# Uniqode review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Dynamic QR codes and digital business cards for marketing teams

Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Uniqode, formerly Beaconstac, makes dynamic QR codes whose destination can be changed after printing, with scan analytics, landing pages and forms behind them. Higher plans add rules that send a scan to different content by device, place or time, team roles, SSO and an API. The same account also makes digital business cards, shared by QR code, link or phone wallet.

- **Category:** QR Code Generators
- **Made by:** Uniqode Phygital, Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.uniqode.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS
- **Who should skip it:** Watch out: every plan is billed yearly, and going past your yearly scan allowance means moving up a plan.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026

## Pricing

As of Oct 23, 2026, Uniqode has a free plan, and paid plans start at $9 per month, billed annually (Essential).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Static QR codes are free with no limit on how many you make, and one digital business card is free. Editable, trackable dynamic codes need a paid plan.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial; dynamic codes made during it stop working unless you upgrade.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Unlimited static QR codes, which cannot be edited or tracked once printed. |
| Essential | $9 per month, billed annually (no monthly plan) | One user, 15 dynamic codes, 50,000 scans a year, 5 Linkpages, forms, bulk creation and 60 days of scan data. |
| Core | $49 per month, billed annually (no monthly plan) | One user, 250 dynamic codes, 1 million scans a year, Smart Rules, GPS and device analytics, integrations and the API. |
| Plus | $99 per month for up to 3 users, billed annually | 500 dynamic codes, 2 million scans a year, 25 Linkpages, user roles and 180 days of scan data. |
| Business+ | $399 per month for up to 5 users, billed annually | 2,000 dynamic codes, 8 million scans a year, SSO, a custom domain, retargeting and lifetime scan data. Sold through sales. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom limits, security and dedicated support, priced by sales. |

Read from https://www.uniqode.com/pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Uniqode before buying.

## Key features

- **Dynamic QR codes:** Change where a code leads after it is printed. More than 15 code types cover websites, PDFs, locations, menus, app downloads and contact cards.
- **Smart Rules and location routing:** From Core, one code can send people to different content by device, language, day or time, or location, and codes can be password-protected or age-gated.
- **Scan analytics:** Every plan counts scans. Core adds time of day, device, city and GPS location, plus CSV export. Scan history runs from 60 days on Essential to lifetime on Business+.
- **Linkpages and forms:** Mobile landing pages with several links, and a form builder for leads and surveys. Each plan includes 100 form responses a year; more are a paid add-on.
- **Bulk creation and API:** Create dynamic codes in batches on every plan. The API starts on Core with 250,000 requests a month and rises to 2 million on Business+.
- **Digital business cards:** Cards shared by QR code, link, or Apple and Google Wallet, with an iPhone app. The first card is free; the Team plan is $6 per user a month, billed yearly.

## Good for

- Marketing teams putting editable codes on packaging, print and signage
- Brands that want one code to show different content by place or device
- Companies that need SSO, roles and separate workspaces for teams

## Worth knowing

- Plans are billed yearly only. Scan allowances reset once a year, and going over means moving to a higher plan.
- Dynamic codes stop redirecting if the subscription or the free trial ends without an upgrade.
- Essential and Core have one user. Integrations and the API start on Core; Meta Pixel and Google Ads retargeting need Business+.
- A custom domain is a Plus add-on at $500 a year in the plan table, while the pricing FAQ gives $2,000 per domain a year.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Uniqode, once called Beaconstac, makes QR codes you can repoint after printing, plus digital business cards, and from Core one code can send people to different pages by device, place or time. Every plan is billed yearly, Essential's $9 a month covers one user and 15 codes, integrations and the API wait for Core at $49, and if the plan lapses your printed codes stop working.

- **Value for money: C.** Essential is $9 a month billed yearly, the middle of what QR code tools charge, for 15 dynamic codes and 50,000 scans a year. There's no monthly option, and integrations, the API and routing rules need Core at $49 a month.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Static codes are free with no cap, and so is one digital business card, but static codes can't be edited or tracked. Dynamic codes need a plan, and the ones made in the 14-day trial stop working if you don't upgrade.
- **Features: B.** Dynamic codes in more than 15 types, scan analytics, Linkpages, forms, bulk creation, an API, roles and SSO, plus business cards for Apple and Google Wallet. Nothing in the core job is missing; the limits are in which plan you're on.
- **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. It's an account with codes, landing pages and forms to build, and a scan allowance to watch, since it only resets once a year.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web and iPhone apps for cards and codes, with Zapier, Make, Workato, Google Sheets, Slack and Canva, and an API from Core. No Android or desktop app.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Uniqode's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among QR code generators

- Uniqode's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 4 of the 10 other QR code generators we grade, and level with 2.
- It stands best on features (B, above 6 of 10) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $9 a month, against a middle price of $8 for the category: 5 of the 9 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/qr-codes

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of Uniqode you could make: qR codes, digital business card and forms. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $108 a year.

- You could make: QR codes, digital business card and forms: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: A real app for iOS. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Zapier, Make and Workato among them, and has an API.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Zapier, Make, Workato, Google Analytics, Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Slack, Canva

**Tags:** QR codes, Digital business card, Forms, Public API, AI features

## Alternatives

- [QR Code Generator PRO](https://toolgpa.com/tools/qr-code-generator): Editable, trackable QR codes with hosted landing pages, from Bitly. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/qr-code-generator-vs-uniqode)
- [Flowcode](https://toolgpa.com/tools/flowcode): Branded QR codes and landing pages, with an enterprise data platform. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/flowcode-vs-uniqode)
- [QR TIGER](https://toolgpa.com/tools/qr-tiger): Dynamic QR codes with a free plan, bulk creation and an API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/qr-tiger-vs-uniqode)
- [Scanova](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scanova): Dynamic QR codes with landing pages, lead capture and scan analytics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/scanova-vs-uniqode)
- [Hovercode](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hovercode): Dynamic QR codes and short links, with a free plan that never expires. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hovercode-vs-uniqode)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026:

- https://www.uniqode.com/pricing
- https://uniqode-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pricing-v2.json
- https://www.uniqode.com/qr-code-generator
- https://www.uniqode.com/integrations
- https://www.uniqode.com/llms.txt
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/uniqode-digital-business-card/id6747088345
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qr-codes-generator-scanner/id6753666719

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