Quick verdict
Choose Flowcode if the QR code is a brand asset and the budget is a marketing budget. Their whole positioning is design quality plus a conversion platform around it, and they sell to enterprise brands on annual terms.
Choose EZQR if you want QR codes that work, billed monthly, with an API you can reach at $20. We do not compete on design polish and we do not have their compliance certifications.
Disclosure: we publish this and we sell one of the two. Everything numeric below came from flowcode.com/pricing on 15 August 2026, and where their product is stronger the article says so.
What Flowcode actually publishes
Worth stating precisely, because this is widely misreported and we had it wrong ourselves until we checked.
Flowcode splits its pricing page into two products. "Flowcode 1 for Individuals" carries the three published tiers below. "Flowcode 2 for Enterprise" carries Growth Plus and Enterprise, both demo-only with no public price.
The Growth tier is the one people quote figures for, and it does not display a price at all. It is marked annual-only with a demo or buy path. Any specific monthly number attributed to it is not coming from their pricing page.
| Tier | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | Up to 2 Flowcodes, analytics for up to 500 scans, ad-free |
| Pro Plus | $25/month billed annually | Up to 50 Flowcodes and Landing Pages, analytics to 6,000 scans, 3 collaboration seats |
| Growth | Annual only, pricing on request | Starts at 150 Flowcodes and Landing Pages, analytics for first 10,000 scans with geo-location, CRM integrations and API access, custom seats, priority support |
| Growth Plus | Demo only | Single-team collaboration, audience builder, CRM/CDP integrations |
| Enterprise | Demo only | Unlimited Flowcodes, ShortURLs and Landing Pages, custom API integrations, dedicated success |
Side by side
EZQR bills monthly on every tier. Flowcode offers monthly billing on Pro Plus and annual terms above that, with a stated 58% saving for annual.
| EZQR | Flowcode | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Unlimited static, 3 dynamic, no scan cap | 2 codes, 500-scan analytics cap |
| Entry paid | Lite $5/mo, billed monthly | Pro Plus $25/mo, billed annually |
| Mid | Pro $10/mo, 100 dynamic | — |
| Upper | Max $20/mo, unlimited, API, 5 seats, white-label | Growth, annual only, pricing on request |
| API access | Max, $20/mo | Growth tier |
| Landing pages | 50 on Max | Counted together with codes on every tier |
| CRM integrations | No | Growth and above |
| SOC 2, SSO | No | Published on their pricing page |
| Design sophistication | Standard customization | **Best in class** |
| Billing | Monthly, cancel anytime | Monthly on Pro Plus, annual above |
| Scan caps | None on any tier | Analytics capped by tier |
Where Flowcode is genuinely better
Design, and it is not close. Flowcode built its brand on QR codes that look deliberate rather than tolerated, and if the code is going on a product, a stadium screen, or a campaign where the aesthetic is part of the brief, that is what you are buying and it is worth paying for.
The landing-page layer is real too. Flowcode counts codes and landing pages together and treats the destination as part of the product, which suits marketing teams that do not want to build pages elsewhere.
Compliance is the third. Their pricing page carries CCPA, GDPR, SOC 2 and SSO badges. We do not hold SOC 2 or offer SSO, and if your procurement process requires either, this comparison ends there.
Above Growth they sell audience building and CRM/CDP integration, which is a different product category from a QR generator and priced accordingly.
Where EZQR is better
Billing shape and free-tier generosity, plus the price of programmatic access.
Our free tier gives unlimited static codes with no scan cap and 3 dynamic codes. Flowcode's free tier is 2 codes with analytics capped at 500 scans. For someone testing whether QR works at all, that difference decides whether you can run a real pilot before paying.
Every EZQR plan bills monthly. If a campaign runs for one quarter, you pay for one quarter. Flowcode's advertised rates assume an annual commitment above Pro Plus, which is the normal shape for enterprise software and a poor fit for seasonal work.
The API is the sharpest line. EZQR includes the REST API on Max at $20/mo billed monthly. Flowcode's API sits on Growth, which is annual-only and priced on request, so it is both a larger commitment and an unknown one until you talk to sales.
And static codes: ours encode the destination into the pattern and keep resolving with no server and no subscription. That is how static QR works everywhere, not a feature we invented, but it does mean a printed static code is not exposed to any vendor's billing status.
The question that actually decides it
Is the QR code a design object or a utility?
If it is a design object, part of a brand system, going somewhere it will be seen at scale, Flowcode is built for that and the annual commitment is normal for the kind of team buying it.
If it is a utility, something that needs to work on a table tent or a shipping label and keep working, then design polish is not what you are short of, and monthly billing plus an affordable API matters more.
The mistake worth avoiding is buying the platform for the utility job. A restaurant that needs menu codes does not need audience building, and a small team generating codes from a spreadsheet needs bulk import rather than a CDP integration.
| If this is you | Pick | Because |
|---|---|---|
| The code is part of a brand system | Flowcode | Best design output in the category |
| You need SOC 2 or SSO | Flowcode | Published compliance; we have neither |
| You need CRM or CDP integration | Flowcode | Growth and above |
| You need an API without an annual contract | EZQR Max | $20/mo, billed monthly |
| You want to pilot before paying | EZQR Free | 3 dynamic codes, no scan cap |
| The campaign runs one season | EZQR | Monthly billing, stop when it ends |
| You are printing static codes at volume | EZQR | Unlimited, permanent, no subscription exposure |
Switching, and what to check first
Static codes regenerate identically anywhere, because the destination lives in the pattern rather than on a server. Anything already printed as a static code keeps working regardless of which vendor you use next.
Dynamic codes never transfer between vendors, in either direction. A printed dynamic code routes through the redirect of whoever issued it, so plan a switch around your next reprint rather than trying to migrate mid-flight. Bulk import rebuilds a list in one upload once you are ready.
One thing to settle in writing before committing a print run to any vendor, including us: what happens to dynamic codes when the subscription ends. Policies differ, they change, and it is the single question that determines whether printed material survives a cancellation. Ask it directly rather than relying on a comparison article, this one included.
How both compare to the rest
Uniqode is the closer analogue to Flowcode on the enterprise side, selling integrations and governance on annual terms, with published tiers from $9 to $399 a month billed yearly.
QR Tiger sits in similar territory with stronger API depth than design focus.
QRCode Monkey is the opposite end entirely: free static codes with free SVG, PDF and EPS export and no account, which beats our own free tier on vector output.
The full ranked view is in our generator comparison.
