Two tools that both collect data through a QR code — but one is a printable live object and the other is a scored assessment engine. Where each is genuinely stronger.
QRCard AI and FormLM both capture responses, and the resemblance stops there. A QRCard is an object you print: the code is permanent, everything behind it stays editable, and live status — spots left, deadline, waitlist — flows back onto the card. Its job is one clean action per scan: sign up, check in, leave feedback, swap a business card. FormLM's job is the questionnaire and the analysis: multi-question assessments scored against weighted dimensions, with a personalised, interpreted PDF report emailed to every respondent. If what you need out the other side is a list of contacts collected in a room or on a table, QRCard is the sharper tool. If what you need is a report a person receives that explains their own results, FormLM is.
Ten dimensions that decide which tool fits the collection you actually run.
| Feature | QRCard AI | FormLM |
|---|---|---|
| Primary object | ✅ Printable dynamic QR card — a physical, live object | ✅ Online assessment / questionnaire |
| What a scan does | ✅ One action: sign-up, check-in, feedback or business card | ✅ A multi-question form with conditional logic |
| Editable after printing | ✅ Yes — code fixed, content, spots, deadline and waitlist stay editable | N/A (lives online) |
| Scoring engine | ❌ Captures responses, does not score them | ✅ Weighted multi-dimension scoring with custom bands |
| Personalized report per respondent | ❌ Exports responses as CSV | ✅ Branded, AI-interpreted PDF emailed automatically |
| Offline / in-room capture | ✅ Built for it; also projects a card to a room display live | ⚠️ Works via a share link or QR, but not print-first |
| AI builder | ✅ One sentence → a ready card | ✅ Builds questions, scoring logic and the report template |
| Data export | ✅ CSV of responses; PNG / SVG / PDF of the card | ✅ CSV on every plan, Excel on Plus and above |
| Free tier | ✅ Up to 10 live cards; all materials & sizes; cards never expire | ✅ 10 applications + 100 starter AI credits, no card required |
| Paid entry | Plus — priced at checkout in your local currency (no cap on live cards) | Plus $19/month — branded personalised reports, unlimited applications |
QRCard AI figures read from its public site and pricing page in October 2026 — plans change, so verify on the vendor's site. We don't use competitor logos; all product names belong to their respective owners.
Four things it does that a form-and-report tool simply isn't built for.
The QR never changes, but the content behind it does. Update the form, the spots left, the deadline or open a waitlist after the cards are already on the tables — and the live status reflects back on the card. Nothing on FormLM is designed to be printed as a mutable object.
A scan resolves a single task with no app to install: check in at a door, sign up for a session, drop feedback, exchange a business card. That frictionless path is exactly where longer online forms lose people.
Trainers can project a card to the room screen in real time so the whole audience scans one thing and sees status move. FormLM has no equivalent presenter screen.
In-browser Wi-Fi, vCard and random-group generators, twelve industry templates, and a free plan whose cards never expire. For pure collection the free tier goes a long way.
The other half of the job — turning answers into an assessment someone is paid for.
QRCard gathers responses and hands you a CSV. FormLM runs weighted multi-dimension scoring with configurable bands, so the answers become a result — not just a row in a spreadsheet.
The deliverable is a branded, AI-interpreted PDF that each respondent receives by email when they leave an address. There is no report engine on the collection side of QRCard.
Conditional logic, multi-rater (360) inputs, pre/post comparison and group statistics live on the assessment side. When the input is a scored diagnostic rather than a single tap, this is the tool built for it.
Clone a live training-evaluation or diagnostic structure and edit it into your own framework — the starting point FormLM sells is the analysis, not the artwork.
Both start free; what you pay for is a different thing.
| QRCard AI | FormLM | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Fully working cards: all materials, themes & print sizes, live spots and waitlist, PNG/SVG/PDF + CSV export, cards never expire — up to 10 live cards | 10 applications, generic reports, 100 starter AI credits, no credit card |
| Cheapest paid plan | Plus — removes the 10-card cap; price shown at checkout in your local currency | Plus $19/month or $199/year |
| What the paid tier buys | More live cards, cards usable forever | Branded personalised reports, unlimited applications, Excel export |
| Team plan | Pro (per team, monthly) listed as in planning: shared library, roles and permissions | Pro adds contact management and higher AI allowances |
QRCard AI quotes Plus at checkout in the buyer's local currency, so there is no fixed dollar figure to compare; FormLM prices in USD. Checked October 2026 — verify current plans on each site.
Both are worth a look before you decide — here is where each lives.
They overlap on one thing — collecting responses — but do different jobs. QRCard AI is a printable, dynamic QR object that captures sign-ups, check-ins, feedback and business-card exchanges, one action per scan. FormLM is an assessment engine: it runs a multi-question questionnaire, scores the answers against weighted dimensions, and writes a personalised report for each respondent. If your output is a list of sign-ups, QRCard is built for it; if your output is a scored report a person receives, FormLM is.
That is not what it does. QRCard captures a single action per card and exports the collected responses as CSV; it does not score answers or write a per-person interpretation. Generating a branded, explained PDF report per respondent is FormLM's core function.
Anything that starts on paper. A printed QRCard keeps working after you hand it out: the code never changes, but the form, spots, deadline and waitlist behind it stay editable, and live status flows back to the card. It also projects a card to a room display in real time, and the free plan lets cards run forever. FormLM has no print-first live object and no room screen.
Both have a genuine free tier. QRCard AI's free plan covers fully working cards — all materials, themes and print sizes, live spots and waitlist, PNG/SVG/PDF and CSV export, cards that never expire — up to 10 live cards per account; its Plus price is shown at checkout in your local currency. FormLM's free plan covers 10 applications and 100 starter AI credits, with a Plus plan at $19/month for branded personalised reports.
QRCard AI lives at qrcard-ai.com (English, Simplified and Traditional Chinese). FormLM lives at formlm.me. You can start either on its free tier and compare the output against your own workflow.
QRCard AI owns the printed, live capture object. When what has to come out the other side is a personalised PDF a respondent receives, that's the job FormLM was built for — free to start.
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