UseQR vs QR Tiger
A feature-rich mid-market tool whose free codes stop at 500 scans — the cap arrives precisely when a campaign starts working.
Prices and claims verified 2026-08-21 from www.qrcode-tiger.com. Vendors change pricing — check theirs before deciding.
What “free” means at QR Tiger
Three dynamic codes that stop at 500 scans, with a branded popup on scan. Paid plans start around $7/month.
Ten dynamic codes cost about $468/year there. On UseQR: $0, with no account and no scan cap.
Side by side
| Capability | QR Tiger | UseQR |
|---|---|---|
| Price to keep a printed code alive | $84+ / year | $0, forever |
| Free tier | 3 codes that die at 500 scans | The whole product |
| Signup | Required | None, anywhere |
| Keyless API | No — account and key required | Yes, no key, no quota |
| MCP server for AI agents | No | Yes — keyless, styled, and it verifies |
| Scan-verified exports | No | Every download is decoded before it saves |
| Open source / self-host | No | MIT, one command |
| Scan caps | 500 scans on free codes | None — caps are a thing we refuse to build |
| Branded popup on scan | On free codes | Never — no interstitial of any kind |
Patterns to know about before you print
A scan cap switches the code off
Free-tier codes stop working — or stop reporting — after a fixed number of scans. The more successful your campaign, the sooner it breaks.
Source: QR Tiger pricingSign up before you can download
The generator works right up to the download button, which is where the account wall appears.
Source: QRFY signup flow
What QR Tiger does better
- The cheapest custom short domain in the category, available on an entry-level tier.
- 21-language routing and AI-art QR generation.
- Publishes an llms.txt — one of the few competitors thinking about agent readability at all.
What your codes would cost elsewhere
Dynamic, editable codes kept alive for a year.
- UseQR$0 / year
- qr-code-generator.comno published plan this large
- Bitlyno published plan this large
- QR Tigerno published plan this large
- Uniqodeno published plan this large
- Flowcodeno published plan this large
- ME-QRno published plan this large
- QRCodeKIT≈ $1,800 / year
- QRFY≈ $900 / year
Cheapest published plan that covers this many codes, annualized. Prices verified 2026-08-21 — vendors change them; the linked pricing pages are the source of truth.
Questions
- Is UseQR really free compared to QR Tiger?
- Yes. Every UseQR feature is free forever with no account: static codes, bulk generation, every export format, the API, and the MCP server. Three dynamic codes that stop at 500 scans, with a branded popup on scan. Paid plans start around $7/month.
- Can I move my QR Tiger codes to UseQR?
- Static codes need nothing — they encode your data directly, so they keep working. Dynamic codes point at that vendor's short domain, so they have to be re-created and re-printed; UseQR's migration importer and /autopsy tools land with the dynamic release.
- What does QR Tiger do better?
- The cheapest custom short domain in the category, available on an entry-level tier. 21-language routing and AI-art QR generation. Publishes an llms.txt — one of the few competitors thinking about agent readability at all.
Sources
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