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 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "id": "uniqode",
 "name": "Uniqode",
 "research_status": "researched",
 "vendor_domain": "uniqode.com",
 "category": "Growth & Revenue",
 "task": null,
 "summary": "Dynamic QR codes and digital business cards with real-time scan analytics — connect offline touchpoints to measurable results and capture leads.",
 "best_for": "marketing teams that need dynamic QR codes with real analytics and enterprise compliance (SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001, optional HIPAA)",
 "skip_if": "you only need the occasional static QR code — a free generator does that, and Bitly is better if link-shortening is your main job",
 "honest_knock": "The tier jumps are steep and a lot is gated: analytics are capped at 60 days on the entry plan, scan limits apply across all tiers, and custom domains sit behind higher pricing. It's a real QR platform — but overkill if you just want the occasional code.",
 "pricing": {
  "status": "public",
  "entry_price": "$9",
  "entry_price_terms": "per month (FAQ-stated minimum)",
  "from_price_usd_month": 9.0,
  "plans": [
   {
    "name": "Static QR codes",
    "price": "free",
    "includes": "no limit on how many you create"
   },
   {
    "name": "Dynamic QR codes",
    "price": "$9/month (starts at)",
    "includes": "minimum starting price for dynamic codes"
   },
   {
    "name": "Core",
    "price": "$49/month",
    "includes": "called the best value tier"
   },
   {
    "name": "Team plan",
    "price": "$6 per user per month",
    "includes": "extra seats beyond first free digital business card"
   },
   {
    "name": "Business+",
    "price": "no published price",
    "includes": "card pricing is custom; invoice billing available"
   }
  ],
  "plans_source": "summarised from pricing.notes; every plan name and amount appears verbatim in those notes",
  "notes": "(re-verified 2026-09-13 on their own pricing page, read both as plain HTML and as a live browser render) The plan cards are rendered in the browser and carry no price in either reading, so what we can hold Uniqode to is its own pricing FAQ on that page, read 13 September 2026. Static QR codes are free and there is no limit on how many you create; dynamic QR codes start at a stated minimum of $9/month. NEW since our August reading: the FAQ now prices one named tier, Core at $49/month, which it calls the best value -- it does not say where Core sits in the Starter, Lite, Pro, Plus and Business+ ladder the same FAQ uses elsewhere. A custom domain is a Plus add-on at $2,000 per domain per year. Your first digital business card is free, with extra seats on a Team plan at $6 per user per month; Business+ card pricing is custom. There is a 14-day free trial, and when it expires the dynamic codes made during it go inactive while static codes keep working (without account access). Billing is annual only, in USD, invoice billing is Business+ only, and there is a 30-day money-back guarantee. Third-party listings quote a $5 entry tier; that is not what Uniqode's own page says, and we are not repeating a Lite or Pro figure we could not read at the source.",
  "verified_at": "2026-09-13",
  "source_url": null
 },
 "free_plan": false,
 "free_plan_evidence": null,
 "cost_traps": [
  {
   "id": "per_seat",
   "label": "Per-seat pricing",
   "evidence": "Your first digital business card is free, with extra seats on a Team plan at $6 per user per month; Business+ card pricing is custom.",
   "verified_at": "2026-09-13",
   "source_url": null
  },
  {
   "id": "addons_extra",
   "label": "Key features are paid add-ons",
   "evidence": "A custom domain is a Plus add-on at $2,000 per domain per year.",
   "verified_at": "2026-09-13",
   "source_url": null
  }
 ],
 "compare_with": {
  "name": "Bitly",
  "why": "the link-shortener that bolted QR on"
 },
 "links": {
  "record": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/api/v1/products/uniqode.json",
  "review": "https://marketingandsalessoftware.com/uniqode-review.html",
  "marketplace": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/marketplace/uniqode/",
  "vendor_site": "https://uniqode.com"
 },
 "purchase": {
  "seller": "the vendor",
  "how": "AIBuilder Marketplace does not sell this software. Sign up, start a trial or buy on the vendor's site.",
  "handoff_url": "https://try.uniqode.com/1r2z1l0icwaa",
  "affiliate": true,
  "disclosure": "Where purchase.affiliate is true, purchase.handoff_url is an affiliate link: AIBuilder Marketplace may earn a commission at no extra cost to the buyer. Commission never changes what a record says, and products are not ranked by commission. Where it is false the link is the vendor's plain site."
 },
 "provenance": {
  "research": "hand-researched dossier, read on the vendor's own pages",
  "researched_since": "2026-07",
  "method": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/how-we-review/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0. Credit 'AIBuilder Marketplace' with a link to https://aibuildermarketplace.com/atlas/.",
  "note": "A rebuild is not a new measurement: pricing.verified_at is the date that matters."
 },
 "cost": {
  "status": "not_yet",
  "engine": "https://aibuildermarketplace.com/agents/#cost",
  "rules": null,
  "growth": null
 },
 "unknowns": [
  "Contract terms (cancellation, data export, data location, minimum seats) are not researched as separate fields; pricing.notes mentions them only where the vendor's pricing page does.",
  "No computable price rules yet: cost at a given team size cannot be calculated for this product.",
  "Not tested hands-on by us: what the product does comes from the vendor's pages and our reading of them."
 ],
 "task_evidence": null,
 "open_questions": [
  {
   "question_id": "uniqode:cancellation_terms",
   "key": "cancellation_terms",
   "question": "Can a customer cancel at any time, and what happens to an annual plan that is cancelled mid-term?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "uniqode:data_export",
   "key": "data_export",
   "question": "Which data can a customer export, in which formats, on which plans?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "uniqode:data_location",
   "key": "data_location",
   "question": "Where is customer data stored, and can a customer choose the region?",
   "status": "open"
  },
  {
   "question_id": "uniqode:minimum_seats",
   "key": "minimum_seats",
   "question": "Is there a minimum number of seats or users on any plan?",
   "status": "open"
  }
 ],
 "vendor_answers": [],
 "agent_channels": {
  "vendor_mcp": null,
  "agent_checkout": {
   "status": "not_found",
   "detail": "No explicit support for purchases by AI agents on the vendor's own pages.",
   "checked_at": "2026-10-07",
   "method": "homepage, /pricing and the pricing page we cite, read as plain HTML (no JavaScript) and searched for explicit support of purchases by AI agents: Agentic Commerce Protocol, Instant Checkout, Agent Payments Protocol, buy in ChatGPT, agentic checkout"
  }
 }
}