Dynamic QR codes you print once and re-point forever — with scan analytics you own.
Agencies pay per-seat and per-client fees that scale with their success. Self-hosted, pay-once tools replace per-seat pricing with a flat cost that margins actually survive.
The tool this job usually means renting is QR Tiger, at $15/mo — roughly $180 a year, every year. Scantrail does the job for a one-time $69 — running on infrastructure you control.
The QR encodes /q/your-slug on your domain and 302-redirects to an editable destination. Reprint nothing, ever.
For agencies, dynamic codes pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $69, not metered per month.
Total + unique scans, scans-over-time chart, device/OS/browser breakdown, country, hour-of-day heatstrip and a recent-scan log.
For agencies, scan analytics pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $69, not metered per month.
URL (dynamic + tracked), vCard (serves a .vcf download, also tracked), WiFi, plain text, email and phone.
For agencies, every QR type you need pays off across every client account, with no per-seat math — and it's covered by the same one-time $69, not metered per month.
One-time $69 for the packaged Windows installer with 1-click setup and updates.
For printed, distributed codes, a $5 VPS with your domain and PUBLIC_URL set — that URL is what ends up inside the QR. Desktop mode covers design and testing.
Swap destinations any time without reprinting. Put free Cloudflare in front and country analytics light up automatically.
Scantrail is $69, once. QR Tiger at $15/mo — roughly $180 a year, every year. Under five months of QR Tiger pays for Scantrail — and your printed codes can never be held hostage again.
Under five months of QR Tiger pays for Scantrail — and your printed codes can never be held hostage again. Scantrail costs $69 once; QR Tiger charges $15/mo — about $180 a year. For agencies, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/qr-tracker-mvp. $69 buys the signed installer, 1-click setup and updates.
Because the QR encodes a URL on your domain that redirects to the real destination — that's what makes it editable after printing. A $5 VPS covers it; desktop mode is fine for designing, testing and static codes.