QRdx vs QR Code AI

QR Code AI is a browser QR generator with three design modes: Custom QR, Image QR (a code laid over a background picture) and QR Code Art, which AI draws from a text prompt. It has 60 content types and checks every design for scannability before you download it. Link and PDF codes are dynamic by default, and dynamic codes need its Premium plan once a seven-day trial ends. Static codes such as Wi-Fi and vCard are free, and the trial doesn't affect them. QRdx also designs codes in the browser and makes AI art, and its Free plan keeps up to 10 dynamic codes working with no time limit.

Who each tool is forCopy Anchor Link

QR Code AI suits people who want a code that looks like a picture, drawn by AI or built over their own image. Its free tier allows 3 QR codes and 3 Smart Links (its short links) per account, and each person gets 5 AI credits once. Editable links need Premium after the trial, and custom domains are a Premium feature. Team workspaces have Owner, Member and Viewer roles, and each workspace has its own subscription. It makes barcodes too.

QRdx suits people who print codes they may need to change later and want to see the price first. Static codes are free and need no account. The Free plan adds 10 dynamic codes, 3 hosted pages and 3 AI art images a month, with no trial. Pro ($5/mo or $48/yr) makes codes and pages unlimited, and Business ($15/mo or $144/yr) adds unlimited team members and white-label pages. Developers can use the REST API, the MCP server or the npm library, and the whole app can be self-hosted.

Where QR Code AI is the better choiceCopy Anchor Link

• AI art is what you're after. QR Code AI is built around it and advertises 1,200+ templates. QRdx makes AI art as well, 3 images a month on Free and 30 on Pro, from a much shorter list of style presets.
• You want a written uptime commitment. QR Code AI's service level agreement commits to 99.9% monthly uptime for all users, with service credits for paid monthly and annual subscriptions. QRdx doesn't offer an uptime SLA yet.

Key differencesCopy Anchor Link

• The free trial. On QR Code AI, the first dynamic QR code or Smart Link you create starts a seven-day trial for that account or workspace. Its tracking FAQ, checked on 10 November 2026, says that after seven consecutive days "Premium is required in that scope to keep the affected managed destinations active." Its URL shortener FAQ adds that without Premium "the affected links open a deactivated page after the trial." Static codes are exempt: "Direct QR data encoded in the symbol does not expire because of this trial." QRdx has no trial, and dynamic codes keep working on every plan.
• When a paid plan ends. QR Code AI's terms say a cancellation "will take effect at the end of the current paid term." None of the pages we checked says separately what happens to dynamic codes after that, though its Workspaces FAQ says Premium is needed "for continued dynamic QR and Smart Link visitor delivery" once the trial is over. On QRdx, dynamic codes keep redirecting after a downgrade, a failed payment or a cancellation.
• Prices. QR Code AI has no public pricing page, and its /pricing address opens the home page. Its prices appear in the app after you sign up. In India on 10 November 2026 its billing page offered Premium at ₹599 a month, or ₹3,999 a year (shown as ₹333.25 a month), listing unlimited AI generations, QR codes, Smart Links, barcodes, scans and clicks, custom domains and short URLs, and priority support. Prices in other countries may differ; its terms say the "currency and total amount available for your purchase are displayed at checkout." QRdx lists its prices on the pricing page.
• Scan data. Both record scans of dynamic codes with location and device details, and both export them as CSV. QR Code AI says scan attempts while a code is deactivated "are not counted in customer analytics or added later." QRdx records scans on every plan and keeps 90 days of scan history on Free, 3 years on Pro and all of it on Business.
• Developers. QR Code AI has an API for bulk generation, and its custom QR FAQ says "API generation uses separate credits; a product subscription does not replace them." QRdx's REST API is on every plan (1,000 requests a day on Free, 10,000 on Pro), alongside an MCP server, a React library and a CLI.
• Barcodes. Both make barcodes, keep them in your account to edit later and have an API for them. QR Code AI's barcode generator has ten formats and downloads PNG, JPG, WebP, SVG, PDF or EPS. QRdx's barcode generator has 11 formats, PDF417 and Aztec among them, and downloads PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF, SVG, PDF or EPS. Signed in, you can save a barcode to your dashboard's Barcodes on every plan, and the barcode API makes images without a key.
• Openness. QRdx is open source under AGPL-3.0, so you can check how scans are counted or run your own copy. QR Code AI doesn't advertise its source code.

Switching from QR Code AICopy Anchor Link

1. Wi-Fi, vCard, MeCard, Pix and plain-text codes from QR Code AI are static. They keep working without QR Code AI, so there is nothing to replace.
2. Link, PDF and other dynamic codes go through QR Code AI's short links (qrc-ai.com, or your own domain). List each code's name, short link and destination in a spreadsheet and import it into QRdx, then keep the QR Code AI codes active until the new ones are printed.
3. Make new codes dynamic in QRdx if the destination might change, and test each one on a couple of phones before printing.

QRdx's Never-Hostage Guarantee explains what happens to your codes on every plan.