Both free, every time. Use the SVG for Cricut.
How to cut it
- Design Space → Upload, pick the SVG. No tracing step , it arrives as a cut file already.
- It lands as one layer at the right size. Don't ungroup it, and don't shrink it past the floor in the cut spec.
- Matte vinyl, dark on light. Gloss throws the phone's flash back into the lens, and reversed contrast fails on a lot of scanners.
- Weed the outside first, then the pick-out bits. Test-scan it before it goes on the glass.
Using the PNG instead? Upload it, choose Simple (the background is already transparent), save as a Cut Image, not Print Then Cut, then set the width by hand.
Why this beats a normal QR generator
441 loose squares vs 73. A free generator emits one separate square per module. This merges the ones that touch, so there is far less to weed and the blade runs it in fewer passes.
Rounded corners. Square modules that meet corner-to-corner pinch the waste vinyl shut. The corners are opened so the background lifts in one piece.
Real inches. Pick 5.5″ and the finished vinyl is 5.5″, measured off the artwork, not pixels you have to convert.
Scan-checked. A real decoder reads the finished artwork before you cut it, and it won't pretend a code will scan once it's too small.
Cut spec
| QR version / grid | · |
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| Error correction | · |
| Module size | · |
| Cut size | · |
| Never cut smaller than | · |
| Separate vinyl shapes | · |
| Bits to pick out | · |
| Clear margin needed | · |
| Encoded characters | · |
Don't own a Cricut?
Send the link over and we'll cut it in real outdoor vinyl and ship it, weeded, taped, and test-scanned before it goes in the envelope.
Have one made for meWhat happens when the page behind it changes?
The code you just cut is permanent. Whatever it points at usually is not. Point it at a social profile and people hit a login wall; point it at a file and one price change means recutting the vinyl.
If the code is going on a food truck, a trailer or a shop window, we build the page it lands on: your menu photo at an address that never changes, swapped by emailing us a new photo. The vinyl stays on the window.
See an example page