What Is the Best QR Code Generator for Packaging With Hundreds of SKUs?

Uniqode is the best generator for a brand putting a different QR code on each of several hundred products, because it is the one vendor here whose plans document every control such a rollout needs at once. Those controls are batches of 1,000 codes on Plus, an API rated at 25 requests a second, 2,000,000 scans a year, three seats with role-based access, and a template a brand can lock. QR TIGER runs it close on raw capacity and beats it on price. A supplement brand that needs 300 codes and nothing else will find QR TIGER's $37 Premium plan or QRCodeChimp's $34.99 Ultima plan cheaper, and the sections below say so plainly.

The scenario behind the scoring is a supplement company with 300 SKUs, each carrying its own code, relaunching packaging in two print runs a year. That brand needs the codes created from a spreadsheet, kept on-brand by people who did not design them, edited after the cartons ship, and reported per SKU; the entry price matters less than the plan on which all four of those things become true.

The figures below were read from each vendor's pricing page, help centre and packaging page on 21 October 2026, in USD.

TL;DR

• Uniqode scores 86 of 100: Plus at $99 a month holds 500 dynamic codes, creates 1,000 per batch, carries 2,000,000 scans a year and 3 seats, and offers an API at 25 requests a second.
• QR TIGER scores 82 with batches of up to 3,000 codes, unlimited scans and 600 dynamic codes on Premium at $37 a month, limited to 1 user.
• QRCodeChimp wins the two price criteria outright: 900 dynamic codes for $34.99 a month, which is $419.88 a year for a 300-SKU brand.
• Scanova (70) sells 500 codes for $75 with bulk batches of 100, and Flowcode (41) and Bitly (31) meter codes in ways that suit a campaign rather than a catalogue.
• Uniqode's catch: its $49 Core plan stops at 250 dynamic codes, one tier short of 300 SKUs, so the honest Uniqode price for this brand is $99 a month.

How 300 SKUs were turned into a score

Five criteria carry 100 points, and the heaviest is about control rather than count, because a brand with 300 live codes fails on governance long before it runs out of allowance. Each criterion names the plan on which the feature becomes available, and vendors that publish no figure score as if the figure were absent.

• Rollout control at SKU scale: batch size, templates, seats, API, scan allowance (35 points). Uniqode 35, QR TIGER 28, Scanova 19, QRCodeChimp 16, Flowcode 14, Bitly 9.
• Dynamic codes on the tier that covers 300 SKUs (20 points). QRCodeChimp 20, QR TIGER 19, Scanova 16, Uniqode 14, Flowcode 6, Bitly 5.
• Analytics per SKU and editing after print (20 points). Uniqode 20, Scanova 17, QR TIGER 14, QRCodeChimp 13, Flowcode 13, Bitly 9.
• Annual cost for 300 codes (15 points). QRCodeChimp 15, QR TIGER 13, Scanova 9, Uniqode 7, Bitly 3, Flowcode 1.
• Print guidance and vector export (10 points). Uniqode 10, Scanova 9, QR TIGER 8, Flowcode 7, QRCodeChimp 5, Bitly 5.

Totals: Uniqode 86, QR TIGER 82, Scanova 70, QRCodeChimp 69, Flowcode 41, Bitly 31. QRCodeChimp takes both price criteria, and Uniqode takes the three that concern what happens after the codes exist.

1. Uniqode: the controls a 300-SKU rollout needs, on one plan

Uniqode leads because the Uniqode bulk creation limits article publishes a batch size for every tier, and the pricing table ticks the governance features beside them. Dynamic codes can be created in batches of up to 15 on Essential, 250 on Core, 1,000 on Plus and 5,000 on the tier above, with a template supplied "in .csv and .xlsx formats". Static codes run to 200,000 in total on Plus, which no competitor here matches in print.

That same help centre states that "Bulk printing is available on all plans" as a print-ready PDF, that folders are available on every plan, and that bulk operations let a team "assign labels, and export analytics data in bulk".

The packaging page speaks the language of the brand in the scenario. It promises that a brand can "Edit the destination anytime, even after millions of units print", that "a single spreadsheet upload transforms into thousands of SKU-level QR Codes, all following your brand template and each with individual tracking". It also names a customer, Maesa, that puts compliance codes on cartons "across 15 to 20 million units a year". Uniqode's packaging page also carries the print instructions a packaging engineer wants: vector export in SVG or EPS, printing "at 300 DPI or higher", a 2 by 2 cm minimum, and a scannability score that "validates contrast and error correction before anything reaches a printer".

The API is documented with numbers, which is rare in this group. Uniqode's API help article gives Core 10 requests a second and 250,000 a month, and Plus 25 requests a second and 500,000 a month, with access limited to admin or owner roles. A product information system feeding 300 SKUs twice a year will never approach either ceiling. Scans are capped at 1,000,000 a year on Core and 2,000,000 on Plus, with analytics for 90 and 180 days respectively. Uniqode's plan table shows custom templates from Core, role-based access control and 3 seats from Plus, and template enforcement on the tier above Plus.

What the supplement brand pays for all of that is examined in the catch section below. The short version is that Core at $49 holds 250 codes and the brand has 300.

2. QR TIGER: the biggest batches and 600 codes for $37

QR TIGER has the largest published batch size in this comparison and the second-best price; it loses the ranking on seats and governance. The QR TIGER bulk generator page states that "you can generate up to 3,000 QR codes in one go", and that the feature belongs to the Advanced and Premium plans. The upload must follow a CSV template ("XLS files will not work"), the codes return as a zip file, and a dynamic bulk feature lets users update the stored data by uploading a revised CSV.

Premium at $37 a month billed annually holds 600 dynamic codes, enough for the brand's 300 SKUs twice over, with unlimited scans, an API allowance of 10,000 requests a month, a white-label domain and precision geolocation; Advanced at $16 holds 200, short of the brand's count. Every plan below Professional ($89, 1,200 codes) is a single-user plan on the individuals tab, and the business tab locks a second user until Professional. Design templates can be saved from $7 and shared only on Enterprise accounts; nothing on QR TIGER's site describes enforcing one.

Two sentences from QR TIGER's own pages belong in the brand's risk register. "Your QR codes will only stop working once the plan expires", and "You don't get additional dynamic QR codes per year with the same plan". A carton printed in year one depends on a renewal in year two, and the allowance does not grow with the catalogue.

3. Scanova: 500 codes at $75, batches of 100, and a packaging page with numbers

Scanova covers the catalogue, publishes customer figures for it, and documents its bulk limits in two places that disagree. The packaging page states that "50+ CPG customers have created 7,000+ QR Codes, collectively receiving nearly 47 million scans". It promises codes "for every product variant and pack size in bulk" at up to 500 at once on the enterprise plan, and says GS1 Digital Link support "is built in before the shift happens".

Pro at $75 a month billed annually holds 500 dynamic codes with unlimited scans, 5 users, a custom domain, folders, exact GPS scan locations and phone support.

Bulk operations are where Scanova's own pages disagree, and a buyer should know it. The pricing page lists bulk operations with a batch size of up to 50 on Standard ($35) and up to 100 on Pro, while a support article states that "Bulk Operations is available only in the Pro Plan and Enterprise Plan", with batches of 100 or 500 by plan. Either way, a 300-SKU upload on Pro is three batches rather than one. The API is "Only available in Enterprise Plan", which rules out a product database feed on any priced tier.

Design export is the strongest in the group (PNG, JPG, SVG, EPS, PS and PDF in exact units from the $5 Basic plan), analytics on Standard and above report scans by time, city, country, device, handset and browser with no time limit, and save-as-template arrives on Standard. For a brand that uploads spreadsheets rather than calling an API, Scanova is a credible second choice at $75.

4. QRCodeChimp: 900 codes for $34.99, with the bulk details behind icons

QRCodeChimp wins both price criteria and would win more if its pages said more. Ultima at $34.99 a month billed yearly holds 900 dynamic codes with unlimited scans, 4 accounts and 50 folders. That is three times the brand's catalogue on the cheapest plan here that covers it at all, and Pro at $13.99 holds 300 exactly, with 150,000 scans a month and 2 accounts. The home page describes "bulk QR code generation and folder features" that "scale your campaigns from one to thousands".

The limits are in what is not printed on the pricing page or in the help centre. The pricing table shows "Bulk Upload Available" and "API Invocation" as dashes on Free and Starter and as tick icons on Pro and Ultima, and no page read for this review gives a batch size. API access requires Ultima plus "a one-time payment of $100", and rate limits are not published. Downloads default to PNG and PDF, with SVG enabled by support on request, and the maximum resolution is 4,096 pixels square on Pro and Ultima. A brand that needs 300 codes cheaply and will test the batch size itself can save roughly $770 a year against Uniqode's Plus plan.

5. Flowcode: tiered packages where the catalogue should be

Flowcode's published plans are shaped for campaigns rather than catalogues, and the allowances show it at every tier. Free holds 2 codes, Pro Plus at $25 a month billed annually holds 50, and Growth at $250 a month "Starts at 150 Flowcodes & Landing Pages" in "Tiered packages", with CRM integrations and API access. Enterprise promises unlimited codes and workspaces at a custom price, which is the only place Flowcode's catalogue-sized allowances live.

The comparison table carries a "Bulk Code Creation" row reading 50 and 1,000 against three columns, and the page does not say which plan each figure belongs to.

Analytics are capped by scan volume rather than by time (500 scans on Free, 6,000 on Pro Plus, the first 10,000 with geolocation on Growth), codes never expire, and design export covers JPG, PNG, SVG and PDF at 300 dpi with CMYK or EPS by email. For a brand that wants 300 codes on a plan it can price, Flowcode offers either 50 on Pro Plus or a conversation about packages at $250 a month.

6. Bitly: 200 codes a month, 200 per upload, redirects counted

Bitly meters QR codes monthly, which suits a link shortener and not a catalogue. Premium at $199 a month billed annually allows 200 QR codes a month and bulk creation of 200 per upload; Growth at $29 allows 10 a month and 10 per upload. Redirects, the act of pointing a live code at a new page, are metered at 110 a month on Premium, so a brand that updates 300 carton destinations after a formulation change would exceed the allowance in one afternoon.

Bitly's packaging page does promise codes that "update the destination anytime, no reprint needed", and its 2D barcode product adds a GS1 Digital Link with a GTIN for retail checkout, on a quote. API requests run to 50,000 a month on Premium and downloads cover PNG, JPEG and SVG. Data history is one year on Premium, with city and device data on that tier only. For a brand with hundreds of SKUs, the monthly meters make Bitly the wrong shape rather than the wrong price.

The six tiers that cover 300 SKUs

The table names the cheapest published tier on each vendor that holds at least 300 dynamic codes, and the controls that come with it. Flowcode and Bitly have no such tier, and their rows show the nearest.

The catch with Uniqode: Core stops at 250 codes

The supplement brand has 300 SKUs, Uniqode's Core plan holds 250 dynamic codes, and the next plan up costs twice as much; that arithmetic is the whole catch, and it is worth stating in dollars. Core is $49 a month billed yearly ($588 a year) and would leave 50 products without a code.

Plus is $99 a month ($1,188 a year), holds 500, and brings the 1,000-code batch, the 25-request API and the 3 seats that earn Uniqode its ranking. QRCodeChimp covers the same 300 codes for $167.88 a year on Pro, and QR TIGER for $444 on Premium.

Two further points cut the same way for this brand, and both concern the invoice rather than the product. Uniqode bills annually only ("We currently only offer annual subscription plans"), so the brand commits $1,188 before the first carton ships. And the feature that locks a template so that a regional team cannot alter it sits on the tier above Plus, which the pricing page does not price. A brand buying Uniqode for governance should confirm in writing which tier carries template enforcement before signing for Plus.

Where QRCodeChimp or QR TIGER is the better buy

QRCodeChimp is the better buy when the brand's requirement ends at "300 codes, editable, tracked, cheap". Pro at $13.99 a month holds exactly 300 with 150,000 scans a month, Ultima at $34.99 holds 900 with unlimited scans and four accounts, and a 15-day refund covers the first purchase. The brand accepts that the batch size, the API rate and the enforcement controls are not written down, and tests them on the trial.

QR TIGER is the better buy when batch size is the constraint. Three thousand codes per CSV upload on Advanced or Premium beats every published figure here except Uniqode's top tiers, and 600 codes for $37 a month leaves room for next year's launches. The brand accepts a single-user plan, saved rather than enforced templates, and an expiry clause that ties every printed carton to a renewal date.

Uniqode is the buy when more than one person will touch the codes, when a product system will feed them by API, and when the owner of the brand wants to know that a template cannot be changed in a regional office. Those three requirements are what the extra $770 a year buys, and a 300-SKU brand usually has all three.

Questions packaging buyers ask about QR codes at scale

How many QR codes can you make in bulk?

Uniqode creates up to 1,000 dynamic codes per batch on Plus and 250 on Core, QR TIGER up to 3,000 per CSV upload on Advanced and Premium. Scanova allows 50 or 100 per batch on its priced plans and 500 on Enterprise, and Bitly 10 or 200 per upload on Growth and Premium. QRCodeChimp and Flowcode publish no batch size on the pages read for this review.

What is the cheapest way to make 300 dynamic QR codes?

QRCodeChimp's Pro plan at $13.99 a month billed yearly holds exactly 300 dynamic codes, with Ultima at $34.99 holding 900. QR TIGER's Premium plan at $37 holds 600, Scanova's Pro plan at $75 holds 500, and Uniqode's Plus plan at $99 holds 500; Uniqode's $49 Core plan holds 250 and falls short.

Does Uniqode have a bulk QR code generator?

Yes. Uniqode's help centre documents bulk creation from a CSV or XLSX template on every paid plan, with batch limits of 15 on Essential, 250 on Core, 1,000 on Plus and 5,000 on the tier above, plus bulk printing to PDF, bulk labelling and bulk analytics export. Its medium-business and consumer-goods pages describe creating up to 2,000 codes in one go.

Can you make a different QR code for each SKU?

Yes, by uploading a spreadsheet with one row per product to a bulk generator, which returns one dynamic code per row. Uniqode's packaging page describes "thousands of SKU-level QR Codes, all following your brand template and each with individual tracking", and Scanova's packaging page describes codes "for every product variant and pack size in bulk".

Which QR code generator has an API for packaging?

Uniqode publishes API limits by plan (10 requests a second on Core, 25 on Plus, with 250,000 and 500,000 requests a month), QR TIGER publishes monthly allowances of 3,000 and 10,000 requests on Advanced and Premium, and Bitly publishes 25,000 and 50,000 on Growth and Premium. Scanova's API is Enterprise only, QRCodeChimp's needs Ultima plus a $100 activation fee, and Flowcode's arrives on Growth.

Which number decides the first print run?

The batch size, not the code count, because the batch size is the number the packaging team will hit on the day the artwork is due. A 300-SKU upload is one batch on Uniqode Plus or QR TIGER, three on Scanova Pro, and an unknown on QRCodeChimp until the trial reveals it. A brand that discovers the limit on the morning of the print deadline has bought the wrong plan whatever it paid.

Ask every vendor for the batch size in writing, the API rate in writing, and the tier on which a template can be locked. The one that answers all three with a number is the one whose cartons will still say the right thing in five years.