HDFC BizPower vs HDFC Regalia (2026)
Same points, same partner board — 22 live transfer routes each, so this one is decided on earn and fee, nothing else: 1.6% at ₹2,500/yr against 1.0% at ₹2,500/yr.
Head to head
| HDFC BizPower | Metric | HDFC Regalia |
|---|---|---|
| #16 — wins this row | Our rank | #107 |
| ₹2,500/yr | Fee — joining · annual (+ GST) | ₹2,500/yr |
| ₹4,00,000 spend | Fee waiver | ₹3,00,000 spend |
| 2% (BizPower's own fees-and-charges page); a further 1.75% DCC markup on INR-billed foreign spends — wins this row | Forex markup | 3.5% + GST |
| 3.75%/mo (45%/yr) — BizPower sits outside the 1.99% Infinia/Diners Black/BizBlack tier | APR | 3.75%/mo (45%/yr) — legacy Regalia is NOT in the 1.99% premium tier (official fees PDF) |
| 1.6% — wins this row | Headline earn rate | 1.0% |
| HDFC Reward Points | Currency | HDFC Reward Points |
| ₹1.00/pt † | House value | ₹1.00/pt † |
| Amazon Prime annual membership or a ₹1,500 Amazon voucher, on one tax / travel / ads transaction in the first 30 days | Welcome benefit | 2,500 reward points on fee realisation (repeats on renewal) — worth ~₹1,250 at Regalia's ₹0.50 redemption ceiling. Closed to new applications. |
| 731 of 789 | Lounge doors opened | 731 of 789 |
| Not offered — business card for the self-employed/proprietors | Income — salaried | not published |
| ITR above ₹12L/yr, underwritten on ITR, GST returns, bank statements or a merchant payment report (HDFC's own BizPower FAQ) — a third of BizBlack's ₹30L bar | Income — self-employed | not published |
† HDFC BizPower: BizPower can't reach the ₹1 house value. HDFC's own grid tops out at ₹0.65 on a narrow Business Catalogue (Cleartax, Tally, Microsoft, AWS, Amazon for Business, Google/Meta Ads), ₹0.50 on SmartBuy flights and hotels, and ₹0.50 a mile on transfers — a 35–50% haircut. Our 1.6% reward rate already prices the ₹0.65 in.
† HDFC Regalia: The ₹1.00 HDFC house value belongs to the Infinia stack, not this card. Legacy Regalia points cap out at ₹0.50 (SmartBuy flights/hotels), ₹0.35 catalogue, ₹0.15 cashback — and the sole surviving transfer route, KrisFlyer at 2:1, prices to the same ₹0.50. Our 1.0% rate already bakes that haircut in. Redemption is also capped at 70% of any SmartBuy travel booking, and at 50,000 RP per calendar month for flights/hotels and again for cashback (official RP T&C).
Gold marks the better side of a row. House value is our ₹-per-point mark for each card's currency — the full valuation index →
Ranking-value face-off
Everyday spend at each card's base rate plus a realistic ~20% at its best accelerator (less for narrow or capped boosters) — milestones, fee waivers and the redemption haircut all at our house ₹/point. That's why the biggest headline rate doesn't automatically win. This is the ranking model, the one that orders the board; each card page prints the earn-rate-only net annual value instead, which reads lower for any card with an accelerator (both models, side by side). Tune it to your own spend in the calculator.
HDFC BizPower out-earns HDFC Regalia at every spend level we model, from ₹25k to ₹5L a month.
How the gap moves with spend
HDFC BizPower leads at all 20 steps, but not by the same amount: ₹1,702 at ₹0.25L a month, ₹96,530 at ₹5L — the gap fans out with spend, widest at ₹5L (₹96,530).
HDFC Regalia pays 2 annual spend milestones, the first at ₹5,00,000 a year, and HDFC BizPower pays none; HDFC Regalia pays a renewal bonus whatever you spend, and HDFC BizPower pays nothing to stay.
HDFC BizPower draws above the line, HDFC Regalia below · ₹0.25L to ₹5L a month, step by step
| Monthly spend | HDFC BizPower | HDFC Regalia | In front |
|---|---|---|---|
| ₹0.25L | ₹5,302 | ₹3,600 | HDFC BizPower by ₹1,702 |
| ₹0.5L | ₹15,603 | ₹12,200 | HDFC BizPower by ₹3,403 |
| ₹0.75L | ₹23,405 | ₹18,300 | HDFC BizPower by ₹5,105 |
| ₹1L | ₹51,206 | ₹21,900 | HDFC BizPower by ₹29,306 |
| ₹1.25L | ₹59,008 | ₹25,500 | HDFC BizPower by ₹33,508 |
| ₹1.5L | ₹66,809 | ₹29,100 | HDFC BizPower by ₹37,709 |
| ₹1.75L | ₹74,611 | ₹32,700 | HDFC BizPower by ₹41,911 |
| ₹2L | ₹82,412 | ₹36,300 | HDFC BizPower by ₹46,112 |
| ₹2.25L | ₹90,214 | ₹39,900 | HDFC BizPower by ₹50,314 |
| ₹2.5L | ₹98,015 | ₹43,500 | HDFC BizPower by ₹54,515 |
| ₹2.75L | ₹1,05,817 | ₹47,100 | HDFC BizPower by ₹58,717 |
| ₹3L | ₹1,13,618 | ₹50,700 | HDFC BizPower by ₹62,918 |
| ₹3.25L | ₹1,21,420 | ₹54,300 | HDFC BizPower by ₹67,120 |
| ₹3.5L | ₹1,29,221 | ₹57,900 | HDFC BizPower by ₹71,321 |
| ₹3.75L | ₹1,37,023 | ₹61,500 | HDFC BizPower by ₹75,523 |
| ₹4L | ₹1,44,824 | ₹65,100 | HDFC BizPower by ₹79,724 |
| ₹4.25L | ₹1,52,626 | ₹68,700 | HDFC BizPower by ₹83,926 |
| ₹4.5L | ₹1,60,427 | ₹72,300 | HDFC BizPower by ₹88,127 |
| ₹4.75L | ₹1,68,229 | ₹75,900 | HDFC BizPower by ₹92,329 |
| ₹5L | ₹1,76,030 | ₹79,500 | HDFC BizPower by ₹96,530 |
Transfer reach
Both cards earn HDFC Reward Points, so the partner list is identical — 22 live transfer routes each. The fight is decided on earn and fees, not reach.
Both reach
- Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer 2:1
Only HDFC BizPower
- Finnair Plus (Avios)
- Qatar Airways Privilege Club (Avios)
- The British Airways Club (Avios)
Full route maps on each card page, best ₹/point routes on the optimizer →
What to watch out for
HDFC BizPower · 6 more →
- The ₹5,000 quarterly voucher needs ₹2.5L of RETAIL spend — income tax, GST, petrol and EMI are expressly excluded from 1 Jul 2026, so the 5X spend doesn't count toward it
- 5X needs ₹25,000 a cycle in the accelerated categories EXCLUDING tax and GST before it triggers, then caps at 7,500 RP a cycle
- Only the first 2 income-tax and first 2 GST transactions a billing cycle earn anything at all (fair-usage rule, 15 May 2026)
HDFC Regalia · 4 more →
- 15-May-2026: earn cut from 4 RP/₹150 to 4 RP/₹200 — a 25% haircut, to an effective 1.0%
- Closed to new applications — HDFC's own page: "Sourcing of this Credit Card has been stopped"
- Points cap at ₹0.50 — half the HDFC house value, on every redemption path
The call
For the ₹1L/month spender, HDFC BizPower nets ₹51,206 against ₹21,900 — a ₹29,306 gap. At ₹5L/month, HDFC BizPower nets ₹1,76,030 against ₹79,500 — a ₹96,530 gap. Lounge chasers get no tiebreak here: both open 731 of 789 tracked doors.
Our standing verdicts: HDFC BizPower — Keep; HDFC Regalia — Downgrade. On our board, HDFC BizPower sits at #16 to HDFC Regalia's #107 — that's the overall call. Your spend pattern can overrule us: run your exact numbers →
Straight answers
Which is better, HDFC BizPower or HDFC Regalia?
HDFC BizPower. It sits at #16 on our board to HDFC Regalia's #107. HDFC BizPower takes 6 of the 6 rounds we can score. HDFC BizPower out-earns HDFC Regalia at every spend level we model, from ₹25k to ₹5L a month.
HDFC BizPower or HDFC Regalia — which earns more at ₹3L a month?
At ₹3L a month, HDFC BizPower nets ₹1,13,618 against ₹50,700 — a ₹62,918 gap. Those are ranking-value figures: everyday spend at the card's base rate plus a realistic slice at its best accelerator, net of the fee.
Which costs less to hold, HDFC BizPower or HDFC Regalia?
They cost the same to get: ₹2,500/yr. HDFC BizPower waives its fee at ₹4,00,000 of spend; HDFC Regalia at ₹3,00,000 of spend.
Which gets you into more airport lounges, HDFC BizPower or HDFC Regalia?
Lounge chasers get no tiebreak here: both open 731 of 789 tracked doors. Visit quotas, guest charges and spend gates are per card — the lounge map carries each one.
How current is this comparison?
Both card records were last re-verified against their issuers' own documents on 2026-08-01. Every figure on this page — the ranking values, the fee rows, the lounge counts, the transfer ratios — is recomputed from those records each time the site builds, so a devaluation changes the call the day we log it.