Adobe Express has a free QR generator — decent for a quick URL code with simple styling. The comparison, honestly:
URL codes with a handful of shape and colour presets, downloadable as PNG/SVG/JPG. Clean, fast, backed by Adobe. For a plain link code inside the Adobe ecosystem it is perfectly fine.
It is URL-centric — no WiFi, vCard, SMS, event or payment types. Styling is preset-based: no gradients, no separate eye colours, no logo-in-code on the free tool, no transparent export. Some Express features sit behind Adobe sign-in, and the generator lives inside a product built to upsell Creative Cloud.
20 content types, full design control including gradients, eye styling, logo with cleared background and transparent PNG — no account for any of it, exports to 4096px. Both sites make static codes; for repointable printed codes, the £10 editable option is the difference-maker neither Adobe nor Canva offers.
Yes for basic URL codes; some surrounding features ask for an Adobe account. Styling is preset-based.
No — it is URL-focused. Dedicated types like WiFi, vCard, SMS and events need a dedicated generator.
No, they are static — permanent, like all static codes anywhere.
20 types, logos, colours and print-ready files — free, no signup, generated in your browser.
Open the generatorMake it editable first — £10 once, repoint forever, no subscription.