A Bitly QR code alternative: unlimited codes, bulk on every plan

Where Bitly is a fair choice. Bitly is a mature link-management product with deep campaign tooling: UTM building, A/B testing, branded domains, integrations with marketing platforms, and team workspaces. If you're a marketing team running link analytics at scale across many channels, that breadth is real and Bitly earns its place.

And on the question that matters most for anything printed, Bitly is sound. As of 19 October 2026, its help center says its QR codes never expire, and a code keeps working unless you delete it or its short link. We say so because it's true, and because the full answer is more useful than a scare. Check Bitly's help center for the current details.

For the "I printed a QR code and the link changed" job, a few things commonly bite:

• Changing a printed code is a paid feature. Bitly's help center says you can change a code's destination (Bitly calls it a redirect) on its paid plans, each plan sets a monthly limit, and its pricing doesn't include redirects on the free plan. If you printed a code in order to change it later, that is the one thing you want unmetered. On TangoQR Pro there's no monthly limit on changes; on free, each code's link can be changed for its first 50 scans, and the code keeps working after that.
• Codes are counted by the month. Bitly's plans cap how many QR codes you can make each month. TangoQR has no cap on codes, on either plan: the free plan is unlimited codes, with full editing and detailed analytics for each code's first 50 scans.
• Two Bitly products, two answers. QRCG by Bitly (qr-code-generator.com) is a separate Bitly product with separate accounts. As of 19 October 2026, its help center says dynamic codes made on its free trial are switched off when the trial ends, and codes can't move between the two products. If a "Bitly" code of yours stopped, check which one made it.
• Bulk creation is a paid feature. Bitly lists bulk link and QR code creation on its higher paid plans, not on its free or entry plan. See their pricing for the plan and its monthly code allowance. On TangoQR, bulk creation is on every plan: up to 1,000 codes from a pasted list or a CSV, each one still editable after printing.
• It's a platform, not a single tool. Most of Bitly's surface area is aimed at marketing teams. If you want one code you can change later, you're navigating a lot you won't use.

TangoQR is built around one promise: every code, free or paid, is a redirect you control, and we never switch it off to make you pay. It keeps redirecting if you never pay, and if you pay and then cancel. You change where it points after printing, with no reprint: free for each code's first 50 scans, with no monthly limit on Pro. No trial, no team seats, no sales call, and no account to create before your first code.

Our pricing is simple: Free ($0, unlimited codes, editable per code for its first 50 scans, a small tangoqr mark on the image) or Pro ($10/month or $100/year for editing and detailed analytics on every code, no scan limit, and no tangoqr mark). Bitly's plans are tiered by feature and volume and change over time, so see Bitly's current pricing for their numbers rather than ours.