Scanmint vs Scanova

Scanova is a well-regarded enterprise QR code platform with advanced features including design QR codes, bulk creation, and API access. But its pricing starts at $9.99/month — and there is no meaningful free tier for individuals or small businesses. If that price point is the blocker, here is how Scanmint compares.

The core difference: who they are built for

Scanova is built for enterprise teams that need bulk QR creation, API integrations, advanced design QR (codes with embedded images and brand colours), campaign management, and detailed analytics dashboards. If you have a marketing team running multi-channel campaigns with hundreds of unique QR codes per month, Scanova's feature depth is genuinely impressive.

Scanmint is built for individuals, freelancers, and small businesses who need QR codes that work — quickly, without complexity, and without a subscription. Static codes are free forever. Dynamic codes with analytics use a credit system: buy what you need, when you need it. No monthly invoice if you had a quiet month.

Pricing: the biggest gap

Scanova's cheapest paid plan costs approximately $9.99/month. If you need only 5–10 dynamic QR codes per month, that works out to $1–$2 per code through a subscription — expensive for low-volume users.

Scanmint charges $0.50 per credit at full price, or $0.13 per credit during the 75% off launch period. A pack of 25 credits (25 dynamic QR codes) costs $3.13 during launch. For a small business that creates a handful of dynamic codes per quarter, credits are dramatically cheaper than a monthly subscription. The one-time Lifetime plan at $200 is also a compelling alternative to years of Scanova subscription fees.

Feature comparison

Design customisation: Scanova wins on depth

To be direct: Scanova's QR design tool is more powerful than Scanmint's. Scanova lets you customise the shape of individual modules (the dots in the QR code), create gradient fills, and produce branded "design QR codes" that look distinctive. If highly branded QR codes that match a company identity system are important to you, Scanova's design feature is best-in-class.

Scanmint's customisation covers foreground colour, background colour, logo embed, and error correction level. These cover the needs of most individuals and small businesses creating functional, clean QR codes. For the majority of use cases — restaurant menus, event check-ins, WiFi codes, business card QRs — Scanmint's output is more than sufficient.

When Scanova is the right choice

Scanova makes sense if you are an enterprise marketing team running campaigns with hundreds of QR codes, need API integration with CRMs or marketing automation platforms, require advanced analytics (geo, device, time-of-day), or need highly designed custom QR codes for brand campaigns.

If none of those apply — if you are a freelancer, a café owner, a small event organiser, or an individual who needs reliable QR codes without an ongoing subscription — Scanmint is the simpler and cheaper choice. Start free, pay only when you need dynamic features.

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