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An honest, sourced comparison - pricing, custom domains, and what a free plan actually limits.
QR Hero and QRCodeChimp both offer a free tier and paid plans, but they gate custom domains very differently. QRCodeChimp reserves a custom domain for its top Ultima tier at $49.99/mo, and adds a one-time $200 domain-change fee on top. QR Hero includes a customer-owned custom domain from its €24/mo Business tier with no setup fee. QRCodeChimp's free tier also hard-pauses scanning at 1,000 scans a month, where QR Hero's paid tiers carry no such hard stop.
Every row below is sourced and dated - see the footnote.
| QR Hero | QRCodeChimp | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry-tier price | €24/mo (Business, includes a custom domain) | Free tier available; paid tiers run $9.99 / $19.99 / $49.99 per mo |
| Custom domain | Included from Business, automatic SSL, no per-domain fee | Gated to the $49.99/mo Ultima tier, plus a $200 one-time domain-change fee |
| Free-tier scan cap | No free tier hard-stop on paid plans - overage handled on your terms | Free tier hard-pauses scanning once you hit 1,000 scans in a month |
| Scan allowance (paid) | Unlimited scans from Business up, printed codes never hard-capped | Scales by tier; verify current caps before committing to a plan |
| Agency / white-label | Multi-tenant Organization → Brand model, built into every plan from day one | Sub-account white-labeling available, up to 16 sub-accounts |
Based on QRCodeChimp's published pricing pages and QR Hero's own pricing page, as of August 2026. Pricing, limits, and gating change without notice on both sides - verify current numbers before deciding.
QRCodeChimp's free tier is a genuinely useful way to try dynamic QR codes with no commitment, and its lower paid tiers are inexpensive for teams that don't need a branded domain. The gap opens up in two places: what the free tier quietly stops doing once you hit its scan cap, and what a custom domain costs once you actually want one.
QRCodeChimp pauses scanning on its free tier at 1,000 scans a month, and reserves a custom domain for its $49.99/mo Ultima tier, adding a separate one-time $200 fee to set it up. QR Hero includes a customer-owned custom domain in its €24/mo Business plan with no setup fee, and doesn't impose a hard scan-count stop on paid tiers - you choose how overage is handled instead of a code going quiet mid-month.
There's a similar gap on the agency side. QRCodeChimp offers white-labeling through sub-accounts, capped at 16 per account regardless of how many client brands you actually manage. QR Hero built its Organization → Brand structure into every plan from day one, with no separate sub-account ceiling to plan around as a client roster grows. For an agency or reseller weighing which platform to standardize on, that structural difference matters more over time than either vendor's month-to-month sticker price - it's the difference between rearchitecting your setup later and never having to.
See how Custom domains work on QR Hero to understand why a domain that's included from day one beats paying a separate setup fee to add one later.
It depends what you need. QRCodeChimp's free and lower paid tiers ($9.99-$19.99/mo) can be cheaper than QR Hero for very light use, but they don't include a custom domain. Once a custom domain matters, QRCodeChimp only offers one on its $49.99/mo Ultima tier and adds a $200 one-time domain-change fee - at that point QR Hero's €24/mo Business tier, which includes a domain with no setup fee, is the cheaper path. Always verify current tier pricing directly with QRCodeChimp, since rates can change without notice.
Yes - QRCodeChimp's free tier hard-pauses scanning once an account hits 1,000 scans in a month, according to its published plan limits. QR Hero doesn't impose that kind of hard scan stop on its paid tiers; you choose how overage is handled instead of scanning silently breaking mid-month. Always verify the current cap directly with QRCodeChimp, since published limits can change without notice.
No. QR Hero includes a customer-owned custom domain in its €24/mo Business plan with automatic SSL and no per-domain or setup fee. QRCodeChimp gates its custom domain to the $49.99/mo Ultima tier and charges a separate one-time $200 fee to set up or change it. Verify both companies' current pricing pages before deciding, since these figures can change without notice.
Not the physical ones already printed - a printed QR code encodes QRCodeChimp's redirect domain directly, so an already-printed code can't be re-pointed to different infrastructure. What you can do is print any new codes through QR Hero from your own domain going forward, so this is the last migration you have to plan for reprints around. Keep that one-time limitation in mind when planning any future reprint runs.
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