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Lynkarr vs Canva

Canva is the right place to make the poster. It is not where the code on it should live for the next two years — and everything that makes a code useful there is on a plan above the one most people have.

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The short version

See how Lynkarr and Canva compare on the essentials.

“We already have Canva, so it is free.”

The code is free; the parts that make it worth having are not. Their own comparison puts scan analytics, custom logo uploads, expiry dates and collaborator editing on Business, Enterprise and Nonprofit plans.

The factScan analytics and a custom logo are on every Lynkarr plan, including the free one. Team members with roles start at Starter, $5 a month; expiry dates at Business, $45.

“It is easier to make the code inside the design.”

It is, once. Then the poster is finished and the code is scanned for two years, and every question after that — where does it point now, how often is it scanned, which of these forty is on which product — is asked long after anybody opens that design again.

The factA design tool organises by document. We organise by code, with folders, campaigns and tags across codes, links, pages, cards and forms from Starter up.

“We need the analytics eventually.”

Eventually is the day after the campaign starts. Ours are on from the first scan on every plan, and they answer how many, from where and on what — without cookies and without storing an IP address, which is a compliance answer as well as a feature.

The factScan analytics on every plan, the free one included; the reporting centre, exports and scheduled email reports on Business and above.

Side by side

A detailed look at how Lynkarr and Canva stack up.

FeatureLynkarrCanva
Static codes The same — a static code is a static code. Free with no account at lynkarr.com/generate; kept in an account, 5 on the free plan, 20 on Starter and unlimited from Business. Their help centre: not editable, no trackable analytics.
Scan analytics on a dynamic code Included on every plan, including the free one. Listed as requiring Canva Business, Enterprise or Nonprofit.
Custom logo on a code Included on every plan. Listed as Business, Enterprise or Nonprofit.
Expiry dates on a code Business and above, at $45 a month: by date or after a set number of scans. Listed as Business, Enterprise or Nonprofit.
Where the code lives afterwards In a library organised by code on every plan, with folders, campaigns and tags from Starter and the reporting centre from Business. Inside the design, in the design tool.
Analytics after a code is pointed somewhere new Every destination a code or link has pointed at keeps its own report: scans, visitors, the map, devices and times of day. Each scan is counted under the destination it was sent to, and two destinations can be merged. On Business and above. A dynamic code's destination can be updated, and Insights shows total scans, unique scans, locations and device types for the code. Its help page describes nothing per destination. (Canva Help Center, read 7 October 2026.)
Contacts, from a scanned badge or business card A badge or a personal business card is read by AI into a contact record, deduplicated against your existing pool, and tagged with the event it came from. Contacts are on Starter and above; events on Business and above. Not part of the product.

Figures for Canva read from canva.com — Create and manage QR codes on 31 August 2026. Ours were checked against the running product on the same day. Prices change: if you find one of these out of date, tell us and we will correct it.

Design once, manage for years.

Make the artwork in Canva, then put a dynamic code from Lynkarr on it, and keep managing it after it is printed.

1Create in CanvaDesign your flyer, poster, business card or digital asset.
2Add a code from LynkarrMake a dynamic QR code here, download it, and place it in your design.
  • Edit the destination anytime
  • Track scans
  • Organize with tags and campaigns
3Print or share anywhereYour design stays the same, and you can change where the code goes and see how it performs for years.

Why teams choose Lynkarr

The design is finished in an afternoon; the code works for yearsThat is the whole difference in shape. A design tool is organised by document, which is exactly right for making the poster and exactly wrong for managing the forty codes on forty products a year later.
The useful parts should not be a plan aboveCanva's own comparison table puts analytics, custom logos, expiry dates and collaborator editing on Business, Enterprise and Nonprofit. That is entirely reasonable for a design tool where QR codes are one feature among hundreds.

Where Canva may fit better

  • The artwork itselfTemplates, fonts, graphics and layout are what a design tool is for.
  • A simple, one-off codeA static code dropped straight into a quick design.
  • One design workflowYour code beside the rest of your marketing materials.

Why Lynkarr

Choose Lynkarr for the code and use whatever you like for the artwork. You get analytics and a custom logo on every plan — including the free one — with team roles from $5 a month and expiry dates on Business, and a place to manage the codes long after the design is finished.

One more thing, and it is a strength rather than a footnote: our analytics identify nobody. No cookies on a scan, no IP address stored, nothing sold. For anybody in healthcare, legal, education or the public sector, that is the answer that gets a tool approved rather than the one that starts a review. The detail is here.

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