How much does a QR code cost?
A static QR code from a free designer is free, and that is the right price when the URL will never move. A dynamic code costs whatever the host charges to keep the redirect alive. Here that is a paid $1.99 trial, $29/month, $97/year, or $197 once. There is no free plan.
What is actually free
A pattern that encodes the URL itself costs nothing to host. Canva, goQR.me and a phone's built-in maker will give you that. When the page moves, the print is wrong. When you want a scan count, there is no server to count on.
Free hosted trials at other vendors often expire the code, not just the account. That is how a flyer outlives the QR.
What a subscription is paying for
You are renting the redirect. Miss a payment and the print still looks fine and the scan fails. Over three years, monthly billing is usually the expensive shape even when the first invoice looks small.
Annual at $97/year is the middle. Lifetime at $197 is the whole bill if you never want a renewal on that code.
What we charge
$1.99 is seven days of the product, then $97/year unless you cancel. Monthly is $29. Lifetime is $197 with no renewal. Wi-Fi codes are included and remain static. You are not paying for analytics on those, because there are none.
When cheaper is correct
A classroom handout for one week: static and free. A carton with a two-year shelf life: pay once or accept that a lapsed card kills the pack. Do not buy us to save money on a throwaway.
Questions
Static: usually $1.99 of effort and no host bill. Dynamic here: $1.99 trial, then a paid plan. Lifetime is $197.
Not if they are static and the URL is immortal. Yes if you want to edit after printing or count scans.
The cheapest that stays honest is a free static tool. The cheapest that stays editable for years is usually pay-once, not a coupon for month one.
No. $1.99 is paid.
Yes: /pricing. This page is the explanation of the shapes, not a second catalogue.
Trial is $1.99 for 7 days, not an unpaid tier. Create a code when the destination might still move.
Make one and see
Pick a type, brand it, and change the destination whenever you like. This is a shorter decision with a code in front of you.