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QRFY review (2026): what happens when the trial ends

6.5/10

Published · Updated · Pricing verified · By QRBench Editorial

The verdict

QRFY's unlimited pitch is real: every plan includes unlimited dynamic codes, unlimited scans and unlimited users, with bulk CSV, an API and a custom domain from €19/month. The commercial mechanics are what cost it points. There is no monthly billing, only 3, 6 or 12-month commitments; codes created during the 7-day trial become inaccessible the moment it ends; and per QRFY's own FAQ, a renewal cannot be cancelled once it has been carried out.

Pros

  • Unlimited dynamic codes, scans, and users on every plan
  • Bulk CSV + API and custom domains included
  • No-card 7-day trial

Cons

  • No monthly billing — minimum commitment is a €117 quarter
  • Codes become inaccessible when the trial ends until you subscribe
  • Renewals can't be cancelled once processed; VAT shown separately

Score breakdown

Pricing & value 5.5

Verified 2026-08-07: €19/mo requires a full-year commitment (€228 + VAT); the smallest commitment is €117/quarter. Unlimited quotas everywhere credited, but there is no monthly option and no light tier.

Trust & transparency 4.5

Re-verified rendered 2026-08-10 in their FAQ: "Your QR codes will be stored for three months after the trial period has ended. During this period you will not be able to access them until you contract one of our plans" — a printed code goes dark unless you pay. Help center: "it is not possible to revoke your subscription and ask for a refund". VAT excluded from displayed prices ("Value Added Tax not included in the amounts").

Ease of use 7.0

Generator behind signup — not testable without an account (2026-08-07). (Provisional.)

Design & customization 7.5

Logo, colors and frames per their pages; PNG/SVG/PDF exports "among others" (read 2026-08-07). Not hands-on verified.

Dynamic QR & advanced features 8.0

Unlimited dynamic codes, bulk via CSV + REST API, custom domain, menu/PDF/ video/app types (FAQ + pricing, 2026-08-07).

Analytics & tracking 7.5

Scans, locations and user devices documented; Google/Facebook pixel integrations (read 2026-08-07). Not hands-on verified.

Support & documentation 6.5

FAQ is thorough on billing mechanics; help.qrfy.com was a parked/empty domain when checked 2026-08-07.

QRFY at a glance

Key facts for QRFY
Tool Score From (monthly) Free option Dynamic QR Analytics API Exports
QRFY 6.5 €19 No free tier Advanced png, svg, pdf

QRFY is a dynamic QR code platform operated from Spain by The Internet Company Group S.L. The pitch is one word, unlimited, applied to everything: codes, scans, users, with no metering anywhere in the lineup. What the pricing page states less prominently is the billing structure underneath it, and what happens to the codes you create during the free trial.

What QRFY is

QRFY sells dynamic QR codes only. A dynamic code encodes a short QRFY URL that redirects to your real destination, which is what lets you change where a printed code points without reprinting it. That flexibility is the product, and it is also the dependency: the code works for as long as QRFY keeps forwarding the redirect.

The feature set is complete for the price. Every plan carries unlimited dynamic codes, unlimited scans and unlimited users. Bulk generation from CSV, a REST API and a custom white-label domain are included rather than reserved for an enterprise tier. Exports are PNG, SVG and PDF. Design covers logo embedding, colors, and frames with calls to action. Analytics reports scans, locations and devices, with Google and Facebook pixel integration for retargeting. Team seats are in the box.

Two caveats on how we scored it. The generator sits behind a signup wall, so we could not test the editor without creating an account; ease of use is scored 7.0 provisionally, from documentation rather than hands-on. The design and analytics scores come from the same documentation, so read them as claims we verified in writing, not results we measured. Everything in the pricing and trial sections below comes from QRFY’s own published pages, read on August 7, 2026.

The buyer this fits is a team printing at volume: restaurant menu groups, packaging runs, real estate boards, print agencies managing codes on behalf of clients. Unlimited quotas are worth real money at that scale.

Pricing, verified August 7, 2026

QRFY has no free tier and no monthly plan. There are three commitments, and the only thing that changes between them is duration. The features are identical across all three:

Two details do not appear in the large type. VAT is excluded from the displayed prices, so the amount actually charged is higher than €19, €29 or €39 depending on your country. And the shortest possible relationship with QRFY is a quarter at €117 plus VAT. There is no way to buy a single month.

The “save 51%” badge on the annual plan checks out against their own numbers. Four consecutive quarters at €117 is €468, against €228 for twelve months, which is a 51% difference. The discount is real. The reason it exists is that QRFY wants the long commitment.

The trial is 7 days and requires no credit card, which is better than the category norm of a card on file at signup. It also matters less than it appears, for the reason in the next section.

The renewal clause is the one worth reading twice. QRFY’s FAQ states that a renewal “cannot be cancelled once it has been carried out”. In practice, cancelling is a calendar task: cancel before the renewal date, or you own the next 3, 6 or 12-month term. That clause is a large part of why pricing and value scores 5.5/10 despite the unlimited quotas, and why we read the annual plan as a real annual commitment rather than a discount.

What happens when the trial ends

This is the section that decides whether QRFY is right for you.

QRFY’s own support documentation is explicit: “Any Dynamic QR Codes that you created during the trial period will be deactivated and linked to a service page.” Their FAQ adds the retention window. Codes are stored for 3 months after the trial ends, but stay inaccessible until you subscribe. Both read in their support center on August 7, 2026.

Follow that through to a printed code. On day 8 the printed pattern is unchanged and still scans perfectly. What changed is the destination. Instead of your menu, your landing page or your vCard, the scan resolves to a QRFY service page. Every flyer, label and table tent now points at a page telling your customer the code is inactive. Nothing expired in the technical sense of the QR standard. QRFY simply stopped forwarding a redirect it operates.

Recovery has exactly one route, and it is paying. Inside the 3-month storage window, taking a subscription restores the codes and their destinations. After that window closes, the data is gone and the print run is dead paper.

Two things are worth stating in QRFY’s defense, because this is not an accusation. First, the behavior is documented rather than hidden: we found it in their published support material, not by getting caught out. Second, it is a category norm rather than a QRFY invention: QR.io’s help center documents the same mechanic, pausing trial codes at day 7. What survives both defenses is placement. The deactivation rule lives in a support article, while the trial call to action that leads people to print carries no equivalent warning. That gap is what puts trust and transparency at 4.5/10.

The structural lesson applies to every dynamic platform, including the good ones. A static QR code encodes its destination directly in the pattern, so no vendor can switch it off. A dynamic code is a redirect someone else operates, which is precisely what makes it editable and precisely what makes it revocable. If a code is going onto something expensive to reprint, choosing dynamic is choosing to keep paying that vendor for as long as the print exists.

One note on documentation, since it feeds the 6.5/10 support score: the billing FAQ is unusually thorough and the support articles are specific, but help.qrfy.com was a parked, empty domain when we checked it on August 7, 2026.

Who QRFY fits, and who should skip it

QRFY makes sense if you print at volume and you know it. Unlimited codes, scans and seats at €19 per month gets cheaper per code with every code you add, while platforms that meter per code move in the opposite direction. It fits if a yearly commitment is a normal way for you to buy software, if you need bulk CSV generation, API access and a branded domain without moving to an enterprise quote, and if you are confident you will still be paying when the print run is still in circulation.

Skip it if you need a handful of codes. The value case here is entirely a volume case, and it inverts at low volume, where entry tiers that charge per code cost less than €117 a quarter. Skip it if you will not commit, because there is no monthly option to fall back to and the renewal cannot be undone once it has been processed. And skip it if the code is going onto something printed, permanent and important while next year’s budget is uncertain. That last case is where the trial mechanics get expensive, because the risk built into the commercial design sits with you rather than with QRFY.

If you only want to see the interface, the trial is fine. Just do not print anything you generate during it.

Alternatives worth comparing

If your destination never changes, static removes the entire problem. QR Code Monkey scores 6.0/10 and generates free static codes with no account, no watermark and no expiry mechanics, because there is no dynamic product to paywall. A static code pointing at a fixed URL is permanent by construction.

If you are still mapping the market, our guide to free QR code generators separates the three different things that get called free: free static forever, free dynamic with honest limits, and trial funnels like this one. The full QRBench ranking scores every tool we have tested on the same weighted grid, which is where you can see how the €19 per month unlimited trade compares against per-code pricing.

Scanova is the useful contrast on disclosure. It deactivates trial dynamic codes at day 14 and documents that in its FAQ, much as QRFY does, but it also keeps free static codes as a permanent floor. Stop paying Scanova and you still have working static codes. Stop paying QRFY and you have nothing. We have not published a full Scanova review yet, so treat that as a pointer rather than a scored comparison.

Frequently asked questions

Is QRFY free?

No. QRFY has no free tier, only a 7-day trial that does not require a credit card. After the trial you subscribe to a 3, 6 or 12-month plan, and the smallest of those is €117 plus VAT for a quarter. Codes created during the trial stop resolving to your destination the moment it ends. Verified on their pricing page, August 7, 2026.

Do QRFY QR codes expire?

Not in the technical sense, but they can be switched off. QRFY sells dynamic codes, so the printed pattern points at a QRFY redirect rather than at your URL. Their support documentation states that codes created during the trial are deactivated and linked to a service page when it ends, and that codes are stored for 3 months before deletion. An active subscription keeps them resolving.

Can I cancel QRFY?

Yes, but the timing is what matters. You can cancel before your term renews and keep access until the paid period ends. QRFY's FAQ states that a renewal 'cannot be cancelled once it has been carried out', so once the next 3, 6 or 12-month term has been billed, you own it. Set a reminder ahead of the renewal date. Read August 7, 2026.

Is QRFY legit?

Yes. QRFY is operated by The Internet Company Group S.L, a registered Spanish company, and it delivers the unlimited dynamic codes, bulk generation, API and analytics it advertises. What we scored it down for is commercial mechanics rather than fraud: no monthly billing, trial codes deactivated on day 7, and renewals that cannot be cancelled once processed. All three are documented on their own site.