The best QR code generators in 2026

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• Adobe Express

  General check:September 15, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  QR quick action documentation · September 15, 2026. Rendered feature page and FAQ re-read: static codes, URLs only, never expire, PNG/JPEG/PDF, logo drag-and-drop into the centre. No export, decode or scan was tested; watermark behaviour remains unverified.

  Premium pricing · September 15, 2026. Rendered pricing page: Premium US$9.99 a month on the US page (11,99 € including VAT from France), billed monthly, 30-day trial converting to paid billing; Generate QR Code listed on Free and Premium. The annual App Store price was not re-read.

  Adobe Express QR code generator page and FAQ · September 15, 2026. Free-offer conditions on this source; other fields were not rechecked at the same time.

• Canva

  General check:September 15, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Static and dynamic QR code policies · September 15, 2026. Rendered help article reviewed: static codes without the Canva logo and with a fixed link; dynamic codes powered by Hovercode; logo removal, Insights, expiry dates and collaborator editing on Business, Enterprise and Nonprofit. No account, export, decode or scan was tested.

  Plan names and annual prices · September 15, 2026. Rendered French pricing page: Pro 110 € and Pro+ 170 € a year; the US page sells the same tier as Business at US$250 a year. Monthly rates were not re-read; QR unlocks were not verified inside a Pro+ account.

  Canva Help Centre, Create and manage QR codes · September 15, 2026. Free-offer conditions on this source; other fields were not rechecked at the same time.

• Flowcode

  General check:August 10, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Analytics caps and reporting rows · September 22, 2026. Pricing page re-read for analytics only: scan and click data with device, time and date; 500 scans on Free, 6,000 on Pro Plus, geolocation on the first 10,000 on Growth; CSV, PDF, UTM chart, webhook and S3 rows; custom tracking pixels on Enterprise. Growth listed at $250 a month, annual only. Other prices, general check date and scores unchanged; no dashboard session.

• Hovercode

  General check:August 10, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Finder EUR plans and quota periods · September 25, 2026. Rendered EUR page: Free 3 codes; Pro 100 total at 11 EUR/month; Business 600/month at 37 EUR; Business Plus 2000/month at 93 EUR. Annual totals use the explicit 12 months for the price of 10 rule. Unlimited scans, 10/25 team members on Business tiers. Saving/tracking requires an account; exports unconfirmed. Documentation only.

  Analytics fields, history and location method · September 22, 2026. Pricing page and its FAQ re-read for analytics only: total and unique scans on Free with 3 months of history; time, device, browser and estimated city and country per scan on paid plans; 12 months of history on Pro, unlimited from Business; CSV export and GPS prompts from Business; webhooks on Business Plus. Prices unchanged; no dashboard session.

• ME-QR

  General check:August 10, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Free-plan pricing · September 11, 2026. Free-offer conditions on this source; other fields were not rechecked at the same time.

  Inactivity policy · September 11, 2026. Free-offer conditions on this source; other fields were not rechecked at the same time.

• Oh My Code

  General check:August 10, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Finder plan pricing and quotas · September 25, 2026. Rendered monthly, annual and lifetime tabs checked: Friendly $4.99/$25/$59, Boss $14.99/$75/$169. Codes, scans and users read on the cards. The September 21 account-owner export confirmation is not attributed to individual plans; pixels remain documented only in the July 2 article. No purchase or quota test.

  Analytics wording on the pricing page · September 22, 2026. Rendered pricing page re-read for analytics wording only: advanced analytics on The Friendly and The Boss, bulk creation and priority support on The Boss; the scan-tracking pixel line read on August 10 no longer appears on the pricing cards, while the feature stays documented in the vendor's article (next check). Prices, general check and pricing dates unchanged; no account session.

  Documented pixel retargeting and consent page · September 22, 2026. Vendor article published July 2, 2026 read: Meta pixel, Google Analytics 4 and Google Ads tag IDs pasted into a dynamic code, shipped with The Boss plan and its 14-day trial; every scan passes a consent page and no tag fires before consent, with a decline path to the destination. Documented only; no pixel configured or scan tested.

  Partial trial-account workflow · September 21, 2026. Onboarding, destination editing, folders, public vCard layout, device routing, scan-limit expiry and a small analytics series observed. PNG/SVG/EPS exports confirmed by the account owner. Bulk, API, support and post-trial behaviour not validated. Scores, general check and pricing dates unchanged.

  Documented EPS export · September 14, 2026. The rendered release lists EPS. No EPS file was generated or inspected; free or paid access conditions were not tested. General and pricing dates are unchanged.

  Public generator catalogue · September 14, 2026. Rendered public selector reviewed: 15 named choices. Free static and account-based scan tracking were distinguished. No new download, decode or account workflow was tested.

  Documented GS1 Digital Link · September 14, 2026. Official article reviewed for the GS1 offering and Boss/Apollo access. Capability is documented only; generation, payload compliance, scanner behaviour and account access were not tested.

• QR Code Monkey

  General check:August 7, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

• QR Planet

  General check:August 28, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

• QR Tiger

  General check:September 29, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Partial Freemium account test · September 29, 2026. Destination editing, static output, four downloaded formats and a five-access analytics sample. PNG and PDF decoded; SVG and EPS structurally inspected only. Paid features and expiry untested.

• QR.io

  General check:September 23, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Post-trial check of the dynamic specimen · October 1, 2026. Eight days after creation, after the seven-day trial, the specimen's short link served a QR.io "Deactivated" page asking the owner to choose a plan, with HTTP 200 and no redirect. Checked on September 23 and October 1 only; exact cut-off time and reactivation after payment untested.

  Partial account test · September 23, 2026. Destination edit, duplicate, folder, design, Profile Card and five-scan sample. Five export formats opened according to the account holder; no independent file inspection. Trial expiry checked separately on October 1.

  Product Hunt rating · September 14, 2026. This is the QR.io profile on Product Hunt, not a survey of all its customers.

• QRCG by Bitly

  General check:August 10, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Tracking data on the entry plan · September 22, 2026. Pricing page re-read for analytics wording only: tracking data on dynamic codes on every plan, 10,000 scans on Starter and unlimited above, 14-day trial. Prices render client-side and were not re-read; general check date and scores unchanged; no dashboard session.

  Trustpilot TrustScore · September 14, 2026. This is the qr-code-generator.com profile on Trustpilot, separate from QRBench's product scores.

• QRFY

  General check:August 10, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Post-trial check of the dynamic specimen · October 1, 2026. Eight days after creation, after the seven-day trial, the specimen's short link redirected to a QRFY deactivation page returning HTTP 404. Checked on September 23 and October 1 only; exact cut-off time, three-month retention and reactivation after payment untested.

  Partial trial-account test · September 23, 2026. Destination editing, folders, duplication, static preview decode, public vCard, one-scan quota and six-scan analytics sample. Three iPhone scans and export opening confirmed by account owner. Bulk, API, domains and paid limits untested; post-trial behaviour checked separately on October 1. Numerical scores retained.

  Account plans · September 23, 2026. Account screen showed 19/29/39 EUR monthly equivalents for 12/6/3 months, taxes excluded. Trial displayed 1000 dynamic codes and five domains; these are not paid-plan capacity checks.

  Refund terms and conflicting help article · September 23, 2026. Sections 5.1 and 8 describe cancellation and a 14-day withdrawal/refund window. Account FAQ adds first-payment and non-extensive-use conditions. Support article 6998474 dated 2023 still rules out refunds. No purchase, cancellation or refund tested.

  Current help centre · September 23, 2026. Populated categories inspected; older no-refund article remains accessible. Support responsiveness not tested.

• QRStuff

  General check:August 28, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Free-plan FAQ · September 11, 2026. Free-offer conditions on this source; other fields were not rechecked at the same time.

• QRzie

  General check:August 10, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

• Scanova

  General check:August 10, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Analytics ladder after the September 21 redesign · September 22, 2026. Pricing page re-read the day after the vendor's announced redesign, for analytics only: plan names, annual prices and quotas unchanged from August 10; total scans for 30 days on Basic, no time limit on Lite, location, device, browser and OS breakdowns plus event tracking, exports and Zapier from Standard, exact GPS from Pro, Google Analytics and webhooks from Lite. Monthly prices not re-read; no dashboard session.

• The QR Code Generator

  General check:September 4, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Free-plan pricing · September 11, 2026. Free-offer conditions on this source; other fields were not rechecked at the same time.

  Free-plan conditions · September 11, 2026. Free-offer conditions on this source; other fields were not rechecked at the same time.

• Uniqode

  General check:August 10, 2026 · Price check: September 29, 2026.

  Analytics fields, history and exports · September 22, 2026. Help-center article (updated November 6, 2025) and pricing page re-read for analytics only: total and unique scans, day and hour analysis, top countries, states and cities, OS and browser shares, GPS coordinates on Plus and Business+, history of 60, 90, 180 days or lifetime by plan, email reports on every plan, CSV export from Core. Prices, general check date and scores unchanged; no dashboard session.