Beautiful codes, without the monthly.
Flowcode's free tier is tight and its paid tiers climb fast. Whooshly is one payment for codes, links, UTM, and cards.
Whooshly is a good Flowcode alternative if you like designed QR codes but not the pricing ladder underneath them. One payment covers dynamic codes, short links, a UTM builder, and digital cards within a generous campaign-asset allowance. Flowcode's genuine edge is design: its codes and landing pages are the best-looking in the category, and if brand aesthetics are the deciding factor it is a fair reason to pay them.
| Feature | Whooshly | Flowcode |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $35 once | $25/mo billed annually, or $60 monthly |
| Free codes | 3 tracked, free | 2 codes, 500 scans |
| Codes survive cancellation | Nothing to cancel | Subscription-bound |
| Effect of downgrading | Links keep resolving | Check current terms |
| Next tier up | None – one price | $250/mo, billed annually only |
| UTM builder | ||
| Digital cards | Paid tier |
Compared against the vendor's cheapest publicly listed plan that matches what Core includes (bulk creation and API access), checked September 29, 2026. Prices and regional offers change often – verify against the linked official pricing page before deciding.
What Flowcode costs to stand still.
At about $25/mo, Flowcode runs roughly $300 a year and $900 over three years, and you still don't own it. Whooshly's Core is $35, paid once.
It's not just the price.
One price, not a tier that climbs as you grow.
There's no plan to fall off, so nothing changes when you stop.
QR, short links, UTM, cards, pages, and agent access together.
When Flowcode is the better pick.
Flowcode makes the most attractive QR codes on the market, with strong design tooling, polished landing pages, and good analytics presentation. For brand teams where the code itself is a design object, that is a real and defensible advantage.
Pick Flowcode if the visual design of the code and its landing page is the deciding factor, and you're happy to keep paying monthly to keep them live.
Whooshly's own research on Flowcode
Credit where it is due: Flowcode is one of the 7 of 15 generators in our study that does NOT expire free codes. Its two free dynamic codes keep working. The constraint is measurement rather than survival – analytics are capped at 500 scans, and two codes is a small allowance once a campaign has more than one asset.
Our QR expiry study, 15 generators checkedHow to move from Flowcode to Whooshly.
Download your link list, destinations, slugs, and tags, from Flowcode as a CSV.
Paste your destinations and claim the same custom endings where they're free. Add QR codes and UTM tags in the same place.
Update the links in your posts and campaigns, or connect the custom domain included with Core so links keep the same host.
If that trade-off fits the way you work, explore Whooshly's dynamic QR codes, then see exactly what the $35 one-time plan includes.
Whooshly vs Flowcode – FAQ
What happens to Flowcode codes if I downgrade?
Check Flowcode's current plan terms before you rely on it, downgrade behaviour is exactly where dynamic-QR platforms differ most, and it's the detail people discover after printing. Whooshly has no tier to fall off: the Core purchase doesn't renew, so there's no downgrade event to survive.
Is there a free alternative to Flowcode?
Flowcode's free tier is two codes with analytics on the first 500 scans. Whooshly's free tier gives you three tracked links or codes, one digital card, one bio page, and one landing page, with no card required, and the one-time $35 Core lifts those caps permanently rather than starting a subscription. Credit where it is due: Flowcode states its codes always scan, with no lifetime scan expiry, on every tier including free.
Can Whooshly make designed QR codes like Flowcode?
Whooshly codes support your own foreground and background colours and print-ready SVG export, which covers most brand needs. Flowcode goes further on decorative design, if the code itself needs to be a showpiece, that's a fair reason to pick them.
Can I re-point a Whooshly QR code after printing?
Yes, any time, as many times as you like, on the one-time Core. That's the whole point of a dynamic code, and it isn't gated behind a higher tier here.
Is Whooshly cheaper than Flowcode?
Yes, by a wide margin. Flowcode's Pro Plus is $25/mo billed annually ($300 a year), or $60 month to month, for 50 codes. API access starts on Growth at $250 a month, billed annually only ($3,000 a year). Whooshly's Core is a single $35 that includes the API, short links, UTM tagging and digital cards.
Switch from Flowcode. Pay once.
Bring your links, own your data, and never see a renewal email again.