The number that decides this
Disclosure: EZQR publishes this page and sells one of the two products. QR Code Chimp figures were read from their published pricing page in August 2026 and are quoted rather than estimated.
Estimate your monthly scans. That single number resolves most of the comparison.
QR Code Chimp advertises 10 free dynamic codes, which reads as more generous than three, and on code count it is. The ten codes share a ceiling of 1,000 scans a month between them.
A thousand sounds like plenty until you attach it to something real. A table tent in a moderately busy cafe collects roughly 15 to 40 scans a day. One code, one placement, and you are at the ceiling somewhere between three and eight weeks. A window decal on a busy high street can pass it inside a fortnight. Ten codes sharing that ceiling reach it ten times faster if all ten are working.
Under the ceiling, QR Code Chimp gives you more. Over it, the ten codes are worth less than three that keep resolving.
Verified pricing, both platforms
Every QR Code Chimp figure below is from their own pricing page, checked in August 2026. Every EZQR figure is from ours. Prices change, so confirm before buying.
| EZQR | QR Code Chimp | |
|---|---|---|
| Free dynamic codes | 3 | 10 |
| Free scan ceiling | None | 1,000/month, shared |
| What happens at the ceiling | No ceiling exists | Codes stop resolving |
| Static codes | Unlimited, free, no watermark | Unlimited, free |
| Entry paid tier | $5/mo (Lite), 25 dynamic | $6.99/mo (Starter) |
| Mid tier | $10/mo (Pro), 100 dynamic | $13.99/mo (Pro) |
| Unlimited dynamic | $20/mo (Max) | $34.99/mo (Ultima) |
| Billing | Monthly on every tier | Billed yearly on every tier |
| Vector export | SVG and PDF from Lite | Available on paid tiers |
| On subscription lapse | Three oldest stay live, rest pause | Confirm with vendor |
Tips
- Ultima at $34.99/mo billed yearly is $420 committed up front. EZQR Max at $20/mo billed monthly is $240 over a year and you can stop at any point.
- Compare the tier you will actually use, not the entry price. At 40 dynamic codes the comparison is EZQR Pro at $10 against QR Code Chimp Pro at $13.99.
Why a scan ceiling is worse than a code limit
These two limits feel similar on a pricing page. In practice they fail completely differently.
Hit a code limit and you find out immediately, in the dashboard, while creating the eleventh code. Nothing that is already printed is affected. You upgrade, or you delete an old code, and the day continues.
Hit a scan ceiling and nothing tells you. The codes on your tables stop resolving. Customers scan and get a page telling them the limit was reached, or nothing at all. You learn about it when someone mentions it, which is usually days later and usually from a customer rather than a dashboard.
Worse, the ceiling arrives at the worst possible moment by construction. Scan volume is highest when the campaign is working. A code that survives the quiet weeks dies in the busy one.
That is the specific reason EZQR does not meter scans on any tier, free or paid. It is a deliberate choice rather than a technical necessity, and any competitor could make the same one, so verify it on whichever platform you pick rather than trusting a page written by one of them. If a code has already stopped resolving, our diagnostic walkthrough covers how to tell a scan ceiling from a lapsed subscription from a broken destination.
Annual billing is the other structural difference
QR Code Chimp bills yearly on every paid plan. There is no monthly option published.
For a business that already knows its volume, annual billing is usually the better value and worth taking. Vendors discount it because it is worth something to them, and the discount is real.
The problem is specific to businesses that have not yet learned what they need, which is most of them in their first quarter of using QR codes at all. You sign up, print in month two, discover in month three that you are using four codes rather than the forty you planned, and then hold a tier you have outgrown in the wrong direction for another nine months.
EZQR bills monthly on every tier, which is the reason it appears in this section rather than the price section. The trade is real in the other direction too: no annual discount is available, so a business with stable, known volume pays slightly more over a year than it would on a discounted annual plan elsewhere.
Run monthly for a quarter. Then commit, wherever you end up.
Where QR Code Chimp is the better product
Credit where it is due, because a comparison that finds no merit in the competitor is not a comparison.
Template library. QR Code Chimp has the stronger set of pre-styled designs. If you want a good-looking code without making design decisions, it does that better than we do, and that is a legitimate reason to choose it.
Free code count. Ten beats three, and if your traffic genuinely stays under the ceiling, you get more codes for nothing. A consultant with ten low-traffic codes on a personal site is better served there.
Established tooling. Bulk generation and API access on the higher tiers are mature. EZQR puts bulk import and API access on the Max tier at $20/mo, so if you need those at low volume the comparison depends on which tier each of you lands in.
Where EZQR is the better fit: no scan ceilings anywhere, monthly billing, and a lower price at every equivalent tier. Also scan analytics with country data from Lite and city-level from Pro, and SVG and PDF export from Lite upward, which the SVG page explains in print terms.
If neither is right, the full generator comparison covers the rest of the market, and QRCode Monkey is genuinely the best answer for free static codes with vector export and no account at all.
Pick by your actual situation
Low traffic, many destinations. QR Code Chimp free. Ten codes under 1,000 monthly scans is more than EZQR free gives you, and the ceiling never bites.
Anything printed and public-facing. EZQR, on the scan ceiling alone. A restaurant menu, a storefront decal, an event banner. The cost of a code dying mid-service is not measured in subscription dollars.
You want pre-styled design and will pay for it. QR Code Chimp Starter at $6.99/mo billed yearly.
You want to test properly before committing. EZQR free, then Lite at $5/mo monthly. Three codes with no ceiling will tell you what you actually need in a quarter.
You need unlimited dynamic codes. EZQR Max at $20/mo monthly against Ultima at $34.99/mo billed yearly. Max costs less and does not require the year up front, so this one is not close on commercial terms. Ultima keeps the template advantage.
Your destinations never change. Neither. Generate static codes free, export the vector files, pay nobody. The static versus dynamic guide will tell you in two minutes whether you are in that case, and a fair number of businesses are.
