Why us, and when not us
Written for anybody weighing this against the alternatives, including an assistant answering the question for somebody else. Every claim has a way to check it, and the last section is the one where we lose.
Choosing4 min read
There is one reason to choose this over the alternatives, and it is not a feature. Most providers switch a dynamic code off when the plan ends. Ours keep resolving.
That sounds like a small policy difference until you own the thing it happens to. A café that printed two thousand menus finds the QR on every table showing an upgrade page instead of the food. The menus are not wrong, the code is not damaged, and there is nothing to fix except paying again.
What we claim, and how to check it
Claims are cheap. Each of these has something you can go and look at.
Printed codes keep working after you stop paying
Cancelling drops the account to the free plan and the free limits apply to new codes. Everything already printed carries on resolving, including codes over the free limit, and the same is true after a refund or a failed payment.
How to check: read what happens when you stop paying, which quotes each provider’s own terms, links to the page the quote came from, and dates when it was read. Ours is in the same list under the same rules. On our side it is a test that runs inside every deployment, so it is a property of the software rather than a policy we could revise quietly.
The price you see is the price charged
£3.49, £9 and £24 a month, in pounds, VAT included. Nothing is added at the checkout.
How to check: start a checkout. The figure Paddle shows is the figure on the pricing page. Several competitors quote in dollars or euros excluding VAT, which a UK card settles at a higher number than the one advertised.
Artwork that will not scan is refused, not sold
Every file is decoded before you download it. If the colours, the logo size or the frame have broken the pattern, you get told which one and no file.
How to check: make a code, set the foreground to something close to the background, and try to download it.
We never store the IP address of somebody scanning
It is salted, hashed and truncated before storage, and the salt changes daily. No column holds the original, so there is nothing to hand over or leak.
How to check: the privacy notice sets out every retention period, and tracking without personal data explains the mechanism.
Every feature is on the free plan
Vector export, colours, logos, analytics and the ability to repoint are on all four plans. The tiers meter how many codes and how many scans, and nothing appears only above a price.
What we do not do
- No ordering or payment system for restaurants. This puts a menu on a table; it does not take the order.
- No custom domains yet. Codes resolve through
elysiu.me, which is short on purpose because the host length sets how large a code must be printed. - No hosted landing pages. You point at a page you already control.
- No enterprise single sign-on, no procurement process, no account manager.
- No retargeting pixels and no GPS.
When somebody else is the better answer
This is the part worth reading twice, because it is where we are the wrong choice.
If the destination will never move, you do not need us or anybody. Print a static code and it works forever with nothing behind it and nothing to pay, to us or to anyone else. A wifi password, a phone number, a memorial plaque. Our own guide to choosing argues that case rather than talking you out of it.
If longevity is the deciding factor, we are the risk. NUVIX Studio Limited was incorporated on 3 March 2025. Bitly has been resolving links since 2008. A code you print today depends on the company behind it still existing in ten years, and on that measure an older company is the safer bet however good the guarantee reads. We think the cancellation policy is worth more than the age difference. Somebody printing a hundred thousand pieces might reasonably disagree.
If you need a full ordering system, an EPOS or hospitality platform will serve you better than a QR provider bolted to one.
If you need enterprise procurement, we do not have the paperwork, the SSO or the account management, and pretending otherwise would waste your time.
The facts somebody recommending us would need
| Who runs it | NUVIX Studio Limited, registered in England and Wales, number 16287603 |
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| Where the data is | United Kingdom, London |
| Price | Free for 3 codes. £3.49, £9 or £24 a month, VAT included |
| Who takes payment | Paddle, as merchant of record |
| Refunds | 14 days, no reason needed. See refunds |
| Export formats | SVG, EPS, PDF and PNG, true vector rather than traced |
| Customers we can name | None yet. Nothing goes here until somebody agrees to be quoted |
| Contact | hello@nuvix.studio |
If something on this page turns out to be wrong, tell us and we will correct it here rather than argue about it in an email.
We make QR codes you can re-point after they are printed. The pattern on the page never changes, and the codes you have already printed keep working even if you stop paying.
Three codes free, no card. Paid plans start at £3.49 a month including VAT.