprint USA is rated 4.5 from 7,495 Trustpilot reviews, with a much higher share of 1–2 stars (15.6% against MOO's 3.4%). About 21 of the 60 were about missed dates. Several were about store credit offered instead of a reprint. Only about 10 of the 60 were about business cards at all. Customers praise the price and the range.

The pattern across both is the same: deadlines, and what happens when something goes wrong. That's why we quote real timelines and keep our reprint promise to one line: if you're not happy, we reprint.

Depends what you're escaping.

• Price, with a little more paper: look at Jukebox or UPrinting before you look at us.
• Speed: stay with MOO's next-day line.
• A card that's made, not printed (real foil, your logo in letterpress, cotton thick enough to stand up, a painted edge in your Pantone): that's what we do.

UPrinting is closer to Vistaprint than to us. Its business cards come in 14pt to 17pt paper plus plastic and metal, with spot UV, foil and soft touch, "as low as 0,07 US$ per card" at 500, "as fast as one business day", and a free file check. If Vistaprint's 14pt feels thin but you still want a budget card, UPrinting's 16pt is the sideways step. (UPrinting business cards page, checked 1 Oct 2026.)