AltFTool's QR Generator makes static QR codes for URLs, text, Wi-Fi, contact cards and UPI payments, with colour, a logo and bulk generation from a CSV, free. Bitly's Core plan is US$10/month, annual only (US$120/year), and its Free plan allows 2 QR codes a month. What Bitly sells is dynamic codes: a code that redirects through Bitly, can be re-pointed later and counts scans.
At a glance
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Creating dynamic QR codes and short links that redirect through Bitly, with scan and click tracking.
Entry price
US$10/month
Core plan, annual only; 5 QR codes and 100 short links a month
US$120/year
Free tier
Free plan: 2 QR codes and 5 short links a month, with ads.
Bitly's page shows '$' without a currency code; it is the bitly.com storefront. Growth is $29/month ($348/year) and Premium $199/month ($2,388/year).
Whether you need to pay at all depends on where the free plan's ceiling sits. Here it is in each vendor's own terms.
Plenty of people should keep paying for these, and these are the reasons why.
A comparison that cannot say what its own tool gives up is an advert.
No. A static code contains the URL or data itself, so it keeps working as long as the destination does. The trade-off is that it cannot be edited or tracked. Dynamic codes from a service like Bitly can be changed and counted, but they depend on that service staying in place.
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"QR Generator: what you'd pay elsewhere." AltFTool, 1 Nov. 2026, www.altftool.com/deals/qr-generator.BibTeX
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