MakeTheQR vs QR Code Generator

The category's best-known paid product, with the deepest feature set, real enterprise controls and the resources of Bitly behind it.

Claims below were read off qr-code-generator.com on 2026-08-24. Owner: Egoditor GmbH, acquired by Bitly in December 2021.

When QR Code Generator is the better choice

You are buying for an organisation that needs SSO, user roles, an audit trail and a vendor relationship with a procurement process behind it. That is a real requirement and this is a serious answer to it.

Where they differ

 QR Code GeneratorMakeTheQR
Permanent free planNo - 14-day trial, then paidYes, no card and no expiry
Bulk generation from CSVYes, from 100 per batch on a paid annual tierYes, from a pasted list or a CSV, on the free plan
Public, shareable scan pageNo - analytics is in the logged-in dashboardYes - a public link that updates live, and an embed
Try without an accountNo - a trial signup is requiredCreate and download with no account
Enterprise controls (SSO, roles, audit)Yes, on the upper tiersTeams and an audit log; no SSO

Pricing

Not stated here, because we could not read it. Their pricing page renders its numbers in JavaScript that did not resolve on fetch, and quoting a price from a review site is how people end up confidently wrong. The tier SHAPE was legible: Starter includes 2 dynamic codes and 10,000 scans; Advanced 50 dynamic codes, unlimited scans and bulk creation up to 100; Professional 250 dynamic codes and bulk up to 500; Enterprise is custom.

Free plan: No permanent free tier - a 14-day trial, after which Starter allows 2 dynamic codes.

Prices move. Check theirs before deciding - qr-code-generator.com - and tell us if this page is out of date.

MakeTheQR vs QR Code Generator: common questions

It depends on the job. MakeTheQR is built around making a whole batch of codes at once - one per table, bin or room - and giving each one a scan count on a page you can share. There is no free plan to stay on, bulk creation starts at 100 per batch on a mid annual tier, and there is no public page for the scan data. If that gap is not one you feel, QR Code Generator is a good product and this comparison says so.

You are buying for an organisation that needs SSO, user roles, an audit trail and a vendor relationship with a procurement process behind it. That is a real requirement and this is a serious answer to it.

Not stated here, because we could not read it. Their pricing page renders its numbers in JavaScript that did not resolve on fetch, and quoting a price from a review site is how people end up confidently wrong. The tier SHAPE was legible: Starter includes 2 dynamic codes and 10,000 scans; Advanced 50 dynamic codes, unlimited scans and bulk creation up to 100; Professional 250 dynamic codes and bulk up to 500; Enterprise is custom.

No permanent free tier - a 14-day trial, after which Starter allows 2 dynamic codes. For comparison, our free plan covers up to 15 codes per batch, with no card and no advertising shown to the people who scan your codes.

Static codes cannot be moved by anyone - the destination is inside the printed pattern, so codes already printed keep working exactly as they are and are unaffected by what you use next. Dynamic codes are different: they resolve through the provider's domain, so a code printed through QR Code Generator keeps depending on QR Code Generator. Anything you have not printed yet can simply be recreated here from the same list.

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