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title: "What are the best QR TIGER alternatives?"
description: "The best QR TIGER alternatives compared from each vendor's own pages: Hovercode, Linkbreakers, Bitly, Uniqode, QR Code Generator PRO and Flowcode. Prices, dynamic QR code limits, scan caps, analytics, API and MCP, and what happens to printed codes when you stop paying."
canonical: "https://linkbreakers.com/help/article/best-qr-tiger-alternatives"
last-updated: 2026-11-14
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# What are the best QR TIGER alternatives?

> The best QR TIGER alternatives compared from each vendor's own pages: Hovercode, Linkbreakers, Bitly, Uniqode, QR Code Generator PRO and Flowcode. Prices, dynamic QR code limits, scan caps, analytics, API and MCP, and what happens to printed codes when you stop paying.

## Short answer

The best QR TIGER alternative depends on why you are leaving. Today QR TIGER's cheapest paid plan, Regular, costs $7 a month or $65 a year for 12 dynamic QR codes, and its FAQ says of a dynamic code: "If your plan expires, it will stop working." Six alternatives cover the usual reasons to switch:

- **Hovercode**, for dynamic QR codes that stay free: its Free plan keeps 3 dynamic codes active for good, with unlimited scans and no ads. Paid plans start at $12 a month, or $120 a year, for 100 codes.
- **Linkbreakers**, when a scan should do more than redirect: a [Form](/workflow-steps/form) asks who they are, the [Country condition](/workflow-steps/country-condition) sends each visitor to the right page, a [Contact card](/workflow-steps/contact-card) saves your details, and the lead goes on to your CRM. Printed codes keep redirecting after a paid plan ends, and the API and MCP server are on the Free plan.
- **Bitly**, for short links and QR codes in one account: from $10 a month billed yearly. Its help center says codes on bit.ly keep working after a downgrade.
- **Uniqode**, for larger and regulated teams: plans from $9 a month (15 dynamic codes) to Business+ at $399 a month (2,000 codes, lifetime analytics), billed yearly by default.
- **QR Code Generator PRO**, for a grace period: dynamic codes keep redirecting for 30 days after the paid period ends. From $9.99 a month billed yearly, after a 14-day trial.
- **Flowcode**, for codes that keep scanning past the analytics cap: every plan reads "Always scan", and Pro Plus costs $25 a month billed yearly for 50 codes. Its analytics stop at 6,000 scans on that plan, and its terms allow codes above the Free threshold to be archived after a downgrade.

Every competitor price and limit on this page was read on the vendor's own pricing, help center or terms page on 2026-11-14, and each is linked in Sources. Prices are in US dollars, before tax. Linkbreakers is our product, so its row comes from our pricing catalog and our own code.

## QR TIGER today: what you are comparing against

| QR TIGER plan | Price | Dynamic QR codes | API requests a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0, no card | 3, with 500 scans each | None listed |
| Regular | $7 a month, or $65 a year | 12, unlimited scans | 500 |
| Advanced | $16 a month, billed annually | 200 | 3,000 |
| Premium | $37 a month, billed annually | 600 | 10,000 |
| Professional | $89 a month, billed annually | 1,200 | 50,000 "API and MCP operations" |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | Not published | Not published |

Four details matter when you compare:

- **Paid codes stop when the plan expires.** The FAQ says a dynamic code "will stop working" once the plan expires. QR TIGER keeps your data "for a maximum period of 1 year", so renewing within that time brings the codes back.
- **Free codes stop at 500 scans.** QR TIGER's help center says that once the limit is reached, "the QR code will stop working". Free codes also show "a small QR Tiger logo pop-up when scanned".
- **Only Regular can be paid month to month.** Advanced, Premium and Professional show a monthly price billed annually.
- **Professional sits on another tab.** On the pricing page, Regular, Advanced and Premium show under "For individuals". Professional shows only under "For businesses", and it is the plan QR TIGER's MCP page names, with Enterprise: "MCP access is included with active Professional and Enterprise subscriptions."

## Comparison: prices, codes and analytics

| Tool | Free plan | Paid plans: month to month / billed yearly (per month) | Dynamic QR codes per plan | Scan analytics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR TIGER | 3 dynamic codes, 500 scans each, QR TIGER logo popup | Regular $7 or $65 a year. Advanced $16, Premium $37, Professional $89 a month, billed annually | 3 / 12 / 200 / 600 / 1,200 | Basic on Free. Paid plans: the time and location of each scan and a GPS heat map. Retention not published |
| Hovercode | 3 dynamic codes in total, unlimited scans, no ads | Pro $12 or $120 a year. Business $39 or $390 a year. Business Plus $99 or $990 a year | 3 in total / 100 in total / 600 a month / 2,000 a month | Free: total and unique scans, 3 months. Pro adds time, device, browser, city and country, 12 months. Business: unlimited history |
| Linkbreakers | $0, no card: credits for 5 new links a month, 500 tracked journeys a month | Light $7.90 / $5.90. Pro $34.90 / $24.90, 14-day trial. Enterprise on usage | Every link is a dynamic QR code; credits pay for 5 / 30 / 250 new links a month | Time, device, location, the visitor and their form answers. Kept 2 weeks, 3 months, 2 years |
| Bitly | 2 QR codes a month, with ads | Billed yearly: Core $10 (annual only), Growth $29, Premium $199 | 2 / 5 / 10 / 200 created a month | No data history on Free; 30 days, 4 months, 1 year. City and device data on Premium |
| Uniqode | Static codes only; 14-day trial, no card | Billed yearly (monthly on request): Essential $9, Core $49, Plus $99, Business+ $399 | 15 / 250 / 500 / 2,000 | Kept 60 days, 90 days, 180 days, lifetime. Advanced analytics and GPS tracking from Core |
| QR Code Generator PRO | None; 14-day trial, no card | Starter $19.99 / $9.99. Advanced $18.99 and Professional $49.99 a month, billed annually | 2 (10,000 scans) / 50 / 250 | Tracking on every paid plan; depth by plan and retention not published |
| Flowcode | 2 Flowcodes, analytics for 500 scans | Pro Plus $25 billed annually. Growth annual only, price on request | 2 / 50 / from 150 | Capped per account at 500, 6,000 and 10,000 scans |

**Cheapest paid plan, per month, billed yearly**

- **$5.42** QR TIGER Regular ($65 a year)
- **$25** Flowcode Pro Plus

| Plan | US dollars a month, billed yearly |
|---|---|
| QR TIGER Regular | 5.42 USD |
| Uniqode Essential | 9 USD |
| QR Code Generator PRO Starter | 9.99 USD |
| Hovercode Pro | 10 USD |
| Bitly Core | 10 USD |
| Flowcode Pro Plus | 25 USD |

Read on each vendor's pricing page or help center on 2026-11-14 (QR TIGER's $65 a year divided by 12). Linkbreakers Light is $5.90 a month billed yearly, from our pricing catalog. Entry plans include different numbers of codes: 12, 15, 2, 100, 5 a month and 50.

## Comparison: printed codes, API and MCP

| Tool | Printed codes when you stop paying | API | MCP server |
|---|---|---|---|
| QR TIGER | "If your plan expires, it will stop working." Data kept up to 1 year. Free codes stop at 500 scans | Regular 500, Advanced 3,000, Premium 10,000 requests a month; Professional 50,000 API and MCP operations | Yes, at `qrtiger.com/mcp`, on Professional and Enterprise |
| Hovercode | First 3 dynamic codes stay active; the rest become inactive, not deleted, and come back if you subscribe again. Codes on a custom domain stop working | Business and up: 120 reads and 60 writes a minute. Scan webhooks on Business Plus | Yes, documented at hovercode.com/mcp/docs; plans not stated there |
| Linkbreakers | Keep redirecting. The workspace returns to the Free plan | All plans: 250 calls a month on Free, 10,000 on Pro; 1 webhook on Free | Yes, hosted with OAuth, on the Free plan |
| Bitly | "Your bit.ly links continue to work after you downgrade", and QR codes behave the same. Links on a complimentary domain stop when its registration expires | 1,000 requests a month on Free, up to 50,000 on Premium | Yes; its MCP page says "No additional subscription is required" |
| Uniqode | After the renewal date, "Your dynamic QR codes stop working". The same when a trial ends | QR Code API from Core | Yes, a Claude connector on Plus and up, for scan analytics |
| QR Code Generator PRO | Keep redirecting to the end of the paid period plus 30 days, then go to "a service page" | Advanced 3,000 and Professional 10,000 requests a month | None found |
| Flowcode | Help center: they "continue to scan". Terms: codes above the Free threshold "will be archived" and "re-directed to flowcode.com or another location of our choosing" | Growth and up | Live but undocumented (see [our Flowcode alternatives page](/help/article/best-flowcode-alternatives)) |

## Stay on QR TIGER if...

- **You want the most codes for the least money.** Regular at $65 a year is the cheapest paid plan on this page, and Advanced gives 200 dynamic codes for $16 a month billed annually.
- **You create codes in bulk.** Advanced and up create up to 3,000 codes per batch from a CSV file.
- **You use its location features.** Paid plans list precision geolocation tracking, a GPS heat map and geofencing, which restricts the zone where a code can be scanned.
- **You will keep paying anyway.** If the plan never lapses, the expiry rule never applies. And if it does lapse, renewing within a year brings the codes back.

## How to choose

1. **How long will the print live?** Read what happens when you stop paying before you print. Bitly (on bit.ly), Hovercode (first 3 codes) and Linkbreakers keep codes redirecting without a subscription. QR Code Generator PRO gives 30 extra days. QR TIGER and Uniqode switch them off.
2. **Free, or cheap?** For free dynamic codes with no scan cap, Hovercode. For the lowest paid price, QR TIGER Regular billed yearly.
3. **Counts or people?** Most tools report scans: time, device, place. If you need to know who scanned, a form or another step has to sit between the scan and the destination.
4. **Does it need to reach your systems?** Check which plan opens the API, webhooks and MCP. On QR TIGER the MCP server starts at Professional, $89 a month billed annually; on Uniqode, Plus; on Linkbreakers, Free.

## Where Linkbreakers fits, and where it does not

A Linkbreakers QR code runs a [workflow](/help/article/what-is-a-workflow-in-linkbreakers-and-how-it-powers-automation). Before the [Redirect](/workflow-steps/redirect), it can show a [Form](/workflow-steps/form) to learn who scanned, send people by country or by [device](/workflow-steps/device-platform-condition), or open a [Contact card](/workflow-steps/contact-card). The visit can then reach your CRM, or your own endpoint as a [signed webhook](/help/article/how-do-webhooks-work-in-linkbreakers). The REST API, a webhook and the [MCP server](/help/article/mcp-server-setup) are on the Free plan.

For location, the [Location request](/workflow-steps/location-request) step asks the visitor to share their precise position, with their permission. If they agree, the visit records latitude, longitude and accuracy.

**What happens when you stop paying, precisely.** When a paid subscription ends, the workspace returns to the Free plan. The service that answers a scan does not check the plan or the billing status, so every printed code keeps redirecting. A code stops only if its link is deleted or has an expiration date that has passed, or its workspace is deleted. The Free plan's limits apply from then on: visits beyond 500 tracked journeys a month still redirect and are still recorded, but stay locked until you upgrade. See [What happens when you reach your plan limits](/help/article/what-happens-when-you-reach-your-linkbreakers-plan-limits).

It is not the best fit if you need many codes for little money: QR TIGER's Advanced plan includes 200 dynamic codes for $16 a month billed annually. And on the Free plan, analytics are kept for 2 weeks.

For a one-to-one view, see [Linkbreakers vs QR TIGER](/help/article/linkbreakers-vs-qrcode-tiger-full-comparison-of-dynamic-qr-features-and-pricing).

## Moving away from QR TIGER

No provider can take over a printed QR TIGER code: the image encodes a QR TIGER URL. You have two options.

1. **Reprint** with codes from the new provider. Cleanest, and the only way to stop paying QR TIGER for good.
2. **Route through, then reprint.** While your QR TIGER plan is active, change each dynamic code's destination to the new provider's link, so scans of the old print pass through the new tool's analytics and workflows. Keep the plan until that print is gone: once it expires, the old codes stop working.

## Limits and caveats

- **Prices change.** Everything here was read on 2026-11-14. Check the vendor's page before you buy.
- **Regional prices.** QR TIGER, Bitly and QR Code Generator PRO showed euro prices from our location. The figures above are their US dollar prices.
- **Pages disagree.** QR TIGER's subscription guide lists Regular as monthly or annual and Advanced as annual. Flowcode's help center and terms disagree on cancelling. Hovercode's MCP docs do not say which plans can use it, while its API is on Business and up.
- **Not every vendor publishes everything.** "Not published" means we could not find it on the vendor's own pages, not that it does not exist.
- **We make Linkbreakers.** We have tried to state each competitor's facts in its own words and link them so you can check.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the cheapest QR TIGER alternative?

QR TIGER itself is the cheapest paid plan here, at $65 a year for Regular. Among the alternatives, billed yearly: Linkbreakers Light at $5.90 a month, Uniqode Essential at $9, QR Code Generator PRO Starter at $9.99, then Hovercode Pro and Bitly Core at $10. Compare the codes each one includes, not only the price.

### Is there a free QR TIGER alternative?

Yes, with different limits:

- Hovercode's Free plan keeps 3 dynamic codes active with unlimited scans and no ads.
- Linkbreakers Free gives credits for 5 new links a month with 500 tracked journeys, plus the API, a webhook and the MCP server.
- Bitly's Free plan makes 2 QR codes a month, with ads.

### Do QR TIGER codes stop working if I stop paying?

Yes. QR TIGER's FAQ says that if your plan expires, the dynamic code "will stop working". It keeps your data for up to a year, so renewing brings the codes back. Static codes never expire. Free dynamic codes stop at 500 scans each.

### Which QR TIGER alternatives have an API or an MCP server?

QR TIGER puts its API on every paid plan and its MCP server on Professional and Enterprise. Bitly says its MCP server needs no extra subscription. Hovercode documents one, with its API on Business and up. Uniqode has a Claude connector on Plus and up. Linkbreakers has the API, a webhook and a hosted MCP server on the Free plan.

### Can I move my existing QR TIGER codes to another platform?

Not the printed images. While your plan is active, point each dynamic code at a link on the new platform, then reprint over time, as described in "Moving away from QR TIGER" above.

## Sources

All read on 2026-11-14.

- QR TIGER: [pricing](https://www.qrcode-tiger.com/payment) (both tabs, in US dollars), [subscription guide](https://www.qrcode-tiger.com/software-subscription), [FAQ](https://www.qrcode-tiger.com/faq), [free plan](https://qrtiger.helpscoutdocs.com/article/201-is-using-qr-tiger-free), [MCP server](https://www.qrcode-tiger.com/mcp-server)
- Hovercode: [pricing and FAQ](https://hovercode.com/pricing/), [API](https://hovercode.com/api/), [MCP server](https://hovercode.com/mcp/docs)
- Bitly: [pricing and feature comparison](https://bitly.com/pages/pricing), [what happens when I downgrade](https://support.bitly.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029870551), [MCP server](https://bitly.com/pages/ai/mcp)
- Uniqode: [pricing](https://www.uniqode.com/pricing), [plans and pricing for QR codes](https://docs.uniqode.com/en/articles/17025518-plans-and-pricing-for-qr-codes), [what happens to my QR codes when my subscription changes or ends](https://docs.uniqode.com/en/articles/17190918-what-happens-to-my-qr-codes-when-my-subscription-changes-or-ends), [getting started with Uniqode MCP](https://docs.uniqode.com/en/articles/15201266-getting-started-with-uniqode-mcp)
- QR Code Generator PRO: [pricing](https://www.qr-code-generator.com/pricing/), [cancelling a subscription](https://support.qr-code-generator.com/hc/en-us/articles/7665399659277)
- Flowcode: [pricing](https://www.flowcode.com/pricing), [what happens to my Flowcodes when I cancel](https://help.flowcode.com/en/articles/6927502-what-happens-to-my-flowcodes-when-i-cancel), [Terms of Use](https://www.flowcode.com/terms/terms-of-use)
- Linkbreakers: [pricing](/pricing), [plan limits](/help/article/what-happens-when-you-reach-your-linkbreakers-plan-limits), and the Linkbreakers api source for the redirect behaviour after a subscription ends

## Last reviewed

2026-11-14, against every vendor page listed above and the Linkbreakers pricing catalog.