About CirculateQR

Why we built it

A QR code is often the first thing someone touches of your business, yet most are plain black squares that point to one fixed link forever. We wanted codes that look like they belong to your brand and keep working for you after they're printed.

At a glance

What it is

A QR code generator and platform: AI-designed and branded codes, dynamic links, smart routing, scan analytics and hosted mobile pages.

Based in

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Price

Free to start, with unlimited static codes. Paid plans from $15 to $149 a month. See pricing.

For developers

A REST API and signed scan webhooks. Read the API docs.

Contact

support@circulateqr.com

What CirculateQR does

• Design: from clean branded codes to AI artwork with the code built into the scene.
• Dynamic links: change where a printed code goes at any time.
• Smart routing: send scans to different places by time, device, language or location.
• Analytics: see when, where and on what devices your codes are scanned.
• Hosted pages: menus, ordering, events, forms, loyalty cards and games behind the code, with no website needed.

How it differs from a basic generator

• A basic generator makes a fixed image. CirculateQR codes can be dynamic: change the destination after printing, route each scan, and see when, where and on what devices it was scanned.
• AI QR art is decoded and corrected before you download it, instead of leaving you to find out at print time.
• The landing page is included: menus, ordering, forms, loyalty cards and games are hosted behind the code, with no website or app needed.
• Scans connect to the rest of your marketing: server-side pixels for Meta, GA4 and TikTok, signed webhooks and a REST API.
• Pricing is published and starts free, with unlimited static codes on every plan.

How we check codes

AI artwork is decoded automatically after it's generated, with a real QR decoder at several sizes, and it only counts as scanning if it decodes to exactly your link. If the code can't be read, we blend the real code back in or tell you it needs a fix. Always test a code with your own phone before printing it.

Your scan data

Scans are counted without cookies. Each scan records the time, an approximate location estimated from the IP address, the device, browser and language, and unique scans are counted with a salted one-way hash of the IP address. The details are in our privacy policy.

What we don't do (yet)

So you can decide quickly whether we're the right fit:

• Online payment for orders or tickets (guests pay in person; event pages can link to an external ticket shop)
• Team seats or shared workspaces
• Custom domains or white-label branding (hosted pages show a small "Made with CirculateQR" link)
• Single sign-on (SSO)
• Bulk creation from a CSV upload (the Stealth API creates up to 1,000 codes per call)
• A native Zapier app (webhooks work with Zapier or Make)
• Decorative frames around codes